Feets Don't Fail Me Now

by Herbie Hancock

Overview

Herbie Hancock's electric records up until this point were marked by intelligence and adventure, even at their most earthy. But no, this one doesn't have an ounce of either. Herbie falls hook, line and sinker for the disco fad and submerges his personality underneath the plastic vocals and four-on-the-floor disco beat. Hancock's own gauzy vocals through a Sennheiser vocoder are embarrassing, and even his synthesizer work sounds coarse and gimmicky. This time, even the purists were right; this is of no interest to jazz listeners and it isn't even good disco. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	10/16/2015
Label:	Funky Town Grooves
UPC:	0810736021749
Rank:	41213

Tracks

1. You Bet Your Love
2. Trust Me
3. Ready or Not
4. Tell Everybody
5. Honey From the Jar
6. Knee Deep
7. You Bet Your Love [Special Disco Version]
8. You Bet Your Love [7"Version]
9. Tell Everybody [7"Version]
10. Tell Everybody [Disco Version]
11. Honey From the Jar [7"Version]
12. Honey From the Jar [Special Disco Version]
13. Ready or Not [7"Version]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Herbie Hancock   Primary Artist,Lead,Vocals,Vocoder,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Bill Summers   Guest Artist,Percussion
James Gadson   Guest Artist,Drums,Keyboards
Eddie Watkins   Guest Artist,Bass (Electric),Bass
Alphonse Mouzon   Drums
Sheila Escovedo   Congas
Sheila E.   Congas
James Levi   Drums
Coke Escovedo   Timpani,Timbales,Percussion
"Ready" Freddie Washington   Bass
Wah Wah Watson   Guitar
Julia Waters   Vocals (Background)
Maxine Willard Waters   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Oren Waters   Vocals (Background)
Brian Davis   Percussion
Luther Waters   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Julia Tillman Waters   Vocals (Background)
Jan Weinber   Drums
Freddie Washington   Bass (Electric)
Fred Washington   Bass
Ray Obiedo   Guitar
Ray Parker, Jr.   Bass,Drums,Guitar
Byron Davis   Percussion
Bennie Maupin   Wind,Percussion,Sax (Soprano)

Technical Credits

Allee Willis   Composer
James Levi   Composer
Ken Kessie   Assistant Engineer
James Gadson   Composer
Fred Catero   Mixing,Engineer
Bruce Good   Composer
David Rubinson   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Wah Wah Watson   Producer
Leslie Ann Jones   Assistant Engineer
Melvin Ragin   Composer
Eddie Watkins   Composer
Herbie Hancock   Composer,Producer
Cheryl Ward   Assistant Engineer
Bryan Bell   Engineer
Fred Washington   Composer
Tony Lane   Art Direction
Jeffrey Cohen   Composer,Associate Producer
Ray Obiedo   Composer
Ray Parker, Jr.   Composer
Phil Brown   Engineer
Gordon Bahary   Programming,Synthesizer Programming
Chris Minto   Assistant Engineer
Bennie Maupin   Composer