boba Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 I always loved "baby I'm for real" and "the bells" but I totally slept on a bunch of originals tracks. Some are so great! I knew about and liked "good loving is just a dime away" but I just got a stock copy with this on the flip, so awesome: also, about a year ago I discovered "ooh you (put a crush on me)" also awesome: any other great tracks I'm missing by the Originals? By the way, the suspension group is not related. Thanks.
Kris Holmes Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 I have the green LP (Baby I'm For Real?) & quite like it. I think the only 45 I've kept is "I Like Your Style"/"We Can Make It Baby".
boba Posted October 27, 2011 Author Posted October 27, 2011 I have the green LP (Baby I'm For Real?) & quite like it. I think the only 45 I've kept is "I Like Your Style"/"We Can Make It Baby". yeah, the green lp is baby i'm for real. i do know and like "I like your style" but it has more of a generic motown sound so it's not as good as the later 70s ones to me. I do really like "we can make it baby" but it's not as good a ballad as the bells or baby i'm for real.
boba Posted October 27, 2011 Author Posted October 27, 2011 yeah, the green lp is baby i'm for real. i do know and like "I like your style" but it has more of a generic motown sound so it's not as good as the later 70s ones to me. I do really like "we can make it baby" but it's not as good a ballad as the bells or baby i'm for real. I just listened to "we can make it baby" and listening now it definitely is different than the other two ballads I mention, it has shades of early 70s Marvin Gaye in the sound
The Tempest Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 Great vocal group and sooooo underated , you can see why this man chose them as his all time favourites ......
Steve Edgar Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 Ya probs know this one Bob? flip to "The Bells" a long time fav of mine by the guys such a wonderful group! steve https://youtu.be/xPMdV761870
boba Posted October 27, 2011 Author Posted October 27, 2011 Ya probs know this one Bob? flip to "The Bells" a long time fav of mine by the guys such a wonderful group! steve I don't know if I ever flipped it over or not. This sounds like the Dells, pretty good.
Garethx Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 Their original of "Just To Keep You Satisfied" on the extended re-issue of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" is absolutely sensational. It's also on the 2008 compilation "Complete Motown Singles Volume 10", despite it being un-released as a 45 to the best of my knowledge. If I'm wrong about that I'd be glad to be corrected.
boba Posted October 27, 2011 Author Posted October 27, 2011 Their original of "Just To Keep You Satisfied" on the extended re-issue of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" is absolutely sensational. It's also on the 2008 compilation "Complete Motown Singles Volume 10", despite it being un-released as a 45 to the best of my knowledge. If I'm wrong about that I'd be glad to be corrected. I didn't know these two tracks. the originals version is nice but also has that early 70s marvin gaye sound. it sounds like a grower that I have to listen to multiple times though. The monitors version is excellent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0E9xUFpi08
boba Posted October 27, 2011 Author Posted October 27, 2011 I think the 70s tracks I like are probably influenced by having listened to a lot of rap music, I like the thick production style and thick harmonies.
Garethx Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) The Monitors is also the first use of Marvin's "God Is Love" backing track on the flip of "What's Going On". Also unreleased until recent anthologies I think. Edited October 27, 2011 by garethx
The Yank Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 There's also an unreleased version of "The Bells" by Bobby Taylor over the rhythm track of "Baby I'm For Real" that made me feel like I was in a parallel universe the first time I heard it.
Guest Adrian Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 Great group, Freddie Gorman is one of my favorite voices Really love the whole Definitions LP well worth picking up. Lie No 2 is the track for me, brilliant just brilliant!
Gogger Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 i,m sure i read somewhere that marvin gaye produced the originals. thanks for the songs, just bought a record by the originals, because of listening to these songs
Chris Anderton Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 Complete with Soul Train dancers here is one of my faves..."Let me live in your life" Chris
boba Posted October 29, 2011 Author Posted October 29, 2011 Complete with Soul Train dancers here is one of my faves..."Let me live in your life" Chris nice one, I didn't know this one. I'm sure you know this but that's not an original soul train line done to this song. thanks a lot.
Guest phillybuster Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 "I'll wait for you" is different on the album.
Dean Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 (edited) More soulful than Northern, and on the funky side. S35112 was the number previously allocated to Edwin Starr " Aint It Hell Up In Harlem" which got a release on M1284 Don't think this got a release due to name copy with the TV character hitting the screen Edited October 31, 2011 by Dean
Diddy Morgan Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 freddies outing on rene 901 is worth a listen ......love has seen us through ( ignore the space invader game in background lol)
phillyDaveG Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 Yes love "Our love has seen us through". Going way back in time, I have a soft spot for Freddie Gorman "The day will come" on Miracle.
Chris Anderton Posted November 4, 2011 Posted November 4, 2011 nice one, I didn't know this one. I'm sure you know this but that's not an original soul train line done to this song. thanks a lot. ..... To be honest mate I have loved this track for ages and seeing the dancers really distracted me from the quality of the track...I had to look away! Chris
Chris Anderton Posted November 4, 2011 Posted November 4, 2011 How about this one, as good as anything they have done....
Dean Posted November 4, 2011 Posted November 4, 2011 Superb scans, brilliant - makes it worth coming on here for stuff like this. Thanks for sharing
boba Posted November 5, 2011 Author Posted November 5, 2011 How about this one, as good as anything they have done.... I like god bless whoever sent you off this LP
Kev Cane Posted November 5, 2011 Posted November 5, 2011 i,m sure i read somewhere that marvin gaye produced the originals. thanks for the songs, just bought a record by the originals, because of listening to these songs Read somewhere that they were his favourite group at Motown, I think he used C.P. Spencer as backing on the "Lets get it on" set, For those who love "The Bells" flip it over to the ultra soulful "I,ll Wait For You", there is the extended intro take of the same song on the "Portrait" set which is also wonderful. Great group. Kev
45cellar Posted November 5, 2011 Posted November 5, 2011 Superb scans, brilliant - makes it worth coming on here for stuff like this. Thanks for sharing Thank You for sharing scans too Dean. Thanks to ALL contributions from Soul Source members, sharing knowledge, scans, favourite tracks. My Wants list forever growing.
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