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Back to Basics is the second of two studio albums released by American soul group The Temptations in 1983. The album saw the group reunited with former producer Norman Whitfield, and would also be the first to feature Ron Tyson as first tenor, who would eventually become the second-longest serving member in the group’s history.
"Cloud Nine" is a 1968 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Motown label. [3] It was the first of their singles to feature Dennis Edwards instead of David Ruffin in the lineup, was the first of producer Norman Whitfield's psychedelic soul tracks, and won Motown its first Grammy Award.
Max Creek, jam rock band, has been performing the song since the 1980s and continues to do so today. Founding member of the Grateful Dead , Bob Weir , has also performed the song live over 20 times; since 2012, Weir has performed the song with his bands Furthur , Ratdog , Dead & Company , Bob Weir and the Wolf Bros., as well as at solo acoustic ...
"Psychedelic Shack" was the only single from this album, and was a complete departure from previous Temptations recordings. Setting the tone for much of the album, "Psychedelic Shack's" vocals, guitar lines and drums shift back and forth across the stereo spectrum, and all five Temptations trade lead vocal duties at irregular intervals.
The song starts with a toy piano playing before the drums kick start the song, going into mid-tempo dance number. Motown had hoped to repeat the success of the previous single by giving "It's Growing" a somewhat similar sound but with a bigger orchestration and adding The Andantes for additional backing vocals.
During the 1980s, on the Dallas, Texas-based Oak Lawn Records label, the song was recorded by the group Uptown and transformed into an upbeat dance tune. This version achieved popularity at Dallas' famed Starck nightclub due to early play by DJ Rick Squillante and became a standard in many U.S. nightclubs , reaching the No. 80 spot on the ...
The song's title and lyrics refer to a type of hippie nightclub popular in the late 1960s. "Psychedelic Shack " 's LP mix begins with the sounds of a person entering a psychedelic shack and dropping the needle on a record, " I Can't Get Next to You " which was the Temptations single that immediately preceded this one.
With The Temptations he had a chance to play to fans in the Pacific, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. They were guests at the White House courtesy of President Richard Nixon . Grant also met Martin Luther King Jr. , Julie Nixon Eisenhower , Jesse Jackson , Elton John , and The Beatles , and appeared on many television shows.