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Quinn
I agree. I like these songs even though what we have could very well be their output in totality. Hearing those five tracks and evaluating them left much to be desired for me. I was left with a "What If ?" type of a feeling. We'll never know what greatness could have emanated from this duo as Smokey & Al Cleveland couldn't really grasp ahold to what was required to get that smash hit. I also feel that Smokey should've co written the songs with Terry Johnson as it would've made all the difference in the stories. I believe these tunes would end up in the can even if things had worked out because they have an experimental sound. Terry,Smokey and All were trying to put the puzzle together and see what would fit,but unfortunately Terri's beau screwed her golden opportunity. So much potential was there.
[/QUOTE] Those T&T tracks are sub-par at best. They sound like demo singers especially the Terrie woman. Her voice doesn't have much energy or life to it. They're rather bland sounding. No soul. I can't imagine them having any kind of success. "What Happened To Love" and "The One Who Loves You" have great band tracks. It's a shame they weren't give some rewrites and given to other artists to record. [/QUOTE]
I keep recalling a single post some years back when these vault collections started coming out. Someone said very simply that a lot of these should never have been released. That was odd, but he went on to say that some of these things were scratch vocals or demos or discarded ideas and we'd all end up making judgements not realizing which ones of these were works in progress.
I have to remember that when I hear something that sounds "not quite there..."