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JUST EXACTLY
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Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
is a 1976
Double live album by
It collected a variety of
performances from
the popular
mid-1970s line-up
of the band,
which featured
pianist
Chuck Leavell
and bassist
Lamar Williams.
Songs from their popular
1973
Brothers and Sisters album
were heavily featured,
but each of their
other studio albums
was represented by
a selection as well.
Released
after the group had
already dissolved
in acrimony,
the album did not attract
much praise
or even attention
at the time.
The band did not like
the selections,
the sound mixing
on the album
was poor,
the packaging was
substandard,
and the record also
inevitably suffered
by comparison
to their classic
1971
At Fillmore East,
generally considered one
of the best
live albums of all time.
Nevertheless,
some of the
1973 performances,
such as of
"Southbound",
are strong,
and the energetic
1975 run-through of
"Can't Lose What You Never Had"
showed why it
had enjoyed much
of the
progressive rock
radio airplay
off that year's
Win, Lose or Draw.
The New Year's Eve 1972
nightclub performance
of
"Ain't Wastin' Time No More",
a number
originally recorded
shortly after the band
lost
Duane Allman
and now being
played shortly after
the band lost
Berry Oakley,
illustrated the group's
mixture of
lament and resolve.
Decades after its release,
both Leavell
and drummer
Jaimoe
spoke favorably
of the record,
saying that despite
the lack of
previously unreleased songs
and the problems
surrounding
the band at the time,
there was much
excellent playing on it.
Jaimoe said,
"that's a hell of a record
and I'm glad we captured
the Chuck and Lamar era.
It didn't last all that long.
" album's title is derived
from the song
"Too Much Monkey Business"
by Chuck Berry.
Album cover art was
by
Jim Evans.
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