First issued in US 1969, this is good stuff from Smokey and the Miracles and it sold very well on release, generating four hit singles and the album itself peaked at #25 on Billboard. It is one of many enjoyable Tamla Motown releases of the period. What makes me tick very loud over this is the UK mono issue. If you check my previos posts on late UK TML monos it's obvious most of them are reductions and more dull than exciting. Not this one. It's big, clear and well balanced with his voice in focus all the way. I can't find anything saying there was a US album mix done. Still their previous issue "Special Occation" was released in mono on US Tamla as late as christmas 1968 (TM-290), remaining the last confirmed mono from the label so far. A number of songs from this album also surafced as mono '45:s, so at least for those tracks mixes were prepared. Then again - maybe the stereo was a perfect comaptible? In any case it sounds great. (TÖMÖ*)
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