RIBS TPTD: “Trouble Man”, “Renaissance”, “First Take”

June 21, 2007 by tgrundy
Filed under: R&B, Triple Play Thurs-Day, jazz, music, podcasts/mixes, soul 

Decided to do something slightly different with the mix this week. Instead of just choosing three artists for the list, we take the process one step further and focus on one particular album from those artists.

You know how some albums (yeah, yeah I know, they’re CDs now; well I’m “old school” and I still call them “albums”) are just ’special’ for one reason or another. You like every song and listen to the whole thing all the way through every time you play it. Or it could be the first (or last) release by the artist, or there are changes in the makeup of the group, etc. Something, for some reason, makes that particular album significant and stand out from all the rest.

So, for a TPTD change of pace, this time around we have the albums taking center stage this week as we present to you:

Trouble Man “Trouble Man”, the movie soundtrack by Marvin Gaye

Renaissance “Renaissance”, The Miracles’ first post-Smokey release

First Take “First Take”, the debut album from MFSB

RIBS TPTD: “Trouble Man”, “Renaissance”,  “First Take”
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Playlist:

  1. Marvin Gaye - “T” Plays It Cool
  2. The Miracles - Nowhere To Go
  3. MFSB - Something For Nothing
  4. Marvin Gaye - Main Theme From Trouble Man (part 1)
  5. MFSB - Family Affair
  6. The Miracles - What Is A Heart Good For?
  7. Marvin Gaye - The Break In (Police Shoot Big)
  8. Marvin Gaye - Cleo’s Apartment
  9. MFSB - Backstabbers
  10. The Miracles - I Didn’t Realize The Show Was Over
  11. Marvin Gaye - “T” Stands For Trouble
  12. MFSB - Lay In Low
  13. The Miracles - I Love You Secretly
  14. Marvin Gaye - Life Is A Gamble
  15. MFSB - Poinciana
  16. The Miracles - If You’re Ever In The Neighborhood
  17. Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man
  18. MFSB - Freddie’s Dead
  19. The Miracles - I Wanna Be With You
  20. The Miracles - Don’t Let It End (’Till You Let It Begin)
  21. Marvin Gaye - Don’t Mess With Mister “T”
  22. Marvin Gaye - Main Theme From Trouble Man (part 2)

Enjoy!

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3 Comments on RIBS TPTD: “Trouble Man”, “Renaissance”, “First Take”

  1. EJ on Fri, 22nd Jun 2007 7:43 pm

    2. First you start out with T Plays It Cool, but even better, what I like best is that you have MFSB in there along with The Miracles. I’ve NEVER heard any of The Miracles before so that just makes my day….and of course, MFSB never got all the props they deserve. You make Throwback Thursdays good for even us overworked people!

  2. Billy Griffin on Wed, 17th Oct 2007 12:48 pm

    3. All of these songs and albums you have listed as Smokey Robinson records..are in fasact Billy Griffin and the Miracles compositions and releases. Any Albums and or singles.1972 to 1978 done by the Miracles….
    Love Machine, Do It Baby , Don’tcha Love It etc are billy Griffin performances.

  3. tgrundy on Wed, 17th Oct 2007 1:58 pm

    4. Billy, first of all “Thank you” for stopping by and leaving a comment. Always enjoy it when folks take the time to leave one.

    Please take a look again. Even though I didn’t explicitly state that “Billy Griffin” was the lead on the “Renaissance” release (although now that you point it out I should have {smile}), the text next to the album cover does say, “first post-Smokey release”. I That is what is so special about this album for me. You right stepped into the lead role with the group and didn’t miss a beat. AAMOF, this album contains some of my favorite performances by the Miracles. IMHO, “I Love You Secretly” is worth the price of the disc all by itself, let alone “Nowhere To Go” and “I Didn’t Realize That The Show Was Over”.

    Hmmmm… now that I think of it, a feature on the “Billy Griffin” era of the Miracles might be a nice mix to put together for the site in the near future!

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