AWB

by Average White Band

Overview

After debuting with 1973's excellent but neglected Show Your Hand (later reissued as Put It Where You Want It), the Average White Band switched from MCA to Atlantic and hit big with this self-titled gem. Upon first hearing gutsy, Tower of Power-influenced funk like "Person to Person" and the instrumental "Pick Up the Pieces" (a number one R&B hit), many soul fans were shocked to learn that not only were the bandmembers white -- they were whites from Scotland. Like Teena Marie five years later, AWB embraced soul and funk with so much conviction that it was clear this was anything but an "average" white band. This album is full of treasures that weren't big hits but should have been -- including the addictive "You Got It," the ominous "There's Always Someone Waiting," and a gutsy remake of the Isley Brothers' "Work to Do." [When Rhino reissued AWB on CD in 1995, an edited live version of "Pick Up the Pieces" recorded at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival was added. (The full-length version had been included on Rhino's 1994 reissue of Warmer Communications.)] ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	02/02/2024
Label:	Demon Records
UPC:	5014797910690
Rank:	3420

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Average White Band   Primary Artist
David "Fathead" Newman   Guest Artist,Sax (Alto)
Randy Brecker   Guest Artist,Horn,Trumpet
Michael Brecker   Guest Artist,Horn,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Herbie Mann   Guest Artist,Flute
Steve Ferrone   Drums,Percussion
Onnie McIntyre   Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Barry Rogers   Trombone
Joe Farrell   Sax (Alto)
Don Ellis   Trumpet
Raphael Cruz   Percussion
Dick Morrissey   Sax (Tenor)
Lew Soloff   Trumpet
Roger Ball   Keyboards,Saxophone,Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Jim Mullen   Guitar
Richard Tee   Piano (Electric)
Mel Davis   Trumpet
Alan Gorrie   Bass,Lead Vocals,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background),Guitar,Vocals
Molly Duncan   Sax (Tenor)
Arif Mardin   Conductor
Alan Kaplan   Trombone
Glenn Ferris   Trombone
Sonny Fortune   Saxophone,Sax (Alto)
Sammy Figueroa   Percussion
Marvin Stamm   Trumpet
Ralph MacDonald   Congas,Percussion
Kenneth Bichel   Keyboards,Mellotron
Hamish Stuart   Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Lead Guitar,Lead Vocals,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Gil Rathel   Trumpet
Jaroslav Jakubovic   Saxophone,Sax (Baritone)
Malcolm Duncan   Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Ken Bichel   Piano,Mellotron
Robbie McIntosh   Drums,Percussion
Gilman Rathel   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Arif Mardin   Producer,Arranger
Robbie McIntosh   Composer,Composer,Lyricist
Steve Ferrone   Composer
Average White Band   Composer
Onnie McIntyre   Composer
Gene Paul   Engineer
Lewis Hahn   Engineer
Ron Albert   Engineer
Roger Ball   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Brass Arrangement
Ronald Isley   Composer
Rudolph Isley   Composer
Karl Richardson   Engineer
O'Kelly Isley   Composer
Owen McIntyre   Composer
A. Scott Galloway   Liner Notes
Howard Albert   Engineer
Hamish Stuart   Composer,Lyricist
Steve Klein   Engineer
Malcolm Duncan   Composer,Lyricist
Ronald O'Kelly   Composer
Don Covay   Composer
Alan Gorrie   Composer,Lyricist,Musician