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Methuselah2
09-22-2013, 12:23 AM
ISN'T SHE PRETTY [1962]
Written by Berry Gordy, Eddie Kendricks, & Otis Williams
-- The B-side of DREAM COME TRUE*

Thanks to Stephen A. Banks for this YouTube posting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvHssEdFYqI

AND--

YOU'VE GOT TO EARN IT [1965]
Written by Smokey Robinson & Cornelius Grant
-- The B-side of SINCE I LOST MY BABY

Thanks to Tonee Taylor for this YouTube posting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFfpWVsH_xc

PLUS--

A tasty BONUS of very rare footage--1991:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_lzrP96dBA

Many, many thanks to The Ultimate Doo Wop Show for the footage posting.

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*Also cited as [[YOU'RE MY) DREAM COME TRUE.
theboyfromxtown
09-22-2013, 06:47 AM
Can I add this one which includes a performance of You'll Lose A Precious Love


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efpGRTp7hn4
Methuselah2
09-22-2013, 07:08 AM
Wonderful video, Tbfxt. Just beautiful.
no_place_like_motown
09-22-2013, 07:17 AM
Great thread, Meth. YGTEI was a great B-side.

I loved just about every song that Paul Williams did lead on. Here's one of my favorite B-sides - "Don't Look Back".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVi0A_E9MyQ
theboyfromxtown
09-22-2013, 07:45 AM
No Place - That's no B-side....that's an A++++++++++++++ side!! LOL

Here is the alternate You Got To Earn It


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrRRAExm8Jw
Methuselah2
09-22-2013, 07:50 AM
Nplm - Paul was so talented. He deserved to be featured on lead much more than he was. That video's a beaut. And a great reminder that those recordings were so identifiable as being The Temptations no matter who was on lead. That early thru mid-60s period was.just so rich. The music took such tight hold--and it's never let go.
Methuselah2
09-22-2013, 08:15 AM
Tbfxt - That alternate take of EARN IT is awfully good. Never heard it before. Thanks so much for posting. A very neat video.
no_place_like_motown
09-22-2013, 09:33 AM
No Place - That's no B-side....that's an A++++++++++++++ side!! LOL

Here is the alternate You Got To Earn It


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrRRAExm8Jw

It sure is, xtown!! :) The alternate version of YGTEI was also great.

Here's another B-side gem w/ Eddie on lead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5gbBL5pEQY
Methuselah2
09-24-2013, 02:12 AM
Nplm - I NEED YOUR LOVIN'--really nice blend of smooth with a trace of funk. Hadn't heard this before. Thanks very much for posting.