27/01/2024

Average White Band "AWB" (1974) -Smooth Soul / Blue-Eyed Soul-



Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation


Royaume-Uni Side One

01 - You Got It (Roger Ball, Alan Gorrie & Hamish Stuart)
02 - Got The Love (Roger Ball, Robbie McIntosh & Hamish Stuart)
03 - Pick Up The Pieces (Roger Ball, Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh, Malcolm Duncan & Onnie McIntyre)
04 - Person To Person (Roger Ball, Hamish Stuart, Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh, Malcolm Duncan & Onnie McIntyre)
05 - Work To Do (O' Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley & Rudolph Isley)

Side Two

01 - Nothing You Can Do (Alan Gorrie, Roger Ball & Hamish Stuart)
02 - Just Want To Love You Tonight (Roger Ball & Alan Gorrie)
03 - Keepin' It To Myself (Alan Gorrie)
04 - I Just Can't Give You Up (Hamish Stuart)
05 - There's Always Someone Waiting (Alan Gorrie)


Average White Band :
Alan Gorrie Lead & Background vocals, Bass Guitar on "You Got It"
Hamish Stuart : Lead & Background vocals, Lead Guitar,  Bass on "You Got It"
Roger Ball : Keyboards, Alto & Baritone Sax
Onnie McIntyre : Background vocals, Guitar
Malcolm Duncan : Tenor Sax
Robbie McIntosh : Drums, Percussion

The Guitar Solos on "Nothing You Can Do" & "I Just Can't Give You Up" are by Hamish Stuart
The Guitar Solos on "Work To Do" is by Onnie McIntyre

Additional Musicians :
Randy Brecker, Marvin Stamm or Mel Davis : Trumpets
Glenn Ferris : Trombone
Michael Brecker : Tenor Sax
Ken Bichel : Mellotron on "Just Wanna Love You Tonight"
Ralph MacDonald Congas & Additional Percussion

All Selections Arranged by AW. B Horns
Arranged by Roger Ball

Recorded at
Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY
Engineers : Gene Paul & Lew Hahn
Criteria Sound Studios, Miami, FL
Engineers : Karl Richardson, Steve Klein, Ron Albert & Howard Albert
Engineers for Additional Recording : Jimmy Douglass & Bobby Warner
Re-Mixed by Gene Paul & Arif Mardin
Mastering Engineer : Dennis King

Produced by Arif Mardin
Direction : Alan Pariser


Side One

01 - You Got It

Lead vocals : Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart

02 - Got The Love

Lead vocal : Hamish Stuart

03 - Pick Up The Pieces

Lead vocal : Hamish Stuart

04 - Person To Person

Lead vocal : Hamish Stuart

05 - Work To Do

Lead vocals : Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart

Side Two

01 - Nothing You Can Do

Lead vocals : Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart

02 - Just Want To Love You Tonight

Lead vocals : Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart

03 - Keepin' It To Myself

Lead vocal : Alan Gorrie

04 - I Just Can't Give You Up

Lead vocal : Hamish Stuart

05 - There's Always Someone Waiting

Lead vocal : Alan Gorrie