The Tymes - "Love Child"

This was probably recorded in the Fall of 1969 and released on January 13, 1970--coincidentally just before the final show of DRATS. This one took me by surprise when I first heard it a few years ago. Knowing the DRATS' version, you think it may be playing at the wrong speed, but... it's right! It starts off and builds--and, of course, it's got soul and you have to remind yourself that these are the same guys who gently crooned through "So Much In Love" 6 years earlier! With that speed thing, it makes me wonder whether producer Billy Jackson or someone in the Tymes may have accidentally played the DRATS' single version on 33rpm and discovered that might take it into a key the guys could sing it in comfortably? There aren't many covers of Sups/DRATS songs that I think work really well with guys, but... for me, this one works. As a B-side, it never charted, but I give it a thumbs up. Certainly better than Sweet Sensation's cover of the song, IMO!