アヴェレージ・ホワイト・バンド集大成！19枚組CDボックス！

Friday, June 20th 2014

スコットランドで結成された「Pick Up The Pieces」、｢Cut The Cake ｣等のヒットで知られる白人ソウル・ファンク・バンド、AWBことアヴェレージ・ホワイト・バンドの作品を網羅した豪華19枚ボックス・セットの発売が決定！

結成は1971年。1973年にエリック・クラプトンのカムバック・コンサートをサポートして話題となり同年、MCAから『Show Your Hand』をリリース。1974年に名門アトランティック・レコードと契約し、1974年には「Pick Up The Pieces」が全米No.1を獲得。1982年に一旦解散するも1996年に再結成し、メンバーを変えながらも現在も精力的に活動を続けている。

そんな彼らの記念すべき1973年発表のデビューアルバムから2003年の最新作『Living In Colour』までのアルバム17枚と、レア音源や別ヴァージョン等を収録したCDにリミックス音源を収めたCDをボーナスとして付属。ブックレットは52ページと豪華仕様！

トラックリスト

CD01 SHOW YOUR HAND (1973)
1. The Jugglers 4.51
2. This World Has Music 5.58
3. Twilight Zone 5.28
4. Put It Where You Want It 5.17
5. Show Your Hand 4.30
6. Back In ’67 4.12
7. Reach Out 4.04
8. T.L.C. 8.07

CD02 HOW SWEET CAN YOU GET? aka The Clover Sessions (2003)
1. Person To Person 3.23
2. Keepin’ It To Myself 3.10
3. There’s Always Someone Waiting 5.02
4. McEwan’s Export 4.48
5. Got The Love 3.42
6. Work To Do 3.42
7. Just Want To Love You Tonight 4.43
8. Pick Up The Pieces 3.57
9. I Just Can’t Give You Up 3.45
10. How Sweet Can You Get? (first version) 3.41

CD03 AVERAGE WHITE BAND (1974)
1. You Got It 3.30
2. Got The Love 3.47
3. Pick Up The Pieces 3.55
4. Person To Person 3.36
5. Work To Do 4.20
6. Nothing You Can Do 4.04
7. Just Want To Love You Tonight 3.54
8. Keepin’ It To Myself 3.57
9. I Just Can’t Give You Up 3.27
10. There’s Always Someone Waiting 5.27

CD04 PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT (1975)
1. How Can You Go Home? 3.05
2. This World Has Music 5.58
3. Twilight Zone 5.28
4. Put It Where You Want It 5.17
5. Show Your Hand 4.30
6. Back In ’67 4.12
7. Reach Out 4.04
8. T.L.C. 8.07

CD05 CUT THE CAKE (1975)
1. Cut The Cake 4.05
2. School Boy Crush 5.00
3. It’s A Mystery 3.56
4. Groovin’ The Night Away 3.43
5. If I Ever Lose This Heaven 4.59
6. Why 4.06
7. High Flyin’ Woman 3.47
8. Cloudy 4.21
9. How Sweet Can You Get? 3.59
10. When They Bring Down The Curtain 4.43

CD06 SOUL SEARCHING (1976)
1. Overture 2.14
2. Love Your Life 4.52
3. I’m The One 4.19
4. A Love Of Your Own 5.34
5. Queen Of My Soul 6.05
6. Soul Searching 3.17
7. Goin’ Home 4.39
8. Everybody’s Darling 3.34
9. Would You Stay 5.34
10. Sunny Days (Make Me Think Of You) 3.19
11. Digging Deeper (Finale) 2.44

CD07a & CD07b PERSON TO PERSON (1976)
1. Person To Person 7.04
2. Cut The Cake 5.05
3. If I Ever Lose This Heaven 8.10
4. Cloudy 6.36
5. T.L.C. 14.19
6. I’m The One 4.42
7. Pick Up The Pieces 18.34
8. Love Your Life 5.08
9. School Boy Crush 7.38
10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine 9.56

CD08 BENNY AND US (1977)
1. Get It Up For Love 4.34
2. Fool For You Anyway 5.39
3. A Star In The Ghetto 7.01
4. The Message 5.18
5. What Is Soul 4.34
6. Someday We’ll All Be Free 5.14
7. Imagine 4.57
8. Keepin’ It To Myself 4.29

CD09 WARMER COMMUNICATIONS (1978)
1. Your Love Is A Miracle 6.07
2. Same Feeling, Different Song 5.19
3. Daddy’s All Gone 4.39
4. Big City Lights 4.56
5. She’s A Dream 5.36
6. Warmer Communications 4.12
7. The Price Of A Dream 4.03
8. Sweet And Sour 4.50
9. One Look Over My Shoulder (Is This Really Goodbye?) 3.58

CD10 FEEL NO FRET (1979)
1. When Will You Be Mine 4.26
2. Please Don’t Fall In Love 3.44
3. Walk On By 3.59
4. Feel No Fret 6.24
5. Stop The Rain 4.30
6. Atlantic Avenue 3.16
7. Ace Of Hearts 3.51
8. Too Late To Cry 4.00
9. Fire Burning 3.29

CD11 SHINE (1980)
1. Our Time Has Come 3.36
2. For You, For Love 3.53
3. Let’s Go Round Again 4.57
4. Whatcha Gonna Do For Me? 4.10
5. Into The Night 4.00
6. Catch Me (Before I Have To Testify) 5.00
7. Help Is On The Way 4.19
8. If Love Only Lasts For One Night 4.39
9. Shine 3.56

CD12 VOLUME VIII (1980)
1. Kiss Me 3.49
2. Love Won’t Get In The Way 5.08
3. Love Gives, Love Takes Away 4.05
4. Growing Pains 4.28
5. Pick Up The Pieces 3.55
6. Person To Person 3.36
7. Cut The Cake 4.05
8. A Love Of Your Own 4.01
9. Queen Of My Soul 4.34

CD13 CUPID’S IN FASHION (1982)
1. You’re My Number One 3.23
2. Easier Said Than Done 4.07
3. You Wanna Belong 4.27
4. Cupid’s In Fashion 4.22
5. Theatre Of Excess 4.26
6. I Believe 4.31
7. Is It Love That You’re Running From 4.15
8. Reach Out (I’ll Be There) 3.52
9. Isn’t It Strange 3.25
10. Love’s A Heartache 4.48

CD14 AFTERSHOCK (1988)
1. The Spirit Of Love 4.05
2. Sticky Situation 4.29
3. Aftershock 4.07
4. Love At First Sight 4.47
5. I'll Get Over You 4.32
6. Later We'll Be Greater 3.52
7. Let's Go All The Way 5.53
8. We're In Too Deep 3.54
9. Stocky Sachoo-A-Shun 1.38

CD15 SOUL TATTOO (1996)
1. Soul Mine 4.25
2. Back to Basics 3.59
3. Livin' On Borrowed Time 4.13
4. Every Beat Of My Heart 5.46
5. When We Get Down To It 4.03
6. Oh Maceo 3.39
7. Do Ya Really 4.26
8. I Wanna Be Loved 4.33
9. No Easy Way To Say Goodbye 4.28
10. Love Is The Bottom Line 4.04
11. Welcome To The Real World 4.16
12. Window To Your Soul 5.05
13. You Shoulda' Known 0.00

CD16 LIVING IN COLOUR (2003)
1. Check Your Groove 4.59
2. Down To The River 5.26
3. Living In Colour 4.54
4. One Of My Heartbeats 5.06
5. Close To You Tonight 5.02
6. Half Moon In The Crescent City 5.13
7. Think Small 6.15
8. I Can't Help It 4.37
9. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me 4.52
10. Love Won't Let Me Wait 3.43

CD17: ALTERNATE VERSIONS & RARITIES
1. Reach Out [first version – recorded 1971] 4.04
2. The Jugglers [first version – recorded 1971] 4.06
3. It Didn’t Take Me A Minute (recorded 1971 2.25
4. In The Beginning (recorded between 1971/1972) 3.46
5. Look Out Now (recorded between 1971/1972) 2.14
6. White Water Dreams (recorded between 1971/1972) 4.00
7. Walk Tall - Recorded live in 1976 (first released in 2005) 5.28
8. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me - Recorded live in 1976 (first released in 2005) 5.53
9. Wasn’t I Your Friend 6.16
10. Miss Sun - Recorded 1980 4.14

CD18: THE MIXES
1. Back In ’67 [first version - Recorded between 1971/1972] 4.05
2. The Spirit Of Love (Radio Short Version) 4.05
3. The Spirit Of Love (Dance Mix) 7.28
4. Let’s Go Round Again [The Brothers Mix] 6.45
5. Livin’ On Borrowed Time (DJ Slok Remix) 5.21
6. Things (DJ Philly P & Joey M Remix) 7.44
7. Stop The Rain (Supreme One Mix) 4.08
8. Let’s Go Round Again (Cosmic Village Mix] 7.26
9. Let’s Go Round Again (12” Version) 6.27