Willie Hutch – Fully Exposed

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Label:	Motown – M 784V1
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Superior Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1973
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Soul

Tracklist

A1	I Wanna Be Where You Are Written-By – Arthur Ross, Leon Ware	4:35
A2	Can't Get Ready For Losing You Written-By – Richard Hutch, Willie Hutch	5:51
A3	I Just Wanted To Make Her Happy Written-By – Willie Hutch	4:25
A4	California My Way Written-By – Willie Hutch	7:30
B1	Tell Me Why Has Our Love Turned Cold Written-By – Willie Hutch	4:08
B2	Sunshine Lady Written-By – Willie Hutch	3:56
B3	I'll Be There Written-By – Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis, Willie Hutch	5:04
B4	If You Ain't Got No Money (You Can't Get No Honey) Written-By – Willie Hutch	5:04
B5	Ain't Nothing Like Togetherness Written-By – Willie Hutch	4:56

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Motown Record Corporation
Copyright © – Motown Record Corporation
Recorded At – The Village Recorder
Lacquer Cut At – The Mastering Lab
Pressed By – Superior Record Pressing Corp., Somerdale, NJ
Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Published By – Stein & Van Stock, Inc.
Published By – Dramatis Music Corp.

Credits

Arranged By, Producer, Guitar, Vocals – Willie Hutch
Backing Vocals – Carol Willis*, Dennis Albert, Julia Tillman*, Maxine Willard*, Milton Hayes, Oren Waters, Richard Hutch
Bass – Slim (45)
Congas – King Errisson, Sam Clayton
Drums – Fred White
Engineer – Rick Heenan
Flute, Saxophone – Tommy Myles
Guitar – Tim*
Management, Directed By [Album] – Eddy Theodorou
Percussion – Alan Estes, Gene Estes
Photography By – Jim Britt
Piano – Joe Sample

Notes

On back cover:
Recorded at Village Recorders, Westwood, California

All tunes Published by Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP) except
[A1] Published by Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (ASCAP)
[A4] Published by Dramatis Music Corp. (BMI)

℗1973 Motown Record Corporation ©1973 Motown Record Corporation
Printed in U.S.A.

On labels:
℗1973 Motown Record Corp.
A Product of Motown Record Corp

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society (A1 to A3, B1 to B5): ASCAP
Rights Society (A4): BMI
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): C5RS-7883-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): C5RS-7884-2
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, TML stamped): M 784 V1 C5RS-7883-1-RE-1-13B TML TvcB
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched, TML stamped): M 784 V1 C5RS-7884-2 RE-1-13A TML TvcB
Pressing Plant ID (Both sides Runout): TvcB

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Fully Exposed (LP, Album, Promo)	Motown	M 784V1-DJ	US	1973
New Submission	Fully Exposed (LP, Album, Superior Pressing)	Motown	M 784V1	US	1973
New Submission	Fully Exposed (8-Track Cartridge, Album)	Motown	M 8784	US	1973
	Fully Exposed (LP, Album)	Tamla Motown	TSM ST 60051	Italy	1973
New Submission	Fully Exposed (LP, Album)	Motown, Motown	M 784V1, M-784V1	US	1973

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Reviews

thevinylrecordplayer Jul 19, 2023
Willie Hutch's debut on Motown after two criminally underpromoted RCA LPs was - what? - criminally underpromoted by his new label, which also hired him as a staff writer/producer. Sure, Hutch did end up appearing on Soul Train to do "Tell Me Why Has Our Love Gone Cold", which wasn't even the single (instead "Sunshine Lady" managed a #72 spot on Billboard's R&B), but the album itself sold little, reaching #182 on the Billboard Albums chart.

Still. This is undoubtedly an unheralded classic. Starting with a loose, mid tempo version of Leon Ware's "Wanna Be Where You Are", Hutch sets the tone for a funky, deeply original album that really has very few comparisons in '73. From there it's mostly musically dense soul: "Can't Get Ready for Losing You" rips it up with widescreen strings and dirty riffing all over the place. "California My Way" grooves far deeper than anyone would expect having heard the 5th Dimension version. And the previously mentioned "Tell Me Why..." and "Sunshine Lady" are just absolute classics.

This is pretty trailblazing stuff, calling upon disco extremely early and establishing the sound Willie Hutch would work with for the rest of the '70s. The Mack soundtrack would soon commercially overshadow this LP, but this remains his easy best LP on Motown.
kevinbeats Jan 14, 2023
Willie is fantastic! This might be my favorite of his.