1973-10-26
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
By Maeve C.
Bill Summers is credited with beer bottle on “Watermelon Man”, one of many percussion sounds on Head Hunters. The album was recorded in evening sessions in September 1973 at Wally Heider Studios and Different Fur in San Francisco, produced by Herbie Hancock and David Rubinson.
Hancock plays Fender Rhodes, clavinet and ARP synthesisers, with Bennie Maupin on reeds, Paul Jackson on bass and Harvey Mason on drums. The four tracks open with the fifteen-minute “Chameleon”. The record peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200 and was added to the National Recording Registry in 2008.
Sources
Artist official discography: Release Date 10/26/1973, Columbia; producers Herbie Hancock and David Rubinson; personnel and tracklist.Corroborates release on October 26, 1973 on Columbia; recorded September 1973 in evening sessions at Wally Heider Studios and Different Fur, San Francisco; personnel incl. Summers' beer bottle on “Watermelon Man”; “Chameleon” 15:41; Billboard 200 No. 13; National Recording Registry 2008.
MusicBrainz lists US Columbia releases dated 1973-10-13 with no cited source; the artist's official discography and Wikipedia both give 26 October, so 26 October is used.