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Fritz The Cat (Soundtrack)

Various Artists

Initial release : 1972

Fantasy 9406

Merl Saunders plays on two tracks of this soundtrack release.

Tracks

  • Black Talk (Charles Earland)
  • Duke's Theme (Ray Shanklin)
  • Fritz The Cat (Crumb / Bogas)
  • Mamblues (Cal Tjader)
  • Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniel)
  • Bertha's Theme (Shanklin)
  • Winston (Ed Bogas)
  • House Rock (Bogas / Day)
  • The Synagogue (Traditional arr. Bogas)
  • Yesterdays (Harbach / Kern)
  • Love Light Of Mine (Betty Watson)
  • The Riot (Bogas / Saunders)
  • You're The Only Girl (I Ever Really Loved) (Krantz / Bogas / Shanklin)
Musicians

This information is taken from the re-release of the Fritz The Cat soundtrack on the two-on-one release Fritz The Cat/Heavy Traffic.

Merl Saunders plays on two tracks.

Bertha's Theme;

  • Merl Saunders - organ
  • Arthur Adams - guitar
  • Chuck Rainey - bass
  • Bernard Purdle - drums
  • Kenneth Nash - percussion
Winston;
  • Merl Saunders - electric piano
  • Ray Shanklin - piano
  • Ed Bogas - piano
  • Mel Martin - tenor saxophone
  • Chuck Day - guitar
  • Mel Graves - bass
  • Lee Charlton - drums
  • The Innocent Bystanders - vocals
Although he has a writing credit for The Riot, Merl Saunders isn't listed as playing on that track. But there is definitely an organ part, so the information provided may be incorrect. The musicians listed for The Riot are;
  • Cornell Dupree - guitar
  • Chuck Rainey - bass
  • Bernard Purdle - drums
  • Bobbie Porter - percussion
Other musicians on the soundtrack LP include;
  • Alice Stuart
  • Bo Diddley
  • Billie Holiday
  • The Watson Sisters
  • Jim Post
  • Melvin Sparks
  • Charles Earland
  • Idris Muhammad
Credits

  • Producer - Ed Bogas, Ray Shanklin
  • Recording and remix engineer - Jim Stern (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley)
  • Design Tony Lane
  • Recorded between November 1971 and January 1972
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This LP was re-released on a two-on-one CD;

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