The group had been playing all up and down the East Coast in clubs, and one night they were spotted by Clive Davis at the Whisky a Go Go.

After trying to record two times (once with Steve Cropper in Memphis), the band began working with Bob Liftin and recorded "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)".

It was not released as the single's A-side, but as the B-side to "Don't It Make You Feel Good" in early 1972.

The song went unnoticed by most, but not by Harv Moore, a disc jockey in Washington, D.C.

The song would go on to peak 6 months after its release, and the album charted for 16 weeks in the U.S.[4] In his review of the album, Robert Christgau said simply: "This automatic good time doesn't even have the courage of its own slickness.