Initials written on one side of the label. Vinyl plays with crackles and a few light-clicks (play-graded). Cover looks good, a few creases, light scuffing, surface impressions and discoloration spots (front/back); back has slight discoloration and ink marks next to some tracks. Inner-sleeve is original (Atlantic ads); one seam partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild wear. Little shelf-wear along top-edge. more noticeable wear along bottom edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use. Stereo pressing. Initials written on one side of label. (Not a cut-out.)
The Exciting Wilson Pickett, charted at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard R&B albums chart and No. 21 on the popular albums chart, becoming the highest-charting studio album of Pickett's career. The making of the album saw Pickett end his relationship with Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had cut his early singles, and move to Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where he would record for the next two years. According to AllMusic, this album firmly established Picket's "stature as a major '60s soul man". The album launched four major hits for Pickett, but AllMusic emphasizes that the album cuts, "of nearly an equal level", will be of more interest to collectors. The Exciting Wilson Pickett launched four crossover hit singles. In the Midnight Hour reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B singles chart and No. 21 on the pop singles chart. Land of a Thousand Dances reached No. 1 and No. 6 respectively, his biggest pop hit. Ninety-nine and a Half (Won't Do) reached No. 13 and No. 53. 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.), a song which Pickett had not on first hearing liked, reached No. 1 and No. 13.