The Doobie Brothers - Takin It To The Streets
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Tom Johnston – electric guitar, lead and backing vocals on "Turn It Loose"; vocals on "Wheels of Fortune"
Patrick Simmons – electric guitars, lead and backing vocals
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – electric guitars, acoustic guitar on "For Someone Special"
Michael McDonald – piano, electric piano, clavinet, synthesizers, lead and backing vocals
Tiran Porter – bass, backing vocals, lead vocal on "For Someone Special"
John Hartman – drums, percussion
Keith Knudsen – drums, percussion, backing vocals
The Memphis Horns
Wayne Jackson – trumpet
Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
Lewis Collins – tenor saxophone
Jack Hale – trombone
Bobby LaKind – congas on "Takin' It to the Streets", "Losin' End" and "Rio"
Richie Hayward – drums (with John Hartman) on "Wheels of Fortune"
Novi Novog – viola on "Losin' End"
Jesse Butler – organ on "Takin' It to the Streets"
Maria Muldaur – cameo vocal on "Rio"
Ted Templeman – additional percussion
1 LP, Gatefold Cover
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Warner Bros
Recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios Hollywood
Engineered & mixed by Donn Landee
Produced by Ted Templeman
Remastered by Joe Reagoso
Originally released in 1976
Reissued in January 2023
Tracks:
Side A :
- Wheels of Fortune
- Takin' It to the Streets
- 8th Avenue Shuffle
- Losin' End
Side B :
- Rio
- For Someone Special
- It Keeps You Runnin'
- Turn It Loose
- Carry Me Away
Reviews :
"The group's first album with Michael McDonald marked a shift to a more mellow and self-consciously soulful sound for the Doobies, not all that different from what happened to Steely Dan -- whence McDonald (and Jeff Baxter) had come -- between, say, Can't Buy a Thrill and Pretzel Logic. They showed an ability to expand on the lyricism of Patrick Simmons and Baxter's writing on "Wheels of Fortune," while the title track introduced McDonald's white funk sound cold to their output, successfully. Simmons' "8th Avenue Shuffle" vaguely recalled "Black Water," only with an urban theme and a more self-consciously soul sound (with extraordinarily beautiful choruses and a thick, rippling guitar break). "Rio" and "It Keeps You Runnin'" both manage to sound like Steely Dan tracks -- and that's a compliment -- while Tiran Porter's hauntingly beautiful "For Someone Special" was a pure soul classic right in the midst of all of these higher-energy pieces. Tom Johnston's "Turn It Loose" is a last look back to their earlier sound, while Simmons' "Carry Me Away" shows off the new interplay and sounds that were to carry the group into the 1980s, with gorgeous playing and singing all around." AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 3,93 / 5