#2165 Archie Bell and the Drells - Tighten Up

There's something intangibly appealing about this one. The irresistible, breezy funkiness of the title track; the ramshackle covers; the rich, swooping ballads - there's a sense of a real _band_ back there, packed with energy and urgency. Four black kids from Texas made this record, banged it out after Bell came back from Vietnam, and it sparks with the power of fun where you can find it 3.5/5