The Temptations - 20th Century Masters - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Temptations Get High on Psychedelic Soul Cloud Nine Soars with Ambitious Arrangements and Production, Features Standout Vocal Performances and Instrumentation by the Funk BrothersExperience Motown's First Grammy-Winning Album in Audiophile Sound for the First Time on a Domestic Pressing Mobile Fidelity's 180g 45RPM 2LP Reissue of 1969 Effort Plays with Remarkable Clarity and OpennessThe Temptations' Cloud Nine announced that Motown - and 'The Sound of Young America' - would never be the same. Influenced by the emergence of cutting-edge rock and pop currents, as well as increasing sociopolitical turmoil, the album broke down barriers between rock, psychedelia, and soul while heralding the arrival of visionary arrangements and production techniques. Bookended by traditional R&B numbers, the 1969 record sent the Temptations in bold new directions and signaled the advent of psychedelic soul. Never before had a Motown album contained such ambitious patterns and complex passages.Sourced from the original master tapes, strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, and housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, Mobile Fidelity's 180g 45pm 2LP set presents Cloud Nine in audiophile sound for the first time on a domestic pressing. This collectible reissue bestows Norman Whitfield's extraordinary production with the grand-scale dynamics, natural tonality, expansive openness, and low-end weight it deserves. The timbre of each of the five members' voices is identifiable. The album further benefits from the wide groove space by playing with greater separation and more realistic presence than prior editions. Everything from the brassiness of the horns to the dry snap of the snare comes across with reference-grade clarity and positioning. And since Motown's renowned Funk Brothers backing band plays on many of the cuts, you'll want to savor every not

The Temptations - InchMeet The Temptations (Original Mono Master)Inch / The debut studio album by The Temptations, released by Motown in 1964, includes most of the group's early singles, among them, their first hit, InchThe Way You Do the Things You Do.Inch The other tracks all feature original Temptation, Elbridge InchAlInch Bryant, who was fired from the group in December 1963. Meet The Temptations was originally issued only in monaural sound, and that's the version presented here. Rtist Hometown Detroit, MI Motown; R&B; Catalog Album Tracks 1. The Way You Do the Things You Do 2. I Want a Love I Can See 3. Dream Come True 4. Paradise 5. May I Have This Dance 6. Isn't She Pretty 1. Just Let Me Know 2. Your Wonderful Love 3. The Further You Look, the Less You See 4. Check Yourself 5. Slow Down Heart 6. Farewell My Love

Limited vinyl LP repressing in gatefold jacket. Off the Wall is the fifth solo studio album by Michael Jackson. It was released on August 10, 1979, following Jackson's critically well-received film performance in The Wiz. While working on that project, Jackson and Quincy Jones had become friends, and Jones agreed to work with Jackson on his next studio album. Recording sessions took place between December 1978 and June 1979 at Allen Zentz Recording, Westlake Recording Studios, and Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles, California. Jackson collaborated with a number of other writers and performers such as Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Rod Temperton. Five singles were released from the album. It was his first solo under Epic Records, the tag he would record on until his death roughly 30 years later. Album Tracks 1. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 2. Rock with You 3. Workin' Day and Night 4. Get on the Floor 1. Off the Wall 2. Girlfriend 3. She's Out of My Life 4. I Can't Help It 5. It's the Falling in Love 6. Burn This Disco Out