After Holland-Dozier-Holland left Motown 1967 the label lost some of its magic. Even if the rest of the crew was there with many competent composers and producers, the original feeling was lost and sales started to drop. At least that's the story told. But to my taste there was still a lot of good stuff coming out of those studios after the break. Lots of talent at work with some of the outcome clearly trampling in H-D-H:s footsteps and others treading new paths. This album has a little of both - "The Key", "Opportunity Knock (For Me)" and a few more follows the classic pattern, while the Beatles covers "Elenor Rigby" and "Fool On The Hill" have more adventurous arrangments making it up-to-date. US release in stereo only. I can't be absolutely sure what kind of mono this is. Some of the songs sounds perfect while others comes through a little unbalanced. So either most tracks are a fold downs with a few mono '45 cuts chipped in, or it's all a fold down and some tracks being more compatible than others. First UK had label as shown here and laminated flip/back cover. (If you want to check other late UK Tamla Motown monos - just write TML in the box top left on the page.) (TÖMÖ*) (FÖRH*) (YMÖ*)
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