STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - GRAND FUNK RAILROAD - E PLURIBUS FUNK

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Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we celebrate Grand Funk Railroad bassist, Mel Schacher, as he celebrates his 62nd Birthday. Happy Birthday Mel ! To commemorate this great date, we spotlight their 5th studio album, E Pluribus Funk. E Pluribus Funk was released in November of 1971 on the Capitol label and produced by Terry Knight. It peaked at #11 in Australia, #10 in Canada, and #5 on the Billboard 200. The singles we heard from it were "People, Let's Stop the War", Footstompin' Music" (#83 Australia, #43 Canada, #29 Hot 100), and "Upsetter" (#89 Canada, #73 Hot 100).

1."Footstompin' Music" 3:48
2."People, Let's Stop the War" 5:12
3."Upsetter" 4:27
4."I Come Tumblin'" 5:38

Side two

1."Save the Land" 4:14
2."No Lies" 3:57
3."Loneliness" 8:38

Mark Farner – organ, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals

Mel Schacher – bass, vocals

Don Brewer – percussion, drums, vocals

Terry Knight – producer, cover art concept

Kenneth Hamann – engineer

Craig Braun – artwork, design

Tom Baker – arranger, conductor