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Friday, 19 November 2021

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [2021] - Motown With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (A Symphony Of Soul) [Island]


As you will no doubt be aware two tracks have already been pre-released and the Marvin Gaye featuring Beverly Knight has gone ballistic (on this blog at least) with by far the most views of anything posted this year. I don't listen to national radio but I would imagine that this has been all over BBC Radio 2? Surprisingly the Jimmy Ruffin track featuring Mica Pars isn't following suit!

When I posted the first pre-released track at the beginning of October I quipped that the track listing was a bit unimaginative, which is still the case. Indeed Beverly Knight has performed live versions of Stevie Wonder's 'hidden gem' "Ribbon In The Sky" (posted here), so wouldn't it have been a treat to have something like that that included instead of being all the tried and tested, 'run-of-the-mill', 'standard' Motown tunes?  I'm not knocking what they have done as they are all performed exquisitely but would have been nice to have something a bit different, but then I would guess the timing of it's release is for the Christmas market.

I think my pick of the bunch would have to be "Just My Imagination".

01/ Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
02/ Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
03/ Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
04/ Jimmy Ruffin Feat. Mica Paris - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted
05/ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown
06/ Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
07/ The Supremes - I Hear A Symphony
08/ Marvin Gaye Feat. Beverley Knight - Abraham, Martin & John
09/ The Temptations - My Girl
10/ The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
11/ Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again

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Details
Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Classic Soul / Motown / Remixes
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Island
Cat No: None
Date: 19/11/2021
Value: £8.99


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