Whole Oats is the debut studio album by American pop rock duo Daryl Hall & John Oates. The album was released in September 1972, by Atlantic Records.
The duo consisted of Daryl Hall and John Oates, both of Philadelphia. Prior to making this album, the duo made numerous demos, some of which were released on the Past Times Behind & Vintage collections. It was released on CD for the second time on February 12, 2008 by American Beat Records, putting it back in print after the original Atlantic Records CD release went out of print. On February 24, 2017, Friday Music released a remastered version of the album along with their third studio album, War Babies.
Track listing
Personnel Daryl Hall – lead vocals (1–8, 11), backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, guitars, mandolin, vibraphone, arrangements, cello (9), arrangements (9) John Oates – lead vocals (2, 9–11), backing vocals, guitars, arrangements Jerry Ricks – guitar (9) Bill Keith – pedal steel guitar (2, 9) Mike McCarthy – bass Jim Helmer – drums, percussion Arif Mardin – horn and string arrangements
Technical Produced by Arif Mardin Recorded and engineered by Lewis Hahn and Gene Paul Mixed by Gene Paul Art direction and design – Richard Mantel Photography – John Paul Endress
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