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A1	Tobacco Road Written-By – John Loudermilk*	9:22
A2	Sunny Written-By – Bobby Hebb	4:46
A3	The Long And Winding Road Written-By – Lennon-McCartney	6:09
B1	Stay With Me Baby Written-By – Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman	6:01
B2	Over And Over Again Written-By – Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman	4:42
B3	By The Time I Get To Phoenix Written-By – Jim Webb*	5:53

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Fifth Floor Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Troutman Sound Labs
• Mixed At – Troutman Sound Labs
• Remixed At – Troutman Sound Labs
• Mastered At – Warner Bros. Recording Studios
• Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Credits

• Art Direction – Simon Levy
• Backing Vocals – Billy Beck, Bobby Glover, Evette Corbitt, Greg Jackson , Jannetta Boyce, Sugarfoot*, Mallia Franklin, Marchelle Smith, Ray Davis, Roger Troutman, Zapp Troutman
• Bass – Zapp Troutman
• Co-producer – Billy Beck, Zapp Troutman
• Drums – Lester Troutman
• Engineer – Chris Shepherd, Ken Bowen, Lester Troutman, Robin Jenney
• Guitar – Sugarfoot*, Roger Troutman
• Horns – Eddie Barber, Jerome Derrickson, Michael Warren, Randy Wallace
• Horns, Soloist – Carl Cowen, Clarence Satchell, Maceo Parker
• Keyboards – Bernie Worrell, Billy Beck, Greg Jackson , Roger Troutman
• Lead Vocals – Dick Smith
• Management [And Direction] – Troutman Enterprises, Inc.
• Mastered By – Phil Brown
• Mixed By – Lester Troutman, Roger Troutman, Zapp Troutman
• Mixed By [Mixdown Engineer] – Chris Sheperd, Lester Troutman
• Other [Fashions] – Belvin Baldwin
• Percussion, Congas – Larry Troutman
• Photography By – John Sherrer, Todd Gray
• Producer – Roger Troutman
• Remix – Lester Troutman, Roger Troutman, Zapp Troutman
• Strings – Billy Beck, Roger Troutman

Notes

Produced for Troutman Productions, Inc.
Recorded at 5th Floor Recording Studios, Cincinnatti, Ohio and Troutman Sound Labs, Dayton, Ohio
All Songs Mixed and Remixed at Troutman Sound Labs
Originally Mastered at Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California
Photography at Sherrer Studios, 701 Salem Avenue, Dayton, Ohio
Fashions from City Gentlemen, Arcade Square, Dayton, Ohio 45402
Management and Direction : Troutman Enterprises, Inc., 2010 Salem Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45406

Ray Davis and Billy Beck courtesy of Bearsville Records
Bobby Glover courtesy of CBS Records

Cedarwood Publishing Co., Inc. BMI (track : A1)
Portable Music Co., Inc. BMI (track : A2)
Maclen Music, Inc. BMI (track : A3)
Troutman's Music BMI (tracks : B1, B2)
EMP Co. BMI (track : B3)

"Special Thanks To : The Troutman brothers (Larry, Roger, Lester and Zapp),
the Human Body and the group Zapp for their assistance with this effort."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 7599-23835-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1: Runout, Hand Etched): 1-23635 AWWL ⎯◁
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2: Runout, Hand Etched Variant 1): ▲ 4005-X 1-1 1-2365-BSH2 B-17886-SH2 SLM
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2: Runout, Hand Etched Variant 2): 1-23635 B WW3 #2 ⎯◁
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
1-23835-2	Dick Smith	Initial Thrust ‎(CDr, Album, Unofficial)	Warner Bros. Records	1-23835-2	US	Unknown
WB 9 23835-4, AR 4-23835	Dick Smith	Initial Thrust ‎(Cass, Album, Dol)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	WB 9 23835-4, AR 4-23835	US	1983

Iesha

You can still find this lp factory sealed that’ s a red flag. It got my attention due to producer Roger Troutman (zapp). He had success with his version of «I heard It through the grapevine» in 82. This time it’s another Old tune: «Tobacco road». P-funk style (without his trademark-vocoder) very long and annoying song, last forever It seems. (Wacky tobacky?)The rest is dull funk and more mellow stuff. Very disappointing.

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