NEW SEALED The Temptations 1990 Limited Edition Remastered CD 2004 VERY RARE OOP

  

The Temptations - 1990 CD. Beautifully Remastered Disc Encased in a Mini LP Replica Version of the Original, Double-Cardboard Sleeve Packaging with a Special Light Gray Plastic Sleeve with Gordy Logo and Release Info. Extremely Rare & Long Out-of-Print. Brand New, Factory Sealed & in Mint Condition! This is the most perfect copy I've ever seen.

The plastic shrink wrap is tight and flat. Here is the album where Norman Whitfield said goodbye to the Temptations and hello to a new L.

To record his final LP with the group in 1973, no longer did Whit use the Funk Brothers to lay down Motown's old-school Detroit funk. Now he was in Hollywood, cutting these band tracks with discovery Rose Royce. 1990 followed the albums All Directions and Masterpiece, two classics of Whitfield's psychedelic soul. This album worked the successful Whitfield formula: short radio hits that snapped with soul and tight rhythms, complemented by spaced-out suites about a screwed-up society that took up almost a whole LP side.

1990 featured "Let Your Hair Down, " a No. 1 R&B smash, and two singles that hit the Top 10, the sublime "Heavenly" and You've Got My Soul On Fire. Yet the album, although No. 2 R&B and Top 20 Pop, has never been issued on CD until now. Even as the name projects the vocalists some 17 years in the future, 1990 (1973) clearly offers up the unmistakable sound of the early-'70s Temptations. At this point, the lineup boasted founding members Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin alongside David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks' respective replacements, Dennis Edwards and Ricky Owens. The most recent recruit, Richard Street, had taken his cues from Paul Williams in the summer of 1971. The concurrently modern sound of "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" filtered into 1990.

The primary difference being the instrumental support, now consisting of an amalgam of the Funk Brothers and members of the Los Angeles-based Rose Royce ("Car Wash") aggregate. The results were a favorable mix of compelling singles, such as the R&B chart-topper "Let Your Hair Down" as well as a pair of additional Top Ten entries with the resplendent "Heavenly" and the wah-wah funk fest You've Got My Soul on Fire. " As they had done on the unedited version of "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" and more recently the title track of their previous effort, Masterpiece (1973), the Temptations stretch out with the extended social commentary "Zoom. The organic pondering groove rises from a cacophony of spoken dialogue as the trippy soul interplanetary vibe perfectly aligns with the celestial lyrics.

Norman Whitfield's string score supplies some nice atmospheric touches throughout and appropriately concludes his decade-plus association with the band. Although not as strong as its predecessor, 1990 climbed to number two on the R&B countdown and made its way into the Top 20 pop survey. Sadly, its success was clouded by the suicide of co-founder Paul Williams in August of 1973. It would be over a year before the band would release their follow-up, A Song for You -- a considerable span compared to the downtime between any of their previous long-players. You've Got My Soul on Fire.

Released: November 26, 2004 by Hip-O Select. Brand New, Factory Sealed & in Mint Condition.