Pick Up the Pieces
~ Recording by Average White Band
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | AWB | Average White Band | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | SD 7308 |
| 1.3 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | AWB | Average White Band | Album |
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| 1.3 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | AWB | Average White Band | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 19116-2 |
| 1.12 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | 100 All Time Classic Dance Hits of the 1970s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Connoisseur Collection | DHOS CD100, MDHOS CD 100 3, MDHOS CD 100 4 |
| 1.14 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:02 | Average White Band | Hit Singles 1958–1977 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81909-2 |
| 1.10 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Anthems, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Street Sounds | CDMUS 12 |
| 1.10 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Dance Classics, Volume 14 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 4072 61 |
| 1.16 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Sounds of the Seventies: 1975 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2595, SOD-08 |
| 1.13 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Those Funky ’70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie | A 22045 |
| 1.1 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:02 | Average White Band | Pickin’ Up the Pieces: The Best of Average White Band (1974–1980) | Average White Band | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71054 |
| 1.9 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:01 | Average White Band | Classic Funk: Classic Funk Mastercuts, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Mastercuts | CUTSCD 6 |
| 1.12 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:01 | AWB | In Yo' Face! The History of Funk, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71432 |
| 1.15 | Pick up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | The Boyz Who Souled the World | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Hit Label | AHLCD 18 |
| 2.12 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Good Times, Volume 3: 150 Minutes of Great Rock & Pop 1961–1990 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Repertoire Records (Hamburg‐based multinational reissue label) | REP 4497-WG |
| 1.17 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Jazz Moods | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD2722 |
| 1.1 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Let's Go Round Again: The Best of the Average White Band | Average White Band | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.16 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Mega Dance Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 018740.6 |
| 2.17 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | The Ultimate Gold Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Hit Label | AHLCD22 |
| 2.17 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | The Ultimate Gold Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.4 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | The Best Funk Album in the World... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD44 |
| 3.2 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Dance Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 9820 6 |
| 1.3 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | AWB | Average White Band | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | SD 7308 |
| 1.3 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | AWB | Average White Band | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71588 |
| 1.3 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | AWB | Average White Band | Album |
| Victor (Japanese “His Master’s Voice” imprint) | VICP-2111 |
| 1.3 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | AWB | Average White Band | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL 1-245 |
| 1.18 | Pick Up the Peaces | 3:57 | Average White Band | On the Road Again | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Ultimate Collection (UK compilations) | ULTCD 004 |
| 1.16 | Pick Up The Pieces | ?:?? | Average White Band | Overpowered By Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Renaissance (UK techno compilations) | REN CD 109 |
| 3.14 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Street Jams: Back 2 the Old Skool | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72487, R2 72488, R2 72489 |
| 1.18 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Drive Time 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINCD128 |
| 1.10 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:01 | Average White Band | Beverly Hills 90210: Songs From The Peach Pit | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72478 |
| 1.14 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:01 | Average White Band | Swingers: Music From the Miramax Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group) | MH-62091-2 |
| 1.1 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Above Average | Average White Band | Album + Compilation |
| Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC) | CCSCD 438 |
| 1.10 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | 25 Years of Number 1 Hits, Volume 03: 1974/1975 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Connoisseur Collection | XONE CD 03 |
| 1.9 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Audio’s Audiophile, Volume 3: Blow It Up (Gold-CD) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Ariola Special Projects, Phono Music Audio | CD 27000633 D |
| 1.3 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:55 | Average White Band | AWB | Average White Band | Album |
| Essential! Records (division of Castle Communications) | ESM CD 439, GAS 0000439ESM |
| 2.8 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Ferry Maat's Soulshow - 25th Anniversary Collection - The Seventies Part 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. See annotation) | 8542212 |
| 2.4 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Get Funkey | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Control (German electronic) | 0041852 CON |
| 1.10 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Party Boom: Superstarke No. 1 Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| It’s Music | 22 810 |
| 1.1 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Pick Up the Pieces: The Ultimate Collection | Average White Band | Album + Compilation |
| The Hit Record Co. Ltd (Bramley Arms, Freston Road, London. W10 6SP) | ROJOC 1023 |
| 1.14 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Street Jams: Back 2 the Old Skool, Part Three | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72489 |
| 1.14 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:01 | Average White Band | Swingers: Music From the Miramax Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group), Miramax Records | 162 091-2 |
| 2.9 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | The Best of Mastercuts: A Definitive Collection From the Mastercuts Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV, Mastercuts | VTDCD 101 |
| 2.16 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | The Sax Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 535805-2 |
| 1.1 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | The Very Best of the Average White Band | Average White Band | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | The World of Disco Fever | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ZYX Music | ZYX 11036-2 |
| 1.1 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Pick Up the Pieces and Other Hits | Average White Band | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.7 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:02 | AWB | Sports Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, subsidiary of Rhino) | R2 72711 |
| 1.2 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | The Very Best of Average White Band | Average White Band | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD62 |
| 1.1 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | The Best Of Disco Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ZYX Music | ZYX 81100-2 |
| 1.11 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Ultimate Jazzfunk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Beechwood Music | ULTIMCD1 |
| 1.8 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | We Got the Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMIDCD28 |
| 1.2 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 314 558 299-2 |
| 1.14 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:57 | Average White Band | The Best Disco Album in the World... Ever! 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD191 |
| 2.19 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Starsky & Hutch Presents: 70's Funksouljazzdisco | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD205 |
| 2.1 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:02 | Average White Band | Twin Best '70s Hits Soul Graffiti | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Victor (Japanese “His Master’s Voice” imprint) | VICP-41053, VICP-41054 |
| 1.7 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:01 | Average White Band | 12" Jazz Funk Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sequel Records (UK reissue label) | NED CD 294 |
| 1.8 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polymedia Music Service | P2 58299 |
| 1.2 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | P2 - 58299 |
| 1.8 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:03 | Average White Band | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyMedia (a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.) | 558 299-2 |
| 1.2 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Pure Funk (BMG club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 314 558 299-2 |
| 2.12 | Pick Up The Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Röster i Radio | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Cupol | CUP 492687 2 |
| 1.6 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Soul Brother: 19 Classics from the 70's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD179 |
| 1.8 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Soul Weekender | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD131 |
| 2.12 | Pick Up The Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | The Best Funk Album in the World | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 844255 2 4, VTDCD126 |
| 1.15 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Cool Vibes, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 494409 2 |
| 4.2 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | 20th Century Hits for a New Millennium | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 850822 |
| 1.10 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | That '70s Show Presents: That '70s Jammin' Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Volcano Records (US label LC7925 - NOT the Japanese label of the same name) | 61422-31156-2 |
| 6.15 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:01 | Average White Band | Wow That Was the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 249302 |
| 6.13 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Disco Super Stars | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 857952, BX 857962, BX 857972, BX 857982, BX 857992, BX 858002, BX 858012, BX 858022 |
| 1.2 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Hot & Funky | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | cdlic 156 |
| 2.6 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Simply the Best 70s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Gallo Record Company | CDESP 034 |
| 1.5 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Stella Screen: Soundtracks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | SA470 |
| 1.12 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Entertainment Weekly: Greatest Hits 1975 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Buddha Records (1998–2002, formerly known as Buddah Records) | |
| 5.15 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:03 | Average White Band | The Best Disco in Town | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 990632 |
| 5.15 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:03 | Average White Band | The Best Disco in Town | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.14 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Funkin’ on the 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 992202, BX 992212, BX 992222, BX 992232, BX 992242, DB 992192 |
| 5.2 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Greatest Hits of Soul and R&B | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 250402 |
| 2.11 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:01 | Average White Band | Greatest Hits of the 70’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 991472, BX 991482, BX 991492, BX 991502, BX 991512, BX 991522, BX 991532, BX 991542, DB 991552 |
| 1.8 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Maximum Funk 12" | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DC 994332 |
| 4.6 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Step Back & Boogie | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| L&D Records | LBSCD 024 |
| 1.17 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | The Funky End | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UCJ (UK label of “Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.”) | 560415-2 |
| 2.12 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:01 | Average White Band | All Time Greatest Movie Songs 2001 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | |
| 2.1 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | I Love 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD372 |
| 1.10 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | The Average White Band | Funk Sessions: 30 Chunks of the Fattest Funk Cuts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sessions (sublabel of Union Square Music) | SESHDCD202 |
| 1.11 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Royal Funk, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Wagram Music (imprint/distributor) | 3072612 |
| 2.6 | Pick Up The Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Disco Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 648012 |
| 2.12 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Cruisin’ | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky B.V. | BX 648412 |
| 2.10 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:57 | Average White Band | Dance Classics, Volume 13 & 14 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal TV (Netherlands & Belgium) | 560 334-2 |
| 4.7 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | One‐Hit Wonders | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 610292 |
| 1.2 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Undercover Brother | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group) | |
| 1.1 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | The Best of Average White Band | Average White Band | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.6 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:59 | Average White Band | Are You In? The Mitsubishi Mix, Volume I | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD 1973 |
| 6.13 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Disco Super Stars | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 792282 |
| 6.13 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | Disco Super Stars | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 857952, BX 857962, BX 857972, BX 857982, BX 857992, BX 858002, BX 858012, BX 858022, SP 857942 |
| 1.10 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:58 | Average White Band | Get Funky, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | |
| 1.6 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:01 | Average White Band | The Absolute Best R&B Grooves | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations) | A 52386 |
| 1.1 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:00 | Average White Band | The Essentials | Average White Band | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | R2 76041 |
| 1.16 | Pick Up the Pieces | 4:01 | Average White Band | Scotland Rocks! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.8 | Pick Up the Pieces | 3:57 | Average White Band | How Sweet Can You Get? | Average White Band | Album |
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| 1.3 | Pick Up the Pieces | ?:?? | Average White Band | Average White Band | Average White Band | Album |
| RCA International | INTK 5049, NK 13049 |
Relationships
| producer: | Arif Mardin |
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| horn arranger: | Roger Ball |
| arranger: | AWB |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1974) |
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| has remixes: | First Piece (2k19 Remix) by Dimitri Z (Australian house producer Dimitrios Zarogiannis) |
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| sampled by: | Believe Dat (vocal version) by Gang Starr (US hip hop duo, Guru & DJ Premier) Certified Dope by Steady B (Warren McGlone, 80’s rapper from Philadelphia, USA) |
| mash-ups: | Music Is Life, Don't You Think? by nakinyko NO, Thank You! (Rejected Ideas Mashup) by nakinyko Pwn Monkey (Jonathan Coulton vs. … Well, Everyone) by The Evolution Control Committee Down Low by E-603 (order: 9) |
| recording of: | Pick Up the Pieces |
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Related works
Pick Up the Pieces
| writer: | Roger Ball Alan Gorrie Malcolm Duncan Robbie McIntosh (Scottish drummer for Average White Band) Onnie McIntyre Hamish Stuart (Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer composer & producer) |
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| publisher: | Average Music BMG Bumblebee Bug Music Ltd. Fairwood Music (USA) Inc. (affiliated to ASCAP) Fairwood Music Ltd. Joe’s Songs Inc. |
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