Mixin' It Up is the seventh studio album by American soul-disco group, The Trammps, released in 1980 through Atlantic Records.

Mixin' It Up
Studio album by
Released1980
StudioSigma Sound Studios
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Total Experience Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)
GenreDisco
LabelAtlantic
ProducerEarl Young, Ron Kersey, Ron Baker
The Trammps chronology
The Whole World's Dancing
(1979)
Mixin' It Up
(1980)
Slipping Out
(1980)
Singles from Mixin ' It Up
  1. "Hard Rock And Disco"
    Released: 1980

Commercial performance edit

The album features the single "Hard Rock and Disco", which peaked at No. 76 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.[1]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Earl Young, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Hard Rock and Disco"6:44
2."You Can Make It"3:53
3."Music Freek"4:58
4."Dance Contest"4:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Everybody Boogie" 5:21
6."V.I.P." 5:09
7."Let Me Dance Real Close"Ron Kersey, Leroy Green4:15
8."Wake Up from Yesterday"Ron Baker3:25

Personnel edit

The Trammps
  • Earl Young
  • Harold Wade
  • Stanley Wade
  • Robert Upchurch
  • Jimmy Ellis
Additional Personnel
  • Norman Harris, T.J. Tindall, Roland Chambers, Bobby Eli – guitars
  • Ronnie Baker, Vince Fay – bass
  • Eugene Curry, Cotton Kent, Ron Kersey, Bruce Gray, Lenny Pakula – keyboards
  • Earl Young – drums
  • Vincent Montana Jr. – vibraphone
  • Larry Washington, James Walker, Weldon McDougall – percussion
  • Don Renaldo & His Strings – strings (except on "Let Me Dance Real Close" strings by Paul Schorr & His Strings)
  • Reuben Henderson, Harold Watkins, Artie Williams, Joseph Smithers, Jr. – horns (except on "Let Me Dance Real Close" horns by Maurice Spears & His Horns)

References edit

  1. ^ "US Charts > The Trammps". Billboard. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

External links edit