STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - OHIO PLAYERS - HONEY

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Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we remember funk & soul producer, saxophone, trumpet, and flute player, Clarence "Satch" Satchell, of Ohio Players fame, on this,  the 25th anniversary of his death. He passed away in 1995, age 55, after suffering a brain aneurysm. To honor his legacy, we spotlight their seventh studio album, Honey. Honey was released August 16, 1975 on the Mercury label and was produced by the band. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top Soul LPs chart. Three singles were released, "Sweet Sticky Thing"(#33 Hot 100,  #1 R&B, #60 Canada), "Love Rollercoaster" (#1Hot 100, # 1 R&B, #2 Canada) , and "Fopp" (#30 Hot 100,  #9 R&B, #43 Canada) . 

1. "Honey" 4:15

2. "Fopp" 3:45

3. "Let's Love" 5:15

4. "Ain't Givin' Up No Ground" 1:45

Side two

5. "Sweet Sticky Thing" 6:13

6. "Love Rollercoaster" 4:52

7. "Alone" 4:40

James "Diamond" Williams – drums, timbales, congas, percussion, lead & background vocals

Billy Beck – piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes piano, RMI electric piano, clavinet, ARP Odyssey, ARP string ensemble, percussion, lead & background vocals, source of the "mysterious scream" on Love Rollercoaster

Marvin "Merv" Pierce – trumpets, flugelhorn

Marshall "Rock" Jones – electric bass

Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner – guitars, lead & background vocals

Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks – trumpets

Clarence "Satch" Satchell – tenor saxes, baritone sax, flute

Ohio Players – producers
Barry Mraz, Gilbert Kong & Tom Hanson ; engineers
Marty Linke, Steve Kusiciel, Rob Kingsland, Paul Johnson – tape operators
Richard Fegley – photography
Jim Ladwig – art direction
Joe Kotleba – design