Episode #41: Show and Tell

Star Time tends to encourage worship at the altar of the 45rpm single, but this week I decided to go into the thick of the forest and dig out some deep album cuts from the 1970s. We give you everything but the covers themselves, so you'll have to sort the stems and seeds on the coffee table like dignified people do. Featuring both Bobby Byrd and Bobby Boyd; a thoroughly depressing song from Doris Duke; a rarely-referred-to Jackson 5 soul-rock joint; a thunderous drum-and-bass jam; a #1 single from Al Wilson (the title track) to change pace; and a two-song sendoff to Mr. Fats Domino.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Bobby Byrd	You Got to Have a Job (If You Don't Work You Can't Eat)	1970	King
Brothers Unlimited	Got to Get Over	1970	Capitol
Doris Duke	I Don't Care Anymore	1970	Canyon
Cold Blood	Too Many People	1970	San Francisco
Raw Spitt (Charlie Whitehead)	Who Do They Think They Are	1971	Canyon
Bobby Boyd Congress	Straight Ahead	1971	Okapi (France)
Edwin Birdsong	It's Hard to Move When It's Your Move	1971	Polydor
Set 2
Millie Jackson	I Ain't Giving Up	1972	Spring
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie	Good Livin' (Good Lovin')	1972	Flying Dutchman
Donny Hathaway	Tryin' Times	1972	ATCO
Syreeta	Black Maybe	1972	MoWest
Betty Davis	If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up	1973	Just Sunshine
The Jackson 5	Skywriter	1973	Motown
Al Wilson	Show and Tell	1973	Rocky Road
Set 3
Charles Hilton Brown	Arguments	1974	Ampex (Italy)
Gloria Scott	That's What You Say (Everytime You're Near Me)	1974	Casablanca
Ace Spectrum	Third Rate Romance (Low Rent Rendezvous)	1975	Atlantic
The Nite-Liters	Drumology	1973	RCA
Carolyn Crawford	If You Move, You Lose	1975	Philadelphia Int'l
Water & Power	Mr. Weatherman	1975	Fantasy
Set 4/Outro
Gloria Gaynor	Let's Make a Deal	1976	Polydor
Tower of Power	You Ought to Be Havin' Fun	1976	Columbia
The Independents	No Wind, No Rain	1977	Wand
Ashford & Simpson	The Debt Is Settled	1978	Warner Bros.
Platypus	Street Babies	1979	Casablanca
The Brothers Johnson	Mista' Cool	1978	A&M
Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	1956	Imperial
Fats Domino	Walking to New Orleans	1960	Imperial