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1974 studio album by The Gap Band

Magicians Holiday

Studio album by The Gap Band

Released

1974

Studio

Shelter Church Studio
(Tulsa, Oklahoma)

Length

35:42

Buddy Jones

The Gap Band chronology

Magicians Holiday
(1974)

The Gap Band
(1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Magicians Holiday is the debut album by The Gap Band in 1974 on Shelter Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Buddy Jones and Charles Wilson, except where noted
All tracks arranged by The Gap Band

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I-Yike-It"	Tom Lokey	2:46
2.	"Backbone"		2:36
3.	"After All Is Said and Done"		3:25
4.	"Fontessa Fame"		4:30
5.	"You Can Always Count on Me"		5:00

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Bad Girl"		3:30
7.	"Easy Life"	Buddy Jones, Kay Poorboy	3:50
8.	"Loving You Is Everything"		3:40
9.	"Tommy's Groove"	Tom Lokey	3:32
10.	"Magicians Holiday"		2:53

Personnel

The Gap Band

Charles Wilson – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, Clavinet, organ
Ronnie Wilson – backing vocals, trumpet
Robert Wilson – backing vocals, bass
Roscoe Smith – drums
O'Dell Stokes – guitar
Tommy Lokey – trumpet
Alvin Jones – trombone
Chris Clayton – saxophone
Carl Scoggins – congas, percussions

with:

Jamie Oldaker – drums on "Easy Life"
Wayne Perkins - guitar on "Bad Girl" and "Loving You Is Everything"
Tuck Andress - guitar on "Tommy's Groove"

Technical

Kirk Bressler - engineer
Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff - remixing engineer
Tom Wilkes - album design, front cover photography

Samples

"Tommy's Groove"
- "Ragtime"" by Brand Nubian on their One For All album.

References

Magicians Holiday > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
"Brand Nubian's Ragtime sample of The Gap Band's Tommy's Groove". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2012-02-29.

External links

Magicians Holiday at Discogs

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Charlie Wilson Ronnie Wilson Robert Wilson
Studio albums	Magicians Holiday (1974) The Gap Band (1977) The Gap Band (1979) The Gap Band II (1979) The Gap Band III (1980) Gap Band IV (1982) Gap Band V: Jammin' (1983) Gap Band VI (1984) Gap Band VII (1985) Gap Band 8 (1986) Straight From The Heart (1988) Round Trip (1989) Testimony (1994) Ain't Nothin' But a Party (1995) Y2K: Funkin' Till 2000 Comz (1999)
Live albums	Live & Well (1996)
Compilation albums	Gap Gold: The Best of The Gap Band (1985) The Best of Gap Band (1995)
Songs	"Oops Up Side Your Head" "Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" "Humpin'" "Yearning for Your Love" "Early in the Morning" "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" "Outstanding" "Party Train" "Going in Circles" "All of My Love"
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