That's a Plenty (album) explained

That's a Plenty
Type:	Studio
Artist:	The Pointer Sisters
Cover:	PointersPlenty.jpg
Released:	February 13, 1974
Recorded:	Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco) Quadraphonic Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) United Western Studios (Los Angeles)
Length:	48:25
Label:	Blue Thumb
Producer:	David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
Prev Title:	The Pointer Sisters
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Live at the Opera House
Next Year:	1974

That's a Plenty is the second studio album by the American female vocal group The Pointer Sisters.^[1] It was released in 1974 on Blue Thumb Records.^[2]

The album peaked at No. 82 on the Billboard 200.^[3]

History

Mixing the Pointers' brand of soul with rollicking blues numbers and jazz covers, the album also included the country-flavored "Fairytale", their second Top 40 hit. The song crossed over to the country charts, enabling the group to become the first African-American vocal group to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.^[4] The group won the Grammy Award for "Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group".^[5]

The album was the second by the group to be certified gold. The album was remastered and issued on CD in 2006 by Hip-O Select.

Personnel

• Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Bonnie Pointer, June Pointer – vocals

Musicians

• Tom Salisbury – keyboards, Silverton accordion (1), brass and string arrangements
• Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano (2, 6); electric piano, Hohner clavinet and ARP synthesizer (9)
• David Briggs – acoustic piano (7)
• David Grisman – mandolin (1)
• Jesse Ed Davis – electric guitar (3)
• Jack Viertell – electric guitar (3)
• Bonnie Raitt – slide guitar (3)
• John Shine – guitar (4)
• Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar (7)
• Weldon Myrick – pedal steel guitar (7)
• John Neumann – bass (1, 5, 8)
• Ron McClure – bass (2, 4, 6)
• Paul Jackson – bass (3, 9)
• Norbert Putnam – bass (7)
• Gaylord Birch – drums (1-6, 8, 9)
• Ken Buttrey – drums (7)
• Bill Summers – African talking drum, shekere and congas (9)
• Britt Woodman – trombone solo (4)
• Gordon Messick – trombone (5)
• Harry "Sweets" Edison – trumpet solo (4)
• James Goodwin – trumpet (5)
• Jim Rothermel – clarinet (5)
• Floyd Cooley – tuba (5)
• Buddy Spicher – fiddle (7)

Production

• David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. – producer
• Tom Salisbury, Jeffrey Cohen, Bruce Good – associate producers
• Jeremy Zatkin, Fred Catero, David Rubinson – recording engineers
• George Horn, Phil Brown – mastering engineers
• David Rubinson – arrangements on "Grinning in Your Face" and "Black Coffee"
• Norman Landsberg, Jeffrey Cohen, Bruce Good – vocal arrangement on "Salt Peanuts"
• Randy Tuten – cover art
• Herb Greene – art direction, photography

Chart positions

Chart (1974)!scope="col"

Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[6]	79
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape^[7]	82
US Billboard Top Soul LPs^[8]	33

Notes and References

1. News: Heim . Chris . POINTER SISTERS CAUGHT IN POINT OF NO RETURN . Chicago Tribune . 6 Aug 1988 . WEEKEND CHICAGO . 13.
2. Web site: The Pointer Sisters | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. The Pointer Sisters. Billboard.
4. Web site: Bonnie Pointer, early member of Pointer Sisters, dies at 69. Andrew. Dalton. The Detroit News.
5. Web site: Pointer Sisters . Recording Academy: Grammy Awards . 11 June 2021.
6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 235.
7. The Pointer Sisters Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. November 29, 2022.
8. The Pointer Sisters Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Billboard. November 29, 2022.