Vinyl Album - Various Artists - Motown Instrumentals - Natural Resources

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Various Artists
Title:	Motown Instrumentals
Label:	Natural Resources
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	NR 4002T1
Date:	1977
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	3 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	San Remo Golden Strings	Hungry For Love	B. Hamilton, A. Hamilton, J. Jackson, R. Savoy	Rate
A2	Jr. Walker	You Are The Sunshine Of My Life	S. Wonder	Rate
A3	Commodores	Rapid Fire	M. Williams	Rate
A4	The Temptations	Papa Was A Rolling Stone	N. Whitfield, B. Strong	Rate
B1	San Remo Golden Strings	Festival Time	J. Bratton, L. Bunten	Rate
B2	Jr. Walker	Cleo's Back	W. Woods	Rate
B3	The Crusaders	Way Back Home	W. Felder	Rate
B4	Jermaine Jackson	Erucu	J. Jackson, D. Daniels	Rate
B5	Rare Earth	Get Ready	W. Robinson	Rate

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Neil Forbes 26th Jan 2015		Phil, I stand(or sit) corrected!, The playing time for "Papa...." is 6 minutes, 58 seconds. It's the last of only 5 tracks on Side 6 of "Anthology" - The Temptations(10th Anniversary Album), issued on Motown as M-782A3 in 1973(being The Temptations, you'd expect this to be on the Gordy label, wouldn't you?). I just remembered - I visited a record fair at Speers Point(Lake MacQuarie area, south of Newcastle NSW, Australia) a few years ago, I recall seeing a German 45rpm of "Papa..." I think it was Pt.1 and Pt.2, spread across both sides of the disc with a total playing of(possibly) 11.45.



PhilMH 26th Jan 2015		Neil, are you sure about that? My copy of ANTHOLOGY (bought in 1975, I think) has the single edit of "Papa" - I just played it to make sure. It would have been a very tight squeeze to get the 11:45 version on there! Manufactured by RCA Hollywood, if that makes any difference.



Neil Forbes 25th Jan 2015		There was a three-disc anthology of The Temptations issued in 1973, not on the Gordy label, as you'd expect, but on Motown, and the sides were coupled in "changer order" - 1 to 6, 2 to 5, 3 to 4. The complete 11.45 version is on that set though not in true stereo but the synthetic stereo instead.



Record Collector 25th Jan 2015		Yes it's done very easy these days



Neil Forbes 25th Jan 2015		I sure as hell don't miss those cassettes. I kinda like being able to edit digitally and make my own CDs.



RogerFoster 25th Jan 2015		It would be interesting to hear this version of "Papa Was A Rolling Stone". Looking at the label scan the version of "Papa" on here is 6:36. On the "All Directions" L.P. that has the full length version it is timed at 11:45 as can be seen here so this looks to be a version with the vocal segments edited out.



Record Collector 25th Jan 2015		I used to make single edit of my own years ago I used the instrumental as the b side oh how I miss those ten minute cassettes



Neil Forbes 25th Jan 2015		Hi, Phil. "Papa" vocals edited out, ay? Just to 'create' an instrumental out of a vocal track. Suppose they did that with Rare Earth's version of "Get Ready" too! Those dirty cheats!(ha-ha)



PhilMH 25th Jan 2015		Release date is wrong here - the back cover says (C) 1977, and the discography in Sharon Davis' MOTOWN: THE HISTORY gives the release date as March 1978, and that discography was compiled by Motown's UK label manager, so presumably he could get access to the necessary documentation. Neil, "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" is all instrumental here, as the vocals have been edited out.



Neil Forbes 24th Jan 2015		I was wondering where you got to, R.C.! "Papa..." was even better if you needed a toilet break.(ran better than 6 minutes to the best of my knowledge).



Record Collector 24th Jan 2015		Good song if your a radio announcer and want to read the weather



Neil Forbes 24th Jan 2015		I don't think "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" by The Temptations should be in this compilation. Though it has a long intro, it's a vocal... It was the 3rd of September, A day I'll always remember, 'Cos that was the day That my Daddy died.... The opening four lines to the song. Issued 1971. (with due acknowledgments to composers Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong)

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