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Spinners Live!

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Spinners Live!
The band performing onstage
Live album by
Released1975 (1975)
VenueLatin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States
GenreSoul
Length66:19
LanguageEnglish
LabelAtlantic
ProducerThom Bell
The Spinners chronology
New and Improved
(1974)
Spinners Live!
(1975)
Pick of the Litter
(1975)

Spinners Live! is a 1975 live album from American soul act The Spinners. The release was a modest commercial success[1] and has received positive critical assessment.

Reception

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The editors of AllMusic Guide scored Spinners Live! four out of five stars, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton particularly praising the compact disc re-release for its sound quality, summing up his review that this release is "a good, if not great, live album where the highs make up for the lows".[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Fascinating Rhythm" (George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin) – 2:34
  2. "I've Got to Make It on My Own" (Bruce Hawes and Charles Simmons) – 4:04
  3. "Living a Little, Laughing a Little" (Thom Bell and Linda Creed – 4:38
  4. "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" (Joseph Jefferson) – 3:36
  5. "Then Came You" (Sherman Marshall and Phillip T. Pugh) – 4:01
  6. "Sadie" (Hawes, Jefferson, and Simmons) – 7:33
  7. "How Could I Let You Get Away" (Yvette Davis) – 7:06
  8. "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" (Melvin Steals and Mervin Steals) – 4:26
  9. Superstar Medley – 11:31
  10. "Love Don't Love Nobody" (Part 1) (Jefferson and Simmons) – 4:51
  11. "Love Don't Love Nobody" (Part 2) (Jefferson and Simmons) – 4:48
  12. "Mighty Love" (Hawes, Jefferson, and Simmons) – 8:02

Note: songs 10 and 11 are a single track on the compact disc release.

Personnel

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The Spinners

Additional musicians (see MFSB)

  • Linda Creed – vocals on "Then Came You"
  • Bill Neale – guitar
  • Ted Smith – drums
  • Rodney Vorhis – bass guitar
  • Rodney Stepp – piano, organ
  • Larry Washington – congas, percussion
  • Tommy Williams – guitar

Technical personnel

  • Thom Bell – production
  • Ken Duncan – mastering at Kendun Recorders
  • Jim Gaines – mixing engineering
  • Jim "Reds" Gallagher – recording engineering
  • John Golden – mastering on CD re-release
  • Maurice King – arrangement, conducting
  • Win Koots – mixing engineering
  • Don Murray – recording engineering
  • Eric Porter – photography
  • Mark "Bear" Porter – liner notes
  • PorterWagnerDesign – design on CD re-release
  • William Rawley – photography
  • Joe Tarsia – recording engineering
  • Ilene Wagner – photography
  • Wayne Wilfong – engineering

Sales and chart performance

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Domestically, Spinners Live! reached 20 on the Billboard 200 and fourth place on the R&B charts.[2] In Canada, it topped out at 72, according to RPM.[3] The album was certified gold by March 1976.[4] Billboard ranked this album the 35th best-selling soul album of 1976.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hamilton, Andrew. "The Spinners – Live!". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  2. ^ "US Albums Charts > The Spinners". AllMusic Guide. Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  3. ^ "CAN Charts > The Spinners". RPM. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  4. ^ Burgess, A. Ace (1976-03-25). "The Spinners Celebrate 20th Anniversary". Jet. Vol. XLIX, no. 26. Johnson Publishing, Company, Inc. p. 60. ISSN 0021-5996.
  5. ^ "No. 1 Soul". Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 52. 1976-12-25. p. TA-39. ISSN 0006-2510.
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