| The remaining members of Motowns house band The Funk Brothers with
other Motown Artists 'Freda Payne', 'Bobby
Taylor' and 'Lamont Dozier' performs the Philly
penned classic hits such as 'Close the Door', 'Ain't No Stopping Us
Now', 'Betcha by Golly Wow', 'Me & Mrs. Jones', 'Love Train', 'For
the Love of Money', 'TSOP' and others.
And vice versa Philly's renown MFSB (Mother Father Sister Brother) with
well known Philly artists 'Jean Carne', 'Bunny
Sigler' performs the Motown penned classic jams such as 'Ain't
Nothing Like the Real Thing', 'Dancing in the Street', 'Knocks Me Off
My Feet', 'Fire and Desire', 'Isn't She Lovely', 'Baby, Baby, I Need
You' and other tracks. The tracks are recorded, produced with
respectively Motown and Philly influences. Here’s just a sample of what we can expect on the CD from the Philly artists:
- Jean Carn sings Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground”
- Blue Magic’s Ted Mills sings the Miracles “Shop Around”
- The Delfonics’ William Hart sings the Four Tops “Just Ask the Lonely”
- Writer, producer, artist Bunny Sigler sings Marvin & Tammi’s “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing”
And from our Motown friends:
- Freda Payne, (remember her), does the Stylistics “Betcha by Golly Wow”
- Bobby Taylor of the Vancouvers sings “If You Don’t Know me By Now” of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes fame
- Lamont Dozier croons “Me and Mrs. Jones” from the Billy Paul song book
In on the project is Detroit native George Clinton, who tackles
“Love Won’t Let Me Wait”, Clinton also covers “Expressway to Your Heart,” the big Philly hit by the Soul Survivors. The Motown folks are recording the Philly songs in Detroit, and the
Philly International crew are cutting their Motown songs in the city of
brotherly love. It's a really fresh idea. Some songs did reach the charts in the UK.
This double CD consist thirty tracks and is released by Phil Hurt’s Soul Renaissance Records and is a must for the real soul lover.
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