For more on him please check posts on his 1963 debute "It's Too Late" https://monolover.blogspot.com/2012/11/wilson-pickettits-too-late-dl-2300-63.html and the 1967 "Best Of..." https://monolover.blogspot.com/2019/10/wilson-pickettthe-best-of-wilson.html . While the latter was a hit collection from his early years this is all from the period 1968-70, blending single A-sides with LP cuts. Since I'm not all in with every move in his carreer and don't own any 45:s I'm listening to it as a wholeness rather than a compilation of spread parts. And then I get an absolutely tophole soul/funk album. Hardcore funk mixed with sincere ballads, all with top vocals played with some of the best from the Atlantic crew. He even manage to blow his own life into classics as "Hey Joe", "Hey Jude", "Sugar Sugar" and "Born To Be Wild", making them something else with the honor. And I do get my fav funk song - "Get Me Back On Time, Engine Number 9" - fantastic groove embellished by psych guitars and one of the naughtiest bass riffs ever recorded. I never get tired of that. And the audio on this copy (Richmond press) is next to perfect - wide, natural and fullfilling - making me wanna dance. 1971 issues in Canada, Downunder, France, Italy and Germany, also on US 8-track and cassette. To my knowledge never released on CD. Premiere US had label as shown here in a glossy cover. (YZÄ*) (PÖC*)
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