While dealing with the flu down here I've been listening to a lot of vintage albums which takes my mind off the body aches.
One lp I've redicovered is Eddie Kendricks The Hit Man. It's a really good album, I'd forgotten that. The only track on here not produced by Frank Wilson is Get The Cream Off The Top which was done by the Hollands.
This is a kick-ass track. The Hollands brought vintage Motown into the disco era. Eddie sounds pretty good on here even though this was around the time that his voice began to fail him.
What kept the song from being a pop hit were the suggestive lyrics. Pop stations wouldn't play it. It was a big Soul hit however and was played in the discos for months.
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