# Live and in Living Color

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Live_and_in_Living_Color
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Live_and_in_Living_Color.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_and_in_Living_Color
> Source revision: 1319878511
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Live and in Living Color" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

1976 live album by Tower Of Power

Live and in Living Color Live album by Tower Of Power Released 1976 Venue Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California; Cerritos College, Norwalk, California Genre Soul, funk Length 38:19 Label Warner Bros. Producer Emilio Castillo, Tower of Power Tower Of Power chronology In The Slot (1975) Live and in Living Color (1976) Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now (1976)

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Christgau's Record Guide B[1]

***Live and in Living Color*** is a 1976 live album by [Tower of Power](/source/Tower_of_Power) and is their last album on [Warner Bros. Records](/source/Warner_Bros._Records). It features a few of their biggest hits and some gems from their first album *[East Bay Grease](/source/East_Bay_Grease)*. [David Garibaldi](/source/David_Garibaldi_(musician)) left the band again after this album.

## Track listing

1. "Down to the Nightclub (Bump City)" (David Garibaldi, Emilio Castillo, Steve Kupka) - 2:30

1. "You're Still a Young Man" (Emilio Castillo, Steve Kupka) - 5:14

1. "What Is Hip?" (David Garibaldi, Emilio Castillo, Steve Kupka) - 6:35

1. "Sparkling in the Sand" (Emilio Castillo, Lawrence J. Lopez, Steve Kupka) - 8:12

1. "Knock Yourself Out" (Emilio Castillo, Steve Kupka) - 23:08

## Personnel

**Tower of Power**

- Hubert Tubbs - lead vocals

- Bruce Conte - guitar, co-lead vocals on "Sparkling in the Sand"

- Chester Thompson - organ, keyboards, vocals

- Francis "Rocco" Prestia - bass

- David Garibaldi - drums

- [Lenny Pickett](/source/Lenny_Pickett) - first tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute

- [Emilio Castillo](/source/Emilio_Castillo) - second tenor saxophone, vocals

- Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone

- [Mic Gillette](/source/Mic_Gillette) - trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, bass trombone, vocals

- [Greg Adams](/source/Greg_Adams_(musician)) - trumpet, flugelhorn

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CG_1-0)** [Christgau, Robert](/source/Robert_Christgau) (1981). ["Consumer Guide '70s: T"](https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=T&bk=70). *[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies](/source/Christgau's_Record_Guide%3A_Rock_Albums_of_the_Seventies)*. [Ticknor & Fields](/source/Ticknor_%26_Fields). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [089919026X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/089919026X). Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

## External links

- *[Live and in Living Color](https://www.discogs.com/master/151542)* at [Discogs](/source/Discogs) (list of releases)

v t e Tower of Power Emilio Castillo Stephen 'Doc' Kupka Roger Smith Adolfo Acosta Tom E. Politzer Jerry Cortez Marc van Wageningen Dave Richards Pete Antunes Jordan John Studio albums East Bay Grease (1970) Bump City (1972) Tower of Power (1973) Back to Oakland (1974) Urban Renewal (1975) In the Slot (1975) Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now (1977) We Came to Play! (1978) Back on the Streets (1979) Power (1987) Monster on a Leash (1991) T.O.P. (1993) Souled Out (1995) Rhythm & Business (1997) Step Up (2020) Notable singles "So Very Hard to Go" Live albums Live and in Living Color (1976) Direct (1981) Soul Vaccination: Live (1999) Former members Greg Adams Rocco Prestia David Garibaldi Lenny Williams Herman Matthews Lenny Pickett Mic Gillette Bruce Conte Michael Jeffries Victor Conte Richard Elliot Hubert Tubbs Euge Groove Brandon Fields Harry Kim Related articles Members

Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Live and in Living Color](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_and_in_Living_Color) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_and_in_Living_Color?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.