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Some more listening and pruning of the collection -
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - Sounds Like (A&M LP 1967)
Well known charity shop find. Perhaps only worth it for the version of "Wade In The Water" and it has "Casion Royale" otherwise justt too eazy and parpy. Shall keep it though.
Temptations - Masterpiece (Motown LP 1973)
Another classic Norman Whtitfield production with one of the top Motown acts who gave us more soul than pop than most of the acts on the label. My copy is a little crackly but plays fine. Top tunes are the ballad "Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)", the long and funky title track,clocking in at 13'54 mins , and "Law of The Land". You could even file this under psychedelic soul, and despite the presumptuous title of the album, it is quite close to that one word.
George Benson & Joe Farrell - Benson & Farrell (CTI LP 1976)
To some jazz fusion sounds like a dirty word and that is only due to some appalling muzak being toted under that banner (i.e Najee anyone?) but with the CTI label it is what mostly free of such rubbish. This collaboration between Joe and George is firmly on the funky side of that tag. The sound is more cool and sophisticated but with fine toe tappers like "Flute Song" , ""Camel Hump", with Joe's flute well to the fore, then changing to sax, and a latinged version of "Old Devil Moon" makes this another winner.
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - Sounds Like (A&M LP 1967)
Well known charity shop find. Perhaps only worth it for the version of "Wade In The Water" and it has "Casion Royale" otherwise justt too eazy and parpy. Shall keep it though.
Temptations - Masterpiece (Motown LP 1973)
Another classic Norman Whtitfield production with one of the top Motown acts who gave us more soul than pop than most of the acts on the label. My copy is a little crackly but plays fine. Top tunes are the ballad "Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)", the long and funky title track,clocking in at 13'54 mins , and "Law of The Land". You could even file this under psychedelic soul, and despite the presumptuous title of the album, it is quite close to that one word.
George Benson & Joe Farrell - Benson & Farrell (CTI LP 1976)
To some jazz fusion sounds like a dirty word and that is only due to some appalling muzak being toted under that banner (i.e Najee anyone?) but with the CTI label it is what mostly free of such rubbish. This collaboration between Joe and George is firmly on the funky side of that tag. The sound is more cool and sophisticated but with fine toe tappers like "Flute Song" , ""Camel Hump", with Joe's flute well to the fore, then changing to sax, and a latinged version of "Old Devil Moon" makes this another winner.
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