Stephen "Doc" Kupka Collection

East Bay Grease

1. Knock Yourself Out
2. Social Lubrication
3. The Price
4. Back On The Streets Again
5. The Skunk, The Goose, And The Fly
6. Sparkling In The Sand

1970

Rufus Miller (lead-vo)
Emilio Castillo (as,vo)
David Garibaldi (d,Vib,vo)
Greg Adams (tp)
Stephen "Doc" Kupka (bs,vo)
Skip Mesquite (ts,fl,vo)
Frank Prestia (b)
Willie Fulton (g,vo)
David Padron (tp)
Richard Stevens (vo)

GUEST
　Mic Gillette (tp,flh,tb)
　Ken Balzall (tp)

Bump City

1. You Got to Funkifize
2. What Happened to the World That Day?
3. Flash in the Pan
4. Gone
5. You Strike My Main Nerve
6. Down to the Nightclub
7. You're Still a Young Man
8. Skating on Thin Ice
9. Of the Earth

November 1972

Rick Stevens (lead-vo)
Greg Adams (tp,flh,frh)
Mic Gillette (tp,frh,tb)
Skip Mesquite (ts,fl,vo)
Emilio Castillo (ts,vo)
Stephen "Doc" Kupka (bs,vo)
Willie Fulton (g,vo)
Frank Prestia (b)
David Garibaldi (d,vo)
Brent Byars (conga,vo)

GUEST
　　Jay Spell (p,org)

Tower of Power

1. What Is Hip?
2. Clever Girl
3. This Time It's Real
4. Will I Ever Find a Love?
5. Get Yo' Feet Back on the Ground
6. So Very Hard to Go
7. Soul Vaccination
8. Both Sorry over Nothin'
9. Clean Slate
10. Just Another Day

1973

Lenny Williams (lead-vo)
Chester Thompson (org,vo)
Bruce Conte (g,vo)
Francis Rocco Prestia (b)
Brent Byars (conga,vo)
David Garibaldi (d,vo)
Lenny Pickett (ts,fl,cl,vo)
Emilio Castillo (ts,vo)
Stephen "Doc" Kupka (bs,oboe,vo)
Mic Gillette (tp,flh,tb,brh,vo)
Greg Adams (tp,flh,vo)

Back to Oakland

1. Oakland Stroke
2. Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream)
3. Just When We Start Makin' It
4. Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong)
5. Squib Cakes
6. Time Will Tell
7. Man From The Past
8. Love's Been Gone So Long
9. I Got The Chop
10. Below Us, All The City Lights
11. Oakland Stroke

May 1974

Lenny Williams (lead-vo)
Chester Thompson (org,p,vo)
Bruce Conte (g,vo)
Francis Rocco Prestia (b)
Brent Byars (conga,vo)
David Garibaldi (d,vo)
Lenny Pickett (ts,as,ss,b-sax,fl,pic,vo)
Emilio Castillo (ts,vo)
Stephen "Doc" Kupka (bs,egh,vo)
Mic Gillette (tp,flh,tb,btb,vo)
Greg Adams (tp,flh,bell,vo)

Urban Renewal

1. Only So Much Oil In The Ground
2. Come Back, Baby
3. It's Not The Crime
4. I Won't Leave Unless You Want Me To
5. Maybe It'll Rub Off
6. (To Say The Least) You're The Most
7. Willing To Learn
8. Give Me The Proof
9. It Can Never Be The Same
10. I Believe In Myself
11. Walkin' Up Hip Street

1975

Lenny Williams (lead-vo)
Chester Thompson (org,p,vo)
Bruce Conte (g,vo)
Francis Rocco Prestia (b)
David Bartlett (d,vo)
David Garibaldi (d)
Carter Collins (conga)
Lenny Pickett (ts,as,ss,afl,cl,bcl,vo)
Emilio Castillo (ts,vo)
Stephen "Doc" Kupka (bs,egh,vo)
Mic Gillette (tp,tb,vo)
Greg Adams (tp,flh,vo)

In The Slot

1. Just Enough And Too Much
2. Treat Me Like Your Man
3. If I Play My Cards Right
4. As Surely As I Stand Here
5. Fanfare : Matanuska
6. On The Serious Side
7. Ebony Jam
8. You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous
9. Vuela Por Noche
10. Essence Of Innocence
11. The Soul Of A Child
12. Drop It In The Slot

1975

Hubert Tubbs (lead-vo)
Chester Thompson (org,p,vo)
Bruce Conte (g,vo)
Francis Rocco Prestia (b)
David Garibaldi (d)
Lenny Pickett (ts,as,ss,fl,cl,c-bcl,vo)
Emilio Castillo (ts,vo)
Stephen "Doc" Kupka (bs,vo)
Mic Gillette (tp,tb,flh,btb,vo)
Greg Adams (tp,flh,vo)

Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now

1. Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now
2. By Your Side
3. Make Someone Happy
4. Doin' Alright
5. Because I Think The World Of You
6. You Ought To Be Havin' Fun
7. Can't Stand To See The Slaughter
8. It's So Nice
9. Deal With It
10. While We Went To The Moon

1976

Edward McGee (lead-vo)
Chester Thompson (org,cl,vo)
Bruce Conte (g,vo)
Francis Rocco Prestia (b)
Ronnie Beck (d,vo)
Lenny Pickett (ts,as,lyricon,vo)
Emilio Castillo (ts,vo)
Stephen "Doc" Kupka (bs,vo)
Mic Gillette (tp,tb,flh,vo)
Greg Adams (tp,flh,vo)

Live And In Living Color

1. Down to the Nightclub (Bump City)
2. You're Still a Young Man
3. What Is Hip?
4. Sparkling in the Sand
5. Knock Yourself Out

1976

Hubert Tubbs (lead-vo)
Chester Thompson (org,p,vo)
Bruce Conte (g,vo)
Francis Rocco Prestia (b)
David Garibaldi (d)
Lenny Pickett (ts,as,fl,vo)
Emilio Castillo (ts,vo)
Stephen "Doc" Kupka (bs,vo)
Mic Gillette (tp,tb,flh,vo)
Greg Adams (tp,flh,vo)

We Came To Play

1. We Came To Play
2. Lovin' You Is Gonna See Me Thru
3. Let Me Touch You
4. Yin-Yang Yhang
5. Share My Life
6. Bittersweet Soul Music
7. Am I A Fool
8. Love Bug
9. Somewhere Down The Road

1978

Michael Jeffries (lead-vo)
Chester Thompson (org,p,syn,g,vo)
Bruce Conte (g,vo)
Victor Conte (b)
Ron Beck (d,vo)
Lenny Pickett (ts,as,fl,syn,vo)
Emilio Castillo (ts,vo)
Stephen "Doc" Kupka (bs,vo)
Mic Gillette (tp,tb,flh,vo)
Greg Adams (tp,flh,vo)

Back On The Streets

1. Rock Baby
2. Our Love
3. Heaven Must Have Made You
4. And You Know It
5. Nowhere to Run
6. Something Calls Me
7. It Takes Two (To Make It Happen)
8. In Due Time
9. Just Make a Move

1979

Michael Jeffries (lead-vo)
Chester Thompson (org,p,syn,g,vo)
Danny Hoefer (g,vo)
Vito San Filippo (b)
David Garibaldi (d,vo)
Lenny Pickett (ts,as,ss,syn,vo)
Emilio Castillo (ts,vo)
Stephen "Doc" Kupka (bs,vo)
Mic Gillette (tp,tb,flh,vo)
Greg Adams (tp,flh,vo)

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She・See・Sea : 鈴木雅之

1. 夢のまた夢
2. 逃亡者
3. そばにいて
4. 違う、そうじゃない
5. どうしようもない
6. 第２ターミナル
7. 底なしの海
8. 何も言わずに
9. ここに地終わり　海始まる
10. 絶対離さない

1994.10.24　発売

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　with Tower of Power Horn Section
　Greg Adams (tp)
　Emilio Castillo (sax)
　David Mann (sax)
　Stephen "Doc" Kupka (bs)