構成数 | 1枚

合計収録時間 | 00:49:37

Average White Band: Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart (vocals, guitars, bass); Onnie McIntire (vocals, guitar); Roger Ball (alto & baritone saxophone, keyboards); Malcolm "Molly" Duncan (tenor saxophone); Robbie McIntosh (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Michael Brecker (saxophone); Randy Brecker, Marvin Stamm, Mel Davis (trumpet); Glen Ferris (trombone); Ken Bichel (keyboards); Ralph McDonald (percussion). Engineers include: Gene Paul, Ron Albert, Howard Albert. Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, New York. Average White Band: Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie (vocals, guitar, bass); Onnie McIntyre (guitar, background vocals); Roger Ball (alto & baritone saxophones, keyboards); Malcolm "Molly" Duncan (tenor saxophone); Robbie McIntosh, Steve Ferrone (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Jim Mullen (guitar); Herbie Mann (flute); Joe Farrell, Sonny Fortune, David Newman (alto saxophone); Michael Brecker, Dick Morrisey (tenor saxophone); Jaroslav Jakubovic (baritone saxophone); Randy Brecker, Mel Davis, Marvin Stamm, Don Ellis, Gilman Rathel, Lew Soloff (trumpet); Alan Kaplan, Barry Rodgers (trombone); Richard Tee (electric piano); Ken Bichel (Mellotron); Ralph MacDonald (congas, percussion); Raphael Cruz, Sammy Figueroa (percussion). Engineers include: Gene Paul, Ron Albert, Howard Albert. Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, New York and Criteria Sound Studios, Miami, Florida. Originally released on Atlantic (7308). Includes liner notes by A. Scott Galloway. Personnel: Hamish Stuart , Alan Gorrie, Onnie McIntyre (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Jim Mullen (guitar); Herbie Mann (flute); Roger Ball (saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, keyboards); Malcolm Duncan (saxophone, tenor saxophone); David "Fathead" Newman , Joe Farrell, Sonny Fortune (alto saxophone); Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone, horns); Dick Morrissey (tenor saxophone); Jaroslav Jakubovic (baritone saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet, horns); Don Ellis, Gil Rathel, Lew Soloff, Marvin Stamm, Mel Davis (trumpet); Glenn Ferris, Alan Kaplan, Barry Rogers (trombone); Richard Tee (electric piano); Kenneth Bichel (Mellotron, keyboards); Robbie McIntosh , Steve Ferrone (drums, percussion); Ralph MacDonald (congas, percussion); Sammy Figueroa, Raphael Cruz (percussion). Audio Remasterer: Gene Paul. Audio Remixers: Gene Paul; Arif Mardin. Liner Note Authors: Daryl Easlea; A. Scott Galloway. Recording information: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY; Criteria Sound Studios, Miami, FL. Author: Alan Gorrie. Photographer: Barry Feinstein. Arrangers: Roger Ball; Arif Mardin; Average White Band. In those benighted pre-Chili Peppers dark ages of the mid-'70s, the notion of a bunch of Caucasian Scotsmen laying down heavy funk seemed an odd one. Even a cursory listen to AWB puts any such reservations quickly to rest. Alan Gorrie's soulful vocals and percussive, syncopated basslines interact perfectly with Hamish Stuart's funky, rhythmic guitar work. On the band's signature tune, the mostly instrumental "Pick Up the Pieces," the theme is stated by a punchy-but-slinky horn section, with sinuous interpolations from Hamish. Here the band demonstrates its impressive rhythmic facility and its ability to stop on a dime (the death-defying groove rivals the JBs in their prime). For a group capable of such intense polyrhythmic interaction, the Average White Band keeps things surprisingly song-based, and Gorrie's vocals are the central focus of everything but "Pick Up the Pieces." "Nothing You Can Do" and "Just Wanna Love You Tonight" dip into romantic R&B love balladry, while "Keepin' It To Myself" finds the boys mining the contemporaneous Al Green/Willie Mitchell arrangement style. Conversant in all the variants of mid-'70s funk and R&B, the Average White Band succesfully married pop smarts with dance-floor groove power.

エディション | Reissue

録音 | ステレオ (Studio/Live)