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After cutting most of his hits in the laid-back but gritty environs of the Deep South (most notably Memphis and Muscle Shoals), in 1970 Wilson Pickett decided to move with the times and headed to Philadelphia, where his raw, bigger-than-life vocals were paired with the higher-gloss funk of songwriters and producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. It may not have seemed like an ideal match on paper, but in the studio the results were inspired; on Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia, Gamble and Huff kept the studio band on the good foot at all times, and Pickett's always passionate and forceful performance added whatever grease that might have been missing from the Philly session cats. (Not that they sound lacking in spirit, as Pickett inspires fiery performances from the band on cuts like "Engine, Engine Number 9" and "Run, Joey, Run".) While a few of the songs aren't quite up to snuff (especially the just-plain-silly "International Playboy"), and Pickett sound a lot better when he's tom-catting than when he's lovelorn (as on "Help The Needy"), the star still fires on all cylinders regardless of the material, and Gamble and Huff create first-class accommodations for his performances without losing touch with Pickett's gritty soul in the process. Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia was one of his last truly memorable sets for Atlantic Records; in 1973, he'd leave the label for RCA Victor, and his career as an R&B hit-maker would never truly recover.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Norman Harris, Guitar - Earl Young, Drums - Bobby Eli, Guitar - Roland Chambers, Guitar - Wilson Pickett, Vocals, MainArtist - Kenny Gamble, Producer, Writer - LEON HUFF, Producer, Writer - Ronnie Baker, Bass Guitar - THOM BELL, Organ - Vince Montana, Percussion, Vibraphone - Joe Tarsia, Engineer - Lenny Pakula, Piano - Ugene Dozier, Piano
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Norman Harris, Guitar - Earl Young, Drums - Bobby Eli, Guitar, Writer - Roland Chambers, Guitar - Wilson Pickett, Vocals, MainArtist - Kenny Gamble, Producer - LEON HUFF, Producer - Ronnie Baker, Bass Guitar - THOM BELL, Organ - Vince Montana, Percussion, Vibraphone - Joe Tarsia, Engineer - Lenny Pakula, Piano - Ugene Dozier, Piano - Carlton Fisher, Writer
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Norman Harris, Guitar - Earl Young, Drums - Bobby Eli, Guitar - Roland Chambers, Guitar - Wilson Pickett, Vocals, MainArtist - Kenny Gamble, Producer - LEON HUFF, Producer - Ronnie Baker, Bass Guitar - THOM BELL, Organ - Vince Montana, Percussion, Vibraphone - Jerry akines, Writer - Joe Tarsia, Engineer - Johnnie Bellmon, Writer - Lenny Pakula, Piano - Reginald Turner, Writer - Ugene Dozier, Piano - Victor Drayton, Writer
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Norman Harris, Guitar - Bunny Sigler, Writer - Earl Young, Drums - Bobby Eli, Guitar - Roland Chambers, Guitar - Wilson Pickett, Vocals, MainArtist - Kenny Gamble, Producer - LEON HUFF, Producer - Ronnie Baker, Bass Guitar - THOM BELL, Organ - Vince Montana, Percussion, Vibraphone - Jerry akines, Writer - Joe Tarsia, Engineer - Johnnie Bellmon, Writer - Lenny Pakula, Piano - Reginald Turner, Writer - Ugene Dozier, Piano - Victor Drayton, Writer
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Norman Harris, Guitar - Earl Young, Drums - Bobby Eli, Guitar - Roland Chambers, Guitar - Wilson Pickett, Vocals, MainArtist - Kenny Gamble, Producer - LEON HUFF, Producer - Ronnie Baker, Bass Guitar - THOM BELL, Organ - Vince Montana, Percussion, Vibraphone - Jerry akines, Writer - Joe Tarsia, Engineer - Johnnie Bellmon, Writer - Lenny Pakula, Piano - Reginald Turner, Writer - Ugene Dozier, Piano - Victor Drayton, Writer
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Norman Harris, Guitar - Earl Young, Drums - Bobby Eli, Guitar - Roland Chambers, Guitar - Wilson Pickett, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Kenny Gamble, Producer, Writer - LEON HUFF, Producer, Writer - Ronnie Baker, Bass Guitar - THOM BELL, Organ - Vince Montana, Percussion, Vibraphone - Joe Tarsia, Engineer - Lenny Pakula, Piano - Ugene Dozier, Piano
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Norman Harris, Guitar - Bunny Sigler, Writer - Earl Young, Drums - Bobby Eli, Guitar - Roland Chambers, Guitar - Wilson Pickett, Vocals, MainArtist - Kenny Gamble, Producer - LEON HUFF, Producer - Ronnie Baker, Bass Guitar - THOM BELL, Organ - Vince Montana, Percussion, Vibraphone - Joe Tarsia, Engineer - Lenny Pakula, Piano - Ugene Dozier, Piano, Writer
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Norman Harris, Guitar - Bunny Sigler, Writer - Earl Young, Drums - Bobby Eli, Guitar - Roland Chambers, Guitar - Wilson Pickett, Vocals, MainArtist - Kenny Gamble, Producer - LEON HUFF, Producer - Ronnie Baker, Bass Guitar - THOM BELL, Organ - Vince Montana, Percussion, Vibraphone - Joe Tarsia, Engineer - Lenny Pakula, Piano - Ugene Dozier, Piano, Writer - Bernard Broomer, Writer - Lee Phillips, Writer
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Norman Harris, Guitar - Earl Young, Drums - Bobby Eli, Guitar - Roland Chambers, Guitar - Wilson Pickett, Vocals, MainArtist - Kenny Gamble, Producer, Writer - LEON HUFF, Producer, Writer - Ronnie Baker, Bass Guitar - THOM BELL, Organ - Vince Montana, Percussion, Vibraphone - Joe Tarsia, Engineer - Lenny Pakula, Piano - Ugene Dozier, Piano
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Norman Harris, Guitar - Earl Young, Drums - Bobby Eli, Guitar - Roland Chambers, Guitar - Wilson Pickett, Vocals, MainArtist - Kenny Gamble, Producer - LEON HUFF, Producer - Ronnie Baker, Bass Guitar - THOM BELL, Organ - Vince Montana, Percussion, Vibraphone - Jerry akines, Writer - Joe Tarsia, Engineer - Johnnie Bellmon, Writer - Lenny Pakula, Piano - Reginald Turner, Writer - Ugene Dozier, Piano - Victor Drayton, Writer
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Norman Harris, Guitar - BERT BERNS, Writer - Jerry Wexler, Writer - Earl Young, Drums - Bobby Eli, Guitar - Roland Chambers, Guitar - Wilson Pickett, Vocals, MainArtist - Kenny Gamble, Producer, Writer - LEON HUFF, Producer, Writer - Ronnie Baker, Bass Guitar - THOM BELL, Organ - Vince Montana, Percussion, Vibraphone - Johnny Burke, Writer - Joe Tarsia, Engineer - Lenny Pakula, Piano - Ugene Dozier, Piano
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1975 Atlantic Recording Corp. for the US and WEA International for the world outside the US.
Norman Harris, Guitar - Bunny Sigler, Writer - Earl Young, Drums - Bobby Eli, Guitar - Roland Chambers, Guitar - Wilson Pickett, Vocals, MainArtist - Kenny Gamble, Producer - LEON HUFF, Producer - Ronnie Baker, Bass Guitar - THOM BELL, Organ - Vince Montana, Percussion, Vibraphone - Joe Tarsia, Engineer - Lenny Pakula, Piano - Ugene Dozier, Piano, Writer - Bernard Broomer, Writer - Lee Phillips, Writer
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Album review
After cutting most of his hits in the laid-back but gritty environs of the Deep South (most notably Memphis and Muscle Shoals), in 1970 Wilson Pickett decided to move with the times and headed to Philadelphia, where his raw, bigger-than-life vocals were paired with the higher-gloss funk of songwriters and producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. It may not have seemed like an ideal match on paper, but in the studio the results were inspired; on Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia, Gamble and Huff kept the studio band on the good foot at all times, and Pickett's always passionate and forceful performance added whatever grease that might have been missing from the Philly session cats. (Not that they sound lacking in spirit, as Pickett inspires fiery performances from the band on cuts like "Engine, Engine Number 9" and "Run, Joey, Run".) While a few of the songs aren't quite up to snuff (especially the just-plain-silly "International Playboy"), and Pickett sound a lot better when he's tom-catting than when he's lovelorn (as on "Help The Needy"), the star still fires on all cylinders regardless of the material, and Gamble and Huff create first-class accommodations for his performances without losing touch with Pickett's gritty soul in the process. Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia was one of his last truly memorable sets for Atlantic Records; in 1973, he'd leave the label for RCA Victor, and his career as an R&B hit-maker would never truly recover.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:59
- Main artists: Wilson Pickett
- Label: Rhino Atlantic
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp. ℗ 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.
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