- Format: CD
- Label: RPM
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
A year after his trip to Muscle Shoals to record the acclaimed 'Superdude' LP (RPMSH 292), which had yielded a top 30 hit I Was Checkin' Out, Don Covay took his band back to Alabama and cut a follow-up LP entitled Hot Blood in spring 1974. The sessions were produced by Don, and the band was again augmented by the renowned Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (Spooner Oldham, David Hood, Barry Beckett, Jimmy Johnson).
This is now reissued by SHOUT together with a bonus in the track Dungeon Number 3, originally the b-side of his 1973 hit single Overtime Man, but not included on either LP. As usual there is a strong gospel influence, and this is most evident in the driving, uptempo It's Better to Have, the opening track, which took Don not only into the US Hot 100 but also gave him his first UK top 30 hit since the classic Atlantic era of Mercy Mercy and See Saw, a decade earlier.
Track listing: It’s Better To Have (And Don’t Need) / A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste / Sexy Lady / We Can’t Make It No More / Rumble In The Jungle / What’s Good To You (Don’t Have To Be Good For You) / I Been Here All The Time / Hot Blood / Enjoy What You Have / Gangster Strut (instrumental) Bonus Dungeon No.3
