Betty Wright ‎– Hard To Stop

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While Hard to Stop lacked a big classic hit on the order of “Clean Up Woman,” it was a very solid and varied platter of early-’70s soul. Distinguished by the tight, lean Miami funk-soul of the backup players (particularly guitarist Willie “Little Beaver” Hale), it did offer a couple of pretty big R&B hits with the jittery rhythms of “The Babysitter” and “It’s Hard to Stop (Doing Something When It’s Good to You),” which was about as bluesy as soul got in 1973. A far more off-the-wall highlight was the radical reinterpretation of Helen Reddy’s “I Am Woman,” which changed it from a hokey pop tune into something that sounded far more grittily proud and defiant. However, it’s a pretty consistent record throughout, with other cuts of note including “We the Two of Us,” which has a great effervescent Miami organ, and “If You Think You’ve Got Soul,” which weaves in and out of a quasi-tropical groove. The “Clean Up Woman” guitar rhythm is reprised on “Gimme Back My Man,” though to less memorable effect than on the hit single.

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Alston Records ‎– SD 7026 Stereo Vinyl LP 1973 US Pressing

Side 1.

1. I Am Woman
Written-By – Helen Reddy, Ray Burton

2. Sweet Wonder
Written-By – Betty Wright, Joanne Shelby, Willie Clarke

3. The Experts
Written-By – Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke

4. We The Two Of Us
Written-By – Betty Wright, Willie Clarke

5. Let Me Go Down
Written-By – Al Kooper

Side 2.

1. Gimme Back My Man
Written-By – Bill Kennedy

2. Who’ll Be The Fool
Written-By – Clarence Reid, H. W. Casey, Willie Clarke

3. The Babysitter
Written-By – Betty Wright, Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke

4. If You Think You’ve Got Soul
Written-By – Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke

5. It’s Hard To Stop (Doing Something When It’s Good To You)
Written-By – Betty Wright, Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke

Credits:
Arranged By [Horns & Strings] – Mike Lewis
Arranged By [Strings, Horns] – Mike Lewis
Backing Vocals – Betty Wright, H. W. Casey, Jeannette Holloway, Joanne Shelby, The Perfections
Bass – Ron Bogdon
Congas – Fermin Goytisolo, Simeon Taylor
Design – Loring Eutemey
Drums – Ivan “Breeze” Olander
Guitar – Joey Murcia, Phillip Wright, Willie “Little Beaver” Hale
Horns [Section] – Mike Lewis, Ron Bogdon
Keyboards – Al Kooper, Arnold Albury, Benny Latimore, Clarence Reid, Fred Bogert, Joanne Shelby, Bobby “Birdwatcher” Pucetti
Mastered By [Monarch] – J PYNES
Photography By – Joel Brodsky
Producer – Clarence Reid, Steve Alaimo, Willie Clarke
Saxophone, Soloist – Gerald Smith

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Weight 0,5 kg