Tracklist

A1-1	Black Octopus Part 1 - Many Directions
A1-2	Black Octopus Part 2 - Eight Ways Of Love
A2	Funk Times Three
B1	Burning In The Heat (Of Your Love)
B2	Tiptoe Thru The Ghetto

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Toshiba EMI Studio
• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Mari Kaneko, Yuka Kamebuchi (tracks: A1, B1)
• Bass [Acoustic] – Paul Jackson (tracks: A1)
• Bass [Electric] – Paul Jackson
• Clarinet [Bass] – Bennie Maupin (tracks: A1)
• Clavinet – Herbie Hancock (tracks: A1), Webster Lewis (tracks: B1)
• Drums – Alphonse Mouzon
• Electric Piano – Webster Lewis (tracks: B1, B2)
• Engineer – Bryan Bell
• Engineer [Assistant] – Bill Watts, Kenichi Yamaguchi, Tameo Kawada
• Engineer [Cutting] – Mitsuharu Kobayashi, Shoji Taguchi, Yoshio Okazaki
• Guitar [Electric] – Ray Obiedo
• Organ [Hammond] – Webster Lewis (tracks: A1, A2)
• Piano, Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey] – Herbie Hancock (tracks: A1)
• Producer – Paul Jackson
• Saxophone [Tenor] – Bennie Maupin
• Synthesizer [Arp String] – Webster Lewis (tracks: B2)
• Synthesizer [Yamaha Cs-80] – Webster Lewis (tracks: B2)
• Vocals – Paul Jackson (tracks: A1, B1, B2)

Notes

Direct Disk Soundphile Series

Recorded at Toshiba EMI Studio, October 25, 27, 1978

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): EWLF – 98006 – A 1D 2 Z – 〄
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): EWLF – 98006 – B 1D 1
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
PGI/Platform 1124-2	Paul Jackson	Black Octopus ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Platform Recordings	PGI/Platform 1124-2	US	2000
EWLF-98006	Paul Jackson	Black Octopus ‎(LP, Album, RE, Unofficial)	Eastworld	EWLF-98006	US	2015
EWLF-98006	Paul Jackson	Black Octopus ‎(LP, TP)	Eastworld	EWLF-98006	Japan	1978

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