Freedom Flight (Shuggie Otis album)

Freedom Flight
Studio album by Shuggie Otis
Released	September 1971
Recorded	1971
Genre	Psychedelic soul, funk, jazz fusion
Length	38:19
Label	Epic
Producer	Johnny Otis
Shuggie Otis chronology

Freedom Flight , released in the fall of 1971 on Epic Records, is the second album by Shuggie Otis. The album contains the original version of "Strawberry Letter 23", a 1977 hit for The Brothers Johnson.

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Allmusic	[1]

The song "Sweet Thang" and "Purple" appear in the soundtrack for the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club.[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ice Cold Daydream"	Shuggie Otis	2:29
2.	"Strawberry Letter 23"	Shuggie Otis	3:57
3.	"Sweet Thang"	Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis	4:11
4.	"Me and My Woman"	Gene Barge	4:16
5.	"Someone's Always Singing"	Shuggie Otis	3:22

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Purple"	Shuggie Otis	7:07
7.	"Freedom Flight"	Shuggie Otis	12:57
Total length:			38:19

Shuggie Otis - Lead & Backing Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Organ, Piano, Drums, Bells, Bottleneck Guitar, Tack Piano
Johnny Otis - Percussion, Backing Vocals
Wilton Felder - Bass
George Duke - Organ, Electric Piano, Celesta
Aynsley Dunbar - Drums
Mike Kowalski - Drums
Richard Aplanalp - Tenor Saxophone, Oboe, Flute
James 'Supe' Bradshaw - Harmonica, Backing Vocals
Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews - Backing Vocals

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