Smokey Robinson; Elton John; Steven Tyler; Miguel; Aloe Blacc; JC Chasez; Jessie J; John Legend; Mary J. Blige; Cee-Lo Green; Ja Julkaisija: Decca Records (2014) CD-äänilevy
Soulmusic Records Asu: CD-levy Vuosi: 2024, 19.04.2024 Kieli: Englanti
• Definitive 2CD remastered edition from SoulMusic Records/The Second Disc comprising four rare 1970-1972 albums and bonus tracks from Motown legends Smokey Robinson And The Miracles!
• ‘A POCKET FULL OF MIRACLES’ (1970), ‘ONE DOZEN ROSES’ (1971), and ‘FLYING HIGH TOGETHER’ (1972) are all making their worldwide CD debuts, while ‘WHAT LOVE HAS JOINED TOGETHER’ (1970) has been out-of-print for decades!
• Two bonus tracks, ‘(You’ve Got Me) Looking Through the Eyes of Love’ and ‘Paper People’ also make their CD debut.
Key tracks include the international chart-topper ‘The Tears of a Clown’, the hit singles ‘Who’s Gonna Take the Blame’, ‘Crazy About the La La La’ and ‘We’ve Come Too Far to End It Now’, and wonderful re-imaginings of ‘My Cherie Amour’, ‘Got to Be There’, ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, and ‘Betcha by Golly Wow’, plus rare collaborations with Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright.
All four albums feature the classic Miracles’ line-up of Smokey Robinson, Claudette Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White, Pete Moore, and guitarist Marv Tarplin, recorded by the group during the creatively fertile, musically rich period before Smokey embarked on his extraordinary solo career.
Superb remastering by Nick Robbins and stellar artwork by Roger Williams with a deluxe 24-page booklet which includes a comprehensive essay by The Second Disc’s Joe Marchese drawing on new and archival quotes from Smokey Robinson, Claudette Robinson, Motown Tape Librarian Pat Cosby, and Motown historian Sharon Davis; as well as detailed annotations from Motown historian Andrew Skurow.
Featuring Robinson originals; collaborations with Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright, Henry Cosby, Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson and Johnny Bristol; and beautifully reinvented covers of classic hits by Bacharach and David, Thom Bell and Linda Creed, Paul Simon, George Harrison, and Smokey himself, these four albums showcase The Miracles’ harmonies at their most sweet and soaring, a musical treat for Motown fans everywhere.
