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A1	Whip! Whop! Written-By – Melvin Sparks	4:01
A2	Gathering Together Written-By – Bobby Graham	9:22
A3	Judy's Groove Written-By – Melvin Sparks	4:30
B1	Texas Twister Written-By – Melvin Sparks	6:09
B2	Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got) Flugelhorn – Cecil Bridgewater, Jon FaddisWritten-By – Brian Potter, Denise Lambert*	3:33
B3	I Want To Talk About You Drums – Jesse Kilpatrick Jr.*Organ – Sonny PhillipsWritten-By – Billy Eckstine	4:16
B4	Star In The Crescent Written-By – Melvin Sparks	5:23

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Westbound Records
• Copyright (c) – Tidal Waves Music
• Licensed From – Ace Records Ltd.
• Distributed By – Light In The Attic

Credits

• Baritone Saxophone – Edward Xiques* (tracks: A1, A3, B2)
• Congas – Buddy Caldwell (tracks: A1 to B2, B4)
• Coordinator – Mia Krinsky
• Drums – Idris Muhammad (tracks: A1 to B2, B4)
• Electric Bass – Wilbur Bascomb (tracks: A1, A3, B2)
• Electric Piano – Sonny Phillips (tracks: A1, A3, B2)
• Engineer – Malcolm Addey
• Guitar – Ron Miller (tracks: A1, B2)
• Guitar, Arranged By, Conductor – Melvin Sparks
• Organ – Ceasar Frazier* (tracks: A2, B1, B4)
• Photography, Art Direction – Neil Terk
• Producer – Bob Porter
• Supervised By – Bob Scerbo
• Tenor Saxophone – Ron Bridgewater (tracks: A1 to B2, B4)
• Trumpet – Cecil Bridgewater (tracks: A1, A3, B2), Jon Faddis (tracks: A1, A3, B2)

Notes

℗ 1973 Westbound Records
This reissue © 2018 Tidal Waves Music

Released exclusively for Record Store Day 2018.
Limited to 1500 units worldwide.
Comes with obi strip.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 092624999730

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
EB 9006	Melvin Sparks	Texas Twister ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Eastbound Records	EB 9006	US	1973
EB 9006	Melvin Sparks	Texas Twister ‎(LP, Album)	Eastbound Records	EB 9006	US	1973
PCD-17752	Melvin Sparks	Texas Twister ‎(CD, Album, RM, Pap)	P-Vine Records	PCD-17752	Japan	2016

Katius

Superb music and a very fine pressing. Excellent. Limited edition but it's unclear to how many, rather pricey on the day but generally worth it.

Mautaxe

Haven't heard the original pressing, but I can say that this one sounds awesome