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The group's contract expired in 1972 and most of the band members decided to leave Motown, but vocalist G. C. Cameron had married Gwen Gordy and had a different contract than the rest of the performers, so he departed the Spinners and encouraged them to add Philippé Wynne; [1] the renewed line-up recorded a string of successful albums produced ...
This is the second domestic Spinners compilation (after a 1977 British compilation, Smash Hits) and includes recordings from a series of successful albums produced by Thom Bell for Atlantic Records in the 1970s. [1] A previous compilation by the same name from 1973 collects the group's first singles and tracks from their two Motown albums. [2]
Album Peak chart positions Record label US [1] US R&B [1] UK [6] 1973 The Best of the Spinners: 124 37 — Motown: 1977 Smash Hits — — 37 Atlantic: 1978 The Best of the Spinners: 115 56 — 1991 A One of a Kind Love Affair: The Anthology — — — 1993 The Very Best of the Spinners — — — Rhino: 1997 The Very Best of the Spinners ...
The Best of the Spinners is the name of several compilations, including: The Best of the Spinners (1973 album) , released on Motown, covering 1960s singles and their first two studio albums The Best of the Spinners (1978 album) , released on Atlantic, covering the 1970s studio albums on Atlantic produced by Thom Bell
The Spinners were a folk group from Liverpool, England, who formed in September 1958. They variously had four albums in the UK Albums Chart between September 1970 and April 1972. One of them, Spinners Live Performance (1971), spent three months in the listing and peaked at No. 14.
The Spinners had a series of certified gold albums produced by Thom Bell for Atlantic Records in the 1970s. [1] By 1977, vocalist Philippé Wynne had left the group for a solo career and to work in the music business, [2] leading to a commercial decline for the group and a pair of less successful albums in 1977, followed by a greatest hits album to buoy their profile.
Spinners is the third studio album recorded by American R&B group The Spinners, produced by Thom Bell and released in March 1973 on the Atlantic label. The album was the group's first for Atlantic after leaving Motown .
Pick of the Litter is generally considered the last of the quartet of classic Bell-produced studio albums the Spinners released between 1973 and 1975, and to mark the end of the most creative phase of the group’s career – while future releases would have memorable moments, contemporary critical opinion is that none of the group’s later material matches the enduring quality and top-notch ...