Post by DrTemptation "Doc T" on Jan 19, 2006 0:44:56 GMT -5
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Subject: soul-patrol: REFLECTIONS....THE TEMPTATIONS. One man's point
of view
To: soul-patrol@davisind.com
First I must say I have a bias for The Temptations. They were my group.
Well.....Melvin,Otis, Eddie, Paul and David, was my group. Dennis was okay and
all the subsequent changes of personal did their best to keep the "sound" of
the original group. But Melvin,Otis,Eddie,Paul and David "are" The Temptin'
Temptations. That said....
As I'm listening to this album,I'm breaking down my gear to take to the
hotel where I perform. The "heads up" Bob Davis gave prior to the start was
helpful in listening to this collection of Classic Motown. Put in the proper
context, it has been a great listen. If I'm not mistaken G. C. Cameron is the lead
on most of this. Two Christmases ago,The Temps stayed at my hotel and I had
the pleasure of taking G.C. to get some gifts for some relatives. Our
conversation is worth a posting of its own,but I have to share that he and I sang
"Who You Gonna Run To" during our discussion about Paul Williams. Do I have to
say that was a RUSH!!!
?!!!
This, to me, is the closest I'm heard them sound in years to the original
group from a harmony standpoint. There will never be another "Melvin" or
"Eddie",but Tyson and whom ever is doing the bass parts have taken me back. The
arrangements are classic. No bells and whistles of the contemporary motif.
These, to me, sound like classic Motown with the exception of that booming Tom
Drum that was the signature of the sound in the early to mid 60's. I might have
mixed it differently, but for us old timers, it's good to the ears to hear
these classics given a fresh coat of paint...Temptation style. I will be having
this in "my" Temp collection and I will be putting it in rotation with The
Persuaders new album and Ray, Goodman and Brown's, "An Evening With Friends"
(and you don't already have that one, shame on you!). I haven't heard Will
Hart's project yet (shame on me!).
If you are a Motown Patroller, and a Temptation fan....I think you will
be pleased with this one.
Earl Gregory
JUST SOME POSITIVE VIBES OUT ON THE GUYS UPCOMING NEW CD
The Doctor Temptation
Subject: soul-patrol: REFLECTIONS....THE TEMPTATIONS. One man's point
of view
To: soul-patrol@davisind.com
First I must say I have a bias for The Temptations. They were my group.
Well.....Melvin,Otis, Eddie, Paul and David, was my group. Dennis was okay and
all the subsequent changes of personal did their best to keep the "sound" of
the original group. But Melvin,Otis,Eddie,Paul and David "are" The Temptin'
Temptations. That said....
As I'm listening to this album,I'm breaking down my gear to take to the
hotel where I perform. The "heads up" Bob Davis gave prior to the start was
helpful in listening to this collection of Classic Motown. Put in the proper
context, it has been a great listen. If I'm not mistaken G. C. Cameron is the lead
on most of this. Two Christmases ago,The Temps stayed at my hotel and I had
the pleasure of taking G.C. to get some gifts for some relatives. Our
conversation is worth a posting of its own,but I have to share that he and I sang
"Who You Gonna Run To" during our discussion about Paul Williams. Do I have to
say that was a RUSH!!!
?!!!This, to me, is the closest I'm heard them sound in years to the original
group from a harmony standpoint. There will never be another "Melvin" or
"Eddie",but Tyson and whom ever is doing the bass parts have taken me back. The
arrangements are classic. No bells and whistles of the contemporary motif.
These, to me, sound like classic Motown with the exception of that booming Tom
Drum that was the signature of the sound in the early to mid 60's. I might have
mixed it differently, but for us old timers, it's good to the ears to hear
these classics given a fresh coat of paint...Temptation style. I will be having
this in "my" Temp collection and I will be putting it in rotation with The
Persuaders new album and Ray, Goodman and Brown's, "An Evening With Friends"
(and you don't already have that one, shame on you!). I haven't heard Will
Hart's project yet (shame on me!).
If you are a Motown Patroller, and a Temptation fan....I think you will
be pleased with this one.
Earl Gregory
JUST SOME POSITIVE VIBES OUT ON THE GUYS UPCOMING NEW CD
The Doctor Temptation