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by Delaney & Bonnie

Overview

Delaney & Bonnie's brand of soul-rock was firmly in place by the time of this 1969 album, the only one they recorded for Stax. Their following albums would gain greater exposure, but there's not much difference between this record and those subsequent efforts, except perhaps that this is more soul-oriented and less rock-oriented. That's not too surprising considering that members of Booker T. & the MG's are playing on most of the cuts, though a few were done in Hollywood with Leon Russell on keyboards and Carl Radle on bass. The material was a mixture of original songs and compositions from top Stax writers such as Steve Cropper, Isaac Hayes, and David Porter, though generally the songs weren't as grittily powerful or memorably hook-laden at the best stuff to come out of Stax in the late '60s. The cover of "Piece of My Heart" was bound to pass relatively unnoticed in the wake of Janis Joplin's wrenching hit cover of the song (with Big Brother & the Holding Company), and "Hard to Say Goodbye" seems like an attempt to push their sound in a slightly poppier direction, though not at all a bad one. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	05/23/2006
Label:	Stax
UPC:	0025218862622
Rank:	66620

Tracks

1. A Long Road Ahead
2. My Baby Specializes
3. Things Get Better
4. We Can Love
5. All We Really Want to Do
6. It's Been a Long Time Coming
7. Just Plain Beautiful
8. Everybody Loves a Winner
9. Look What We Have Found
10. Piece of My Heart
11. A Right Now Love
12. I've Just Been Feeling Bad
13. Dirty Old Man
14. Get Ourselves Together
15. Pour Your Love on Me
16. Hard to Say Goodbye

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Delaney & Bonnie   Primary Artist
Delaney Bramlett   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Bonnie Bramlett   Primary Artist,Vocals
Leon Russell   Guest Artist
Isaac Hayes   Guest Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Eddie Floyd   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Donald "Duck" Dunn   Bass
Al Jackson, Jr.   Drums
William Bell   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Steve Cropper   Guitar
Bobby Whitlock   Vocals,Keyboards
Booker T. Jones   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Eddie Floyd   Composer
Donald "Duck" Dunn   Producer
Homer Banks   Composer
Delaney Bramlett   Composer
Ron Capone   Engineer
Jerry Ragovoy   Composer
William Bell   Composer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Bettye Crutcher   Composer
Bonnie Bramlett   Composer
Isaac Hayes   Composer
David Porter   Composer
Barry Feinstein   Photography
Don Nix   Producer
Carl Radle   Composer
Tom Wilkes   Original Sleeve Design
Bert Berns   Composer
Booker T. Jones   Composer