sweet soul LP “INTRODUCING THE WHATNAUTS” rare STANG original in shrink HEAR

$

116

Artist:   THE WHATNAUTS

Title:   “Introducing the Whatnauts”

Label:   STANG ~ ST 1005.  Stereo pressing on medium thick vinyl.  Labels are blue with black text. 

Year:   1970

Condition: 

DISC:  NICE VG++ with full original gloss.  Has been played a small number of times and handled with care.  There are a couple slight superficial hairline scuffs but nothing serious or audible.  (I detected a very small bit of underlying surface noise which could be inherent in the pressing – it is way below the music and is not what I would consider to be distracting.  I have included a sound clip of Side 2 Track 1 in its entirety so you can judge the sound quality.) 

A very nice record with no pops, clicks, ticks, skips, or other distractions.  Labels are clean, except for a bit of writing on the Side 2 label. 

JACKET:   NM- in original factory shrink wrap.  Flawless front and back panels.  Shrink wrap has faint writing on the front, and breaks at top right corner (approx 3”) and at bottom left corner (less than 1”).  Excellent seams and spine except for a tiny chip on bottom seam at center, barely noticeable. 

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• I Just Can’t Lose Your Love
• Tweedly Dum-Dum
• She’s Gone to Another
• What’s Left to Give
• Fall in Love All Over
• Just Can’t Leave My Baby  

Side Two:

• I’ll Erase Away Your Pain
• Please Make the Love Go Away
• Souling with the Whatnauts
• Dance to the Music
• Message from a Black Man

Review:

“This Baltimore, MD quartet's skills are displayed on nine of the 11 selections, all exemplary sweet soul. The members were Garnett Jones, Billy Herndon, Gerald Pickney and Ray, who disappeared after this release.  Confusion existed because two instrumentals are included: "Souling With the Whatnauts" and "Dance To the Music."  The former became popular; it was featured on many '70s R&B radio programs as theme or intro music, causing many to think the Whatnauts were an instrumental group.  "Souling" is driven by a deliberate lead guitar, jangling percussion, and a gruff, baritone sax that honks out the beat the entire track.  Sly Stone's "Dance to the Music" has spirited horns and a scratching guitar.  The Temptations provide the inspiration for "Just Can't Leave My Baby" and "Message to a Black Man"; A&I Records released the latter prior to the group's signing with Stang Records as being by the Whatnauts & the Whatnauts Band.  Garnett's falsetto was the heart of the group; his leads on "Just Can't Lose Your Love," the painful "She's Gone to Another," and "I'll Erase Away Your Pain" are legendary.  "I'll Erase" became their biggest hit, outdistancing sales and chart positions of previous efforts "Please Make the World Go Away," and "What's Left to Give."  George Kerr, Sylvia Robinson, and Nate Edmonds handled productions, while Kerr did the lion's share of the writing.”

(courtesy Andrew Hamilton, allmusic.com.)

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