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June 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 107

Daryl Hall & John Oates with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks, Live At The Apollo (1985) Another day, another Hall & Oates record! A year ago I had two or three albums – now I have nearly a dozen I reckon. Getting there…getting there…At any rate, I was pleased to find this. Recorded live at […]
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September 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 253

Rare Earth, Willie Remembers… (1972) Rare Earth was the first all-white band to have a hit on the Motown label. They had some hits, even, by covering things by The Temptations – you know basically white-washing the whitest of the black labels. The woke crowd would have a field-day with this shit today. And (probably) […]
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April 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 49: War – “The World Is A Ghetto”

War – another band I really only know from compilations, from hearing at other people’s places, recommendations that I’ve never quite followed up on. But as with the previous entry in this series (The Temptations) this is so totally in my wheelhouse as to be a gross oversight not knowing it already – and I’m […]
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April 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 48: The Temptations – “All Directions”

I certainly do love The Temptations but I’d always kinda wondered how they went from the obvious Motown soul-pop of their early magic to a slightly harder-edged, psychedelic funk. Look, it was all great to me – but it didn’t flow well across compilations, and that’s really how I knew them. Then I got a […]
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December 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 459

The Temptations, Ball of Confusion [Single] (1970) One of many songs I learned – and learned about – through those magical Tour of Duty soundtracks. I still have those, still play them, and I’ve bought and sold many full albums by many of the artists involved. I love The Temptations and have a few of […]
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March 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 563

The Temptations, 25th Anniversary: Volume One (1986) I love The Temptations – who doesn’t, right? One of those bands I thought I discovered via the Vietnam War-era “Sixties Revival” of the mid/late 80s – and thought I heard some key songs on some key compilations and soundtracks it turns out I knew so many of […]
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November 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1242

The Temptations, Psychedelic Shack (1970) So I arrive at Psychedelic Shack as much for being a fan of Norman Whitfield (for his writing/production) as for being a fan of The Temptations – if they aren’t one and the same. And I guess they’re not, but it wasn’t the “vocal group” sound of The Temptations that […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1970, Cloud Nine, Hum Along & Dance, LP, Motown, Norman Whitfield, Psychedelic Shack, The Temptations, Vinyl ·

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November 18, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1753

V/A, The Big Chill [OST] (1983) “Harold, don’t you have any other music, you know, from this century? “There is no other music, not in my house.” “There’s been a lot of terrific music in the last ten years.” “Like what?” Sample Track: Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (The Temptations) The Vinyl Countdown is a […]
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