Ive been having a great time going to the only 2nd hand record shop left in Auckland and getting 1970s Stevie Wonder stuff..ive had "Music Aquarium" for 20 odd years [[very worn out now after much djing with it)..so i knew all the key single release tracks but after reading about Stevie Wonder last weekend i wanted to hear proper albums..1st purchase - "Innervisions" i can see why it swept the Grammy Awards - I love "Visions" & "Golden Lady"...i remember [[I think Icognito) covering "Dont You Worry about A Thing" in the early 1990s.i love the opening skat sketch I had forgotten what a natural wit Wonder has.. next day.2nd purchase - "Talking Book" the track that got me on first listen is "Maybe Your Baby"..I knew Diana had covered "Blame It On The Sun" but I much prefer the original -"Youve got it bad girl" has now grown on me and "You And I"..yesterdays purchase - 'Music Of My Mind"..i immeadiatley dug the instruments Stevie used on this one,it has a very different audio texture than im used love straight away "Happier Than the morning Sun"..[[discovering Justin Timberlake had used the song structure for one of his last hits).."Girl Blue" has interesting instruments as well..and "Superwoman" is great as well...I know many prefer the 1960s as Motown's golden age but I prefer the 1970s..Diana,Marvin & Stevie's stuff had matured and studio production values had chagnged dranatically..lm now looking forward to collecting the rest of Wonder's 70s albums...
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