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09 November 2006, 11:09 PM
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OK - River Cottage = relatively easy to get a consensus.. 
How about these lot though....
Average White Band
I know Scottish bands aren't up to much generally (Proclaimers etc...)
But, these guys were a little different. 70s soul/funk pioneers that knocked out a multitude of clever, and complexly crafted albums, executed with an extraordinary precision.
They were also on the 'skagg' which may account for some of the above extraordinary music....
Anyway, does anyone else know their albums? Not just 'pick up the pieces'?
How about these lot though....
Average White Band
I know Scottish bands aren't up to much generally (Proclaimers etc...
)But, these guys were a little different. 70s soul/funk pioneers that knocked out a multitude of clever, and complexly crafted albums, executed with an extraordinary precision.
They were also on the 'skagg' which may account for some of the above extraordinary music....
Anyway, does anyone else know their albums? Not just 'pick up the pieces'?
09 November 2006, 11:22 PM
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S'funny, there's another thread about the very same tonight.....
https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...ment-ring.html
https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...ment-ring.html
09 November 2006, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by imlach
S'funny, there's another thread about the very same tonight.....
https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...ment-ring.html
https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...ment-ring.html
09 November 2006, 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by imlach
Wedding band....ach, never mind eh
So, are you an AWB fan then? I'm sure you must have heard of them??
09 November 2006, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by imlach
No. Yes, heard of them. They named themselves well.
These guys were anything but 'average' - that's the point
But I 'Feel no Fret'
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09 November 2006, 11:56 PM
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Love the Average White Band.Bought their first album when it was released.
AWB withe Ben E. King is a good album.
The name nearly backfired in the States as some Yanks when hearing them automatically thought they must be a black group with an ironic name & where quite shocked when they saw them in the flesh.
AWB withe Ben E. King is a good album.
The name nearly backfired in the States as some Yanks when hearing them automatically thought they must be a black group with an ironic name & where quite shocked when they saw them in the flesh.
09 November 2006, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by imlach
Really? 
- you are an insane jock loony who should f*ck off my thread and seek your kicks elsewhere - probs at the bottom of a Buckfast bottle...
How does that sound?
10 November 2006, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by legb4rsk
Love the Average White Band.Bought their first album when it was released.
10 November 2006, 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by imlach
You've been listening to too many 'types' on your 'stereo' old chap
Given, that I started a thread extolling the virtues of what you would, it seems, call a 'stereotypical average bunch of scottish losers' I would have to say that it's you that is the stereotypical...
- in a Ralph C Nesbit kind of way...
10 November 2006, 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by unclebuck
Show Your Hand was the first album IIRC did you have that one or the 'white' album called simply AWB?
10 November 2006, 01:16 AM
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Unclebuck,you are correct,'Show Your Hand' was their first album and was re-released as 'Put it Where You Want It'
after the huge success of 'AWB'
after the huge success of 'AWB'
10 November 2006, 09:03 AM
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I definitely have 'Shine' and possibly a couple of others from the late '70s (Warmer Communications?) but they're all stored with the rest of my albums in the loft of my parents house 200 miles away so I can't check
10 November 2006, 09:10 AM
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Ahhhh....the AWB. Being 18, a helluva lot of my mates take the p!ss out of me for liking these lot. I heard their live album a few years back and have been hooked ever since.
Favourite track?......Gotta be 'Oh Maceo' off the live album. Being a keen sax player myself, i never ever get bored of hearing this. It simply amazes me. If anyone knows of a better sax solo, then please do not hesitate to tell me.
Matt
Favourite track?......Gotta be 'Oh Maceo' off the live album. Being a keen sax player myself, i never ever get bored of hearing this. It simply amazes me. If anyone knows of a better sax solo, then please do not hesitate to tell me.
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