Abandoned Luncheonette

Performer: Hall & Oates
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Hall & Oates: Daryl Hall (vocals, mandolin, keyboards); John Oates (vocals, guitar). Additional personnel: Chris Bond, Hugh McCracken (guitar); Marc Horowitz (banjo); Larry Packer (fiddle); John Blair (electric violin); Gloria Agostini (harp); Joe Farrell (oboe, tenor saxophone); Marvin Stamm (flugelhorn); Pat Rebillot, Richard Tee (keyboards); Jerry Ricks, Gordon Edwards, Steve "Fontz" Gelfland (bass); Bernard Purdie (drums); Ralph MacDonald, Pancho Morales (percussion). At this stage (1973) Hall and Oates still hadn't quite figured out how to make music that reflected their doo-wop and Philly soul roots, but ABANDONED LUNCHEONETTE is a big step forward. There's still too much country-boy-city-rock going on here, but their blue-eyed soul period is foreshadowed in "She's Gone." The concluding "Everytime I Look at You" is a convincing funk workout a la Sly and the Family Stone.

The pre-eminent white soul duo of the 1970s and '80s, Daryl Hall and John Oates ruled pop radio for years with their hook-ridden hits. The pair eventually moved beyond their initial inspirations--primarily Motown groups like the Temptations and Philly soul artists like Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes--and incorporated pop, rock and disco into a sound that managed to be both commercial and soulful.

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