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Wilson Pickett with the Chi-Lites - The Midnight Special, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA, 9-21-1973

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Here's another episode of the excellent "Midnight Special" TV show. This one is hosted by soul music legend Wilson Pickett, with the soul band the Chi-Lites as a guest star.

I've already posted a couple of songs by Pickett from this show in 1973, when he was a guest star for an episode hosted by the Bee Gees. Those songs aren't included here, since they're that other album I've made. 

In my write-up, I pointed out that Pickett had a long series of hits from about 1963 to 1973, but 1973 was the start of a steep decline in his career. I'm mentioning it here, since it's just as relevant for this album. In retrospect, his big mistake was changing record companies around the start of 1973. He didn't write songs himself, so he had to rely on professional songwriters, and the songs his new record company gave him weren't nearly as good as before.

Be that as it may, it has very little relevance here, because he stuck entirely to hit songs from earlier in his career. The only "new" song was "Never My Love," but that was a cover of a massive pop hit from 1967, so he couldn't really go wrong with that one.

Additionally, and I think rather weirdly, Pickett talked with soul singer and keyboardist Billy Preston a little bit, but that's all they did, just talk. 

It's too bad he didn't sing with the Chi-Lites, because they would have made for a good match. The Chi-Lites had many hits, especially from 1969 to 1974. In 1972 they had their biggest hit, "Oh Girl," which made it to Number One on the U.S. singles chart (as well as the U.S. R&B singles chart). So it's not surprising they performed that one here. The other song they played, "Stoned Out of My Mind," was their most recent hit at the time of this concert. That only made it to Number 30 on the U.S. singles chart, but at least it made it to Number 2 on the R&B chart, and I think it's one of their best.

Not all the songs are from this one episode. Tracks 12 and 13 are from an episode that aired on July 20, 1973. (I only know the broadcast dates for this TV show, unfortunately). Tracks 14 and 15 are from the September 14, 1973 episode, which was just a week prior to this one.

In case you're curious, the main episode here also featured songs by Canned Heat, Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Curtis Mayfield, B.W. Stevenson, Brenda Patterson, and Spooky Tooth. I've already put the Mayfield on a different album.

All the music here is unreleased. As usual, I did a lot of editing to help the songs flow together, mostly by adding some extra crowd noise to hide commercial breaks and other breaks. 

This album is 45 minutes long.

01 talk (Wolfman Jack)
02 Land of 1000 Dances (Wilson Pickett)
03 talk (Wilson Pickett)
04 talk (Wilson Pickett & Billy Preston)
05 Stoned Out of My Mind (Chi-Lites)
06 Funky Broadway (Wilson Pickett)
07 Never My Love (Wilson Pickett)
08 talk (Wilson Pickett)
09 Oh Girl (Chi-Lites)
10 talk (Wilson Pickett)
11 In the Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)
12 Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You (Wilson Pickett)
13 International Playboy (Wilson Pickett)
14 Don't Knock My Love (Wilson Pickett)
15 Get Me Back on Time, Engine 9 (Wilson Pickett) 

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The cover image is from this exact concert.



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