L.A. Boppers – L.A. Boppers

The L.A. Boppers started out as a backing band for Side Effect and was originally called "The Be-Bop Band". Augie Johnson, leader of Side Effect, was able to get the first record deal with Fantasy Records in 1978.

 

L.A. Boppers – L.A. Boppers

Label: Mercury – SRM-1-3816, Mercury – 9110.147

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: US

Released: 1980

Genre: Funk / Soul

Style: Bop, Jazz-Funk, Soul, Funk

 

Tracklist

 

A1Is This The Best (Bop-Doo-Wah)

A2You Did It Good

A3I Can't Stay

A4Life Is What You Make It

A5Saturday

B1Funk It Out

B2Be-Bop Dancin'

B3Are We Wrong

B4Watching Life

 

Credits

 

Arranged By [Horns] - Augie Johnson

Arranged By [Strings] - Jorge Del Barrio

Arranged By [Vocals And Music] - Augie Johnson, The Boppers

Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone - Bob "The Professor" Greves

Bass - Ed "Funky Thumbs" Reddick

Cello - Anna Daram, Armand Kaproff, Douglas Davis, Selene Hurford

Executive-Producer - Forest Hamilton, Wayne Henderson

Guitar - Kenny Styles

Harp - Dorothy Remsen

Keyboards - Michael Stanton

Producer - Augie Johnson

Saxophone - Chuck Brooke

Trombone - John Ervin

Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Stan Martin, Steve Madaio

Violin - Barbara Durant, Bonnie Douglas, Carroll Stephens, Endre Granat, Harry Bluestone, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Janet Lakatos, Nathan Kaproff, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Stanley Plummer

Woodwind [Other Woodwinds] - Bob Greaves

 

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