The Crusaders – Rural Renewal

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Label:	Verve Records – 060 077-2, P.R.A. Records – 060 077-2
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	Europe
Released:	2003
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Soul-Jazz, Jazz-Funk

Tracklist

1	Rural Renewal Acoustic Guitar, Guest [With Special Guest] – Eric Clapton Written-By – Joe Sample	5:24
2	Creepin' Electric Guitar, Guest [With Special Guest] – Eric Clapton Written-By – Joe Sample	6:57
3	Heartland Written-By – George Shaw, Wilton Felder	7:03
4	A Healing Coming On Backing Vocals [Background Vocals], Guest [With Special Guest] – Sounds Of Blackness Vocals, Guest [With Special Guest] – Donnie McClurkin Written-By – Joe Sample, Will Jennings	7:20
5	Sing The Song Vocals, Guest [With Special Guest] – Donnie McClurkin Written-By – Joe Sample, Will Jennings	4:53
6	Shotgun House Groove Written-By – Joe Sample	5:56
7	The Territory Written-By – Joe Sample	6:14
8	Greasy Spoon Written-By – Stix Hooper*	5:23
9	Viva De Funk Written-By – Joe Sample	4:53
10	Lazy Sundays Written-By – Joe Sample	5:32
11	Goin' Home Written-By – George Shaw, Wilton Felder	4:39

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Universal Music
Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marketed By – The Verve Music Group
Produced For – Wow Productions Ltd.
Manufactured By – The Verve Music Group
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – PRA Records, Inc.
Copyright © – PRA Records, Inc.
Copyright © – Blue Ballet Music
Copyright © – Wilfel
Copyright © – Will Jennings Songs
Copyright © – Status Cymbal Music Co.
Published By – Blue Ballet Music
Published By – Wilfel
Published By – Will Jennings Songs
Published By – Irving Music, Inc.
Published By – Status Cymbal Music Co.
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At – Cello Studios
Recorded At – Record One, Los Angeles
Recorded At – Master Mix Studios, Minneapolis
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Manufactured By – Disctronics Group, United Kingdom

Credits

Art Direction – Hollis King
Bass – Freddie Washington
Coordinator [Release Coordination] – John Newcott, Kelly Pratt (2)
Drums – Stix Hooper*
Engineer [Assistant] – Al Sanderson*, Tom Sweeney
Engineer [Engineered By], Mixed By – Rik Pekkonen
Engineer [Pro-Tools] – Dan Pinder
Guitar – Arthur Adams (tracks: 5, 8, 10, 11), Dean Parks, Ray Parker Jr. (tracks: 1 to 7, 9)
Liner Notes – David Ritz
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Percussion – Lenny Castro
Photography By [Cover, Internals] – Walker Evans
Photography By [Photograph Of The Crusaders By] – William Claxton
Piano [Acoustic Pianos], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer], Organ – Joe Sample
Producer [Produced By] – Stewart Levine
Recorded By [Sound Of Blackness] – Tommy Tucker Jr.
Tenor Saxophone – Wilton Felder
Trombone – Steve Baxter

Notes

Recorded at Oceanway Studios, Hollywood, CA; Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA; Record One, Sherman Oaks, CA
'Sound of Blackness' recorded at Master Mix Studios, Minneapolis, MN

Publishers & song copyrights ©:
1, 2, 4 to 7, 9, 10 Songs by Joe Sample © Blue Ballet Music (BMI)
3, 11 Song by Wilton Felder/George Shaw © Wilfel (BMI)
4, 5 Lyrics by Will Jennings © Will Jennings Songs, admin. by Irving Mills, Inc. (BMI)
6 Sony by Stix Hooper © Status Cymbal Music Co. (BMI)

Made in the EU.

Jewel case with a clear tray and an 8-panel foldout leaflet style cover booklet

Booklet panel-6 incorrectly credits Sounds of Blackness, background vocals to track 5, but correctly credits track 4 on back cover and under track positions in booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 44006 00772 4
Barcode (Scanned): 044006007724
Label Code: LC 00383
Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Mould text): MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L
Matrix / Runout: DISCTRONICS 0600772 01
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L136
Mould SID Code: IFPI 04H3

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Rural Renewal (CD, Album)	P.R.A. Records, Videoarts Music	VACM-1220	Japan	2002
New Submission	Rural Renewal (CD, Album, Promo)	P.R.A. Records, Videoarts Music	VACM-1220	Japan	2002
Recently Edited	Rural Renewal (CD, Album)	Verve Records, P.R.A. Records	060 077-2	UK & Europe	2003
Recently Edited	Rural Renewal (CD, Album)	Verve Records	440 060 077-2	US	2003
New Submission	Rural Renewal (CD, Album)	P.R.A. Records	60907-2	Europe	2003