Show Your Hand (album)

Show Your Hand
Studio album by Average White Band
Released	September 1973
Recorded	R.G. Jones Studio, London
Genre	Funk
Length	39:52
Label	MCA
Producer	Robin Turner, Average White Band
Average White Band chronology
Show Your Hand (1973) AWB (1974)
Alternative cover
1975 re-issue cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic (link)
Allmusic (re-issue) (link)

Show Your Hand is the first album by Scottish funk band Average White Band, released in 1973 by MCA Records. After the success of AWB, the album was re-issued in 1975 with a new title, Put It Where You Want It, a different opening track and new cover artwork. The re-issued version finally made it to the Billboard Top 200, peaking at #39.

Track listing

Side one

1. "The Jugglers" (Alan Gorrie) – 4:55
2. "This World Has Music" (Bonnie Bramlett, Gorrie, Leon Ware) – 5:45
3. "Twilight Zone" (Roger Ball, Gorrie) – 5:12
4. "Put It Where You Want It" (Joe Sample, Gorrie, Layne) – 4:00

Side two

1. "Show Your Hand" (Gorrie) – 3:40
2. "Back in '67" (Ball, Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh) – 4:00
3. "Reach Out" (AWB, Ball) – 4:00
4. "T.L.C." (AWB, Gorrie) – 8:20

On the 1975 re-issue (Put It Where You Want It) "The Jugglers" is replaced by "How Can You Go Home" (AWB)

Personnel

• Malcolm Duncan – tenor saxophone
• Hamish Stuart – guitars, lead and backing vocals
• Onnie McIntyre – guitars, backing vocals
• Roger Ball – piano, clavinet, alto saxophone
• Alan Gorrie – bass, lead and backing vocals
• Robbie McIntosh – drums, percussion

References

• MCA 345 (Show Your Hand)
• Show Your Hand at Allmusic.com
• MCA 475 (Put It Where You Want It)
• Put It Where You Want It at Allmusic.com