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- An early Atlantic pressing of this classic white soul album with solid Double Plus (A++) grades or close to them on both sides
- Big, rich, and open (particularly on side one) – we guarantee you have never heard this album sound even remotely as good as this copy does
- “Pick Up The Pieces” is rockin’ like it should, finally, but really, there’s not a weak track on the album
- 4 1/2 stars: “AWB embraced soul and funk with so much conviction that it was clear this was anything but an ‘average’ white band.”
We’ve been playing this record for years, but until finding a very Hot copy back in 2007 we had no idea what a sonic monster it could be. We didn’t have enough clean copies around to do a full shootout at that time for a very good reason — we’d never heard this record sound particularly good before. The typical copy tends to be smeary, with sour horns and not very much energy.
The overall sound on both of these sides is lively and energetic with superb transparency. The bass is deep, rich, and tight — just what this funky music demands. The brass sounds wonderful — it has just the right amount of bite and you can really hear the air moving through the horns. It’s smooth, sweet, airy, open, spacious and alive.