Back to Oakland

Back To Oakland

Released

May 1974

Recorded

Length

43:05

Tower of Power
(1973)

Back To Oakland
(1974)

Urban Renewal
(1975)

Back to Oakland is the fourth album by Bay Area based band Tower of Power, Released in Spring 1974 on Warner Bros. Records. It was voted by Modern Drummer Magazine as one of the most important recordings for drummers to listen to.

Track listing

"Oakland Stroke..." (Emilio Castillo, David Garibaldi, Stephen Kupka) - 0:53
"Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)" (Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Lenny Williams) - 4:28
"Just When We Start Makin' It" (Castillo, Kupka, Lenny Williams) - 6:30
"Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong)" (Castillo, Kupka, Williams) - 3:00
"Squib Cakes" (Chester Thompson) - 7:49
"Time Will Tell" (Castillo, Kupka) - 3:11
"Man from the Past" (Castillo, Kupka, Williams) - 4:00
"Love's Been Gone So Long" (Bruce Conte) - 4:47
"I Got the Chop" (Castillo, Kupka) - 2:59
"Below Us, All the City Lights" (Castillo, Kupka) - 4:20
"...Oakland Stroke" (Castillo, Garibaldi, Kupka) - 1:08

Lenny Pickett - 1st tenor sax, alto sax, bass sax, soprano sax, flute, alto flute, piccolo
Stephen "Doc" Kupka (The Doctor) - baritone sax, English horn, background vocals
Greg Adams - trumpet, fluegelhorn, orchestra bells, background vocals
Mic Gillette - trumpet, fluegelhorn, trombone, bass trombone, background vocals
Bruce Conte - guitar, background vocals
Chester Thompson - organ, bass pedals, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, background vocals
Emilio Castillo - 2nd tenor sax, background vocals
Brent Byars - conga drums
David Garibaldi - drums
Francis Rocco Prestia - bass guitar
Lenny Williams - lead vocals

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Billboard Top LPs^[2]	26
Billboard Top Soul LPs^[2]	13

Year	Single	Chart positions^[3]
Year	Single	US	US R&B	US Dance
1974	"Don't Change Horses (In The Middle of a Stream)"	26	22	—
1974	"Time Will Tell"	—	69	27

Tower of Power

Emilio Castillo Stephen 'Doc' Kupka Rocco Prestia David Garibaldi Roger Smith Lee Thornburg Adolfo Acosta Larry Braggs Tom Politzer Jerry Cortez Lenny Williams Herman Matthews Lenny Pickett Mic Gillette Michael Jeffries Victor Conte Richard Elliot Jesse McGuire Euge Groove Brandon Fields

Studio albums	East Bay Grease (1970) Bump City (1972) Tower of Power (1973) Back to Oakland (1974) Urban Renewal (1975) In the Slot (1975) Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now (1977) We Came to Play! (1978) Back on the Streets (1979) Power (1987) Monster on a Leash (1991) T.O.P. (1993) Souled Out (1995)

Notable singles	"So Very Hard to Go"

Live albums	Live and in Living Color (1976) Direct (1981) Soul Vaccination: Live (1999)

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