Talk To The People

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A1	What's Going On (Vocal) Backing Vocals – The PersuasionsWritten-By – Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson	7:28
A2	Shamading Written-By – Les McCann	3:41
A3	Seems So Long (Vocal) Written-By – Stevie Wonder	3:04
A4	She's Here Written-By – Les McCann	5:54
B1	North Carolina Written-By – Les McCann	9:20
B2	Let It Lay (Vocal) Written-By – Les McCann, Rev. Bee*	5:22
B3	Talk To The People (Vocal) Written-By – Les McCann	9:16

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City
• Mixed At – Regent Sound Studios, New York City
• Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Billy Barnes (tracks: A3, B2, B3), Eugene McDaniels (tracks: A3, B2, B3), Joel Dorn (tracks: A3, B2, B3), Sister Charlotte (tracks: A3, B2, B3), Susan McDaniels (tracks: A3, B2, B3)
• Bass – James Rowser*
• Design [Cover] – Richard Mantel, Sue Poyneer
• Drums – Donald Dean
• Engineer [Recording & Re-mix] – Bob Liftin
• Guitar – Keith Loving
• Liner Notes – Ron Neal
• Percussion – Buck Clarke
• Photography By [Cover] – Bill Del Conte
• Piano, Vocals – Les McCann
• Producer, Liner Notes – Joel Dorn

Notes

Recorded & re-mixed at Regent Studios, New York, N.Y.

Our thanks to the guys we met on the road and who joined us on background vocals.
Special thanks to The Persuasions and Dave Dashev for the excellent background work on What’s Going On.
Special Thanks to Bob Liftin and thanks to Montreal’s Nighthawk for inspiration.

The Persuasions appear on this album through the courtesy of Capitol Records.

Atlantic Recording Corporation
1841 Broadway, New York, New York 10023
℗ © 1972 Atlantic Recording Corporation Printed in U.S.A.

℗ 1972 Atlantic
Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y.

Preswell pressing (PR code on center labels).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label A): ST-A-722561 PR
• Matrix / Runout (Label B): ST-A-722562 PR
• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Other (Price code, spine): 0598

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 1619	Les McCann	Talk To The People ‎(LP, Album, Mon)	Atlantic	SD 1619	US	1972
SD 1619	Les McCann	Talk To The People ‎(LP, Album, Pit)	Atlantic	SD 1619	US	1972
SD 1619	Les McCann	Talk To The People ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Atlantic	SD 1619	US	1973
SD 1619, NA	Les McCann	Talk To The People ‎(LP, RP)	Atlantic, Rhino Records	SD 1619, NA	US	Unknown
8122731352	Les McCann	Talk To The People ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)	Atlantic, Warner Jazz, Warner Strategic Marketing	8122731352	Europe	2005

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