Social responsibility was always a key theme in Gamble and Huff's ouevre, and it's not hard to believe that co-writers Sigler, Allan Felder and Ron Kersey all believed that things were going to get better for every man. The album's opening salvo implores that "Things Are Gonna Get Better." The lyric is directed at a lover, yes, but it's also imbued with an optimism that spoke on a much broader level. This lost gem of an album has been rediscovered by Big Break for an expanded reissue, and it's as perfect an example of the Philly Sound as any. Following some one-off singles, Bunny got the okay for his first PIR long-player: That's How Long I'll Be Loving You. Sigler followed Huff, now with Kenny Gamble, to their Neptune label and finally to PIR. Emotion" for his impassioned vocal quality, Sigler first teamed up with Leon Huff at Cameo-Parkway in 1967, and scored a Top 25 Pop hit with "Let the Good Times Roll/Feel So Good" as produced by Huff with John Madara and David White. Though he supplied many memorable songs for the Gamble and Huff roster (including "Drowning in a Sea of Love" and "Sunshine"), Walter "Bunny" Sigler had long had his sights on stardom as a singer. The BBR team has delivered a selection of generously expanded, beautifully designed album reissues from the PIR back catalogue including two recent releases: Bunny Sigler's 1974 label debut That's How Long I'll Be Loving You (the first of three PIR albums released by Sigler before he decamped for New York's Salsoul Records) and Billy Paul's 1973 War of the Gods, his fifth solo album and third for PIR. But a great deal of the heavy lifting has come from another U.K. In the U.S., Legacy Recordings offered up the sizzling rare concert Golden Gate Groove, and the U.K.'s Harmless label delivered the most comprehensive box set to date of the label's music. When Philadelphia International Records turned 40 this past year, there was no single campaign to recognize the milestone.
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