The track-by-track liner notes from The Second Disc's Joe Marchese draw on a new interview with the last surviving member of the classic Spinners lineup, Henry Fambrough, as well as an unpublished interview with the late Thom Bell.
The collection includes a deluxe 28-page booklet with rare photos and memorabilia. Finally, the "censored" New Version of "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" has been included as a bonus track. Note that the 12-inch single of "If You Wanna Do a Dance" has not been included for timing reasons, while the previously-unavailable-on-CD short promotional edit of "I Love the Music" has been included instead of the commercially issued version which mirrors the readily-available album version. Most are new to CD, and all are freshly remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision from new tape transfers of the original stereo singles. More than half of these are unique edits. The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979 features the timeless songs which are the cornerstone of the group's legacy, for a total of 43 mighty tracks on 2 CDs, including 19 Pop hits and 22 R&B hits. From soul and pop to funk and dance, The Spinners transcended the tag of R&B to make a style all their own. 1 duet "Then Came You" with Dionne Warwick.
With Bell's singular arrangements and the unmistakable musicianship of MFSB supporting them, The Spinners delivered rich, textured harmonies on hit after hit including "I'll Be Around," "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love," "One of a Kind (Love Affair)," "Sadie," "The Rubberband Man," and the No. Working with songwriter-producer-arranger-conductor Thom Bell, the five-man group consisting of Philippé Wynne, Bobbie Smith, Henry Fambrough, Billy Henderson, and Pervis Jackson (and later, John Edwards) came to define the sound of smooth and sophisticated Philadelphia soul in the 1970s even as they paved the way for disco. With six Grammy Award nominations, eighteen Gold and Platinum albums, twenty top 40 Pop singles, and both Pop and R&B chart-toppers, The Spinners more than earned their place in pantheon of American popular song. This definitive 2-CD anthology presents every one of the quintet's beloved A- and B-sides helmed by Thom Bell on Atlantic Records during that halcyon period-with each and every song in its original single version. On August 4, just three months before their long-awaited induction into the 2023 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the world-renowned Spinners will be celebrated by Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records with The Complete Atlantic Singles: The Thom Bell Productions 1972-1979.
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