The Temptations, Meet The Temptations

Gordy Records 1964     G 911

notes:
Meet the Temptations is the 1964 debut album by 

The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label.
 It includes most of the group's early singles except for the first, 

"Oh Mother of Mine", and its b-side,
 "Romance Without Finance" (later included on a CD reissue of the LP);

 as well as the single
"Mind Over Matter" (and its b-side "I'll Love You Till I Die"), 

in which the group is credited as The Pirates.
 Also included is the first Temptations hit single, "The Way You Do the Things You Do".
Recorded     Spring 1961 - January 1964
Genre     Soul/doo wop
Length     31:33

credits:

Eddie Kendricks: vocals (tenor/falsetto)
    Paul Williams: vocals (tenor/baritone)
    Melvin Franklin: vocals (bass)
    Otis Williams: vocals (tenor/baritone)
    Elbridge "Al" Bryant: vocals (tenor/falsetto) 

(all tracks except "The Way You Do the Things You Do")
    Davis "David" Ruffin: vocals (tenor/falsetto) ("The Way You Do the Things You Do")
    Eddie Holland: background vocals ("Check Yourself")
    Brian Holland: background vocals ("Check Yourself")
Producer     Berry Gordy, Andre Williams, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Smokey Robinson, and Norman Whitfield

Personnel for "The Way You Do The Things You Do"

    Lead vocals by Eddie Kendricks
    Background vocals by Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, David Ruffin, and Otis Williams
    Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers
        Bass: James Jamerson
        Drums: Richard "Pistol" Allen
        Guitar: Eddie Willis
        Piano: Earl Van Dyke
        Tenor saxophone solo: Henry Cosby
   

A1 The Way You Do The Things You Do
A2 I Want A Love I Can See
A3 Dream Come True     
A4 Paradise
A5 May I Have This Dance    
A6 Isn't She Pretty     
B1 Just Let Me Know    
B2 Your Wonderful Love     
B3 The Further You Look, The Less You See     
B4 Check Yourself    
B5 Slow Down Heart    
B6 Farewell, My Love

    
    "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers)
      (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks) 2:46
    "I Want a Love I Can See" (Robinson) (lead singer: Paul Williams) 2:33
    "(You're My) Dream Come True" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks) 2:57
    "Paradise" (Gordy) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin) 2:52
    "May I Have This Dance" (Janie Bradford, Norman Whitfield) 

(lead singer: Eddie Kendricks) 2:13
    "Isn't She Pretty" (Gordy, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks,
     Otis Williams, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Al Bryant) 2:45

Side two

    "Just Let Me Know" (Gordy) (lead singer: Paul Williams) 2:56
    "Your Wonderful Love" (Gordy) (lead singer: Paul Williams) 2:52
    "The Further You Look, the Less You See" (Robinson, Whitfield) 

(lead singer: Paul Williams) 2:21
    "Check Yourself" (Elbridge Bryant, Melvin Franklin, Gordy, Otis Williams)
     (lead singer: Paul Williams; intro: Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin) 2:48
    "Slow Down Heart" (Robinson) (lead singers: Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin) 2:36
    "Farewell My Love" (Gordy) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin,
      Paul Williams, Al Bryant) 2:28


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