Love Trippin' Spinners

• 1 Love Trippin' 04:15
• 2 Heavy On The Sunshine 03:43
• 3 Medley: Cupid / I've Loved Your For A Long Time 05:39
• 4 I Just Want To Be With You 03:33
• 5 Streetwise 03:45
• 6 I Just Want To Fall In Love 03:56
• 7 Now That You're Mine Again 04:31
• 8 Split Decision 03:35
• 9 I'm Takin' You Back 03:22
• 10 Pipedream 03:17
• Total Runtime 39:36

Info zu Love Trippin'

With Love Trippin' the Spinners transitioned from a decade they helped define to a new decade dominated by the last days of disco and the emergence of rap. The presence of producer/arranger Michael Zager portends a full-blown paean to dancefloor sensibilities, but Zager wisely emphasizes the group's rapturous harmonies, creating a Spinners record for the '80s instead of an '80s record for the Spinners.

Bobbie Smith, vocals
Henry Fambrough, vocals
John Edwards, vocals
Ullanda McCullough, vocals
Cornell Dupree, guitar
John Tropea, guitar
Cliff Morris, guitar
Jeff Mironov, guitar
Steve Love, guitar
Francisco Centeno, bass
Allan Schwartzberg, drum
Yogi Horton, drums
Pat Rebillot, keyboards, synthesizer
The Alfred Brown String Section
Keith O'Quinn, trombone
Arnie Lawrence, alto saxophone, flute
Michael Breck, flute, tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker, trumpet, flugelhorn
John Gatchell, trumpet, flugelhorn
Ronnie Cuber, Baritone Saxophone
Dave Carey, vibraphone
Jimmy Maelen, percussion
Rubens Bassini, percussion
Spinners, backing vocals

Recorded at Media Sound, New York, New York
Engineered by Michael Barbiero
Produced by Michael Zager

The Spinners
were the greatest soul group of the early '70s, creating a body of work that defined the lush, seductive sound of Philly soul. Ironically, the band's roots lay in Detroit, where they formed as a doo wop group during the late '50s. Throughout the '60s, the Spinners tried to land a hit by adapting to the shifting fashions of R&B and pop. By the mid-'60s, they had signed with Motown Records, but the label never gave the group much consideration. 'It's a Shame' became a hit in 1970, but the label continued to ignore the group, and dropped the band two years later. Unsigned and featuring new lead singer Phillipe Wynne, the Spinners seemed destined to never break into the big leagues, but they managed to sign with Atlantic Records, where they began working with producer Thom Bell. With his assistance, the Spinners developed a distinctive sound, one that relied on Wynne's breathtaking falsetto and the group's intricate vocal harmonies. Bell provided the group with an appropriately detailed production, creating a detailed web of horns, strings, backing vocals, and lightly funky rhythms. Between 1972 and 1977, the Spinners and Bell recorded a number of soul classics, including 'I'll Be Around,' 'Could It Be I'm Falling in Love,' 'Mighty Love,' 'Ghetto Child,' 'Then Came You,' 'Games People Play,' and 'The Rubberband Man.' Wynne left in 1977 and the Spinners had hits for a few years after his departure, but the group will always be remembered for its classic mid-'70s work.

Originally, called the Domingoes, the Spinners formed when the quintet members were high school students in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale in 1957. At the time, the group featured Bobbie Smith, Pervis Jackson, George W. Dixon, Billy Henderson, and Henry Fambrough. Four years later, they came to the attention of producer Harvey Fuqua, who began recording the group — who were now called the Spinners — for his Tri-Phi Records. The band's first single, 'That's What Girls Are Made For,' became a Top Ten R&B hit upon its 1961 release and featured Smith on vocals. Following its release, Dixon was replaced by Edgar 'Chico' Edwards. Over the next few years, the group released a series of failed singles, and when Tri-Phi was bought out by Motown in the mid-'60s, the Spinners became part of the larger company's roster. By that time, Edwards had been replaced by G.C. Cameron.

Though the Spinners had some R&B hits at Motown during the late '60s, including 'I'll Always Love You' and 'Truly Yours,' they didn't have a genuine crossover success until 1970, when Stevie Wonder gave the group 'It's a Shame.' Motown never concentrated on the Spinners, and they let the group go in 1972. Before the band signed with Atlantic Records, Phillipe Wynne replaced Cameron as the group's lead vocalist. Wynne had previously sung with Catfish and Bootsy Collins.

At Atlantic Records, the Spinners worked with producer Thom Bell, who gave the group a lush, seductive sound, complete with sighing strings, a tight rhythm section, sultry horns, and a slight funk underpinning. Wynne quickly emerged as a first-rate soul singer, and the combination of the group's harmonies, Wynne's soaring leads, and Bell's meticulous production made the Spinners the most popular soul group of the '70s. Once the group signed with Atlantic, they became a veritable hit machine, topping the R&B and pop charts with songs like 'I'll Be Around,' 'Could It Be I'm Falling in Love,' 'One of a Kind (Love Affair),' 'Ghetto Child,' 'Rubberband Man,' and 'You're Throwing a Good Love Away.' Not only were their singles hits, but their albums constantly went gold and charted in the Top 20.

Wynne left the band to pursue a solo career in 1977; he was replaced by John Edwards. Though none of Wynne's solo records were big hits, his tours with Parliament-Funkadelic were well received, as were his solo concerts. In October 1984, he died of a heart attack during a concert in Oakland, California. The Spinners, meanwhile, had a number of minor hits in the late '70s, highlighted by their disco covers of 'Working My Way Back to You' and the medley 'Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time.' During the early '80s, they had several minor hits before fading away from the charts and entering the oldies circuit, reprising their earlier material for 1999's new studio effort At Their Best. Bobbie Smith, who sang lead on several of the Spinners' '70s hits including 'I'll Be Around' and 'Could It Be I'm Falling in Love,' died from complications of pneumonia and influenza in March 2013.

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