Psychedelic Shack / All Directions [Import, Original recording remastered]

Temptations | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 22, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Universal I.S.
• ASIN: B00004WZ5O
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,548 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Psychedelic Shack

2. You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth

3. Hum Along And Dance

4. Take A Stroll Thru Your Mind

5. It's Summer

6. War

7. You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)

8. Friendship Train

9. All Directions Track Listing:

10. Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On

11. Run Charlie Run

12. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

13. Love Woke Me Up This Morning

14. I An't Got Nothin'

15. The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)

16. Mother Nature

17. Do Your Thing

Editorial Reviews

UK version of Motown's '2 Classic Albums On 1 CD Series'. Reissue of 2 of the male vocal groups 70's era albums, 'Psychedelic Shack' (1970) and 'All Directions' (1972) together on 1 CD. Packaged in a full color slipcase with original artwork and 8 page booklet. 2000 release. Slimline double jewel case. The former LP reached #9; the latter hit #2. Both are unavailable in the U.S.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More from the Norman Whitfield masterclass, March 27, 2005

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Laurence Upton (Wilts, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychedelic Shack / All Directions (Audio CD)

Psychedelic Shack came out in June 1970 featuring the psychobabblic Take A Stroll Through Your Mind, as well as War (the original version) and Friendship Train, which Norman Whitfield also produced on hits for Edwin Starr (1970) and Gladys Knight (1969). This new direction was all too much for original lead singer Eddie Kendricks who was shortly to leave the band. One of the songs, It's Summer, appeared as a single in newly re-recorded form a year later.

The sound that Whitfield got from the phenomenal but uncredited session players had become honed and refined to an effortless-sounding and staggering efficiency.

All Directions came 3 albums later (after Sky's the Limit and Solid Rock) in 1972 and was well named since it veered between Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On and Ewan MacColl's First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. At its heart lay an astounding 12-minute masterpiece, Papa Was A Rollin' Stone, which began with a bravura instrumental overture which stripped away the instrumentation bit by bit in a way that almost prefigured dub reggae as it used the sonic palette in a manner that only the latest technology could have enabled.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars really tight set, April 26, 2003

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This review is from: Psychedelic Shack / All Directions (Audio CD)

this is a solid Combination of Albums.the Temptations like Marvin,Stevie,Smokey,Diana,Jackson 5,etc... moved into the 70's with a whole different outlook than what Motown was putting down in the 60's.Norman Whitfield&the Temps went for a Hybrid Sound of Sly&The Family Stone,Hendrix,P-Funk among others to capture there Flower Vibe on these Sets.everybody knows the Hits but the Albums themselves hold up really well.the arrangements&the Vocals are top notch from start to finish.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Temptations, March 3, 2011

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This review is from: Psychedelic Shack / All Directions (Audio CD)

The Temptation "Psychedelic Shack" album, in my opinion, is an all-time classic ensemble of 70's period music. I had searched for this album for many years and finally found it on Amazon. It is melodic, and the choreographic placement of songs skillfully mixing into the next is embracing. For Temptations fans, it is a must have for your music library.