The Final Blow

Infobox Album
Name = The Final Blow
Type = studio
Artist = Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns


Caption = Japanese pressing of the album "The Final Blow"
Released = 1994
Recorded = 1976-1979
Genre = Funk/Jazz
Length = 66:21
Label = P-Vine Records
Producer = George Clinton
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dpfuxqlhldke link]
Last album = "Say Blow By Blow Backwards"
(1979)
This album = "The Final Blow"
(1994)
Next album =

"The Final Blow" is a compilation album by Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns. The album first released on the P-Vine record label in 1994, then on the Sequel label in the UK, and the AEM label in the U.S.. The album is made up of unreleased tracks recorded during band's heyday in the late 1970's.

Track listing

#"Bells" (Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard Griffith) 11:07
#"Fallen Off The Edge" (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) 8:56
#"The Cookie Monster" (Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard Griffith) 7:29
#"West Ward Ho" (Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard Griffith) 5:44
#"Oh I Don't Think Sew" (George Clinton, Rodney Curtis) 10:25
#"Lickity Split" (Fred Wesley) 9:15
#"Discositdown" (George Clinton, Mike Clark, Eddie Hazel) 6:01
#"Four Play" (New Remix) (George Clinton, Glenn Goins, Bootsy Collins)

Personnel

*Drums: Frank Waddy, Jerome Brailey, Bootsy Collins, Gary Cooper, Tyrone Lampkin, Jesse Williams
*Guitars: Phelps Collins, Garry Shider, Michael Hampton, Bootsy Collins, Glen Goins, Rodney Crutcher
*Bass: Bootsy Collins, Donnie Sterling, Billy Bass Nelson, Cordell Mosson, Rodney Curtis
*Keyboards: Bernie Worrell, Joel Johnson, Jerome Rogers, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley
*Percussion: Carl Small, Larry Fratangelo
*Horns: Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, Rick Gardner, Richard Griffith
*Additional horns: Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker