Canadian 1974  Motown  , Blue and red maple leaf ,copy demo { on back  of  1974 UK hit}  ,has "Lets go Somewhere" minus spoken intro,?Why? a one off or What?  What is your Fave Love /Hate Spoken Intro Outro tune??LOL John Malaga Spain.

No substitute ! Atmospheric ! 

Ticks all the right boxes

 

 

 

This is one of the best for me

 

 

Wait for the beat....

 

 

 

Edited October 3, 20223 yr by Simsy

 

Nearly qualifies, its kinda half spoken....

and this of course one from Diane Jenkins

 

Edited October 3, 20223 yr by Mal C

 

My favourite

Cheers Paul

Or maybe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El9GIrnBDQo

 

Cheers Paul

Not too clear...but the intended Jimmy Ruffin befire it was edited

 

 

And this...

 

A classic...

 

 

frankie & the classicals - what shall i do 

 

Little Hooks With Ray Nato And The Kings

Long talking intro then a nice midtempo soulful sound, came out in1971 and easy to find.

 

 

Top tune Written & Produced by the legend Lamont Dozier, taken from the great "California Sunset" album

 

 

Edited October 4, 20223 yr by Owd Codger

An obvious one, but come on how good does this still sound.

 

Another classic one you don't hear anymore but a staple when I was starting out on "the scene" ... 

 

 

Remember this one getting a few spins and getting some dancefloor reaction back in the 70s 

 

 

17 hours ago, Owd Codger said:

Top tune Written & Produced by the legend Lamont Dozier, taken from the great "California Sunset" album

 

 

thanks for this Owd Codger, I always flick past this Lp, I never listen to it. I will now 🙂

Mal C

Hope you enjoy the album, it's excellent IMO, great group and Lamont Dozier at his best.

If you have a spare forty minutes or so, listen again to these four spoken intros/outros:

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes I Miss You.  Rapped outro begins at 3.35, stay with it to the very end five or so minutes later.

 

Tyrone Davis I Had It All The Time

Lenny Williams Where Did Our Love Go

The story continues with Lenny Williams Somebody Else

 

I think there are two versions of this beauty . Spoken intro into gentle two stepper.

 

Macho, mean and so not fit for today's politicaly correct order of the day. I've always loved it 😉

Mind you I like to think that I am the opposite like a lady's man. Most of the time that is... LOL !

 

this one always impresses

short and sharp like but bonus of a shouted reply straight back

 

Edited October 8, 20223 yr by Mike

On 04/10/2022 at 18:41, El Corol said:

An obvious one, but come on how good does this still sound.

 

 

Always have looked at this fine work as a sort of  'Lord whats happening' part 2

though guess could argue more a case of being sung slowly than a spoken intro

 

 

 

Edited October 8, 20223 yr by Mike

Almost 2 minutes of spoken intro (or rap as it was called then) I think we all missed out on this storming dancer back then.

I found out a few years later that some demo copies didn't have the rap intro 

Could be the whole album but this still gets me after all the years 

 

On 02/10/2022 at 23:14, The Tempest said:

No substitute ! Atmospheric ! 

 

A few Motown related "Talkies"to check out, :Jimmy Ruffin  "Boy From Mississipi", 

                                                                        Bobby Womack "Home Is where The  Heart Is " and, "Dayligh."

                                                                        Chuck Jackson  " Honey Come Back "{ Defines the emotion of Spoken Intro                                                                                Listen To Glen Campbells, cover  to prove the point !}

As the original Poster ,some great choices,  ironically nobody answered my actual primary Question, Why was R Dean  Taylors spoken intro, wiped on  the Canadian "Let,s Go Somewhere "reissue???. LOL John

One of my favourites

 

On 13/10/2022 at 13:19, John Hart said:

A few Motown related "Talkies"to check out, :Jimmy Ruffin  "Boy From Mississipi", 

                                                                        Bobby Womack "Home Is where The  Heart Is " and, "Dayligh."

                                                                        Chuck Jackson  " Honey Come Back "{ Defines the emotion of Spoken Intro                                                                                Listen To Glen Campbells, cover  to prove the point !}

As the original Poster ,some great choices,  ironically nobody answered my actual primary Question, Why was R Dean  Taylors spoken intro, wiped on  the Canadian "Let,s Go Somewhere "reissue???. LOL John

I guess it was an error , looking at discogs and checking the times printed on labels ,

Originally 2.51 mins. back in 1965 .

Reissued in US, Canada , UK all 2.51 mins. in 73/74

Australia 2.54 mins /74

South Africa 2.49 mins /74

Germany 2.48 mins  /74 

None of the 6 x I think, UK reissues have a time printed on them only the promo's at 2.51 

 I've never seen or heard a copy from either Australia ,South Africa or Germany anybody ? To prove one way or the other a one off .

Good luck 

 

 

Has anyone taken the time to think about and reply to the original question?

Maybe, with the spoken intro, originally recorded in the 60's it ( Lets Go Somewhere ) was seen as a protest song.. against Nam or just the way the world was at the time?

By 74, perhaps Motown in Canada didnt see it as relevant, hence the edit.

The record sold nothing on its release in 65, neither did " Ghost " recorded nearly 2 years later...only the fact that it caught on here, in northern circles, lifted it from relative obscurity to a national best seller for Motown in 74. It was certainly a wise idea to team up Taylor's two best offerings on one double header.

im not suggesting any favourite intro's because enough have been already, and its taken the rmphasis away from what was originally asked.

Any thoughts?, anyone wish to elaborate?👍.