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Freedom Flight (Shuggie Otis album)

1971 studio album by Shuggie Otis

Freedom Flight

Studio album by

Shuggie Otis

Released

September 1971

Recorded

1971

Length

38:19

Label

Epic

Producer

Johnny Otis

Shuggie Otis chronology

Here Comes Shuggie Otis
(1970)

Freedom Flight
(1971)

Inspiration Information
(1974)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Freedom Flight, released in September 1971 on Epic Records, is the second album by Shuggie Otis.^[1]

The album contains the original version of "Strawberry Letter 23", a 1977 hit for The Brothers Johnson.

The songs "Sweet Thang" & "Purple" appear on the soundtrack for the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club.^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ice Cold Daydream"	Shuggie Otis	2:29
2.	"Strawberry Letter 23"	Shuggie Otis	3:57
3.	"Sweet Thang"	Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis	4:11
4.	"Me and My Woman"	Gene Barge	4:16
5.	"Someone's Always Singing"	Shuggie Otis	3:22

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Purple"	Shuggie Otis	7:07
7.	"Freedom Flight"	Shuggie Otis	12:57
Total length:			38:19

^[1]

Shuggie Otis - lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, organ, piano, drums, bells, bottleneck guitar, tack piano
Johnny Otis - percussion, backing vocals
Wilton Felder - bass
George Duke - organ, electric piano, celesta
Aynsley Dunbar - drums
Mike Kowalski - drums
Richard Aplanalp - tenor saxophone, oboe, flute
James "Supe" Bradshaw - harmonica, backing vocals
Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews - backing vocals^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Freedom Flight - Shuggie Otis | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
^ "Dallas Buyers Club (2013) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
^ "Freedom Flight - Shuggie Otis | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 23, 2021.