Description
*This is a Vinyl LP*
Release Date: 2023
Label: Elemental Music
Track List
Side A
A1. Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On 2:56
A2. Run Charlie Run 2:59
A3. Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone 11:45
Side B
B1. Love Woke Me Up This Morning 2:38
B2. I Ain’t Got Nothin’ 3:30
B3. The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) 3:59
B4. Mother Nature 2:54
B5. Do Your Thing 2:52
Personnel
Bass – Bob Babbitt, James Jamerson, Leroy Taylor
Bongos, Congas – Eddie “Bongo” Brown
Drums – Aaron Smith, Andrew Smith, Richard “Pistol” Allen, Uriel Jones
Guitar – Billy Cooper, Eddie Willis, Joe Messina, Melvin Ragin, Paul Warren, Robert Ward, Robert White
Organ – Johnny Griffith
Piano – Earl Van Dyke
Tambourine, Maracas, Percussion [Sticks] – Jack Ashford
Timpani, Vibraphone [Vibes], Bells, Percussion [Gourd] – Jack Brokensha
Notes
Limited Edition LP. Deluxe 180-Gram Reissue. Including Original Artwork. A superb album produced by Motown’s psychedelic mastermind Norman Whitfield. It reached #2 on the Billboard 200 in 1972, making it the band’s most successful non-collaborative album on the chart. It also became their twelfth album to reach #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart. All Directions features the #1 hit “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”, which was a twelve-minute cover of a Whitfield-produced Undisputed Truth single. “Papa” won three Grammy Awards in 1973: Best R&B Performance by a Group for The Temptations, Best R&B Instrumental Performance for Whitfield and arranger/conductor Paul Riser, and Best R&B Song for Whitfield and lyricist Barrett Strong. It is widely regarded as one of The Temptations’ signature numbers.
