I\'ve forgotten how many copies I have of the AWB White Album ... First bought on vinyl in 75 [lent it to a girl that I met at the Apollo in Glasgow and never saw it or her again]... replaced it, bought it on tape for the car, then on CD as soon as it was released, and then on CD again when it was re-mastered.
The great thing about this particular release is that there is a bonus disc that is worth paying the money for alone ... The disc is made up from the much talked about, but until now un-heard \'Clover\' sessions ...
The Clover sessions should have been the bands 2nd album for MCA, but they were cut from the label, and when they signed for Atlantic they took the songs with them and re-recorded most of them under the stewardship of the great Atlantic & Aretha producer Arif Mardin.
Unlike most demos this set is excellently recorded and the playing as you\'d expect from the boys is awesome. There is a freshness and vitality to the recordings that in some instances is even better than the slick Atlantic release. There are also a couple of new songs on the Clover sessions, that didn\'t make the White Album.
The White Album itself is just pure class.. from the opening chords of \'You Got It\' to a magic version of the Isley\'s \'Work To Do\' to the legendary \'Pick up the pieces\' every single song is worthty of inclusion.
The playing is immense, and the vocals shared by the great Hamish Stuart and Alan Gorrie are superb. I once read that AWB were the ultimate band ... on their own all very competent musicians, but as a unit .... Awesome.
If you don\'t own the White Album ... you gotta get it. If you do then you\'ve still gotta buy this version for the \'Clover Sessions\'
This is Soul Music at it\'s finest ... the fact that these guys were Caledonian Soul Brothers, who could play like the JB\'s with names like Hamish and Onnie was just a bonus to all us white boys with no rhythm. (Customer from Amazon)
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CD1 - The White Album
01. You Got It [3:35]
02. Got The Love [:53]
03. Pick Up The Pieces [4:00]
04. Person To Person [3:41]
05. Work To Do [4:24]
06. Nothing You Can Do [4:10]
07. Just Wanna Love You Tonight [4:00]
08. Keepin\' It To Myself [4:03]
09. I Just Can\'t Give You Up [3:32]
10. There\'s Always Someone Waiting [5:36]
CD2 - The Clover Sessions
01. Person To Person [3:29]
02. Keepin\' It To Myself [3:15]
03. There\'s Always Someone Waiting [5:08]
04. McEwan\'s Export [4:53]
05. Got The Love [3:49]
06. Work To Do [3:49]
07. Just Want To Love You Tonight [4:49]
08. Pick Up The Pieces [4:01]
09. I Just Can\'t Give You Up [3:48]
10. How Sweet Can You Get (Mark 1) [3:46]
Average White Band
Alan Gorrie – lead vocals (on "Keepin\' It To Myself" and "There\'s Always Someone Waiting"), co-lead vocals (on "You Got It", "Work To Do", "Nothing You Can Do", and "Just Wanna Love You Tonight"), background vocals, bass, guitar (on "You Got It")
Hamish Stuart – lead vocals (on "Got The Love", "Person To Person", and "I Just Can\'t Give You Up"), co-lead vocals (on "You Got It", "Work To Do", "Nothing You Can Do", and "Just Wanna Love You Tonight"), background vocals, lead guitar, bass (on "You Got It")
Roger Ball – keyboards, alto & baritone saxophones, Horn and String Arrangements
Onnie McIntyre – background vocals, guitar, guitar solo on "Work To Do"
Malcolm (Molly) Duncan – tenor saxophone
Robbie McIntosh – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
Ralph MacDonald – congas, percussion
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Marvin Stamm – trumpet
Mel Davis – trumpet
Glenn Ferris – trombone
Ken Bichel – mellotron (on "Just Wanna Love You Tonight")
Arif Mardin - Producer
Gene Paul & Lew Hahn - Engineers
Barry Feinstein - Art Direction
Label: Columbia / Sony
Released: 2003
Catalogue: 513413 2
Codec: Flac
Compression Level: 6
Quality: High
CD-rip by alekow (EAC and Flac)
Covers Included (600dpi)
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