1/2/2023 0 Comments Marvin gaye anthology review![]() ![]() ![]() - 60ts SOUL R&B MOD NORTHERN SOUL NEW BREED FUNK RARE GROOVE and More - "SOUL GALORE!" - Your Guide To Exceptional CD Reissues and Remasters - AMAZON E-Book of 1150 E-Pages (1).Even now "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" sends chills down my spine. In the USA they re-named the "In The Groove" LP after the tune now forever associated with our hero. In fact when it was belatedly issued February 1969 in the UK on Tamla Motown – the 45-single did the same – up to No.1 – only Motown’s second number 1 in the UK for the whole of that decade. But a Chicago DJ spotted ".Grapevine" and it's rhythmic brilliance and after saturation play and huge reaction from his listening public, Berry Gordy was forced to rush release the single in November 1968 Stateside. It was thrown onto the "In The Groove" LP in August 1968 as filler on Side 1, and in fact if you look at the cover art for original issues of Tamla TS 285 in Stereo, you will see that the song isn’t even mentioned in the highlights track list on the front cover. And what can we say about "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" – a Number 1 R&B hit for Gladys Knight & The Pips a whole year earlier in 1968. ![]()
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