Temptations Sings Smokey CD

Japan; Limited Edition

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Temptations Sings Smokey album for sale by Temptations was released Oct 02, 2012 on the Universal Japan label. Originally released on Gordy #912 in February 1965. Temptations Sings Smokey CD music Includes liner notes by Berry Gordy, Jr. Temptations Sings Smokey buy CD music All tracks have been digitally remastered using 24-bit technology from the original master tapes. Temptations Sings Smokey songs This was only the group's second LP, and it was an extremely strong one, built around two monster hits ("My Girl" and the previously recorded "The Way You Do the Things You Do") and one close runner-up ("It's Growing"), plus a brace of some of the best songs in the Motown catalog, including renditions of "You Beat Me to the Punch," "What's So Good About Goodbye?," "You've Really Got a Hold on Me," and "Way Over There." All are done in a style unique to the Temptations, with arrangements that are distinctly different from the familiar versions by other Motown acts, and all are worthwhile. Temptations Sings Smokey album for sale The original CD version, released in the mid-'80s, was a major disappointment. Temptations Sings Smokey CD music In 1998, it was remastered in 24-bit digital audio, giving it vastly superior sound quality (the 1998 copyright on the back is the giveaway, along with the reference to Polygram as owner of Motown); it was the first of the classic individual Motown albums already out on CD to get this treatment. The stereo separation on the reissue is very sharp, the sound is a lot closer and louder, and the detail is startling, right down to the rhythm section, parts of which, on "Baby, Baby I Need You" and "My Girl," stand out in astonishingly sharp relief. Temptations Sings Smokey CD music contains a single disc. ...See Full Description

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CD Universe Part number	8797492
Label	Universal Japan
Orig Year	1965
Catalog number	0572619
Discs	1
Release Date	Oct 02, 2012
Studio/Live	Studio
Additional Info	Japan; Limited Edition