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A1	Darkness, Darkness Written-By – Youngbloods*	9:35
A2	Fire And Rain Written-By – James Taylor	7:35
B1	What We Call The Blues Drums – Don Simmons*Electric Piano, Arranged By, Conductor [Strings & Horns] – Donny HathawayWritten-By – Philip Upchurch*	6:35
B2	Cold Sweat Written-By – Alfred Ellis, James Brown	6:35
B3	Please Send Me Someone To Love Written-By – Percy Mayfield	5:07
C1	Inner City Blues Written-By – James Nyx Jr*, Marvin Gaye	6:42
C2	You've Got A Friend Written-By – Carole King	8:39
D1	Love And Peace Organ – Ben SidranWritten-By – Arthur Adams	5:24
D2	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Arranged By – Philip Upchurch*Written-By – Traditional	6:36
D3	Sausalito Blues Drums – Don Simmons*Electric Bass – Philip Upchurch*Electric Piano, Arranged By, Conductor [Strings & Horns] – Donny HathawayWritten-By – Philip Upchurch*	4:05

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Famous Music Corporation
• Recorded At – Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles
• Recorded At – Universal Recording Studio
• Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor [Horns] – Nick De Caro*
• Bass – Chuck Rainey
• Congas, Tambourine – Bobbi Porterhall*
• Drums – Harvey Mason
• Engineer – Bruce Botnick, Fred Breitberg (tracks: B1, D3)
• Engineer [Remix] – Al Schmitt
• Lead Guitar – Philip Upchurch*
• Mastered By – Bob MacLeod
• Photography By, Design – Barry Feinstein, Buddy Andersen, Vicki Hodgetts
• Piano – Joe Sample
• Producer – Philip Upchurch*, Tommy LiPuma
• Rhythm Guitar – Arthur Adams

Notes

{1972-1974} version
LP labels: Ⓡ near Blue Thumb logo, bottom rim text with Famous Music Corporation Gulf - Western Company (see Blue Thumb Records)
Back cover: a subsidiary of Famous Music Corp./A Gulf + Western Company

Auto-coupled sides:
1 & 4 on LP 1
2 & 3 on LP 2

Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles.
"Sausalito Blues" and "What We Call The Blues" recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (All sides stamped): [Artisan drumstick logo]
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): A 1 BTS - 6005 5995 -1A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched): A3 S1 BTS - 6005 5996 -1A
• Matrix / Runout (Side C runout etched): B2 S1 BTS - 6005 5997 -1A
• Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched): B1 BTS - 6005 5998 -1A

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BTS 6005	Phillip Upchurch*	Darkness, Darkness ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	Blue Thumb Records	BTS 6005	US	1972
YW-8043~4-AU	Phillip Upchurch*	Darkness, Darkness ‎(2xLP, Album, RE, Gat)	Blue Thumb Records	YW-8043~4-AU	Japan	1978
89 642 XBT	Phillip Upchurch*	Darkness, Darkness ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	Blue Thumb Records, Ariola	89 642 XBT	Germany	1975
BTS 6005	Phillip Upchurch*	Darkness, Darkness ‎(2xLP, Album, RE, Gat)	ABC Blue Thumb	BTS 6005	US	Unknown
UICY-3308	Phil Upchurch	Darkness, Darkness ‎(CD, Album, RE)	MCA Records	UICY-3308	Japan	2001