15 CD – Import
‘50’ is a 133 track/15 disc 50th anniversary celebration of The Average White Band’ss classic studio albums from 1973’s debut ‘Show Your Hand’ up to 1982’s ‘Cupid’s In Fashion’.
The set also includes their live album ‘Person To Person’, the ‘spoiler’ album ‘Volume VIII’, the reconfigured ‘Shine’ – aka ‘On The Strip’ – and an 8 track disc with selected 12″ mixes, early versions, live, and later discovered tracks. ’50’ includes an introductory note from Onnie McIntyre with his personal recollections, although the framework of these 10,000 word notes have appeared in previous collections or releases. However, as they were such in-depth interviews, both Alan Gorrie and Hamish Stuart felt that there wasn’t anything further that could be written about those early days.