In Celebration of Motown's 50th Anniversary, Motown releases ten new compilations to add to The Definitive Collection series. Each "Definitive" disc contains: Original stereo recordings, digitally remastered; Booklet with classic photos and extensive liner notes; No. 1 hits, anthems and classic B-sides; Familiar Motown greats from every era all whilst being beautifully packaged with a consistent line look. Ten legendary names in music join the all-star "Definitive Collection" roster!

The first-ever official performance DVD of The Temptations with newly filmed interview footage with co-founder Otis Williams.

• Original Classic live and lip-sync performances of their biggest Motown hits
• Stunning Audio, with all lip-sync performances restored using original stereo master tapes
• Includes hardly-seen color footage of the group in the studio recording "Sorry Is A Sorry Word"— with the Funk Brothers and Motown personnel
• Eddie Kendricks’ final filmed performance with the original group, performing the #1 hit "Just My Imagination" on The Ed Sullivan Show
• "Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone" live in Chicago, from the rarely seen film Save The Children— first time on home video in any format! (with newly restored stereo audio)
• 24-page booklet with essay by Grammy®-winning author Rob Bowman

For the first time on DVD, this collection offers the Temptations' very best Ed Sullivan Show performances. Included here is the group's very first appearance in May 1967, in which they performed a medley of hits including "My Girl" and "(I Know) I'm Losing You." Other songs featured are the group's No. 1 hit "I Can't Get Next to You," a playful version of "You've Made Me So Very Happy," the Top Ten hit "Psychedelic Shack," and the 1969 hit single "Runaway Child, Running Wild" with Dennis Edwards replacing David Ruffin. The Temptations' last performance on The Ed Sullivan Show (1971) is also included, broadcast just a few months before the show went off the air, in which they performed "Get Ready" and their No. 1 hit "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)."

Tracks

1. Medley: Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue), All I Need, My Girl, I'm Losing You

2. Don't Look Back

3. Medley with The Supremes: Get Ready, Stop! In The Name of Love, My Guy, Baby Love, I'm Losing You

4. Runaway Child, Running Wild 5. I Can't Get Next To You

6. You've Made Me So Very Happy

7. Psychedelic Shack

8. Get Ready

9. Medley: Ain't No Mountain High Enough, I'll Be There, My Sweet Lord

10. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)

BONUS

11.Hello Young Lovers

12. Autumn Leaves

The Temptations have long had the reputation for being able to out-sing, out-dress, and out-dance any vocal group in sight. Their earliest hits featured either the grits-and-gravy stylings of David Ruffin ("My Girl," "I Wish It Would Rain") or the gossamer falsetto of Eddie Kendricks ("The Way You Do the Things You Do," "You're My Everything"). Replacing Ruffin with Dennis Edwards, the group went to a five-lead-voices concept ("Cloud Nine," "I Can't Get Next to You," "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone") that kept them in hits for another two decades. This 46-song, 2 CD set sports every one of these classics, an incredible live! version of "Ol' Man River," the seriously funky &quo;Shakey Ground," the Rick James-assisted "Standing on the Top," and many, many magical musical moments more. Bassman Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, and the unrelated Otis Williams were the other key members . Recommended reading: Temptations by Otis Williams with Patricia Romanowski (Putman, 1988) and Deliver Us from Temptation by Tony Turner with Barbara Aria (Thunder's Mouth Press, 1992). --Don Waller

UK 'Best Of', tracks include 'Cloud Nine', 'I Can't Get Next To You', 'Ball Of Confusion' (That's What The World Is Today), 'Papa Was A Rollin' Stone' and many more. 18 tracks in all. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Leon Russell's title track had already become a modern standard recorded by everyone from the Carpenters to Willie Nelson by the time the Tempts got to it on this 1975 disc. With the number of original group members shrunken by death and departure, it no doubt held plenty of resonance for those who carried on. The record's highlight, though, is "Shakey Ground," driven by P-Funk-ers Eddie Hazel and William "Billy Bass" Nelson. What remains is thoughtful, somewhat shallow, and not up to the level of innovation Motown colleagues Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, not to mention the Tempts themselves, had reached. A good album, if one that fails to meet its goal of true significance. --Rickey Wright

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Media Type: CD
Artist: TEMPTATIONS
Title: FOR LOVERS ONLY
Street Release Date: 01/15/2002
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Genre: OLDIES