The second in a series of three Hi studio albums for O.V. Wright. "Mostly made up of ballads, the single 'I Don't Do Windows' stands apart as the only up-tempo exception. Bobby Womack's 'That's the Way I Feel About Cha' gets a nice Southern soul makeover. A 'late night jazz bar everybody gone home contemplative' 'I Don't Know Why' is similar to a lesser known Stevie Wonder track, coincidentally of the same name. The shimmering 'A Little More Time' deserves special mention: starting out as a roll call of so...   [ read more ]

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The first volume of the two-disc set The Complete O.V. Wright on Hi Records concentrates on In the Studio, which means this is the stuff that hit the charts and the stuff that made the albums. Wright was one of the gutsiest vocalists on the tight, smooth, soulful Hi label, as this collection proves, and he often had material to match his talents, thanks to such fine songwriters as the Mitchell/Randle team. It is true that 30 tracks may be a bit much for a certain breed of listener, since ...   [ read more ]

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O.V. Wright was a hell of a performer, one of the highlights of Hi's roster, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the second volume of The Complete O.V. Wright on Hi Records is necessary for anyone outside of the hardcore. The reason for this? It's because it concentrates entirely on live performances he cut for the label. He was a fine live performer, as several of these selections prove, but these recordings are primarily for the dedicated -- especially because the disc has a rather abbreviate...   [ read more ]

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