Truly Yours

For most Spinners fans the first memory of this great group was when G.C. Cameron took the lead on It's A Shame back in 1973. Truly Yours starts in the 1950's before the group joined Motown after being discovered by Harvey Fuqua (former lead of the doo wop group The Moonglows). Fuqua who was married to Berry Gordy's sister formed a label called Tri-Phi and recorded the Spinners on this label. Gordy soon bought the label and the Spinners became part of the Motown family. Truly Yours features the lead singing of Bobby Smith (still with the group)and a tenor named Chico Edwards who actually handles most of the leads on this awesome album.Featured on the album are 14 cuts that most of us have never heard before and are all enjoyable, especially the cover of the Four Tops Tea House In China Town. I rate this album a must have for all fans of the Spinners.

The Spinners had a unique ability to make a song sound better than it may have actually been. Even after hearing the bonus tracks for the first time, I found myself liking what I heard. It was difficult to pick out favorites like the Doo-wop sounding "Darling", "Words Can't Describe", "12 O'Clock", the Motownish "Lonely Tomorrow", "This Feeling In My Heart", "Tea House In China Town", and two songs that have kind of a Philly Soul Sound "Just Another Guy", "What More Could A Boy Ask For". Maybe a hint of what was to come with Thom Bell producing and arranging the Spinners. Anyway back to Motown and my favorites from their "Original Spinners" album which happens to be all twelve tracks.

For the most part this is another wonderful CD reissue by the Kent and Ace team. Basically, it's the Spinners debut album for Motown, "The Original Spinners," along with a generous helping of 14 bonus tracks. I love the Spinners' 1970s material on Atlantic; some of the finest soul music ever recorded, in my opinion. But other than hearing the delectable "I'll Always Love You," I had never heard this early album by the group. They definitely adhered to the Motown sound of that era and most of the material is very good. But there are a few tracks that stray too much into early 60s doo-wop territory for my tastes. The opening track, "That's What Girls Are Made For" is one such number. Try as I might, I just can't like it. And it doesn't really fit with the following tracks on the album. Perhaps the fact that it was first released as a single in 1961, while the rest of the material on the original album was recorded between 1964 and 1966, has something to do with how "dated" that first track sounds. The first two bonus tracks --- "Darling" and "Words Can't Describe" --- are also older recordings, both from 1963, and they also have the doo-wop vibe that just doesn't cut it for me. But the rest of the bonus tracks are of surprisingly high quality and sound more like what the Spinners would record a few years later.Kudos to the reissue team for unearthing these soul goodies. As always with these Kent/Ace compiliations, you get a very informative booklet with an essay, old photos, and comments on the songs by Spinners' singer Bobby Smith (who sadly passed away a few months ago). I think most Spinners fans will love these early recordings, even if there are a few clunkers in the batch.

I like their later material better but there is no fault when it comes to their tight sound and vocals

Oh baby this really took me back I had forgot who sung truely yours love it love it oh yes if you like the spinners this CD is Aust this is one of the first songs they made very happy with it

Great sound from a great group

"Truly Yours" is a very fine collection of the 1963 to 1967 Motown recordings by the Spinners. All of the songs and arrangements are skillfully performed and remastered at 24 bit but the only problem is that all of the music is MONAURAL, even the title song which I know for a fact was recorded in stereo is MONO on this cd. Maybe there is hope. The Spinners final recordings for Motown containing tunes like 'It's A Shame' and such may get released as a sequel to this disc. Here's hoping the good folks at Kent Records will remaster that material in conjunction with the STEREO masters of this cd. 3 stars.

Product Came exactly as described. Very secured packaging and prompt delivery.

A very fine CD of a great group who remained a 2nd Division outfit throughout their years at Motown, and then went onto fame and fortune with Thom Bell at Atlantic...there is another equally fine CD that more or less completes their tracks with Motown...both are recommended

26 on this damn good CD - Danced to plenty of these in my days and still am! "truly yours" a classic in my eyes. what more could a boy ask for (track 22) A great CD for the soulies:)

It took me a while to convince myself to buy this CD as I had a set of mp3s of the first album (which is very good in parts) and so I was taking a chance on the bonus tracks. But this turned out to be a fantastic buy for these alone. It's understandable the doo-wop styled tracks(13 to 15) are included for completists and it was sensible to gather the Cellarful Of Motown releases together even if I had these.....but the inclusion of the wonderful previously unreleased “Nobody Else But You' and 'This Feeling In My Heart' just takes me back to the 1967 feel in the Motown Soul clubs. Awesome Northern Soul and a must for any Motown collector. Finishing with the best ever version of 'Tea House In China' and 'We're Gonna Be More than Friends' is icing on the cake. Compliments to Keith Hughes.I'm not sure ACE can repeat the quality with their follow up(Spinners 2nd album) which is not that strong but if the unreleased are as good as these it would be worth the investment.

Great complication.

a fantastic cd just buy it, the unreleased tracks are as strong as anything that was released by them looking forward to volume 2??