Debut album by these Houston soul/funk legends was built around the massive success of the hit single title track, which was originally released by the Houston label Ovid before being picked up by Atlantic and going gold. [title]Tighten Up[/title] is not just another entry into the dance craze sub-genre, but an absolute stone cold classic with some serious funk swagger and a killer break. The rest of the album is no slouch either, pulled together from sessions cut while Bell was on medical leave from the Army, it features one of the tightest funk bands out of Texas, which is nothing to sneeze at. A classic on CD for the first time.

1. Tighten Up, Pt. 1
2. Tighten Up, Pt. 2
3. I Don't Wanna Be a Playboy
4. You're Mine
5. Knock on Wood
6. Give Me Time
7. In the Midnight Hour
8. When You Left Heartache Began
9. Thousand Wonders
10. Soldier's Prayer, 1967

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00110YOAA/?tag=imwan-20

I heard on the radio recently that Archie Bell has a new release coming up or is out already. A morning oldies d.j. here in Eugene played a cut off of it and the song he played was sampling heavily from "Tighten Up".

Bump ~ this release has been pushed back to April 22nd.