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Back to Oakland by Tower of Power

Before it was destroyed in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, there used to be an on-ramp from San Francisco to Oakland on the Bay Bridge. This is where the cover for Tower of Power’s fourth album “Back to Oakland” was shot with a superimposed traffic sign added. The album was recorded at the Record Plant in Sausalito in May, 1974 and released by Warner Brothers the same year.

Tracks:

Oakland Stroke…
Don’t Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)
Just When We Start Makin’ It
Can’t You See (You Doin’ Me Wrong)
Squib Cakes
Time Will Tell
Man from the Past
Love’s Been Gone So Long
I Got the Chop
Below Us, All the City Lights
…Oakland Stroke

Personnel:

Lenny Pickett
Stephen “Doc” Kupka (The Doctor)
Greg Adams
Mic Gillette
Bruce Conte
Chester Thompson
Emilio Castillo
Brent Byars
David Garibaldi
Francis Rocco Prestia
Lenny Williams

Bay Bridge
Oakland CA