Just To Keep You Satisfied – Various Artists – LP Vinyl (Picture Sleeve) – BACK IN STOCK NOW – THE USUAL QUALITY FROM SOUL 4 REAL RECORDS – DON’T MISS THIS !!

Satisfaction comes in many forms. When the magical word Motown is uttered, most people are hard-wired to The Four Tops, the Temptations and The Supremes. But to reduce Motown to the effervescent sixties is only part of the label’s remarkable legacy.By the 1970s, a different sound was gathering. America was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The Vietnam War had been a disaster, urban street crime was epidemic and the nation’s college campuses were alive with political resistance. The joyful hope that had inspired “Baby Love” now felt anachronistic and out of time.The music industry was changing too. The vinyl pop single on 45rpm which had been the staple of Motown’s success was being challenged by concept albums.   This was the era of Edwin Starr’s anti-war album War and Peace (1970), The Temptations mind-bending Psychedelic Shack (1970) and Marvin Gaye’s state-of-the-nation classic What’s Going On (1971).By the early 1970s Motown had a stable of male vocalists that was arguably the best in the world, among them former lead singers from The Temptations – David Ruffin, Dennis Edwards and Eddie Kendricks. Alongside them singer-producers like Leon Ware and Frank Wilson were asserting their presence.David Ruffin’s “Crime in the Street” captured the epidemic of violence in Detroit allowing his exquisite voice to quietly rage against gun crime. Recorded a few years before his underground classic “Rode by the Place”, both sound more modern today than when they were recorded.If there is a common thread here, it’s the mid-tempo shifting soul soon to be christened as “quiet storm” including groups on the margins of Motown such as The Originals and The Fantastic Four led by the impassioned “Sweet” James Epps.Just to keep you satisfied, immerse yourself in the overlooked creativity of Detroit’s male voices in the early 1970s.BACK IN STOCK NOW.(please note postage only covers 1 mailing – if you order pre-order items with released product, everything will mail together when the pre-order item becomes available !!)Track ListingA No. Track Preview 01.BLACKMAIL - DAVID RUFFIN 02.CRIME IN THE STREET - DAVID RUFFIN 03.LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW - FRANK WILSON 04.JUST TO KEEP YOU SATISFIED - THE ORIGINALS 05.I PRAY YOU STILL LOVE ME - JIMMY RUFFIN B No. Track Preview 01.I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU - THE FANTASTIC FOUR 02.IF I CAN´T LOVE YOU THEN I CAN´T LOVE ME - EDDIE KENDRICKS 03.WHEN THE LIGHTS COME DOWN ON LOVE - DENNIS EDWARDS 04.YOU ARE THE WAY YOU ARE - LEON WARE 05.DON´T YOU WANNA COME - LEON WARE