Wonderful, wonderful record. I always associate in my mind with Roberta Flack’s First Time Ever I Saw His Face because I bought them both from Mothercare’s bargain bin. I thought that was late 1972, though.
My wedding anniversary, so I’ll never forget it. We didn’t play it at the reception, though.
We went to a wedding reception last summer and the DJ played Every Breath You Take, Too Much Too Young, Annie (I’m Not Your Daddy)… was he doing it for a bet?
One of my all-time favourite tracks. I never tire of it.
For those interested, this is one of the key tracks of the little-known ‘psychedelic soul’ genre, which is well worth investigating. Norman Whitfield, a key producer at Motown, wanted to move with the times and so introduced psychedelic elements into the music of the Temptations, among others (including the Undisputed Truth). The Temptations were not happy with the decision but they comprised by splitting their subsequent albums between psychedelic stuff and the more familiar smooth tracks.
If you want to explore the Temptations’ psychedelic output in this period – with magnificent tracks such as Smiling Faces, Ball of Confusion and You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth – then get the double CD ‘The Temptations: Psychedelic Soul’. Make sure it is the double CD as there is a UK version of the album which comprises only one disc and which has a truncated version of Papa Was A Rolling Stone (for which someone should have been hanged, drawn and quartered).
Thanks for the link. I’m with you in that not many of the tracks would be the ones I would pick (or all the artists) but it is an interesting list nonetheless (and the Chairmen of the Board’s four-song suite is excellent). Not having anything by the Undisputed Truth is a strange one, though. Perhaps a better list would be the ten best psychedelic soul tracks regardless of who is performing (I am sure there would then be several from the Temptations).
I love this one, which is not very well known. It is from The Temptations’ album 1990 but the album is very expensive on CD. Perhaps it is a fraction too long at almost 14 minutes, but the first half is amazing.
I only found out the other week that they sang “all he left us was alone”, as I always thought it was “a loan”. As if they’d inherited all his debts when he died
Tiggerlion says
Wonderful, wonderful record. I always associate in my mind with Roberta Flack’s First Time Ever I Saw His Face because I bought them both from Mothercare’s bargain bin. I thought that was late 1972, though.
dai says
*It was the third of September
That day I’ll always remember”
fentonsteve says
My wedding anniversary, so I’ll never forget it. We didn’t play it at the reception, though.
We went to a wedding reception last summer and the DJ played Every Breath You Take, Too Much Too Young, Annie (I’m Not Your Daddy)… was he doing it for a bet?
MC Escher says
My friend’s (second wedding) first dance was What’s Love Got To Do WIth It? Eyebrows were collectively raised.
They’re divorced now.
Jaygee says
It was the day Britain declared war on Germany effectively starting WW2
Munster says
One of my all-time favourite tracks. I never tire of it.
For those interested, this is one of the key tracks of the little-known ‘psychedelic soul’ genre, which is well worth investigating. Norman Whitfield, a key producer at Motown, wanted to move with the times and so introduced psychedelic elements into the music of the Temptations, among others (including the Undisputed Truth). The Temptations were not happy with the decision but they comprised by splitting their subsequent albums between psychedelic stuff and the more familiar smooth tracks.
If you want to explore the Temptations’ psychedelic output in this period – with magnificent tracks such as Smiling Faces, Ball of Confusion and You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth – then get the double CD ‘The Temptations: Psychedelic Soul’. Make sure it is the double CD as there is a UK version of the album which comprises only one disc and which has a truncated version of Papa Was A Rolling Stone (for which someone should have been hanged, drawn and quartered).
Alias says
I’m a big fan of psychedelic soul. Here’s an interesting top 10 from the Guardian, not many of which I would agree with, bt each to their own.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/may/21/psychedelic-soul-10-of-the-best
Munster says
Thanks for the link. I’m with you in that not many of the tracks would be the ones I would pick (or all the artists) but it is an interesting list nonetheless (and the Chairmen of the Board’s four-song suite is excellent). Not having anything by the Undisputed Truth is a strange one, though. Perhaps a better list would be the ten best psychedelic soul tracks regardless of who is performing (I am sure there would then be several from the Temptations).
I love this one, which is not very well known. It is from The Temptations’ album 1990 but the album is very expensive on CD. Perhaps it is a fraction too long at almost 14 minutes, but the first half is amazing.
chilli ray virus says
This is great – and new to me.
myoldman says
I only found out the other week that they sang “all he left us was alone”, as I always thought it was “a loan”. As if they’d inherited all his debts when he died
Tiggerlion says
Lyrics are for hearing not reading.
duco01 says
I’d always assumed that it was a deliberate pun – that it was meant to mean both ‘alone’ and ‘a loan’.