Skipping ahead a few songs on the all-cover album by The Courettes we get to this old chestnut by The Association. As with the Sam and Dave song, we get a pretty by the numbers cover, albeit with the signature garage rock flavor inherent with The Courettes. Personally I would have liked a more radical version of this song, but at least it is an improvement on the original for me.
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The Courettes have a new all-cover songs album out, and it is pretty good. First up on the record is a cover of this well-known soul classic. On the surface it is a pretty faithful cover, but I can hear quite a few bits of interesting stuff going on the background- I'll have to try this with headphones to see what I can discern. (Hang on. Okay, I'm back). With the ol' headphones on I can better hear the background vocals, including some really faint "la la la las." The organ is also pretty far back in the mix, but I can hear it better with the headphones. Hmm. So while this is a pretty straightforward cover, I like what's going on deep in the mix. ✅✅✅✅
