The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone / Masterpiece Album

Tracklist

1	Papa Was A Rolling Stone	6:58
2	Masterpiece	4:12

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
310970	The Temptations	Papa Was A Rollin' Stone / Masterpiece ‎(12", Single, Ltd)	Motown, Vogue	310970	France	1983
K212Z-62939	The Temptations	Papa Was A Rolling Stone / Masterpiece ‎(Cass, Single, 2-T)	Tamla Motown	K212Z-62939	Netherlands	1979
ZB 69233	The Temptations	Papa Was A Rolling Stone / Masterpiece ‎(7")	Tamla Motown	ZB 69233	Germany	Unknown
ZB 69223	The Temptations	Papa Was A Rollin' Stone / Masterpiece ‎(7")	Tamla Motown	ZB 69223	Germany	Unknown
1A 006-62939	The Temptations	Papa Was A Rollin' Stone / Masterpiece ‎(7", Single)	Motown	1A 006-62939	Netherlands	Unknown

Video

Album

Masterpiece is a 1973 album by The Temptations for the Gordy Motown label, produced and written by Norman Whitfield. The title refers to the album being not the group's intended masterpiece, but Norman Whitfield's. Having already produced songs for the Temptations such as Smiling Faces Sometimes and Papa Was a Rollin' Stone which emphasized his instrumental tracks over the group's vocals, Whitfield goes one step further here. Papa Was a Rolling Stone - The Temptations. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей. Watch the video for Papa Was a Rollin' Stone from The Temptations's The Ultimate Collection for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Say what you want to I'm changing no more for you It didn't turn out the way it was supposed to If you don't understand then you won't know where View full lyrics. Similar Tracks. realized Papa Was A Rolling Stone. After the latter tune had become a smash, Whitfield and The Temptations set out to make their most ambitious project to date, but in many ways, Masterpiece sounded more like a Norman Whitfield solo album with the Temps adding occasional vocals the album's long, carefully layered tunes, complete with sweeping string charts and cleanly punctuated horn lines, have the widescreen splendor of. Papa Was a Rolling Stone - The Temptations, Four Tops. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. The album version of this song runs 11:46. The single was released with the song split into two parts: the A-side was the vocal version and runs 6:58 the B-side is the instrumental and goes 4:49. Even truncated for single release, the A-side was exceptionally long and remains one of the longest chart-toppers in Hot 100 history. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn November 18th 1972, the Temptations performed Papa Was a Rolling Stone on the syndicated television program 'Soul Train'. At the time the song was at 6 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart and eight days later on November 26th, 1972 it peaked at 1 for 1 week. See the next post below. On this page you can download song The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone in mp3 and listen online. The Temptations. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone Album Version. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone Single Version. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone. The Temptations - Papa was a rolling stone 1972. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolloin Stone. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone Re-Recording. Was Not Was - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone. Odran Trümmel - Papa Was A Rolling Stone The Temptations. The Temptations Papa Was a Rollin Stone. The Temptations who went into the studio in the summer of 1972 to record Papa Was a Rollin' Stone were a very different group than the one that released My Girl just seven years earlier. David Ruffin had long departed and was replaced by Dennis Edwards. Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams were also out of the group, and the new lineup faced a very different musical atmosphere. Psychedelic soul was all over the radio, but Motown was keeping up with the times and producers Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote a stup. The album version of Papa Was A Rollin Stone is a dazed, world-swallowing 12-minute symphony. And Whitfield didnt waste any of that time. The term rolling stone has, throughout pop history, evoked images of romantic devil-may-care outlaw types: Muddy Waters, Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Hunter S. But on Papa Was A Rollin Stone, its not a term of endearment