Eddie KendricksKeep On Truckin': The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 1

Label:

Hip-O Select – B0005132-02

Format:

2 x CD, Album, Compilation, Limited Edition, Remastered

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

Soul

Tracklist

All By Myself
1.1Let's Go Back To Day One3:32
1.2This Used To Be The House Of Johnnie Mae5:47
1.3I Did It All For You
Written-ByFrank Wilson, Jim Webb*
3:08
1.4It's So Hard For Me To Say Goodbye
Written ByPamela Sawyer, Frank Wilson
Written-ByFrank Wilson, Pamela Sawyer*
3:09
1.5Something's Burning
Written-ByMac Davis
4:27
1.6Can I
Written-ByHal Davis, Herman Griffith
6:12
1.7Didn't We
Written-ByJim Webb*
3:09
People...Hold On
1.8If You Let Me
Written-ByFrank Wilson
3:22
1.9Let Me Run Into Your Lonely Heart
Written-ByAnita Poree, Frank Wilson
3:11
1.10Day By Day
ProducerLeonard Caston
Written ByTerry McFaddin, Leonard Caston
3:17
1.11Girl You Need A Change Of Mind
ProducerLeonard Caston
Written ByLeonard Caston, Anita Poree
Written-ByAnita Poree, Leonard Caston
7:42
1.12Someday We'll Have A Better World
Written-ByNorma Toney
3:43
1.13My People...Hold On
ProducerLeonard Caston
Written-ByAnita Poree, Leonard Caston
5:39
1.14Date With The Rain
Backing Band [Rhythm By]The Funk Brothers
Written-By, ProducerBobby Miller
2:41
1.15Eddie's Love
ProducerLeonard Caston
Written ByLeonard Caston, Anita Poree
Written-ByAnita Poree, Leonard Caston
3:29
1.16I'm On The Sideline
Written ByP. McClendon
2:53
1.17Just Memories
ProducerLeonard Caston
Written ByLeonard Caston, Anita Poree
Written-ByAnita Poree, Leonard Caston
5:51
Eddie Kendricks
2.1Only Room For Two
Written ByTerri McFaddin, Donald Daniels
3:10
2.2Darling Come Back Home
Mixed By [Mixing Engineer]Orson Lewis
Written ByKing Errisson, Kathy Wakefield, Frank Wilson
4:13
2.3Each Day I Cry A Little
Written ByTerri McFaddin-Leonard Caston
7:20
2.4Can't Help What I Am4:23
2.5Keep On Truckin'7:59
2.6Any Day Now
Written ByBurt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard
5:08
2.7Not On The Outside4:30
2.8Where Do You Go (Baby)
Arranged ByRobert White
Orchestrated By [Orchestration]Paul Riser
Written ByPam Sawyer, Gloria Jones
Written-By, ProducerGloria Jones, Pam Sawyer
3:23
For You
2.9Please Don't Go Away
Written-ByLeonard Caston
4:47
2.10One Tear
Written-ByLeonard Caston
4:05
2.11Shoeshine Boy
Arranged ByJerry Young, Sanford Shire
3:15
2.12Deep And Quiet Love
Arranged ByGreg Poree, Jerry Long
5:30
2.13Let Yourself Go
Arranged ByJerry Long, Leonard Caston
Written ByLeonard Caston, Harold Clayton, Sigidi, Bradley Ridgell
5:43
2.14If
Written-ByDavid Gates
3:10
2.15If You Think (You Can)
Written ByLeonard Caston, Barbara Dickerson
3:58
2.16Time In A Bottle
Arranged ByJimmie Haskell, Sanford Shire
Written-ByJim Croce
3:00

Companies, etc.

  • Remastered AtUniversal Music Studios East, NYC

Credits

  • Arranged ByDavid Leacraft (tracks: 1.8 to 1.17), David Van DePitte (tracks: 1.8 to 1.17), Frank Wilson (tracks: 2.1 to 2.7), James Carmichael* (tracks: 2.1 to 2.7), Leonard Caston (tracks: 2.1 to 2.7), LeRoy Fleming (tracks: 1.8 to 1.17)
  • Art DirectionKatarina Petterson* (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Michele Horie
  • Art Direction [Original Lp]Curtis McNair (tracks: 1.1 to 1.7)
  • Backing Band [Rhythm By]The Young Senators (tracks: 1.8 to 1.13, 1.15 to 1.17)
  • Backing Vocals [Background Vocals]Carolyn Hurley (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Carolyn Majors (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Carolyn Willis (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Frank Wilson (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Harry Booker (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Karin Patterson (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Leonard Caston (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Mara Baygulow (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Myrna Matthews (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Wayne Cooper (2) (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16)
  • BassDarrell Clayborn (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8), James Jamerson (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8)
  • Compilation ProducerHarry Weinger
  • CongasKing Errisson (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8)
  • Coordinator [For Hip-o Select]Thane Tierney
  • Coordinator [Product Manager]Heather Whitten
  • Coordinator [Production Manager]Michele Horie
  • Design, Art DirectionMathieu Bitton
  • Directed By [Orchestration Direction]Jerry Long (tracks: 2.1 to 2.7)
  • DrumsEd Greene (2) (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8), Kenny "Spider" Rice* (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8)
  • Engineer [Recording Engineer]Orson Lewis (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8)
  • Engineer [Recording Engineers]Angel Balestier (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Art Stewart (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Russ Terrana (tracks: 2.1 to 2.16)
  • Executive ProducerPat Lawrence
  • GuitarBilly Cooper (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8), Dean Parks (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8), Greg Poree (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8)
  • Liner Notes [Essay Written By]Brian Chin
  • Mixed By [Mixing Engineer]Andrew Berliner (tracks: 2.1, 2.3 to 2.8), Angel Balestier (tracks: 2.9 to 2.16), Frank Wilson (tracks: 2.1 to 2.16)
  • Other [Inspiration]Bob Talbert Of The Detroit Free Press (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8)
  • Other [Original Graphic Supervision]Tom Schlesinger (tracks: 1.1 to 1.7)
  • PercussionGary Coleman (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8), Jack Ashford (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8)
  • PhotographyJim Britt (tracks: 2.1 to 2.16), Weldon A. McDougall III (tracks: 1.8 to 1.17)
  • Photography [Photo Coordinator]Ryan Null
  • Piano, OrganHarold Johnson (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8), Leonard Caston (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8)
  • ProducerFrank Wilson (tracks: 1.1 to 2.7, 2.9 to 2.16), Leonard Caston (tracks: 2.1 to 2.7, 2.9 to 2.16)
  • Remastered By [Digitally]Suha Gur
  • Research [Master Tape Research]Andrew Skurow*
  • Research [Recording Data Research]Chris Tomson
  • Synthesizer [Moog Synthesizer]Cal Harris (tracks: 1.8 to 1.17)

Notes

"All By Myself" album information page (pgs. 12 & 13)
Album released as Tamla TS 309, April 1971; #6 R&B, #80 Pop

Recorded in Detroit at Hitsville (Studio A) and Golden World (Studio B), September-October and December 1970, except I Did It All For You, recorded April, June and November 1970.

Singles from the album:

It's So Hard For Me To Say Good-bye b/w This Used To Be The House Of Johnnie Mae; issued as Tamla 54203, April 1971; #37 R&B, #88 Pop

Can I b/w I Did It All For You; issued as Tamla 54210, November 1971; #37 R&B, #101 Pop

____________________________________

"People...Hold On" album information page (pg. 17).
Special thanks to Joe Messina and Eddie "Bongo" Brown

Album released as Tamla T 315L, May 1972; #13 R&B, #131 Pop

Recorded in Detroit at Hitsville (Studio A) and Golden World (Studio B), January-February 1972, except Date With The Rain, recorded November-December 1971 and March 1972.

Singles from the album:

Eddie's Love b/w Let Me Run Into Your Lonely Heart; issued as Tamla 54218, May 1972; #35 R&B, #77 Pop

Girl You Need A Change Of Mind (Part 1) b/w Girl You Need A Change Of Mind (Part 2); issued as Tamla 54230, January 1973; #13 R&B, #87 Pop

____________________________________

"Eddie Kendricks" album information page (pg. 21).
Album issued as Tamla T 327L, May 1973; #5 R&B, #18 Pop

All tracks recorded in Los Angeles, CA, exact dates unknown, and lead vocals recorded in Detroit at Golden World (Studio B) March 1973, except Where Do You Go (Baby), recorded in Detroit at Hitsville (Studio A) and Golden World (Studio B), during the sessions for "People...Hold On", January 1972.

Singles from the album:

Darling Come Back Home b/w Loving You The Second Time [B-side later issued on the album "Boogie Down!"], issued as Tamla 54236, May 1973; #26 R&B, #67 Pop

Keep On Truckin' (Part 1) b/w Keep On Truckin' (Part 2), issued as Tamla 54238, August 1973; #1 R&B (2 weeks), #1 Pop

____________________________________

"For You" album information page (pg. 25).
Recorded and Mixed at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California

Album issued as Tamla T6-33521, November 1974; #8 R&B, #71 Pop

Singles from the album:

One Tear b/w The Thin Man [from the previous album "Boogie Down!"], issued as Tamla 54255, November 1974; #8 R&B, #71 Pop

Shoeshine Boy b/w Hooked On Your Love [from the previous album "Boogie Down!"], issued as Tamla 54257, January 1975; #1 R&B, #18 Pop

____________________________________

Release credits page
Digitally remastered by SUHA GUR at Universal Mastering Studios-East
Recording data research: CHRIS TOMSON, from the Motown studios session logs

Photographs and LP jackets courtesy of Motown Records Archives

(C) 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

____________________________________

Non-release notes
From Hip-O Select: CD Edition limited to 5000 non-numbered limitied [sic]edition copies.

UK release date: June 4, 2007

Exact US and UK release dates taken from an external source.

Recommendations

  • Eddie Kendricks - The Thin Man (The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 2)
    The Thin Man (The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 2)
    2006 US
    CD —
    Compilation, Remastered, Limited Edition
    Shop
  • David Ruffin - The Great David Ruffin: The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 1
    The Great David Ruffin: The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 1
    2005 US
    CD —
    Album, Compilation, Limited Edition, Remastered
    Shop
  • David Ruffin - The Great David Ruffin: The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 2
    The Great David Ruffin: The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 2
    2006 US
    CD —
    Album, Compilation, Limited Edition, Remastered
    Shop
  • Tammi Terrell - Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection
    Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection
    2010 US
    CD —
    Compilation, Limited Edition
    Shop
  • Various - The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 9: 1969
    The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 9: 1969
    2007 US
    Vinyl —
    7", Single, Repress
    Shop
  • Various - The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 11A: 1971
    The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 11A: 1971
    2008 US
    Vinyl —
    7", Single, Reissue
    Shop
  • Various - The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 1: 1959-1961
    The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 1: 1959-1961
    2005 US
    Vinyl —
    7", 45 RPM, Single, Repress
    Shop
  • Various - The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 3: 1963
    The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 3: 1963
    2005 US
    Vinyl —
    7", Single, 45 RPM, Repress
    Shop
  • Various - The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 11B: 1971
    The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 11B: 1971
    2009 US
    Vinyl —
    7", Single, Reissue
    Shop
  • Various - The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 8: 1968
    The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 8: 1968
    2007 US
    Vinyl —
    7", Single, 45 RPM, Repress, Mono
    Shop

Reviews

  • isaacmusicman's avatar
    isaacmusicman
    After years of feeling Eddie Kendricks deprived with half hearted collections and best of's, comes this great collection. This covers Eddie's first 3 solo Lp's without being that perfect instrument for the Temptations. I say that, beacause Eddie's voice was a complete instrument in itself. What impressed me was that, yes he could sing in his famous falletto, but some of these songs showed how versitile his voice really was(If You Let Me,This Used To Be The Home Of Johnnie Mae). Of course it has "Keep On Truckin'", but I'm glad the the "People ... Hold On" album is on here. That's the best album he released, and finally it is available.

    Release

    Edit Release
    New Submission

    For sale on Discogs

    Sell a copy

    11 copies from $37.99

    Statistics

    • Have:181
    • Want:99
    • Avg Rating:4.57 / 5
    • Ratings:23

    Lists