Inside Tracks #34: "Mighty Love"-Jefferson, Hawes & Simmons: The Spinners, 1973, with Covers by Todd Rundgren, Stanford Mendicants, Stuff, Larry Carlton, Phil Perry
Inside Tracks #34: "Mighty Love"-Jefferson, Hawes & Simmons: The Spinners, 1973, with Covers by Todd Rundgren, Stanford Mendicants, Stuff, Larry Carlton, Phil Perry
A couple of verses leads to the opportunity to stretch out on multiple choruses, while providing room for rapping, improv, and extended "disco" versions, 12" singles...and, acapella arrangements!
This is a band that I discovered (or paid more attention to, which is essentially the same thing, or better) thanks to you. You know I have a penchant for soulful vocal arrangements. I wasn't familiar with this song in particular, so I've been listening to it (as well as the entire album) and all I can say is what a journey. So refreshing as well, as most of the soul music I know from that era is, well... as phenomenal as it is tense (for a whole host of political/social/racial issues we all know about which I won't get into here). What I want point out is that these guys were doing something different, that sounded somewhart similar yet was markedly outside of the norm, in their own right.
A couple of months ago I found a copy in great condition of Cross Fire, one of their records from the 80s, and when I spin it (no pun intended!) I think of you! Looking forward to diving deeper into their discography. Thanks, as always, Brad. You rock!
When I was 18 or 19, I bought The Spinners 'From Here To Eternally' on the strength of its cover art alone. Thinking and hoping it might have a thick Funkadelic groove, I was somewhat disappointed with its more disco production. I kept it, but needless to say, it didn't see the light of day for many years. About ten years ago, I picked up '2nd Time Around' and a Detroit Emeralds album, and it made me pull 'From Here To Eternally' back out and reassess it. Time definitely gave me a greater appreciation for it. '2nd Time Around,' however, is still my go-to Spinners LP.
This is a band that I discovered (or paid more attention to, which is essentially the same thing, or better) thanks to you. You know I have a penchant for soulful vocal arrangements. I wasn't familiar with this song in particular, so I've been listening to it (as well as the entire album) and all I can say is what a journey. So refreshing as well, as most of the soul music I know from that era is, well... as phenomenal as it is tense (for a whole host of political/social/racial issues we all know about which I won't get into here). What I want point out is that these guys were doing something different, that sounded somewhart similar yet was markedly outside of the norm, in their own right.
A couple of months ago I found a copy in great condition of Cross Fire, one of their records from the 80s, and when I spin it (no pun intended!) I think of you! Looking forward to diving deeper into their discography. Thanks, as always, Brad. You rock!
When I was 18 or 19, I bought The Spinners 'From Here To Eternally' on the strength of its cover art alone. Thinking and hoping it might have a thick Funkadelic groove, I was somewhat disappointed with its more disco production. I kept it, but needless to say, it didn't see the light of day for many years. About ten years ago, I picked up '2nd Time Around' and a Detroit Emeralds album, and it made me pull 'From Here To Eternally' back out and reassess it. Time definitely gave me a greater appreciation for it. '2nd Time Around,' however, is still my go-to Spinners LP.
Another classic from Bell and The Spinners. Wynne's vocalizing is superb.