Manhattan Blaze – Venus Eyes

Label:	Better Days (2) – YX-7589-ND
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Promo
Country:	Japan
Released:	Mar 1979
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Jazz-Funk

Tracklist

A1	Venus Eyes Composed By, Arranged By – John Stubblefield	5:44
A2	Moon Arranged By – Joe Chambers Composed By – Wayne Shorter	6:36
A3	Demon Upstairs Composed By, Arranged By – Ron Bridgewater	6:52
B1	We'Fe Composed By, Arranged By – Cecil Bridgewater	7:01
B2	The Answer Is Love Arranged By – Cecil Bridgewater Composed By – Hilton Ruiz	6:42
B3	Louisiana Strut Composed By, Arranged By – Cecil Bridgewater	8:10

Companies, etc.

Made By – Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
Recorded At – Sound Ideas Studios
Mixed At – Sound Ideas Studios

Credits

Alto Saxophone, Flute – Frank Strozier
Bass – Alex Blake (2)
Cello – Clarissa Howell
Design [Cover Design] – Motohiro Hashimoto
Directed By – Reggie Workman
Drums – Idris Muhammad
French Horn – Vincent Chancey
Guitar – Yoshiaki Masuo
Percussion – Ray Mantella
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Toshimitsu Koike
Piano, Electric Piano [Elepian] – Hilton Ruiz
Producer, Directed By – Yoshio Ozawa
Recorded By, Mixed By – Jim McCurdy
Reeds – John Stubblefield
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Ron Bridgewater
Trombone – Emmet McDonald*
Trumpet – Frank Gordon
Vibraphone, Directed By – Joe Chambers
Viola – Maxine Roach
Violin – Wint Garvey*

Notes

見本盤
Eddie Henderson appear courtesy of Capitol Records
Idris Muhammad appear courtesy of Fantasy Records
recorded and mixed at Sound Ideas Studios, New York City, October, 1978.
Produced for Nippon Columbia
cover design: (Nippon Columbia)
RIAA
¥2,500

B1 track spelt "Wefé" on backsleeve only, labels and inner read "We'Fe".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Other: (BD)
Matrix / Runout (A side label): YX-7589-A
Matrix / Runout (B side label): YX-7589-B

Other Versions (2)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Venus Eyes (LP)	Better Days (2)	YX-7589-ND	Japan	1979
New Submission	Venus Eyes (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered)	Columbia	COCB-54065	Japan	2013