Direct is a 1981 live in-studio album by
Tower of Power. It was their only album for the direct-to-disc record label Sheffield Lab. It also marked the return of original guitarist Willie James Fulton, not heard from since 1972's
Bump City, and the last album to feature saxophonist
Lenny Pickett. Mark Sanders plays drums on this album. Between this album and their 1987 comeback album
Power they would record the sessions that later became the
Dinosaur Tracks CD. Besides that, save for the original single release of "Simple As That" (from the same
Dinosaur Tracks sessions), this would be their last new release until 1987. It contained mostly songs from their previous albums but included new stuff as well.