Minnie Riperton / Perfect Angel (US, Epic, KE 32561) <August 9, 1974> その②

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Minnie Riperton / Perfect Angel (US, Epic, KE 32561) <August 9, 1974> その②
(SIDE 1) PAL-32561-3C
(SIDE 2) PBL-32561-3E

けっこうこの作品のプロモは珍しいのですが、なぜか続けて発見しました。
マトリクスはまったく同じでした。
以下、例によってWiki

Perfect Angel is the second studio album by American singer Minnie Riperton, released in 1974 by Epic Records. The album contains the biggest hit of Riperton's career, "Lovin' You", which topped the U.S. Pop Singles chart for one week in early April 1975.

Background

In 1973, a college intern for Epic Records found Riperton in semi-retirement. She had become a homemaker and a mother of two in Florida. After he heard a demo of the song "Lie In The World", the rep took the tape to Gracie Allen, VP of A&R for Epic. Riperton signed with Epic Records, and the family moved to Los Angeles.

Riperton's husband, Richard Rudolph, said that shortly after she was signed to Epic, Ellis asked them who they wanted to produce the album. Riperton requested Stevie Wonder, who was very busy at the time with his band Wonderlove. Rudolph said that Wonder was a huge fan of Riperton and agreed to produce Perfect Angel under one condition. According to Rudolph, Wonder was signed to Motown and concerned that they would not allow him to work on the project. Wonder then said that he would only produce it under a pseudonym and with Rudolph as co-producer. Therefore, Rudolph recounted, they created the name El Toro Negro for Wonder and a production company called Scorbu Productions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVQw-_lQKiM&list=PLql5iS_v4444B259INjgLdb0a75ZE3cGR

タイミング・ストリップで隠れているので気がつきませんでしたが、よく見るとアイスクリームが垂れてます・・・本人が笑ってるのはそのせいかな??
これについてのエピソード、知っている人がいたら教えて下さい。

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