"Pick Up the Pieces" was released in the United Kingdom in July 1974 but failed to chart. The solo on the original release is by Molly Duncan. The tenor saxophone solo on the Montreux version is by noted jazz instrumentalist Michael Brecker. We'd spent a lot of time making no money whatsoever, so it felt very relevant." The song is an extended long version on the live Person To Person album (1976) (18:06) and on the various artists album The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux (1977) (21:40). He also said about the shouts of "Pick up the pieces": "It's about picking yourself up when things aren't going well. According to Malcolm 'Molly' Duncan, he had disagreed with releasing the song as a single because the song is a "funk instrumental played by Scotsmen with no lyrics other than a shout". The guitar line of the song came from Hamish Stuart, while Roger Ball wrote the first part of the horn melody.
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