What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits [180 Gram Vinyl]

Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits[180 Gram 45RPM Audiophile Vinyl, limited/numbered]

• The Doobie Brothers Expand Their Palette on the
Soulful What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits:
Double-Platinum Album Features the No. 1 Hit “Black
Water” and the Memphis Horns
• Hear the Feel-Good 1974 Record in ReferenceGrade Sound: Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition
180g 45RPM 2LP Set Plays with Striking Clarity and
Presence

“And I ain’t got no worries/’Cause I ain’t in no hurry at all.” The
capstone to the chorus of the Doobie Brothers’ No. 1 hit “Black
Water” sums up the feel-good emotions and Southern-styled charm
of What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits. As the group’s most
diverse and ambitious effort upon its release in 1974, the album
finds the sextet expanding its stylistic parameters while holding firm
on its signature blend of rock, country, and R&B. More than five
decades later, it stands along with the band’s other early and mid70s records as an indispensable staple of a Hall of Fame career.
And now, it plays with reference sonics. Sourced from the original
analog master tapes, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, and
housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, Mobile Fidelity’s 180g
45RPM 2LP of What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits affords the
work the room of a 45RPM version for the first time. Because of the
wider grooves, the music benefits from extraordinary soundstages,
ultra-quiet backgrounds, big dynamics, and spot-on imaging.
From the decision to run acoustic guitars through Leslie speakers
on “Another Park, Another Sunday” to the naturalism of the
shaded vocal harmonies, Ted Templeman’s production shines. To
paraphrase the band on “Tell Me What You Want (And I’ll Give You
What You Need)”: Easy, cool, and breezy. What a feeling, indeed.

Track List:
Side One:
Song to See You Through
Spirit
Pursuit on 53rd St.
Side Two:
Black Water
Eyes of Silver
Road Angel

Side Three:
You Just Can’t Stop It
Tell Me What You Want (And I’ll Give
You What You Need)
Down in the Track
Side Four:
Another Park, Another Sunday
Daughters of the Sea
Flying Cloud