AVERAGE WHITE BAND – VOLUME VIII LP – Nr MINT US 1980 FUNK SOUL

Average White Band – AWB
(Atlantic Records  1980   SD19266. US Press)

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– still in original shrinkwrap

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Average White Band (also AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track “Pick Up the Pieces”, and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake. The band name was initially proposed by Bonnie Bramlett. They have influenced others such as the Brand New Heavies, and been sampled by various musicians including the Beastie Boys, TLC, The Beatnuts, Too Short, Ice Cube, Eric B. & Rakim, Nas, and A Tribe Called Quest, as well as Arrested Development – making them the 15th most sampled act in history. As of 2016, 40 years after their formation, they continue to perform.

Volume VIII is an album by the Scottish funk and soul band Average White Band. The first four tracks of VOL VIII were unreleased cuts from the Shine period. They were combined with a selection of greatest hits and released in 1980 as VOL VIII.Track listing

A1		Kiss Me Arranged By [Horns] – Roger Ball Mixed By – George Massenburg Written-By – Hamish Stuart	3:49
A2		Love Won’t Get In The Way Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry Hey Written-By – Alan Gorrie, Gavin Christopher, Hamish Stuart	5:01
A3		Love Gives, Love Takes Away Arranged By [Strings] – David Foster, Roger Ball Written-By – Alan Gorrie	4:09
A4		Growing Pains Arranged By [Horns] – Roger Ball Arranged By [Strings] – David Foster, Roger Ball Written-By – Alan Gorrie, David Foster, Hamish Stuart	4:21
B1		Pick Up The Pieces Written-By – White, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball	3:58
B2		Person To Person Written-By – Alan Gorrie, White, Hamish Stuart	3:38
B3		Cut The Cake Written-By – Alan Gorrie, White, Robbie McIntosh	4:03
B4		A Love Of Your Own Written-By – Hamish Stuart, Ned Doheny	4:01
B5		Queen Of My Soul Written-By – Hamish Stuart	4:34

• Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
• Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

• Engineer [Additional] – Mark Linett (tracks: A1 to A4), Steve McManus* (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Joe Laux (tracks: A1 to A4), Lew Hahn (tracks: B1 to B5)
• Engineer [Recording] – Gene Paul (tracks: B1 to B5), Humberto Gatica (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Mastered By – George Piros
• Mixed By – Humberto Gatica (tracks: A2 to A4)
• Producer – Arif Mardin (tracks: B1 to B5), David Foster (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Saxophone – Ernie Watts (tracks: A1 to A4), Molly Duncan (tracks: A1 to A4), Roger Ball (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2) (tracks: A1 to A4)
• Trumpet – Gary Grant (tracks: A1 to A4), Jerry Hey (tracks: A1 to A4)

 

The first four tracks of VOL VIII were unreleased cuts from the Shine period. They were combined with a selection of greatest hits and released in 1980 as VOL VIII.