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22/12/2024

The Temptations, Meet The Temptations


The Temptations,  Meet The Temptations, Gordy Records 1964  G 911 Vinyl, LP, Album

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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Sam & Dave ‎– Hold On, I'm Comin'

 

Sam & Dave ‎– Hold On, I'm Comin', Stax ‎Records –  708 Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono

Stax ‎Records 1966  –  708


notes:

Hold On, I'm Comin' is the 1966 debut album by Atlantic Records
soul duo Sam & Dave, issued on the Atlantic-distributed Stax label in 1966.

credits:

    Samuel Moore – vocals
    Dave Prater – vocals
    Booker T. & the MG's and the Mar-Key Horns – instrumentation:
        Booker T. Jones – keyboards
        Steve Cropper – guitar
        Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar
        Al Jackson, Jr. – drums
        Charles "Packy" Axton – tenor saxophone
        Don Nix – saxophone
        Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet
        Isaac Hayes – organ

recorded sessions

Memphis, TN, July 27, 1965
    I Take What I Want
Memphis, TN, October 25, 1965
    You Don't Know Like I Know
    Blame Me (Don't Blame My Heart)
Memphis, TN, March 8, 1966
    I Got Everything I Need
Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell
    Hold On, I'm Comin'
Memphis, TN, August 8, 1966
    If You Got The Loving
    Ease Me
    Don't Make It So Hard On Me
    It's A Wonder
    Don't Help Me Out
    Just Me
    You Got It Made
Producer    Jim Stewart

Except where otherwise noted, all tracks written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.

A1     Hold On, I'm Comin'     2:30
A2     If You Got The Loving     2:30
Steve Cropper, Hayes, Porter
A3     I Take What I Want     2:35
Hayes, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, Porter
A4     Ease Me     2:25
A5     I Got Everything I Need     2:53
A6     Don't Make It So Hard On Me     2:45
B1     It's A Wonder     2:38
B2     Don't Help Me Out     2:55
B3     Just Me     2:35
B4     You Got It Made     2:30
B5     You Don't Know Like I Know     2:36
 B6     Blame Me (Don't Blame My Heart)     2:18
 
 
 
 

 
 

20/12/2024

The Impressions

 
The Impressions, ABC-Paramount ‎– ABC-450  Vinyl, LP, Album, reissue,Mono

ABC-Paramount Records 1963 ‎– ABC-450

notes:

 The group was founded as The Roosters by Chattanooga, Tennessee natives
 Sam Gooden,Richard Brooks, and Arthur Brooks, who moved to Chicago
and added Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield to their line-up to become
 Jerry Butler & the Impressions. By 1962, Butler and the Brookses had departed,
 and after switching to ABC-Paramount Records, Mayfield, Gooden, and new
Impression Fred Cash collectively became a top-selling soul act.
The original pressing of the album did not include "It's Alright"
and instead included "Can't You See" as track 6.

credits:

    Curtis Mayfield - tenor vocals, guitar
    Fred Cash - tenor vocals
    Sam Gooden - baritone and bass vocals
    Arthur Brooks - tenor vocals
    Richard Brooks - tenor vocals

Recorded    July 1961–March 1962
Producer    Curtis Mayfield, Rory Glover, Jr.
Written-By – Curtis Mayfield (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B3 to B6)

tracks list:

A1 It's All Right 2:48
A2 Gypsy Woman 2:20
A3 Grow Closer Together 2:12
A4 Little Young Lover 2:14
A5 You've Come Home 2:45 Impressions, The ‎– The Impressions
A6 Never Let Me Go
Written-By – Joe Scott*2:30
B1 Minstrel And Queen 2:22
B2 I Need Your Love
Written-By – Richard Brooks 2:25
B3 I'm The One Who Loves You 2:28
B4 Sad, Sad Girl And Boy 2:40
B5 As Long As You Love Me 2:27
B6 Twist And Limbo 2:29