Live! – THE TEMPTATIONS****

Introduction/Medley/What Love Has Joined Together/My Girl/Yesterday-What Now My Love(Medley)/Beauty Is Only Skin Deep/Group Introduction/I Wish You Love/Ain’t Too Proud To Beg/Old Man River/Get Ready/Fading Away/My Baby/You’ll Lose Precious Love/Baby Baby I Need You/Don’t Look Back

This first live set from Motown soul giants The Temptations was recorded in Detroit in October 1966. This is believed to be the only live recording with the original line up. (US:10 UK:20)

"This is one of the best live albums ever produced. This is the only live recording with David, Paul, Eddie, Melvin and Otis back in 1966. Thank God for amps and pa systems, because you will not be able to hear anything with the girls screeching and screaming in the audience. Trust me every song on here is good."

"Apparently Temptations concerts were a lot of fun. Excellent quality for a live album recorded in 1966, you're right on stage. Rather than just a collection of live versions of songs off their LPs, this album virtually takes you to a live performance."

"All the songs are among their best up to this point in their career and performed exceedingly well. There's also their take on Yesterday which has a kind of lounge feel to it. Though you may not want to add these individual tracks to your regular listening rotation, the album as a whole is an enjoyable experience."

"Since fans will never have the opportunity to hear the 'Classic Five' sing again, this is the next best thing to being present at a live performance. The enthusiasm of the audience is apparent and brings back memories of Temptations concerts of long ago."

"The Temptations sound like they're all over the stage. Their voices drop in and out as they move around the microphones and their hand claps can be clearly heard, but by allowing them full flight during the recording, what's also heard is the pure joy and exuberance of the original Temps in their prime. As a long time fan of live recordings, my humble opinion is that it doesn't get much better than this."

"Long before this album first came out, my brothers and friends always considered The Temptations the greatest singing group of all time. All you have to do is listen to the women scream during this incomparable show. That says it all. The black groups today can never ever compare. What has happened to the romance and soul?"