Last week we heard her in the setting of James Cleveland's music, but these two are solidly in Gospel Pop vein that Shirley seems to have pioneered. All the trappings, arrangements and instrumentation of Mowtown in a Gospel setting - part of me wants to hate it but Shirley is just so good at this, her voice soars over all that stuff and triumphs. A little corny but irresistible none the less.Listening this morning, I've come to realize that the second of these two rips has a bad hum in it so you may find you want to hang on to 'First Lady' and drop 'From The Heart'.
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Real 70s production on First Lady. Mighty Clouds of Joy were ahead of the game, I suppose, with straight ahead Philly soul production on It's Time in '74 and this feels like it's aimed straight at the soul crowd too. Great Masterpiece groove on Message To the People.
Hey Kingcake, would love a re-up of this if at all possible! Thanks :)
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