Track 3 - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone.

There's gonna be a reck'nin', Cracka!!

11:44 minutes.

Trumpet.

It's no Was Not Was.

Well, is the rest of the album as R*cist?

Strings.

Taking its time getting going.

Quote :

According to group leader Otis Williams, the Temptations fought "tooth and nail" not to record "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" or "Run Charlie Run", a socially conscious Black power track (dealing primarily with the phenomenon of white flight) that called for them to repeatedly call out, in an affected Caucasian accent, "the niggers are comin'!" According to legend, lead singer Dennis Edwards didn't want to sing "Papa's" opening lines, because his own father had died on the third of September, but in actuality, Edwards' father had died on the third of October. In addition, his father was a minister, "a good, steady, religious man", not a "rolling stone".

Handclaps.

I must admit this album is a lot less buttoned down than I was expecting.

12" Disco remix.

Nightjar wrote:

Very fine groove.

The band (whoever they were) were always 'truckin''.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funk_Brothers

The song's started.

It only took 4 minutes to get there.

Handclaps.

To be honest, I've liked Motown, but I've always put it aside something to get into when I get old.

Maybe it's time.