Great piece, as usual. Have you heard Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels' version of " Come See about You"? It's louder and more frenetic and raucous, as you might expect, but Ryder's vocals also really expresses an intense desperation and longing that I enjoy. Levi Stubbs and the Four Tops were always great, even into the mid80s. A used record store owner here in Winnipeg talked me into buying a cassette of Jackie Wilson backed by the Count Basie band for $30 in the 80s...I think it was home recorded off an LP...there was a nice version of "Uptight" on it.
Mitch Ryder (with whom I had the pleasure of sharing a joint with when I first interviewed for a job at Creem, 1972), played and sang Motown like the birthright it was. "Devil With a Blue Dress," the first part of the hit medley with Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly," was first a Motown recording by Shorty Long in 1964. Thanks also for the link and name drop, Robert Gilbert!
Great piece, as usual. Have you heard Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels' version of " Come See about You"? It's louder and more frenetic and raucous, as you might expect, but Ryder's vocals also really expresses an intense desperation and longing that I enjoy. Levi Stubbs and the Four Tops were always great, even into the mid80s. A used record store owner here in Winnipeg talked me into buying a cassette of Jackie Wilson backed by the Count Basie band for $30 in the 80s...I think it was home recorded off an LP...there was a nice version of "Uptight" on it.
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Mitch Ryder (with whom I had the pleasure of sharing a joint with when I first interviewed for a job at Creem, 1972), played and sang Motown like the birthright it was. "Devil With a Blue Dress," the first part of the hit medley with Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly," was first a Motown recording by Shorty Long in 1964. Thanks also for the link and name drop, Robert Gilbert!