A huge
run of funky soul from The Average White Band – a group who were already well
above average at the start, then just got better and better as their music grew
during the 70s! The package is the first we've ever seen to honor the group in
this way – and includes all their important studio albums, plus lesser-known
gems from later years – and 2-CDs' worth of rare material too – all in a box
with a special 52 page book! Albums include Show Your Hand, How Sweet Can You
Get, Average White Band, Put It Where You Want It, Cut The Cake, Soul
Searching, Person To Person, Benny & Us, Warmer Communications, Feel No
Fret, Shine, Volume VIII, Cupid's In Fashion, Aftershock, Soul Tattoo, and
Living In Colour – plus those 2CDs of bonus alternates and rarities! 197 tracks
in all – and very nicely done.
All The Pieces features the
band’s entire catalogue of recorded material on a 19CD box set, which includes
all of the original studio albums (and ‘spoilers’ ‘Put It Where You Want It’
and ‘Volume VIII’) in mini-vinyl replica wallets, alternate versions and
selected mixes, in this 172-track collection.
The box set includes the collectable
re-packaged debut album ‘Show Your Hand’ – ‘Put It Where You Want It’ – whilst
‘Person To Person’ is packaged as a 2 disc gatefold wallet – to reflect the
original 2LP set, ‘Feel No Fret’ is packaged as a gatefold release.The bonus CDs wallet artwork has been
created by the legendary John Pasche.
Track
Listing
CD 1:
SHOW YOUR HAND (1973)
1. The
Jugglers
2. This
World Has Music
3.
Twilight Zone
4. Put
It Where You Want It
5. Show
Your Hand
6. Back
In ’67
7. Reach
Out
8.
T.L.C.
CD 2:
HOW SWEET CAN YOU GET?
aka The
Clover Sessions (2003)
1.
Person To Person
2.
Keepin’ It To Myself
3.
There’s Always Someone Waiting
4.
McEwan’s Export
5. Got
The Love
6. Work
To Do
7. Just
Want To Love You Tonight
8. Pick
Up The Pieces
9. I
Just Can’t Give You Up
10. How
Sweet Can You Get?
(first
version)
CD 3:
AVERAGE WHITE BAND (1974)
1. You
Got It
2. Got
The Love
3. Pick
Up The Pieces
4.
Person To Person
5. Work
To Do
6.
Nothing You Can Do
7. Just
Want To Love You Tonight
8.
Keepin’ It To Myself
9. I
Just Can’t Give You Up
10.
There’s Always Someone Waiting
CD 4:
PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT (1975)
1. How
Can You Go Home?
2. This
World Has Music
3.
Twilight Zone
4. Put
It Where You Want It
5. Show
Your Hand
6. Back
In ’67
7. Reach
Out
8.
T.L.C.
CD 5:
CUT THE CAKE (1975)
1. Cut
The Cake
2.
School Boy Crush
3. It’s
A Mystery
4.
Groovin’ The Night Away
5. If I
Ever Lose This Heaven
6. Why
7. High
Flyin’ Woman
8.
Cloudy
9. How
Sweet Can You Get?
10. When
They Bring Down The Curtain
CD 6:
SOUL SEARCHING (1976)
1.
Overture
2. Love
Your Life
3. I’m
The One
4. A
Love Of Your Own
5. Queen
Of My Soul
6. Soul
Searching
7. Goin’
Home
8.
Everybody’s Darling
9. Would
You Stay 5
10.
Sunny Days
(Make Me
Think Of You)
11.
Digging Deeper (Finale)
CD 7a & CD
7b: PERSON TO PERSON (1976)
1.
Person To Person]
2. Cut
The Cake
3. If I
Ever Lose This Heaven
4.
Cloudy
5.
T.L.C.
6. I’m
The One
7. Pick
Up The Pieces
8. Love
Your Life
9.
School Boy Crush
10. I
Heard It Through The Grapevine
CD 8:
BENNY AND US (1977)
1. Get
It Up For Love
2. Fool
For You Anyway
3. A
Star In The Ghetto
4. The
Message
5. What
Is Soul
6.
Someday We’ll All Be Free
7.
Imagine
8.
Keepin’ It To Myself
CD 9:
WARMER COMMUNICATIONS (1978)
1. Your
Love Is A Miracle
2. Same
Feeling, Different Song
3.
Daddy’s All Gone
4. Big
City Lights
5. She’s
A Dream
6.
Warmer Communications
7. The
Price Of A Dream
8. Sweet
And Sour
9. One
Look Over My Shoulder
(Is This
Really Goodbye?)
CD 10:
FEEL NO FRET (1979)
1. When
Will You Be Mine
2.
Please Don’t Fall In Love
3. Walk
On By
4. Feel
No Fret
5. Stop
The Rain
6.
Atlantic Avenue
7. Ace
Of Hearts
8. Too
Late To Cry
9. Fire
Burning
CD 11:
SHINE (1980)
1. Our
Time Has Come
2. For
You, For Love
3. Let’s
Go Round Again
4.
Whatcha Gonna Do For Me?
5. Into
The Night
6. Catch
Me
(Before
I Have To Testify)
7. Help
Is On The Way
8. If
Love Only Lasts For One Night
9. Shine
CD 12:
VOLUME VIII (1980)
1. Kiss
Me
2. Love
Won’t Get In The Way
3. Love
Gives, Love Takes Away
4.
Growing Pains
5. Pick
Up The Pieces
6.
Person To Person
7. Cut
The Cake
8. A
Love Of Your Own
9. Queen
Of My Soul
CD 13:
CUPID’S IN FASHION (1982)
1.
You’re My Number One
2.
Easier Said Than Done
3. You
Wanna Belong
4.
Cupid’s In Fashion
5.
Theatre Of Excess
6. I
Believe
7. Is It
Love That You’re Running From
8. Reach
Out (I’ll Be There)
9. Isn’t
It Strange
10.
Love’s A Heartache
CD 14:
AFTERSHOCK (1988)
1. The
Spirit Of Love
2.
Sticky Situation
3.
Aftershock
4. Love
At First Sight
5. I'll
Get Over You
6. Later
We'll Be Greater
7. Let's
Go All The Way
8. We're
In Too Deep
9.
Stocky Sachoo-A-Shun
CD 15:
SOUL TATTOO (1996)
1. Soul
Mine
2. Back
to Basics
3.
Livin' On Borrowed Time
4. Every
Beat Of My Heart
5. When
We Get Down To It
6. Oh
Maceo
7. Do Ya
Really
8. I
Wanna Be Loved
9. No
Easy Way To Say Goodbye
10. Love
Is The Bottom Line
11.
Welcome To The Real World
12.
Window To Your Soul
13. You
Shoulda' Known
CD 16:
LIVING IN COLOUR (2003)
1. Check
Your Groove
2. Down
To The River
3.
Living In Colour
4. One
Of My Heartbeats
5. Close
To You Tonight
6. Half
Moon In The Crescent City
7. Think
Small
8. I
Can't Help It
9. I'm
Gonna Make You Love Me
10. Love
Won't Let Me Wait
CD 17:
ALTERNATE VERSIONS & RARITIES
1. Reach
Out
(first
version – recorded 1971)
2. The
Jugglers
(first
version – recorded 1971)
3. It
Didn’t Take Me A Minute
(recorded
1971)
4. In
The Beginning
(recorded
between 1971/1972)
5. Look
Out Now
(recorded
between 1971/1972)
6. White
Water Dreams
(recorded
between 1971/1972)
7. Walk
Tall - Recorded live in 1976
(first
released in 2005)
8. I’m
Gonna Make You Love Me
Recorded
live in 1976
(first
released in 2005)
9.
Wasn’t I Your Friend
10. Miss
Sun - Recorded 1980
CD 18:
THE MIXES
1. Back
In ’67 (first version -
Recorded
between 1971/1972)
2. The
Spirit Of Love
(Radio
Short Version)
3. The
Spirit Of Love (Dance Mix)
4. Let’s
Go Round Again
(The
Brothers Mix)
5.
Livin’ On Borrowed Time
(DJ Slok
Remix)
6.
Things (DJ Philly P & Joey M Remix)
7. Stop
The Rain (Supreme One Mix)
8. Let’s
Go Round Again
(Cosmic
Village Mix)
9. Let’s
Go Round Again (12” Version)
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