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Stanley Clarke – If This Bass Could Only Talk

Label:	Portrait – OR 40923, Portrait – R 40923
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Carrollton pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1988
Genre:	Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style:	Jazz-Funk

Tracklist

A1	If This Bass Could Only Talk Bass, Composed By – Stanley Clarke Tap Dance [Tap Dancing] – Gregory Hines	2:30
A2	Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Bass Guitar [All Electric Bass Guitars] – Stanley Clarke Composed By – Charlie Mingus* Drums – Gerry Brown Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Synthesizer – Edward Arkin*	6:25
A3	I Want To Play For Ya Drums – John Robinson (2) Performer [All Instruments], Composed By – Stanley Clarke	3:22
A4	Stories To Tell Bass Guitar [All Electric Bass Guitars], Acoustic Bass, Synthesizer, Composed By – Stanley Clarke Drums – Stewart Copeland Guitar – Allan Holdsworth	3:46
A5	Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) Bass Guitar [All Electric Bass Guitars], Acoustic Bass [Fydle] – Stanley Clarke Composed By – James Harris III, Janet Jackson, Terry Lewis Drums – Ndugu Leon Chancellor* Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa Piano – Vance Taylor Synthesizer [Bass], Arranged By – Byron Miller Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard	6:05
B1	Workin' Man Bass Guitar [Electric] – Stanley Clarke Bass [Low] – James Earl Drums – Gerry Brown Synthesizer – Steve Hunt (4)	6:25
B2	Tradition Bass Guitar [Electric] – Stanley Clarke Bass [Low] – James Earl Drums – Gerry Brown Synthesizer – Steve Hunt (4)	7:11
B3	Come Take My Hand Bass Guitar [Electric], Guitar, Synthesizer – Stanley Clarke Drums – John Robinson (2) Piano [Acoustic] – George Duke Soprano Saxophone – George Howard	4:07
B4	Bassically Taps Bass – Stanley Clarke Tap Dance [Tap Dancing] – Gregory Hines	3:15

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Portrait Records (4)
Manufactured By – CBS Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Records Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering

Credits

Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Producer, Arranged By – Stanley Clarke

Notes

© 1988 CBS Records Inc./℗ 1988 CBS Records Inc./Manufactured By Portrait Records/CBS Records Inc.

Track A2 dedicated to Jaco Pastorius & Gil Evans.

Runouts are etched and stamped. Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA pressing based on the "G1" in the runout strings.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 7464-40923-1
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout - variant 1): PAL-40923-1B G1
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout - variant 1): PBL-40923-1A G1
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout - variant 2): PAL-40923-1B G1 C4
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout - variant 2): PBL-40923-1A G1 D3
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout - variant 3): PAL-40923-1B E G1 CH
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout - variant 3): PBL-40923-1A EG1 A11

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	If This Bass Could Only Talk (CD, Album)	Portrait	PRT 460886 2	Europe	1988
Recently Edited	If This Bass Could Only Talk (LP, Album, Stereo)	Portrait, Portrait	PRT 460883 1, FR 40923	Europe	1988
Recently Edited	If This Bass Could Only Talk (CD, Album)	Portrait	PRT 460883 2	Europe	1988
	If This Bass Could Only Talk (Cassette, Album)	Portrait	PRT 460883 4	Europe	1988
New Submission	If This Bass Could Only Talk (LP, Album)	Portrait	FR 40923	Canada	1988