Fans praying for ailing “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me” singer Mel Carter

SoulTracks.com:

We’ve been receiving notes from fans of singer and actor Mel Carter, who is reportedly ailing [the nature of the ailment is undisclosed] and could use some prayers.

The Cincinnati, Ohio native was one of the seminal romantic R&B singer of the 1960s, influenced by both the gospel quartets of his youth and the crooning legends of the era, such as Nat King Cole and Johnny Mathis.

Carter began his music career with small-label recordings in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His breakthrough came in 1965 when he signed with Imperial Records and released his signature hit, “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me.” The tender ballad soared to No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart, becoming a timeless classic.



Fans praying for ailing "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" singer Mel Carter - SoulTracks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1oZRjjBMAQ

First time I've seen this in full. Some glitches

I've just been browsing the excellent DFTMC website and noticed this information for this song, take 8 and take 9. This suggests takes from 1 to 7 were recorded.

Does anyone know anything about this please? Could there be different takes in the Motown vaults?

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From SecondDisc.com:

The album that unquestionably coronated Tina Turner as the Queen of Rock and Roll will be celebrated with a new deluxe box set this spring: 1984's blockbuster Private Dancer.

Available March 14, the album - featuring the hits "What's Love Got to Do with It," "Better Be Good to Me," the scintillating title track and more - will be reissued as a 5CD/Blu-ray deluxe box packed with rare B-sides, remixes, additional studio material from the Private Dancer era [including the unreleased "Hot for You Baby," which you can hear below], selections from two concerts and restored live footage and music videos.

A 2CD package will include the remastered album and an expanded version of the disc of the main single edits, B-sides and remixes, adding "Hot for You Baby" and two of the live tracks originally released as B-sides. It's all differently curated from a similar reissue from 2015, albeit utilizing the same mastering on the material from that set. Two vinyl variants will be available: the original album pressed on picture disc and pearl colored vinyl. Both feature the album's now-standard U.K. cover art, while an art card with the pearl set offers the portrait of Tina seen on American pressings.

Read full article here:
Takin' on a New Direction: Tina Turner's 'Private Dancer' Set for 40th Anniversary Box Set - The Second Disc

I don't subscribe to Sirius XM, but whenever I travel and rent a car, I do my best to make sure the vehicle has Sirius XM so I can play it. In years past I would sometime listen to Soultown channel on the service and enjoyed the music and the DJs. I just got back from another vacation and this time I noticed that Sirius has rebranded Soultown as "Smokey's Soultown". The music is the same, but the DJs seem to be gone, and replaced with Smokey Robinson's remembrances. It's not the same. Especially when I compared it to the classic country Music channel "Willie's Roadhouse". Sure there are recorded bits from Willie Nelson, but there were DJs with a knowledge and love of the music and it made that channel a more rewarding listening experience than "Smokey's Soultown".

What are your thoughts on the rebranded "Soultown" Sirius XM channel?

Anyone else own this CD? Don't hear much about this group around here.
Lois Reeves was in the group after she left The Vandellas. It has a great booklet and liner notes. Lots of info.