The Best of Delaney & Bonnie

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The Best of Delaney & Bonnie
The Best of Delaney & Bonnie cover
Studio album by Delaney & Bonnie and Friends
Released 1972 (original release), 1990 (revised edition)
Recorded 1969-71
Genre Rock
Length 40:50 (original), 67:10 (revised)
Label Atco, Rhino
Producer Jerry Wexler, David Anderle, Jimmy Miller, Delaney Bramlett, Tom Dowd, King Curtis
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends chronology
D&B Together
(1972)		 The Best of Delaney & Bonnie
(1972/1990)		 Hi-Five
(2005)
Cover of 1990 Revised Edition
Cover of 1990 Revised Edition

The Best of Delaney & Bonnie is a compilation album of music recorded by Delaney & Bonnie and Friends during the years 1969-71.

The album is available in two editions. The first edition of the album, released in 1972 by Atco (Atlantic) Records (catalog no. SD 7014, out of print) contains songs from Delaney and Bonnie's four albums on the Atco and Elektra labels. The second, revised edition was released in 1990 on Atlantic's affiliate Rhino Records, and contains songs from all six of the band's original albums.

[edit] Track Listing - Original 1972 Release

  1. "When the Battle is Over" (Mac Rebennack/J. Hill) – 3:32
  2. "Dirty Old Man" (Delaney Bramlett/Mac Davis) – 2:31
  3. "Only You Know and I Know (live version)" (Dave Mason) – 4:10
  4. "Get Ourselves Together" (Bonnie Bramlett/Carl Radle) – 2:25
  5. "Where There's a Will There's a Way" (Bonnie Bramlett/Bobby Whitlock) – 4:57
  6. "Never Ending Song of Love" (Delaney Bramlett) – 3:20
  7. "Comin' Home (live version)" (Bonnie Bramlett/Eric Clapton) – 5:30
  8. "The Love of My Man" (Ed Townsend) – 4:28
  9. "Soul Shake" (Margaret Lewis/Myrna Smith) – 3:10
  10. Medley: "Come on in My Kitchen" (Robert Johnson)/"Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" (Lance/Singleton/Wallace)/"Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" (Traditional, arr. Delaney Bramlett) – 4:10
  11. "Free the People" (Barbara Keith) – 2:47

[edit] Track Listing - 1990 Revised Edition

  1. "Get Ourselves Together" (Bonnie Bramlett/Carl Radle) – 2:25
  2. "When the Battle is Over" (Mac Rebennack/J. Hill) – 3:32
  3. "Ghetto" (Bettye Crutcher/Homer Banks/Bonnie Bramlett) – 4:55
  4. "Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns/Jerry Ragovoy) – 4:38
  5. "Comin' Home (studio version)" (Bonnie Bramlett/Eric Clapton) – 3:13
  6. "Groupie (Superstar)" (Bonnie Bramlett/Leon Russell) – 2:49
  7. "Things Get Better (live version)" (Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd/Wayne Jackson) – 4:20
  8. "Where There's a Will There's a Way" (Bonnie Bramlett/Bobby Whitlock) – 4:57
  9. "That's What My Man Is For" (Bessie Griffin) – 4:41
  10. "I Don't Want to Discuss It" (Beth Beatty/Dick Cooper/Ernie Shelby) – 4:55
  11. "Soul Shake" (Margaret Lewis/Myrna Smith) – 3:10
  12. "Free The People" (Barbara Keith) – 2:47
  13. "The Love of My Man" (Ed Townsend) – 4:28
  14. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (A.P. Carter) – 2:42
  15. "Never Ending Song of Love" (Delaney Bramlett) – 3:20
  16. "Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad" (Traditional, arr. Delaney Bramlett) – 5:12
  17. "Only You Know and I Know (studio version)" (Dave Mason) – 3:26
  18. "Move 'Em Out" (Steve Cropper/Bettye Crutcher) – 2:50