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Right from the start of this two-disc collection, with the track that shares the band's name, it's clear that Mandrill had some seriously heavy funk credentials -- and broad ranging ones at that. Only early Santana and War gained the same level of attention and appreciation for their exciting, invigorating Latin-funk hybrids. Fencewalk: The Anthology actually isn't the best of purchases for longtime fans; unlike many multi-disc CD anthologies, there aren't any rarities or previously unreleased songs available, outside of the concluding "Echoes in My Mind," which surfaced on the soundtrack to The Warriors. It's a reasonable enough number but not particularly special by the band's standards, and not reason enough alone to pick this up. But as a more than fine overview of Mandrill's work throughout the '70s, from the start to finish of those ten years, this is required listening for anyone exploring the roots of electric funk, two and a half hours of party music aiming to move minds and bodies in equal measure. The Wilson brothers and their fellow musicians had an ear for just about everything, from the sweetest of soul harmonies over lush strings to the loudest of acid rock-inspired riffs and plenty of roots-deep inspiration from salsa and Latin jazz. Claude "Coffee" Cave demonstrates throughout why he ranks up there as one of the best keyboardists of his time -- at his best he easily gives Bernie Worrell a well-deserved run for the money -- while the interplay of drummers Charles Padro and, later, Neftali Santiago with the Wilsons on percussion is maximum groove energy on many levels. An appreciative, well-written essay on Mandrill's heyday and abilities from Pablo Guzman is very welcome, while Gary Mayo's remastering job deserves full marks for bringing out the detail of the arrangements beautifully into the digital realm.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kim King, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Beau Ray Fleming, Producer - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Cenac, ComposerLyricist - Omar Mesa, ComposerLyricist - Mitch Green, Producer, Associate Producer - Vin Leary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1970 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kim King, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Beau Ray Fleming, Producer - Mitch Green, Producer, Associate Producer - Vin Leary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1970 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kim King, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Beau Ray Fleming, Producer - Mitch Green, Producer, Associate Producer - Vin Leary, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1970 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, MainArtist - Beau Ray Fleming, Producer
℗ 1970 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist - Omar Mesa, ComposerLyricist - Charles Padro, ComposerLyricist - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, MainArtist - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mandrill, Producer, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist - Omar Mesa, ComposerLyricist - Charles Padro, ComposerLyricist - Alfred V Brown, Producer - Fudgie Kae, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, MainArtist - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, MainArtist - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mandrill, Producer, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mandrill, Producer, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ricardo Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mandrill, Producer, MainArtist - Wilson Brothers, ComposerLyricist - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, MainArtist - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, MainArtist - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mandrill, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Claude "Coffee" Cave, ComposerLyricist - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred V Brown, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, MainArtist - Douglas Rodriques, ComposerLyricist - Fred Solomon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, MainArtist - Douglas Rodriques, ComposerLyricist - Fred Solomon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Polydor Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Neftali Santiago, ComposerLyricist - Wilfredo Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Joaquin Jessup, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Polydor Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Wilfredo Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Polydor Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Wilfredo Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Polydor Inc.
Louis Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Mandrill, MainArtist - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Polydor Inc.
R. Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Wilson, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - C. Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Wilfredo Wilson, ComposerLyricist - ROB MOUNSEY, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JEFF HENDRICKSON, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mandrill, MainArtist - Paul Griffin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Lopes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JOE FERLA, Producer, Associate Producer, Recording Engineer, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - L. WILSON, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Vance, Producer - Claude B. Cave II, ComposerLyricist - Pat Martin, Engineer, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Crotty, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howie Lindman, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Boris Menart, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 A&M Records
Album review
Right from the start of this two-disc collection, with the track that shares the band's name, it's clear that Mandrill had some seriously heavy funk credentials -- and broad ranging ones at that. Only early Santana and War gained the same level of attention and appreciation for their exciting, invigorating Latin-funk hybrids. Fencewalk: The Anthology actually isn't the best of purchases for longtime fans; unlike many multi-disc CD anthologies, there aren't any rarities or previously unreleased songs available, outside of the concluding "Echoes in My Mind," which surfaced on the soundtrack to The Warriors. It's a reasonable enough number but not particularly special by the band's standards, and not reason enough alone to pick this up. But as a more than fine overview of Mandrill's work throughout the '70s, from the start to finish of those ten years, this is required listening for anyone exploring the roots of electric funk, two and a half hours of party music aiming to move minds and bodies in equal measure. The Wilson brothers and their fellow musicians had an ear for just about everything, from the sweetest of soul harmonies over lush strings to the loudest of acid rock-inspired riffs and plenty of roots-deep inspiration from salsa and Latin jazz. Claude "Coffee" Cave demonstrates throughout why he ranks up there as one of the best keyboardists of his time -- at his best he easily gives Bernie Worrell a well-deserved run for the money -- while the interplay of drummers Charles Padro and, later, Neftali Santiago with the Wilsons on percussion is maximum groove energy on many levels. An appreciative, well-written essay on Mandrill's heyday and abilities from Pablo Guzman is very welcome, while Gary Mayo's remastering job deserves full marks for bringing out the detail of the arrangements beautifully into the digital realm.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 02:35:45
- Main artists: Mandrill
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1997 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1997 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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