Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now

Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now is an album by Tower of Power released in 1976, the band's first record on Columbia Records. Ron Beck takes up the drummers spot after David Garibaldi exited for a second time.

Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now
Studio album by
Tower Of Power
Released1976
GenreSoul, funk
Length38:19
LabelColumbia
ProducerEmilio Castillo and Tower of Power
Tower Of Power chronology
Live and in Living Color
(1976)		 Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now
(1976)		 We Came to Play!
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

This also would be the last album to feature bassist Francis "Rocco" Prestia as he would go on an extended hiatus from the band until his return in 1986. It is also the only album to feature vocalist Edward McGee.

Release history

In addition to the standard 2 channel stereo version the album was also released by Columbia in a 4 channel quadraphonic version in 1976 on LP and 8-track tape. The quad LP was encoded with the SQ matrix.

This album was reissued in the UK on the Super Audio CD format in 2016 by Dutton Vocalion. This release contains the complete stereo and quad recordings.

Track listing
  1. "Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now" (Emilio Castillo, Stephen "Doc" Kupka, David Bartlett) – 3:58
  2. "By Your Side" (Edward McGee, Clifford Coulter) – 4:30
  3. "Make Someone Happy" (Ron E. Beck, Keith Rogers) – 2:47
  4. "Doin' Alright" (Bruce Conte, Coleman Head) – 4:48
  5. "Because I think the World Of You" (Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Frank Biner) – 3:00
  6. "You Ought To Be Havin' Fun" (Hubert Tubbs, Emilio Castillo, Stephen "Doc" Kupka) – 3:06
  7. "Can't Stand To See The Slaughter" (Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Emilio Castillo) – 2:47
  8. "It's So Nice" (T. Castillo, Emilio Castillo, David Bartlett, Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Frank Biner) – 5:39
  9. "Deal With It" (Chester Thompson) – 3:20
  10. "While We Went To The Moon" (Stephen "Doc" Kupka, David Bartlett, Emilio Castillo) – 4:24

Personnel
  • Greg Adams – trumpet, conductor, flugelhorn, vocals, producer, horn arrangements, string arrangements
  • Ron E. Beck – vocals, drums, snare drum, producer
  • Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone, vocals, producer
  • Bruce Conte – guitar, vocals, producer
  • Mic Gillette – percussion, trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn, baritone, bass trombone, vocals
  • Patricia Henley – background vocals
  • Melba Joyce – background Vocals
  • Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone, producer
  • Bill Lamb – trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Edward McGee – vocals, producer
  • Lenny Pickett – alto and tenor saxophones, lyricon, producer
  • Francis Rocco Prestia – bass guitar, producer
  • Carol Rogers – background vocals
  • Ivory Stone – background vocals
  • Chester Thompson – organ, synthesizer, acoustic piano, keyboards, vocals, clavinet, Moog synthesizer, producer, bass pedals, horn arrangements, string arrangements
  • Tower of Power – producer, horn arrangements

Production
  • Alan Chinowsky – engineer, production assistant, mixing
  • Bob Edwards – engineer, assistant engineer
  • Rich Ehrman – engineer, mixing assistant
  • Jim Gaines – engineer, mixing
  • Bruce Steinberg – art direction, design, photography, cover design

References
  1. Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now at AllMusic
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