Archie Bell & the Drells
' second LP for
Gamble & Huff
's
Philadelphia International
label,
Where Will You Go When the Party's Over
, suffered low sales caused by a paradox. While the low-charting
"Glad You Could Make It"
was the album's first single, the thump-funkin'
"Don't Let Love Get You Down"
received massive radio play as an album track; oddly, the track was issued as a U.K. single in the mid-'80s. So without a high-charting single lead-in, the energetic
Bunny Sigler
-produced follow-up single,
"Everybody Have a Good Time,"
only charted number 68 R&B in spring 1977. Edited down on some other greatest-hits and various-artist compilations, the track is represented in all its sensational, elongated glory on
Rhino
Tightening It Up: The Best of Archie Bell & the Drells
. Some of this LP's other tracks can also be found on various reissues from
Sony
,
Westside
/
VCI
, and others. ~ Ed Hogan