In the Slot

In the Slot
In the Slot
Studio album by Tower of Power
Released	September 1975
Studio	Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
Genre	Funk, soul, R&B
Length	38:20
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Emilio Castillo and Tower of Power
Tower of Power chronology

In the Slot is a Tower of Power album released in 1975. It was their last studio album for Warner Bros. Records. It also marked the debut of new vocalist Hubert Tubbs. David Garibaldi returns to the drummer's throne after being absent from the previous album Urban Renewal (save for one track), although the drummer from that album, David Bartlett, does appear as a background vocalist on this album, as does Garibaldi's next successor, Ron Beck. "Ebony Jam" and "Drop It in the Slot" were sampled on the Beastie Boys' 1989 album Paul's Boutique.

Track listing

LP side one

"Just Enough and Too Much" (Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka, Frank Biner) - 3:25
"Treat Me Like Your Man" (Lenny Williams, Emilio Castillo, Stephen "Doc" Kupka) - 3:08
"If I Play My Cards Right" (Frank Biner, Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Emilio Castillo) - 3:14
"As Surely as I Stand Here" (Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Chester Thompson, Emilio Castillo) - 5:17
"Fanfare: Matanuska" (Greg Adams) - 0:16
"On the Serious Side" (Emilio Castillo, Stephen "Doc" Kupka) - 2:54

LP side two

"Ebony Jam" (Chester Thompson) - 6:45
"You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous" (Frank Biner, Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Emilio Castillo) - 3:13
"Vuela Por Noche" (David Garibaldi, Bruce Conte, Greg Adams, Francis Rocco Prestia) - 1:34
"Essence of Innocence" (Chester Thompson) - 0:35
"The Soul of a Child" (Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Bruce Conte, Emilio Castillo) - 4:56
"Drop It in the Slot" (Emilio Castillo, Stephen "Doc" Kupka) - 3:12

Personnel

Tower of Power

Hubert Tubbs – lead vocals
Chester Thompson – acoustic piano, clavinet, organ, ARP String Ensemble, bass pedals, backing vocals, arrangements (1, 4, 7, 10)
Bruce Conte – guitars, backing vocals
Francis Rocco Prestia – bass guitar
David Garibaldi – drums
Lenny Pickett – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, 1st tenor saxophone, all sax solos, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, flute, piccolo flute, Lyricon
Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone
Emilio Castillo – 2nd tenor saxophone, backing vocals, co-lead vocals (8)
Mic Gillette – trombone, bass trombone, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
Greg Adams – trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangements (2, 3, 5-9, 11, 12), flugelhorn solo (7), trumpet solo (9), string arrangements and conductor
Tower of Power – arrangements (1, 3, 6, 12)