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.

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#TheTemptations #Soul #Motown #SmokeyRobinson #NormanWhitfield #60sPop #Music

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La meva #CançóDelDia per al diumenge 26 d'abril és aquesta de la #SandieShaw recordant #SesSatàniquesMajestats #Dagenham #60sPop 🫤!

Soul Searchin' by Claus Ogerman And His Orchestra, released on RCA Victor in 1965.

Review by Tony Wilds

Of Claus Ogerman's four mod albums for Victor, Soul Searchin' is a favorite for many because the theme, and certainly the tunes, are hip. As Ogerman's liner notes explain, he ranks soul third in significance after pop and jazz. In any case, Ogerman does a competent job covering all these songs; the title track (an Ogerman original) can be called funky, even. A large factor is Dick Hyman's Lowrey organ; his facility with both jazz and soul is in full evidence here. "The End of the Line" was a hit for Vinnie Bell, but the greater significance is that it was written by Pat Williams and Phil Ramone. The Ogerman albums on Victor share a great deal with the mod albums on Verve by Williams, Kai Winding, and others...

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#CalusOgerman #Mod #SpaceAgePop #DickHyman #Soul #60sPop #Music

Where Did Our Love Go is the second studio album by Motown singing group the Supremes, released in 1964. The album includes several of the group's singles and B-sides from 1963 and 1964.

Review by Lindsay Planer

...the first to significantly impact the radio-listening and record-buying public. It effectively turned the trio -- who were called the 'No-Hit Supremes' by Motown insiders -- into one of the label's most substantial acts of the 1960s. Undoubtedly, their success was at least in part due to an influx of fresh material from the formidable composing/production team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland (HDH). They had already proven themselves by presenting "(Your Love Is Like A) Heatwave" to Martha & the Vandellas and providing Marvin Gaye with "Can I Get a Witness." Motown-head Berry Gordy hoped HDH could once again strike gold -- and boy, did they ever...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJMx8wSnW64&list=PLMkmKZouSKgGz90B3SJpHgmhS2kH4tc6w&index=1

#TheSupremes #Motown #Soul #Music #DianaRoss #60sPop

Reach Out is a studio album by the American composer Burt Bacharach, released in 1967.

"What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No, not just for some but for everyone"

True in 1967 and still true now!

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#BurtBacharach #SpaceAgePop #EasyListening #60sPop #Love #Music

Equinox is the second album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66, released in April 1967, with vocalists Lani Hall and Janis Hansen.

Review by Richard S. Ginell

Equinox continues the scrumptiously winning sound that Sergio Mendes cooked up in the mid-'60s, this time a bit more fleshed out with John Pisano's guitar, a slightly thicker texture, and even an imitation sitar (this was, after all, 1967). Again, the mix of American pop tunes old and new and Brazilian standards and sleepers is impeccable (although it didn't yield any substantial hits), and the treatments are smooth, swinging, and very much to the point...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IRVI7N710k&list=OLAK5uy_l1_NeDsAESWrGYCEBxarVVCpsam6DZeIU

#SergioMendes #MPB #BossaNova #Jazz #SpaceAgePop #60sPop #Music

California Dreamin' is an album by saxophonist Bud Shank recorded in 1966 for the World Pacific label.

Frug-tastic 60s cheese.

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#BudShank #ChetBaker #SpaceAgePop #60sPop #Jazz #WorldPacific #Music

A Sign of the Times is an album by American jazz guitarist Joe Pass that was released in 1965 by World Pacific Records. It includes orchestrated versions of pop hits. The title track was a hit for Petula Clark. - Wikipedia

Frug-tastic covers of 60s hits!

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#JoePass #60sPop #TheBeatles #SpaceAgePop #Jazz #Music #ChetBaker #WorldPacific

The Temptin' Temptations is the third studio album by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label released in 1965.

"Since I Lost My Baby", a heartbroken ballad exemplary of Smokey Robinson's work, features David Ruffin on lead vocals, pining away for a lost lover even though the world around him is a relative nirvana. Longing and melancholy, "Since I Lost My Baby" (written by Robinson & fellow Miracle Pete Moore) tells a story about the pain of losing a lover. Temptations lead singer David Ruffin paints a picture as the song's narrator of an idyllic world where he has everything anyone could ask for, except for love... - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkI_H-C2edY&list=OLAK5uy_n0pl1_uKuNvpFPOn6ORttqpieWQ8_GC5c

#TheTemptations #Motown #Soul #60sPop #SmokeyRobinson #Music

Seriously. For a “boat nerd” like me, sitting in my riverside backyard watching the freighters go by wouldn’t suck and then there’s the Otis Redding: the Indiana Harbor on the St. Clair River in Michigan, 10 April, 2026. Photo by Georgia Closs-Burns.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#StClairRiver
#GreatLakes
#LakeHuron
#MusicOfMastodon
#60sPop

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