Performer: The Walter Murphy Band
Genre: Funk / Soul
Album: A Fifth Of Beethoven
Released: 1976
Style: Disco
MP3 version ZIP size: 1385 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1162 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1569 mb
Rating: 4.1
Votes: 165
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Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Flight '76 Composed By [Original] – Rimsky-Korsakov*	3:29
A2	(You've Got To Be) Your Own Best Friend Backing Vocals – Eddie GarrVocals – Pat Bianco	3:25
A3	California Strut Guitar – Mike CarusoVocals – Angie Boffil*	3:33
A4	A Fifth Of Beethoven Composed By [Original] – Beethoven*Guitar – Mike Caruso	3:01
A5	Night Fall Composed By [Original] – Chopin*	4:40
B1	Russian Dressing Composed By [Original] – Tchaikovsky*	3:25
B2	Suite Love Symphony	2:51
B3	Midnight Express	3:05
B4	Get A Little Lovin' Vocals – Frank Dillard	3:57
B5	Just A Love Song Vocals – Pat Bianco	4:22

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Sound Ideas Studios
• Mixed At – Sound Ideas Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Published By – RFT Music Publishing Corp.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Private Stock Records, Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Private Stock Records, Ltd.
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

Credits

• Bass – Harvey Swartz*
• Cover [Painting] – Bob Hickson
• Design – John Kosh
• Drums – Bob Merigliano
• Engineer – Ron Johnson*
• Engineer [Assistant] – Jay Borden
• Guitar – Carmine D'Amico
• Horns – Brook Tillotson*, Don Corrado*, Jim Buffington, Ray Alonge
• Mastered By – George Marino
• Percussion – Greg Westhoff
• Producer – Thomas J. Valentino
• Saxophone – Artie Kaplan, Ed Xiques, George Young , Lou Marini
• Trombone – Paul Bernardi
• Trumpet – Al Porcino, Jon Faddis, Mike McGovern
• Written-By, Composed By, Adapted By, Arranged By, Conductor – Walter Murphy

Notes

Label variation with considerable differences to other label lay-outs. Other label variations of the US version with cat.nr. PS 2015 to compare with can be seen here, here, here, here and here.

Pressed at Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute, which is confirmed by the T1 and T2 in the deadwax details.

Track A1 - "Flight '76" based on Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of The Bumble Bee.

Track A4 - "A Fifth Of Beethoven" based on Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

Track A5 - "Night Fall" based on Chopin's Prelude No 4 In E Minor.

Track B1 - "Russian Dressing" based on Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 In B Flat Minor.

The hand etched parts of the details in the dead wax show two very different types of hand writing.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1 (hand etched / stamped): T2-PS-2015-A-2 STERLING
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2 (hand etched / stamped): T1 PS-2015-B-RE STERLING
• Other (Spine): PRICE CODE 06 PS 2015
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
PS 2015	The Walter Murphy Band*	A Fifth Of Beethoven ‎(LP, Album)	Private Stock	PS 2015	US	1976
DAT1-0393, T-130064	The Walter Murphy Band*	A Fifth Of Beethoven ‎(8-Trk, Album, Quad)	RCA, RCA	DAT1-0393, T-130064	US	1979
7C 062-98279	The Walter Murphy Band*	A Fifth Of Beethoven ‎(LP, Album)	Private Stock	7C 062-98279	Sweden	1976
3C 064 - 98279	The Walter Murphy Band*	A Fifth Of Beethoven ‎(LP, Album)	Private Stock	3C 064 - 98279	Italy	1976
10C 062-98.279	The Walter Murphy Band*	A Fifth Of Beethoven "Una 5a. De Beethoven" ‎(LP, Album)	Private Stock	10C 062-98.279	Spain	1976