The Doobie Brothers Nod to the Past and Embrace New Directions on Takin' It to the Streets: 1976 Album Marks the Debut of Michael McDonald, Includes "It Keeps You Runnin'"

Enjoy the Gold-Certified Record in Reference Sound: Mobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition 180g 45RPM 2LPSet Plays with Immersive Detail, Warmth, and Pacing The Doobie Brothers faced a serious predicament as they prepared to record Takin' It to the Streets. That the group navigated a potentially serious personnel problem and scored it's fourth straight Top 10 album - while again expanding it's range - speaks to the collective's chemistry, broad-mindedness, and songwriting abilities. Known as the effort on which vocalist-keyboardist Michael McDonald makes his debut, the 1976 set stands as an all-encompassing representation of the styles the Doobie Brothers explored during their heyday. Enriched by the time-signature-shifting ballad "For Someone Special," spring-loaded "8th Avenue Shuffle," and two huge McDonald-led singles (the title track and "It Keeps You Runnin'"), Takin' It to the Streets spun uncertainty into gold. Sourced from the original analog master tapes, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing in California, and housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition 180g 45RPM 2LP presents Takin' It to the Streets in definitive sound. Given the luxurious room of a 45RPM version for the first time and benefiting from the wider grooves, songs unfold amid large soundstages replete with ultra-quiet backgrounds, big dynamics, and accurate imaging. Ted Templeman's production is brought to light with stellar clarity and definition. Altered yet unbowed, the Doobie Brothers once again offered countless listeners "the best kind of remedy" with feel-good music that holds up amid any era.