The DOOBIE BROTHERS "Minute By Minute" LP New / Sealed 1978
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SHRINK WRAP IS TORN at top right, Price Label most likely removed,
Minute by Minute Review by Bruce Eder
With Tom Johnston gone from the lineup because of health problems, this is where the "new" Doobie Brothers really make their debut, with a richly soulful sound throughout and emphasis on horns and Michael McDonald's piano more than on Patrick Simmons' or Jeff Baxter's guitars. Not that they were absent entirely, or weren't sometimes right up front in the mix, as the rocking, slashing "Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels" and the bluegrass-influenced "Steamer Lane Breakdown" demonstrate. But given the keyboards, the funky rhythms, and McDonald's soaring tenor (showcased best on "What a Fool Believes"), it's almost difficult to believe that this is the hippie bar band that came out of California in 1970. There's less virtuosity here than on the group's first half-dozen albums, but overall a more commercial sound steeped in white funk. It's still all pretty compelling even if its appeal couldn't be more different from the group's earlier work (i.e., The Captain and Me, etc.). The public loved it, buying something like three million copies, and the recording establishment gave Minute by Minute four Grammy Awards, propelling the group to its biggest success ever.
The Doobie Brothers – Minute By Minute
The Doobie Brothers - Minute By Minute album cover
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Label: Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3193
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album,
Country: US
Released: Dec 1978
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock
A1 Here To Love You
Written-By – Michael McDonald
3:58
A2 What A Fool Believes
Written-By – Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald
3:41
A3 Minute By Minute
Written-By – Lester Abrams, Michael McDonald
3:26
A4 Dependin' On You
Written-By – Michael McDonald, Patrick Simmons
3:44
A5 Don't Stop To Watch The Wheels
Written-By – Jeffrey Baxter*, Michael Ebert, Patrick Simmons
3:26
B1 Open Your Eyes
Written-By – Lester Abrams, Michael McDonald, Patrick Henderson
3:18
B2 Sweet Feelin'
Written-By – Patrick Simmons, Ted Templeman
2:41
B3 Steamer Lane Breakdown
Written-By – Patrick Simmons
3:24
B4 You Never Change
Written-By – Patrick Simmons
3:26
B5 How Do The Fools Survive?
Written-By – Carole Bayer Sager, Michael McDonald
5:12
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Recorded At – Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Mixed At – Sunset Sound Recorders
Pressed By – Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.
Published By – Snug Music
Published By – Milk Money Music
Published By – Loresta Music
Published By – Soquel Songs
Published By – Quark Music
Published By – Monosteri Music, Inc.
Published By – Eagle Point Publishing
Published By – Unichappell Music, Inc.
Published By – Begonia Melodies, Inc.
Banjo – Herb Pedersen
Bass – Tiran Porter
Congas – Bobby LaKind
Coordinator [Production] – Beth Naranjo
Design, Coordinator – Bruce Steinberg
Drums – John Hartman, Keith Knudsen
Electric Piano – Lester Abrams (tracks: B5)
Engineer – Donn Landee
Engineer [Additional] – Loyd Clifft
Fiddle – Byron Berline
Guitar – Jeffrey Baxter*, Patrick Simmons
Harmonica – Norton Buffalo
Harmony Vocals – Michael McDonald (tracks: B4)
Keyboards – Michael McDonald
Lead Vocals – Michael McDonald (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B5), Patrick Simmons (tracks: A4, A5, B2, B4)
Management – Bruce Cohn
Photography By – David Alexander (5)
Producer – Ted Templeman
Saxophone – Andrew Love
Synthesizer – Bill Payne (tracks: A2, A3)
Synthesizer [Synthesizers] – Michael McDonald
Trumpet – Ben Cauley
Vocals – Bobby LaKind, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Nicolette Larson (tracks: A4, B2), Patrick Simmons, Rosemary Butler (tracks: A1, A4), Tiran Porter, Tom Johnston (tracks: A5)
Rear side of cover:
Warner Bros. Record Inc.
A Subsidary and Licensee of Warner Bros., Inc. • a Warner Communications Company
3300 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif. 31510
3 East 54th Street, New York, New York 10022
Made in U.S.A. ©1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
GOLDMINE GRADING
MINT ---- It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect.
NEAR MINT ---- Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.
VERY GOOD PLUS ---- The record has been handled and played infrequently or very carefully. Not too far from perfect. On a disc, there may be light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of a sleeve or the vinyl or some of the original luster may be lost. A slight scratch that did not affect play would be acceptably VG+ for most collectors.
VERY GOOD ---- Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.
GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.
POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.
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