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The 5th Dimension – Portrait / Bell Records LP / Speakers Corner Records / Reissued, Remastered / Bell 6045

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The 5th Dimension – Portrait / Bell Records LP / Speakers Corner Records / Reissued, Remastered

Bell 6045

ASIN: B001DZEM9G

 

In order to establish into which dimension this band with its promising name was trying to move, it might be a good idea to define its musical field. Although, or maybe precisely because, the colorful "flower power" cover suggests the happy-go-lucky hippie world, the 5th Dimension cannot be pigeon-holed as regards its musical style. All the numbers come from varying stylistic directions and are refreshingly different and well-contrasted in character. Alongside the funky, rock title "Puppet Man" and the groovy "Feelin' Alright?" there are soul-like, provocative, solidarity songs such as "Save The Country" and "People Gotta Be Free." Of course romantic pop ballads typical of the times have also found their niche here, such as "This Is Your Life" and Burt Bacharach's hit "One Less Bell To Answer." The vocal qualities of soloists Billy Davis Jr., Marylin McCoo Davis and Florence LaRue Gordon certainly deserve to be heard over and over again. No wonder, then, that this album has often been praised as the best the group ever recorded.

 

Label: Speakers Corner Records – Bell 6045, Bell Records – Bell 6045
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Country: Germany
Released: 2009
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul
 
 

Tracklist:

A1   
  Puppet Man
Written-By – Neil Sedaka - Howard Greenfield

2:58

 

 

A2   One Less Bell To Answer
Soloist [Vocal] – Marilyn McCoo Davis
Written-By – Burt Bacharach - Hal David

3:29

 

 

A3   Feelin' Alright?
Soloist [Piano] – Larry Knechtel
Soloist [Vocal] – Billy Davis, Jr.*
Written-By – Dave Mason

4:27

 

 

A4   This Is Your Life
Soloist [Vocal] – Florence LaRue Gordon
Written-By – Jim Webb

4:12

 

 

A5   A Love Like Ours
Written-By – Bob Alcivar, Lamonte McLemore

2:39

 

 

B1   Save The Country
Written-By – Laura Nyro

2:39

 

 

    Medley (10:10)
 
B2a   The Declaration
Music By – Julius Johnsen, Rene De Knight
Soloist [Vocal] – Billy Davis, Jr.

 

B2b   A Change Is Gonna Come
Soloist [Vocal] – Billy Davis, Jr.
Written-By – Sam Cooke

 

B2c   People Gotta Be Free
Soloist [Vocal] – Billy Davis, Jr.
Written-By – Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere
 
B3   Dimension 5ive
Written-By – Bob Alcivar
4:15
 
 

 

 

  • Arranged ByBill Holman, Bob Alcivar, Bones Howe
  • Arranged By [Vocals]Bob Alcivar
  • Art DirectionBeverly Weinstein
  • BassJoe Osborne
  • Congas, PercussionLarry Bunker
  • Design [Graphics]Suren Ermoyan
  • Drums, PercussionHal Blaine
  • Electric GuitarMike Anthony (4), Mike Deasy
  • Electric Piano [Rmi]Gary Illingworth
  • EngineerBones Howe
  • Engineer [Assistant]Johnny Golden, Larry Cox, Rik Pekkonen
  • GuitarFred Tackett
  • Organ, PianoLarry Knechtel
  • Painting [Cover Painting & Sketches]LeRoy Neiman
  • PercussionGary Coleman
  • PianoJimmy Rowles
  • ProducerBones Howe
  • Rhythm GuitarDennis Budimir, Tommy Tedesco
  • VocalsBilly Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue Gordon, Lamonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo Davis, Ron Townson

 

 

Engineered at Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood.
Originally Mastered at Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood.

Glossy gatefold cover

*from the play "Bread, Beans & Things"

Columbia Pitman pressing, with 'BW' matrix suffix copied verbatim from Bestway Products Inc. pressing; other layout differences include:
- Production and Sound credit divided into two lines on Side 1
- Catalogue number listed on cover as Bell 6045, and on label as BELL-6045

 

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