Album
Accept No Substitute
The Original Delaney & Bonnie
1969 · Rock, Funk / Soul
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Accept No Substitute is a Rock album by The Original Delaney & Bonnie, originally released in 1969. On Gatefold: 49 pressings tracked.
About
Singer Bonnie Bramlett might be the blackest-sounding white soul singer to ever draw breath, and that’s saying something. Here, along with her husband—the gifted multi-instrumentalist Delaney Bramlett—the duo’s second album (released in July 1969) oozes the American South. It doesn’t hurt that the musicians backing them all have heightened senses of musical empathy (Leon Russell, Bobby Whitlock, Rita Coolidge, Bobby Keys, Jim Keltner, and others). It’s a hip-grinding masterpiece that’s part back-porch gospel (“Get Ourselves Together,” “The Gift of Love”), city slang (“Someday,” “The Ghetto”), and oily R&B (“When the Battle Is Over”). The slinky “I Can’t Take It Much Longer” is all Memphis in the nighttime, while the strangely profound “Dirty Old Man” (cowritten by Mac Davis) hits hard with its swampy swing, punchy horn section, and key changes—it sounds like a great Tony Joe White song. A slow-burning take of Penn/Morman’s canonical “Do Right Woman—Do Right Man” makes it the definitive version, and that’s saying something too. It’s no wonder that George Harrison signed Delaney & Bonnie to The Beatles' Apple Records after hearing this.
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Tracklist
- 1Get Ourselves Together2:25
- 2Someday3:29
- 3The Ghetto4:55
- 4When the Battle Is Over3:32
- 5Dirty Old Man2:31
- 6Love Me a Little Bit Longer2:57
- 7I Can't Take It Much Longer3:07
- 8Do Right Woman - Do Right Man5:23
- 9Soldiers of the Cross3:10
- 10The Gift of Love2:53
Sound DNA
- Rock
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bobby KeysSAXOPHONE
- Bobby WhitlockORGAN ORGAN, BACKING VOCALS ORGAN, CHORUS
- Bonnie BramlettLEAD VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, CHORUS
- Carl RadleBASS BASS GUITAR
- Delaney BramlettGUITAR, VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS, ARRANGED BY
- Jerry McGeeGUITAR LEAD GUITAR
- Jim KeltnerDRUMS
- Jim PriceTRUMPET, TROMBONE
- Leon RussellARRANGED BY, GUITAR, PIANO GUITAR, PIANO GUITAR, PIANO, ARRANGED BY
- Rita CoolidgeBACKING VOCALS
- Jimmie HaskellARRANGED BY STRINGS, ARRANGED BY
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 49 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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