Ok friends, strap in… this is easily one of my favorite tracks of all time.* Perfect mix of great beat, sweet guitar, raw production, and laid-back vocals. Someone has to have sampled it… If not, I’d like to politely suggest you give it consideration. Tracklist and credits can be found here. Dude is still kicking it so go say hi! (I can’t vouch for his more recent work… “old” just happens right?) Anyway, the deets:

ARTIST: Arthur Adams
ALBUM: It’s Private Tonight
YEAR: 1972
LABEL: Blue Thumb
PRODUCTION: Bonnie Raitt (!?) & Tommy Lipuma

RIYL: Bill Withers, good things, treasure, breathing oxygen

The album has a number of choice cuts - including “You Hit the Nail on the Head” (I might post this one at some point) and “I’ll Never be the Same.” Also it looks like the title track was issued as a 7in single.

Once again, I’d love to link to a place where you can buy a disc or download but it seems this is out of print. Until someone gets a clue, I guess it’s back to GEMM.

* time to date, does not include future time