First Cuckoo

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Funk Yourself Bass – Will LeeCongas – Rubens BassiniDrums – Nick RemoElectric Piano, Clavinet – Eumir DeodatoGuitar – Hugh McCracken, John TropeaWritten-By – Eumir Deodato	4:13
A2	Black Dog Bass – Will LeeCongas – Rubens BassiniDrums – Steve GaddElectric Piano, Tambourine – Eumir DeodatoGuitar – Elliot Randall*, John TropeaSoprano Saxophone – Lou MariniWritten-By – Gene Paige*, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant	4:19
A3	Crabwalk Bass – Will LeeCowbell [Cow Bells] – Rubens BassiniDrums – Steve GaddElectric Piano – Eumir DeodatoSoloist, Trumpet – John GatchellWritten-By – Eumir Deodato	7:45
A4	Adam's Hotel Bongos, Maracas – Rubens BassiniElectric Piano, Whistle, Synthesizer [Arp] – Eumir DeodatoWritten-By – Marcos Valle	3:38
B1a	Caravan Bass – Will LeeClarinet – Lou MariniCongas – Rubens BassiniDrums – Steve GaddElectric Piano, Clavinet – Eumir DeodatoGuitar – Elliot Randall*, John TropeaWritten-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol	2:00
B1b	Watusi Strut Bass – Will LeeClarinet – Lou MariniCongas – Rubens BassiniDrums – Steve GaddElectric Piano, Clavinet – Eumir DeodatoGuitar – Elliot Randall*, John TropeaWritten-By – Eumir Deodato	9:36
B2	Speak Low Bass – Will LeeCongas, Cabasa [Cabassa] – Rubens BassiniDrums – Nick RemoElectric Piano – Eumir DeodatoFlute – Lou MariniGuitar – John TropeaWritten-By – Kurt Weil*, Ogden Nash	4:32
B3	First Cuckoo (On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring) Arranged By, Adapted By – Eumir DeodatoClarinet – George MargeFlute – Hubert LawsFlute [Alto Flute] – Lou Marini, Romeo PenqueWritten-By – Frederick Delius	4:00

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – House Of Music, West Orange, NJ
• Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville
• Manufactured By – MCA Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records
• Copyright (c) – MCA Records
• Produced For – Kenya Music, Inc.
• Published By – Kenya Music, Inc.
• Published By – Superhype Music, Inc.
• Published By – American Academy Of Music, Inc.
• Published By – Chappell & Co., Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor, Producer – Eumir Deodato
• Bass – Russell Savakus*
• Cello – Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Kermit Moore
• Co-producer [Special Collaboration On Production] – Alberto Cacciola
• Coordinator [Production] – Danny Gershon*
• Engineer [Assistant] – Jim Bonnefond
• Engineer [Recording] – Charlie Conrad
• Engineer [Recording], Engineer [Mixing] – Jeffrey Kawalek*
• Flute – George Marge, Hubert Laws, Lou Marini, Romeo Penque
• French Horn – Brooks Tilletson*, Jimmy Buffington*
• Mastered By – B.D.I.*
• Photography By [Cover] – Carmine Macedonia
• Trombone – Sam Burtis, Urban Green*
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Alan Rubin, John Gatchell
• Tuba – Tony Price
• Viola – Alfred Brown, Julien Barber
• Violin – David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Gene Orloff, Harry Cykman, Harry Lookofsky, Irving Spice, Max Ellen, Max Pollikoff, Selwart Clarke

Notes

Recorded at House Of Music (W. Orange, New Jersey)

Alberto Cacciola: Courtesy of Marka (Brazil).
John Tropea: Courtesy of Marlin Records

Cover photograph [...] Courtesy of Ehrenreich Photo-Optical Industries, Inc.

Produced [...] for Kenya Music, Inc.

MCA Records, Inc., 100 Universal Plaza, Universal City, California, USA.
© 1975 MCA Records, Inc. ℗ 1975 MCA Records, Inc. Printed in U.S.A.

Mfg. by MCA Records, Inc.

Publishing:
A1, A3, A4, B1b, B3: Kenya Music, Inc. - ASCAP
A2: Superhype Music Inc. - ASCAP
B1a: American Academy of Music Inc. - ASCAP
B2: Chappell & Co., Inc. - ASCAP

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): MCA 806
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Etching): MCA 806 W4
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Etching): MCA 807 W1
• Matrix / Runout (Mastering Initials Etching): B.D.I.
• Matrix / Runout (Pressing Plant Stamp): □-G-□
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): MCA 807*

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MCA 491	Deodato*	First Cuckoo ‎(LP, Album, RE)	MCA Records	MCA 491	Canada	1977
671, MCA-491	Deodato*	First Cuckoo ‎(LP, Album)	Melodi Plak, MCA Records	671, MCA-491	Turkey	1975
5C 062-96897, MAPS 8077	Deodato*	First Cuckoo ‎(LP, Album)	EMI-Bovema Holland, MCA Records	5C 062-96897, MAPS 8077	Netherlands	1975
MAPS 8077	Eumir Deodato	Caravan ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MAPS 8077	Italy	1975
MCA 410039	Deodato*	First Cuckoo ‎(LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA 410039	France	1975

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