Gladys Knight and the Pips had their first hit in 1961, and many followed. But they really hit their peak in the early 1970s. Their best year of all was 1973, with four big hit singles. So they appeared on the "Midnight Special" multiple times that year. The first nine tracks here come from the May 25, 1973 episode, which they hosted. But they also played a couple of songs each on the April 6th and May 4th episodes. I've only included the tracks from those that weren't also performed on May 25th.
Furthermore, they also performed on the show in late 1973 and again in early 1974. But that will be the subject of a different album.
As was typical for the TV show, there were a number of other acts. The Staple Singers, John Stewart, Dr. John, and Skylark also played songs. Plus, there was a comedy segment by Robert Klein. I chose to include the two Dr. John songs, since I think they fit in well in terms of musical style. The Staple Singers would also fit, but I would like to eventually gather up all their appearances on the show for an album, after more from them gets posted on YouTube.
This band hasn't been bootlegged much at all, so this is nice to have. As usual for this TV show, I converted the YouTube video to audio, then cut it into mp3s.
This album is 41 minutes long.
01 talk by Wolfman Jack (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
02 Friendship Train (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
03 talk (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
04 Instrumental (Dr. John)
05 Right Place, Wrong Time (Dr. John)
06 Daddy Could Swear, I Declare (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
07 I Don't Want to Do Wrong (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
08 Such a Night (Dr. John)
09 Neither One of Us [Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye] [Edit] (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
10 If I Were Your Woman (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
11 I Heard It through the Grapevine (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
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(BestFile isn't working as I post this. I'll add the link later.)
The cover image is from this exact concert, on May 25, 1973.
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