Name this Record

Another Name this Record post.  Here are some clues: It was certified Gold in March, 1974.  The band's name is from the signature phrase of a Dicken's character.  It's the band's sixth studio album.   This, the original vinyl release, is - as you can see above - a gatefold-sleeve, containing printed lyrics on the inside.  This is the cover's center main page, showing a photograph of each band member.   This is the band's first album released by Warner Bros. Records in the USA.   It contains one of my all-time favorite songs, which made the Billboard charts.  Here is why I love the song:  I saw it played live by some local band in some old dive bar on the southside.  I will never forget how that joint was set up for live music.  The stage for the band was "behind" bar.  Picture an evelavated stage with an orchestra pit down in front.  Well, that's where the bar was - so people in the "front row" were actually sitting on bar stools, facing the bar - and the stage.  Then when the band did this song that I love, the bartender put on a wireless mic and sang lead vocals - while pouring and serving drinks!