Willie Hutch ‘Tell Me Why Has Our Love Turned Cold’
This track was supposed to form the A side of a UK T/Mot 45 in early 1974, but it was withdrawn from release listings at the last minute and never made it onto a 7" vinyl release [[anywhere in the world I believe).
EMI's UK T/Mot was going it's own way during in this period and ignoring many US Motown releases, however this was in the main via them putting out old Ric Tic / Motown related 45's [[lots & lots of them).
Motown had gone from being the trend setter it had been in the 60's, to just another label that mainly followed fashion trends in the type of sounds it was recording / releasing. Even so, it missed out on many genres of 70's black music that was trending during those times. It was even late on the case with 'Philly soundalikes' [[most majors jumping on the bandwagon before Motown),
One of the few new 'cutting-edge sound' artists it had in 73/74/75 was Willie Hutch. Of course, he'd been around for a decade but had reinvented his sound by 73.
Anyone know why EMI proposed putting out "Tell Me Why Has Our Love Turned Cold" on 45 but then changed their minds. Willie had enjoyed 2 pop 45 hits in the US in 73 [[both of which had been massive R&B chart hits) but hadn't got anywhere near hit [[chart) status in the UK -- which may well have been why his intended 45 didn't actually materialise.
The track doesn't seem to have ever been considered for 45 release in the US and yet it's quality was there for all to see.
It certainly has stood the 'test of time' and this is just confirmed further by it being 'sampled' in the rap / hip hop era.
