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1	Straight From The Gate Lyrics By – Joel "Twinkles" Smith, Maurice Holloway, Wallace Mitchell	5:30
2	Mayonnaise	5:30
3	Ms. Yum Yum	6:47
4	Don't Kill Your Feelings	4:32
5	Descending Azzizziuh (The Beginning Of A Dream)	3:58
6	I Remember I Made You Cry	5:23
7	Pork Soda	3:57
8	Dreams	3:16
9	Silhouette	5:48

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – The Automatt
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Arista Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Arista Records, Inc.
• Published By – Cigum Music

Credits

• Bass Clarinet, Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals – Bennie Maupin
• Bass, Backing Vocals – Paul Jackson
• Co-producer – Fred Catero
• Design, Photography By [Front Cover] – Bruce Steinberg
• Drums – Michael Clark*
• Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Sitar [Electric Sitar], Backing Vocals – Obsidian Blackbyrd (DeWayne McKnight)*
• Engineer – David Rubinson, Fred Catero
• Engineer [Assistant] – Chris Minto
• Engineer [Mastering] – George Horn
• Layout, Photography By [Back Cover] – Kaz Tsuruta
• Lead Vocals – Derrick Youman
• Percussion – Bill Summers
• Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey, Arp String Ensemble], Organ, Backing Vocals – Paul Potyen
• Producer – David Rubinson & Friends, Inc., The Headhunters
• Written-By [Collectively] – The Headhunters

Notes

Recorded at The Automatt, San Francisco, May and June 1977
Printed in U.S.A.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AB-4146	The Headhunters	Straight From The Gate ‎(LP, Album)	Arista	AB-4146	US	1977
74321409532	The Headhunters	Straight From The Gate ‎(CD, Album, RM, Dig)	Arista, BMG France	74321409532	France	2001
5N 058-60442	The Headhunters	Straight From The Gate ‎(LP, Album)	Arista	5N 058-60442	Netherlands	1977
SPART 1048	The Headhunters	Straight From The Gate ‎(LP)	Arista	SPART 1048	UK	1977
AB-4146	The Headhunters	Straight From The Gate ‎(LP, Album)	Arista	AB-4146	Canada	1977

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