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Accept No Substitutes
Studio album by Pleasure
Released	1976
Recorded	1976
Studios	Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California The Record Plant, Sausalito, California
Genres	Soul Funk
Label	Fantasy
Producer	Wayne Henderson
Pleasure chronology
Dust Yourself Off (1975) Accept No Substitutes (1976) Joyous (1977)

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Allmusic

Accept No Substitutes is the second album by Portland, Oregon-based R&B group Pleasure. It was released in 1976 and produced by jazz trombonist Wayne Henderson of The Crusaders.

Track listing

1. "Let's Dance" – 5:01
2. "I'm Mad" – 3:10
3. "Pleasure For Your Pleasure" – 3:47
4. "We Have So Much" – 3:29
5. "Jammin' With Pleasure" – 2:26
6. "Ghettos Of The Mind" – 5:05
7. "The Love Of My Life" – 4:05
8. "Theme For The Moonchild" – 5:25
9. "2 For 1" – 4:22

Personnel

• Marlon "The Magician" McClain - guitar, lead and backing vocals
• Sherman Davis - lead and backing vocals
• Bruce Carter - drums
• Nathaniel Phillips - electric bass, backing vocals
• Dan Brewster - trombone
• Donald Hepburn - keyboards, backing vocals
• Dennis Springer - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Bruce Smith - congas, bell tree, Flexitone drums, cabasa, bells, tambourine, backing vocals, bird call effects
• Jerry Peters - electric piano, Clavinet
• Michael Hepburn - electric piano, string ensemble
• Oscar Brashear - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Augie Johnson, Sylvia Nabors - backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums	162
Billboard Top Soul Albums	32

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		U.S. Billboard Hot 100
1976	"Ghettos Of The Mind"	71

External links

• Pleasure-Accept No Substitutes at Discogs