Hot Number was originally released in 1987 and made the top fifty on the Billboard Album Chart. The T-Birds supported the album by touring the USA with Crosby, Stills & Nash. The album was the second one by the band under their new Sony record deal, produced by Dave Edmunds who also contributed on guitar and vocals. It was recorded at Ardent Studio in Memphis featuring Kim Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan, Preston Hubbard and Fran Christina with Dave Edmunds on guitar and vocals, Chuck Leavell on keyboards plus the Memphis Horns adding their unique touch, leading one reviewer to describe it as "sweaty, grimy, bar-room rock 'n' soul".

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This blue vinyl reissue of this long out of print classic is one of a series of eight blue vinyl albums due for reissue by the band in 2026 that represent the band's complete studio recordings with Jimmie Vaughan on guitar before he left to pursue a solo career. They include: THE 1978 DOC POMUS SESSIONS / GIRLS GO WILD / WHAT'S THE WORD / BUTT ROCKING / T-BIRD RHYTHM / TUFF ENUFF / HOT NUMBER / POWERFUL STUFF. These albums have also been previously made available in one collection as a 4-CD set with a book: The Fabulous Thunderbirds: The Jimmie Vaughan Years. Complete Studio Recordings 1978 -1989.

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Track Listing ‍

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Side 1

1. Stand Back

2. Hot Number

3. Wasted Tears

4. It Comes To Me Naturally

5. Love In Common

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Side 2

1. How Do You Spell Love

2. Streets Of Gold

3. Sofa Circuit

4. Don't Bother Tryin' To Steal her Love

5. It Takes A Big Man To Cry

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