Buns O'Plenty

Stevie’s third LP, he is still only 16 years old.

1. A Place in the Sun
2. Bang Bang
3. Down to Earth
4. Thank You Love
5. Be Cool, Be Calm (And Keep Yourself Together)
6. Sylvia
7. My World Is Empty Without You
8. The Lonesome Road
9. Angel Baby (Don’t You Ever Leave Me)
10. Mr. Tambourine Man
11. Sixteen Tons
12. Hey Love

Stevie Wonder – harmonica, keyboards, vocals
James Jamerson – bass
Benny Benjamin – drums

320
::Down To Earth::

The first female group to top the Billboard 200. Unfortunately, this is the best rip of this album that I have (only 192) because this is a classic. Renditions of Motown tunes such as the Temptations’ “Get Ready” or the Four Top’s “Baby I Need Your Lovin’” and “I Can’t Help Myself”. Also some wonderful originals by the Motown Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting/producing trio. “You Can’t Hurry Love” would become The Supremes seventh number one hit. Hal Davis and Frank Wilson also had a part in the production.

1. Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
2. This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You) (Holland-Dozier-Holland, Sylvia Moy)
3. You Can’t Hurry Love (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
4. Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over) (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
5. Baby I Need Your Loving (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
6. These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ (Lee Hazlewood)
7. I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
8. Get Ready (Smokey Robinson)
9. Put Yourself in My Place (Holland-Dozier-Holland, John Thornton)
10. Money (That’s What I Want) (Berry Gordy, Jr., Janie Bradford)
11. Come and Get These Memories (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
12. Hang on Sloopy (Wes Farrell, Bert Russell)

Diana Ross- lead vocals, background on “Come and Get These Memories”
Mary Wilson – background vocals, lead on “Come and Get These Memories”
Florence Ballard – background vocals
The Andantes – background vocals on “Put Yourself In My Place”
The Funk Brothers – instrumentation

192 kbps
::A’ Go-Go::

This has been posted before but I noticed many of the rips available were low bit rates or the link was dead. So I reuploaded a copy of a 320 rip by DJ Uilson. His blog is here, thanks goes out to him/her.

Released on Motown’s Tamia Records in 1976. Marvin had not recorded an album since 1973′s Let’s Get It On. Produced by Leon Ware, I Want You departs from the R&B style of previous records to “funky light disco.” Gaye used some of the same musicians as in the past (The Funk Brothers) but used more multi tracking for vocals and relied on synthesizers often. The horns and strings are arranged by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. The cover is of Ernie Barne’s painting The Sugar Shack. Many of the songs were about a girlfriend of Marvin’s, Jan Hunter. The record topped the soul charts and It has been sampled throughout the decades.

1. I Want You (Vocal) – 4:35
2. Come Live with Me Angel – 6:28
3. After the Dance – 4:21
4. Feel All My Love Inside – 3:23
5. I Wanna Be Where You Are – 1:17
6. I Want You (Intro Jam) – 0:20
7. All the Way Round – 3:50
8. Since I Had You – 4:05
9. Soon I’ll Be Loving You Again – 3:14
10. I Want You (Jam) – 1:41
11. After the Dance (Vocal) – 4:40

Strinks and horns arranged by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Marvin Gaye – vocals
Chuck Rainey, Henry Davis, Ron Brown, Wilton Felder – bass
Jerry Peters, John Barnes, Sonny Burke – electric piano (Fender Rhodes)
David T. Walker, Dennis Coffey, Jay Graydon, Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson, Ray Parker, Jr. – guitars
Bobby Hall Porter, Eddie “Bongo” Brown – bongos, congas
Gary Coleman, Jack Arnold – percussion
James Gadson – drums

320 kbps
::I Want You::

Their debut album. “I Want You Back” was the group’s first number one single.

1. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Gilbert, Wrubel)
2. Nobody (The Corporation)
3. I Want You Back (The Corporation)
4. Can You Remember (Bell, Hart)
5. Standing in the Shadows of Love (Holland, Dozier, Holland)
6. You’ve Changed (Keith)
7. My Cherie Amour (Wonder, Moy, Cosby)
8. Who’s Lovin’ You (Robinson)
9. Chained (Wilson)
10. (I Know) I’m Losing You (Whitfield, Holland, Grant)
11. Stand! (Stewart)
12. Born to Love You (Hunter, Stevenson)

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::Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5::

This is just one of the many posts currently dedicated to Michael Jackson across the blogosphere.

This was The Jackson 5′s second album. The Corporation receives much credit throughout. They were a songwriting/production group put together by Motown consisting of Bobby Taylor, Deke Richards (guitar), Freddie Perren (keyboard), Fonce Mizell (keyboards), as well as Motown founder Berry Gordy. Michael was only 11 during this time.

1. The Love You Save (The Corporation)
2. One More Chance (The Corporation)
3. ABC (The Corporation)
4. 2-4-6-8 (Jones, Sawyer)
5. (Come ‘Round Here) I’m the One You Need (Holland, Dozier, Holland)
6. Don’t Know Why I Love You (Hardaway, Hunter, Riser, Wonder)
7. Never Had a Dream Come True (Wonder, Moy, Cosby)
8. True Love Can Be Beautiful (Caston, Jackson, Taylor)
9. La-La (Means I Love You) (Bell, Hart)
10. I’ll Bet You (Barnes, Clinton, Lindsey)
11. Found That Girl (The Corporation)
12. The Young Folks (Gordy, Story)

Jackie Jackson – vocals
Tito Jackson – guitar, vocals
Jermaine Jackson – bass guitar, vocals
Marlon Jackson – vocals
Michael Jackson – lead vocals

R.I.P. MJ

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::ABC::