TEMPTATIONS "PUZZLE PEOPLE" LP 1969 1ST PRESS MINT- PSYCHEDELIC SOUL
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YOU ARE BIDDING ON A LP BY THE TEMPTATIONS CALLED "PUZZLE PEOPLE". IT WAS RELEASED ON THE GORDY LABEL (GS949) OUT OF THE U.S. IN 1969. THE COVER & THE LP ARE NEAR MINT-  

**ALL LP'S COMES IN RESEALABLE JAPANESE MYLAR SLEEVES FOR PROTECTION

**************ALL LP'S ARE DOWN GRADED JUST TO AVOID ANY CONTROVERSY. I'VE BEEN SELLING LP'S FOR OVER 3 DECADES BUT EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT IDEA'S ABOUT GRADING      

Both The Temptations and producer Norman Whitfield were at the top of their form with 1969's Puzzle People, which captures the group in the midst of their rock-influenced "socially conscious" period. While the lead-off cut, "I Can't Get Next To You", was a potent R&B dance-floor filler, elsewhere the album was dotted with "relevant" tunes such as "Message From A Black Man" (not nearly as militant as it sounds), "Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down", and the "life-in-prison" epic "Slave", complete with plenty of fuzztone and wah-wah and enough panning to make George Clinton dizzy. But while the material and the production is a bit dated, Whitfield and his crew certainly caught The Funk Brothers on a great run when they cut these sessions, with the musicians blending the swagger and confidence of rock with a soundly funky undertow and chops to spare. And as for the Temptations themselves, if new lead vocalist Dennis Edwards lacked the elan of David Ruffin, he had power to spare, and the group's harmonies and shared vocals found room for both smooth precision and streetwise grit. While short on hits past the opening track (and padded with well-executed but hardly essential covers of "Hey Jude" and "Little Green Apples", Puzzle People is still the work of a great vocal group firing on all cylinders and getting inspired support in the studio, and it's one of the group's strongest late-60's efforts



Tracklist             

A1 I Can't Get Next To You Written-By – N. Whitfield-B. Strong* 2:52 A2 Hey Jude Written-By – J. Lennon-P. McCartney* 3:30 A3 Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down Written-By – N. Whitfield-B. Strong* 4:43 A4 Message From A Black Man Written-By – N. Whitfield-B. Strong* 5:50 A5 It's Your Thing Written-By – O. Isley*, R. Isley*, R. Isley* 3:00 B1 Little Green Apples Written-By – Bobby Russell 3:40 B2 You Don't Love Me No More Written-By – B. Strong*, N. Whitfield*, R. Penzabene* 2:35 B3 Since I've Lost You Written-By – N. Whitfield-B. Strong* 2:43 B4 Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You) Written-By – N. Whitfield-B. Strong* 2:46 B5 That's The Way Love Is Written-By – N. Whitfield-B. Strong* 3:10 B6 Slave Written-By – N. Whitfield-B. Strong* 7:20                                          


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