Self Portrait (Ruth Copeland album)

Infobox Album
Name = Self Portrait (album)
Type = studio
Artist = Ruth Copeland


Released = 1970
Recorded = 1970
Genre = Funk/Rock/Folk
Length = 43:46
Label = Invictus Records
Producer = Ruth Copeland
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kbftxqqgldte~T1 link]
Last album =
This album = "Self Portrait"
(1970)
Next album = "I Am What I Am"
(1971)

"Self Portrait" is the 1970 debut album by Folk/Rock/Funk singer Ruth Copeland. The album was released by Invictus Records in 1970 and produced by Ruth Copeland, though it is widely believed that the actual producer of the album was her then husband Jeffrey Bowen working under an alias. The album presumably was recorded during the same sessions that produced Parliament's debut album, "Osmium".

In 1996 both Ruth Copeland albums were licensed by HDH Inc. and reissued by P-Vine Records individually. In 1997 both Ruth Copeland albums were reissued on one CD under the juxtaposed title "Self Portrait"/"I Am What I Am" (Deepbeats DEEPM 022). It was then issued under the title "Gimme Shelter - The Invictus Sessions" (Castle Music CMRCD 576). Both compilations omitted the track "Un Bel Di (One Fine Day)".

Tracks

#Prologue: Child Of The North (Ruth Copeland)
#Thanks For The Birthday Card (Ruth Copeland)
#Your Love Been So Good To Me (Tal Ross, Ruth Copeland, George Clinton)
#The Music Box (Ruth Copeland, Ron Dunbar, E. Wayne)
#The Silent Boatman (Ruth Copeland)
#To William In The Night (Ruth Copeland, G. Alexander, E. Wayne, Ron Dunbar)
#No Commitment (Ruth Copeland) (released as the b-side to "Hare Krishna"-Invictus Is 9088)
#I Got A Thing For You Daddy (Ruth Copeland, Eddie Hazel, George Clinton)
#A Gift Of Me (Ruth Copeland, E. Wayne, Ron Dunbar)
#Un Bel Di (One Fine Day)from "Madame Butterfly" (G. Puccini)

Personnel

*Tiki Fulwood
*Eddie Hazel
*Billy Bass Nelson
*Bernie Worrell
*Tal Ross
*Tommy Bell
*Dennis Coffey
*Andrew Smith
*Ray Monnette
*Bob Babbitt
*Tom Neme
*Tony Camillo
*George Clinton
*Detroit Symphony and Choraliers gospel singers