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''The Original Delaney & Bonnie & Friends'', also known by its subtitle ''Accept No Substitute'', is the second studio album by American recording duo Delaney & Bonnie. It was recorded with many of the "friends" that would form the core of their best-known 1969–70 touring band, including Leon Russell, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle and Rita Coolidge. ''The Original Delaney & Bonnie & Friends'' was released in July 1969 after Delaney & Bonnie had signed to Elektra Records. It only charted at number 175 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in August, but received widespread acclaim from critics. == Background == Upon hearing pre-release mixes of the album, George Harrison offered Delaney and Bonnie a contract with the Beatles' Apple Records label, which they signed despite their prior contractual commitment to Elektra. According to Elektra founder Jac Holzman's book on that label's early history,〔Holzman, Jac and Gavan Daws (1998). ''Follow the Music – The Life and High Times of Elektra Records in the Great Years of American Pop Culture'', FirstMedia, ISBN 0-9661221-1-9, p. 273.〕 Apple went so far as to make test pressings of ''Accept No Substitute'' based on this contract, which was subsequently voided.〔It is reputed that some promotional copies of Elektra's US release of ''Accept No Substitute'' show Apple's assigned UK catalog number for the album, SAPCOR-7, in the LP's runoff matrix grooves, indicating they were made from Apple's master plates. Holzman does not confirm this in his recounting of events, however.〕 After the album's release, frustrated that no copies of ''Accept No Substitute'' were available in his father's home town record store, an apparently drunken Delaney Bramlett phoned Holzman (who was in the UK at the time) saying that he would "come to England and kill" Holzman if the situation was not immediately corrected. Holzman responded by releasing Delaney and Bonnie from their Elektra contract.〔Holzman, Jac and Gavan Daws (1998). ''Follow the Music – The Life and High Times of Elektra Records in the Great Years of American Pop Culture'', p. 275.〕 Coincidentally, the Kinney National Company (now Time Warner), owners of the Bramletts' next label Atco Records, would buy out Elektra in 1970. One song from this album, "Ghetto," would become a regular feature of Delaney and Bonnie's live shows. The song, co-authored by Bonnie during Delaney and Bonnie's tenure at Stax Records, was later covered by Stax stars The Staple Singers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Original Delaney & Bonnie & Friends」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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