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UNITED ARTISTS 1975, £6.99

You say: “Despite the glossy production, Bobby’s vocal on Trust In Me is one of his best.” Jean French, via e-mail

After a productive 1973 in Memphis, Womack had moved his recording operations to California and in 1975 released two LPs, I Don’t Know What The

World Is Coming To and this superior set. Standouts: Love Just Ain’t Something That You Get For Free, another slice-of-love song written from his own life, and Daylight. His work on the Across 110th Street movie guides the well-orchestrated Everything’s Gonna Be Alright and makes good use of Wah Wah Watson’s guitar and gizmos; Where There’s A Will There’s A Way’s arrangement is also full to the brim. I Feel A Groove Comin’ On filled dancefloors without being overtly disco, a Herbie Hancock piano solo interrupting the wah wah and synths.