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D&B Together 
Studio album by Delaney & Bonnie and Friends Released March 1972 Recorded 1969, 1971 Genre Blues rock, country rock Label Columbia Producer Delaney Bramlett (original album, bonus tracks 1 and 2)
Delaney Bramlett/Doug Gilmore
(bonus tracks 4 and 6)
David Anderle
(bonus tracks 3 and 5)Delaney & Bonnie and Friends chronology Motel Shot
(1971)D&B Together
(1972)The Best of Delaney & Bonnie
(1972/1990)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]D&B Together is a 1972 album by Delaney & Bonnie and Friends. It was their last album of new material, as Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett would divorce soon after its release.
Although released by Columbia/CBS (catalog no. KC 31377), D&B Together was actually recorded for the Atco/Atlantic label, under the working title Country Life. According to his autobiography Rhythm and the Blues, Atlantic executive Jerry Wexler was dissatisfied with the album's quality upon its delivery to the label, and, upon investigating the situation and discovering Delaney and Bonnie were splitting up, sold their contract - including this album's master tapes - to CBS.[2] CBS reordered the running sequence of the album as shown below. On reflecting on the matter in 2003, Delaney Bramlett was quoted as saying "I thought [D&B Together] was a fine piece of work, so did Bonnie. Unfortunately, Jerry Wexler didn't agree."[3]
Guest musicians on the album include Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Duane Allman, Dave Mason, John Hartford, Billy Preston, Tina Turner, and Steve Cropper. The standout tracks (all issued prior to the album's release as singles on Atco/Atlantic) are "Move 'Em Out," "Only You Know and I Know," "Comin' Home," and "Groupie (Superstar)." (The inclusion of the last three tracks on this album is somewhat incongruous, as they date back to Delaney and Bonnie's first recording sessions for Atco/Atlantic in September 1969. Delaney and Bonnie were still under contract with Elektra Records when these recordings were made; these songs' master tapes were subsequently purchased by Atco/Atlantic, and transferred to Atlantic by Elektra on 10 November 1969.)
Contents
Track listing
- "Only You Know and I Know" (Dave Mason) - 3:26
- "Wade in the River of Jordan" (Traditional, arr. Delaney Bramlett) - 2:10
- "Sound of the City" (Delaney Bramlett, Joe Hicks) - 2:39
- "Well, Well" (Delaney Bramlett) - 3:03
- "I Know How It Feels to Be Lonely" (Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Ware) - 3:47
- "Comin' Home" (Bonnie Bramlett, Eric Clapton) - 3:13
- "Move 'Em Out" (Steve Cropper, Bettye Crutcher) - 2:50
- "Big Change Comin'" (Delaney Bramlett) - 3:22
- "A Good Thing (I'm on Fire)" (Delaney Bramlett, Gordon DeWitty) - 2:13
- "Groupie (Superstar)" (Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell) - 2:49
- "I Know Something Good About You" (Delaney Bramlett, Joe Hicks) - 4:11
- "Country Life" (Delaney Bramlett, Bobby Whitlock) - 3:38
A remastered version of the album was released by Columbia/Legacy in 2003. This version of the album, which was compiled with Delaney Bramlett's assistance, contains six additional tracks recorded by Delaney and Bonnie during 1972-73 as solo artists following their breakup. The additional tracks are:
- Delaney Bramlett "Over and Over" (Delaney Bramlett) - 2:41
- Delaney Bramlett "I'm Not Your Lover, Just Your Lovee" (Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore) - 4:28
- Bonnie Bramlett "Good Vibrations" (Gordon DeWitty) - 3:13
- Delaney Bramlett "Are You a Beatle or a Rolling Stone" (Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore) - 3:22
- Bonnie Bramlett "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" (Jimmy Williams, Larry Harrison) - 3:58
- Delaney Bramlett "California Rain" (Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore) - 3:52
Personnel
- Delaney Bramlett - guitar, vocals
- Bonnie Bramlett - vocals
- Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
- Leon Russell - piano, keyboards, vocals
- Duane Allman - guitar, vocals
- Dave Mason - guitar, vocals
- Carl Radle - bass, vocals
- John Hartford - banjo, vocals
- Steve Cropper - guitar, vocals
- Jim Gordon - drums, vocals
- Red Rhodes - steel guitar, vocals
- Jaimoe - drums, vocals
- Billy Preston - keyboards, piano, vocals
- Charlie Freeman - guitar, vocals
- Kenny Gradney - bass, vocals
- Bobby Whitlock - keyboards, vocals
- Bobby Keys - saxophone, vocals
- James Jamerson - bass, vocals
- Jerry Jumonville - saxophone, vocals
- King Curtis - saxophone, vocals
- Larry Knechtel - bass, vocals
- Darrell Leonard - trumpet, vocals
- Jim Price - horns, vocals
- Chuck Rainey - bass, vocals
- Larry Savoie - trombone, vocals
- Rita Coolidge - vocals
- Tina Turner - vocals
- Venetta Fields - vocals
- Merry Clayton - vocals
- Eddie Kendricks - vocals
- Sam Clayton - vocals
- Joe Hicks - vocals
- Patrice Holloway - vocals
- Tex Johnson - vocals
- Clydie King - vocals
- Sherlie Matthews - vocals
- Gordon De Witty - vocals
- Jay York - vocals
Production
- Producer: David Anderle/Doug Gilmore/Delaney Bramlett
- Recording Engineer: Tom Dowd/James Greene
- Art Direction: Howard Fritzson
- Photography: David Gahr/Beverly Parker/Sandy Speiser
- Liner Notes (2003 remastered edition): Greg Martin
References
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ Wexler, Jerry and David Ritz (1993), Rhythm and the Blues, Knopf, ISBN 0-679-40102-4, p. 263.
- ^ Liner notes to the 2003 reissue of D&B Together, Columbia/Legacy Records, cat. no. CK 85743, p. 5.
Categories:- Delaney & Bonnie albums
- 1972 albums
- Columbia Records albums
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