The eveningβs sunset: just unwinding on deck after a looooong day and doing some karaoke to The Beatles. Because this cut is off one of my favorite albums from these guys and Iβm just fucking odd that way. π
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I donβt know how but somehow, I didnβt realize the guy who wrote one of the best Moody Blues tunes, bassist John Lodge, died in October of 2025 at 82. This oneβs for him. Rest easy, John.
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My world is spinning around
Everything is lost that I found.
People run, come ride with me,
Let's find another place that's free.
Ride, Ride My See-Saw
Take this place
On this trip
Just for me.
As long as itβs instrumental time on deck β¦
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The Shirelles and King Curtis Give a Twist Party is a 1962 collaborative album between American blues and rhythm and blues saxophonist King Curtis and girl group The Shirelles.
Editors of AllMusic Guide gave this album three out of five stars, with critic Richie Unterberger characterizing the release as "respectable but not terribly exciting, and a bit schizo in concept", due to alternating tracks between the musical acts rather than having them collaborate directly.[1] In a review of reissues for Billboard, Chris Morris called this album a "bopping session" - Wikipedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu9wcgOPPjE&list=PLRMKzqby904-LsN-RheGqxZAHOItnypQE&index=1
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The morning jam; two stories knocked out so far and itβs time for Beatles and coffee cause itβs gonna be one of those long motherfuckin days.
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Smokey Robinson and The Miracles released this tune in β67 and it was re-released in β70 and went to number 1 on the charts; shoulda been there the first time cause this one is soooooo good.
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Now there's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than the Tears Of A Clown
When there's no one around
Here They Come! is the third studio album by American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders and the group's first release on Columbia Records. It was released on May 3, 1965.
Review by William Ruhlmann
...The first side of the album displays the Raiders as the raucous club band they were, grinding through R&B dance tunes like "You Can't Sit Down" and "Oo Poo Pah Doo." The second side previews their evolution into more of a pop group in the mid-'60s, although with songs like "Fever," it still retains something of their early R&B flavor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc9ciTrIRJQ&list=PLzGotn8LeP0dk6lM3LYKCusFvZ1yt0zWv&index=1
A Bit of Liverpool, released as With Love (From Us to You) in the UK, is the third studio album by the Supremes, released in the fall of 1964 on the Motown label. - Wikipedia
The Supremes do the Fab Four, although the best track is a Smokey Robinson song, You Really Got A Hold On Me, which the Beatles covered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrj6mcjWR7c&list=OLAK5uy_ki8MdILxt8L0qDGm_OO7vJ_mRSK-ICFQU
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Spanish Harlem is the debut album by Ben E. King, released by Atco Records as an LP in 1961.
Review by Bruce Eder
A close look at this album reveals just how ambitious Atlantic Records could be in the early 1960s, in generating LPs. Technically speaking, Ben E. King's debut long-player is a concept album -- or, at least, a thematic album. Put together in the wake of his first solo hit, "Spanish Harlem," a Latin flavor and beat run all the way through this 12-song platter, which, at times, is really more of a pop record than a soul record..." And for better or worse, the production is first-rate within the context of King's established sound, with a phenomenal string section and a percussion section to die for.
Gettin' Ready is the fourth studio album by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label released in 1966. It marks the transition of the group from having Smokey Robinson as its main producer, with new producer Norman Whitfield taking over Robinson's position... - Wikipedia
Review by Ron Wynn
The marvelous title track alone, with Eddie Kendricks gliding into the stratosphere, made this an instant winner. There were several fine songs that weren't hits, such as "Not Now, I'll Tell You Later" and "I've Been Good to You," and there sure wasn't anything wrong with powerhouse cuts like "Ain't Too Proud to Beg." The Temptations would score four straight number one hits in the mid-'60s, each one an unforgettable classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GbRLw8ke20&list=PLVNnQokQMDKM64NrDDMNAjRLAP_WzVLRH&index=1
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