Mixin' It Up Explained

Mixin' It Up
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Trammps
Cover:	Mixin' It Up The Trammps album.jpeg
Released:	1980
Studio:	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Total Experience, Hollywood, California
Genre:	Disco
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Earl Young, Ron Kersey, Ron Baker
Prev Title:	The Whole World's Dancing
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Slipping Out
Next Year:	1980

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

Commercial performance

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

Personnel

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0=ts_chart_artistname%3AThe%20Trammps&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=The%20Trammps US Charts > The Trammps]. Billboard. 25 May 2017.