Al vs Eddie

[Elbridge]

I have saved your post to my hard drive. It will act as my cookbook, Jane... I'll do what I can and we'll see what I can dig up. The mystery of the whole thing is very intriguing.

Ed

[Nupeman88]

ThaFunkyFakeTation said:

Otis' book tells us that Al was a "floating tenor".

Ed

So, that means that a "floating tenor" is versatile and flexible, capable of reaching the high and low notes in the tenor voice register.

[Elbridge]

Nupeman88 said:

So, that means that a "floating tenor" is versatile, capable of reaching the high and low notes in the tenor voice register.

Give this man a gold star!...

Ed

[Nupeman88]

MikeNYC said:

Thank You ! They don't know what Al sounds like.

And I suppose that you do. I suppose that you saw him perform live also.

[Elbridge]

Nupeman88 said:

And I suppose that you do. I suppose that you saw him perform live also.

He has already said elsewhere that he's never heard him either.

Ed

[Cadeho]

Ughan said:

why do people think "al" was a high tenor? that makes no sense eddie was in the group, and that is eddie on isn't she pretty, remember his voice was not as refined then as it would later be, from what i have read "al" was a tenor, but not a high tenor he was a second tenor. it makes no sense for the tempts to have two high tenors! thats one reason why david (second tenor) could replace "al" (second tenor).

Mike, you can stop signing in under other names just to have someone agree with you. ;D

You are afraid to be wrong. You are also afraid to open your mind and listen to the background on "Isn't She Pretty" where you will hear as plain as day Eddie's voice while someone else is singing with Paul. Until you do this, do not reply.

[Ughan Ali]

Cadeho said:

Mike, you can stop signing in under other names just to have someone agree with you. ;D

You are afraid to be wrong. You are also afraid to open your mind and listen to the background on "Isn't She Pretty" where you will hear as plain as day Eddie's voice while someone else is singing with Paul. Until you do this, do not reply.

Hey buddy this is not Mike, this is Ughan Ali, and you need to wake up out of this fantasy if you think that is Al co-leading with Paul on Isn't She Pretty. The person co leading that song is a young Eddie Kendricks, listen to some of his other early leads like Mind over Matter.

[Cadeho]

You need to wake up and listen. Eddie is in the background on "Isn't She Pretty" and that leading voice has always struck me as different from Eddie's. Yes Eddie had variations with his voice in the beginning, but that one doesn't even match at all. The voice on "Mind over Matter" is clearly Eddie's and I have never had any doubts over that one.

"She's a natural-born doll now" doesn't even sound like Eddie's natural voice.

[MikeNYC]

Nupeman88 said:

And I suppose that you do. I suppose that you saw him perform live also.

I was sitting right next to YOU. Don't you remember? :laughing

[MikeNYC]

janebse said:

Some people are getting off-track of the thread. The original question concerned whether Al's voice could be identified on any of the records. This was never a debate as to who was the best tenor or the highest tenor or the lowest tenor.

Several of us were curious as to what Al's voice sounded like. And to do so a way has to be found to identify Al's voice. As far as most Motown historians know, Al was recorded on some Temptation records and the Otis Williams and the Distants records.

Since Al did not sing lead of any of the recorded music that we know he sung on, we have been looking at the various ways we might find to identify which "phrase" or "ooh" or "ah" that is audible on a record might be his.

What in the world this has to do with Kell Osborne and/or the Primes is beyond me. However, if someone is interested in researching Kell, it sounds like a viable topic to me. But it would be a different topic. Would you like me to tell you how to go about doing research on Kell? I'd be glad to do so.

The thread is "AL vs Eddie. How are we getting "off Track?
To answer another question...What in the world this has to do with kel Osbourne and/or the primes?
Simple,Kel & Al sound alike. Don't believe me,look it up.
The Primes and the Distants play the same role in Temptations history. I thought you knew that.

[MikeNYC]

Cadeho said:

Mike, you can stop signing in under other names just to have someone agree with you. ;D

You are afraid to be wrong. You are also afraid to open your mind and listen to the background on "Isn't She Pretty" where you will hear as plain as day Eddie's voice while someone else is singing with Paul. Until you do this, do not reply.

Sure,you're right.

[janebse]

Off-track is the right term. Way off track, I'd say.

We were discussing identifying Al's voice on a record, and that's all we were discussing.

[MikeNYC]

janebse said:

Off-track is the right term. Way off track, I'd say.

We were discussing identifying Al's voice on a record, and that's all we were discussing.

Truth be told,the thread was Al vs Eddie. As to weather it's Al or Eddie that is the roaming tenor. I said,you don't know what Al sounds like. Just like you don't know what Kel Osbourne sounds like. They both are not voices you can pick out,and the groups The PRIMES & The DISTANTS played the same role in TEMPTATIONS history...very much ON track.

[kalisa2]

If you're interested in what Kell sounded like, you can take a listen:

temptsinfo.proboards10.com/index.cgi?board=listen&action=display&thread=1082603239

if kell sounded like Al, he sure doesn't sound anything like Eddie.

[Elbridge]

The love here is just palpable, ain't it. I feel a group stabbing coming on.

Geez...

Ed

Edited 'cause I edited...