180g Vinyl Reissue Remastered From the Original Analogue Master Tapes & Cut At Abbey Road Studios

Across the nine albums he released with 20th Century Records between 1973 and 1979, Barry White established the new sound of orchestral soul that became an enduring R&B staple. Fifteen years after his untimely death in 2003 at the age of 58, Mercury celebrates White’s legendary label run by remastering these long out of print albums from their original analogue master tapes for the first time since the ’70s. Presented with the original sleeve and label art, the 180g vinyl reissues were cut at Abbey Road Studios in London to guarantee the highest possible audio quality.

White kept his R&B crown intact as the ’70s drew to a close and there is unshakable belief in the healing powers of soul to be heard on The Man. His self-produced eighth album was released in October 1978 on the renamed 20th Century-Fox Records label and served as his sixth Billboard R&B No. 1. Lead single, “Your Sweetness Is My Weakness” reached No. 2 on Billboard’s R&B chart, while his cover of Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You Are” reached No. 45 on Billboard’s R&B chart and No. 12 on the UK singles chart. A third single, “Sha La La Means I Love You,” peaked at No. 55 on the UK singles chart. A cover of White’s “It’s Only Love Doing Its Thing” (with the shortened title “It’s Only Love”) was a hit for the British band Simply Red in 1989.

Features:
• 180g vinyl
• Long out of print
• Remastered from the original analogue master tapes
• Cut at Abbey Road Studios in London
• Presented with original sleeve and label art