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01. BARRETT STRONG - Misery
02. BARRETT STRONG - Let's Rock
ARTIST
TITLE
Misery/Let's Rock
FORMAT
7"

LABEL
CATALOG #
JBJ 1032EP JBJ 1032EP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/17/2012

Two early R&B sides from Detroit's legendary Tamla stable, and two tracks which shed some light on the foundations of the then-undefined "Motown sound." When Barrett Strong recorded "Money" in 1961, it became Tamla's biggest seller to date. Prior to that recording, however, Tamla's output was rather more exploratory, and here we find on "Misery" a beautifully downbeat piece of soulful melancholy with superb instrumentation. Earlier still, 1959's "Let's Rock" is a low-fi, uptempo soul rocker.