Who wouldn’t want to hear their favorite song performed by a low budget, studio backing band? Apparently, a lot of people during the 70’s. Due to licensing costs it was cheaper to pay a band to re-record songs and create a “greatest hits” compilation rather than pay publishing and mechanical royalties for the originals. I wonder how many people were duped into thinking these compilations were the original recordings only to find out they were cheap imitations.
Lucky for us, this compilation featured one of the most famous breaks of all, Average White Band‘s “School Boy Crush“. Unfortunately, this version doesn’t have the guitar hard-panned so you can’t get just the drum break. However, it’s a still a pretty funky rendition and to my knowledge, this version is pretty rare.
There is no info on the album as far as the band members. Just a list of C.B. slang for truck drivers (?!). The album does feature some other dope covers including “Love to Love You“, “Fly, Robin, Fly” and “Love Roller Coaster“.