Quote Originally Posted by thommg View Post
Interesting hearing people's thoughts on the Marvin tracks. I don't mind them, but so many in a row make the set slow down a bit. I had the idea of pulling the Marin tracks from 1966 - 67 and putting them into their own "lp". Certainly there is nothing bad about Marvin's standards recording during this period, until you hear what he does with them with some maturity and pain behind him. Then they pale. I think he was trying too hard to sound like a crooner and not trusting that his own Marvin-ness would add to the songs. That's what all the truly great singers do, bring themselves to the recordings. He just doesn't sound like he's truly found himself on these.
Interesting. I wonder how many singers got lost in the shuffle because they didn't figure out how to own the music they were performing.

Fourtopsbiggestfan

Only The Four Tops could pull off the standards. The other Motown artists are virtually unlistenable especially the puny Diana Ross
Would you name a couple of those Four Tops ones you are referring to?