Archie Bell & The Drells:
Where Will You Go When The Party's Over (1976), Hard Not To Like It (1977), Strategy (1979) [2006, Reissue]
R&B, Soul/Funk, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:56:09 | 817,42 Mb
Label: Edsel Records (UK) | Cat.# MEDCD 811 | Released: 2006-07-31 (1976/1977/1979)
As a package, the three albums contained on these two CDs offer a well-rounded picture of the Drells at the time of their Gamble & Huff days at Philly International. For starters, these records were all aimed at disco, being recorded in 1976, 1977, and 1979, respectively. It is true that most of this material doesn't match the brilliant work they did at Atlantic, but then, it's hard to dismiss any of these records out of hand. Given the pure, big string and popping bassline treatment that was so prevalent at Philly, it's easy to see why these records charted. Using the production team of McFadden, Whitehead, and Carstarphen, all three albums were aimed squarely at the charts and they all did.