Temptations Live! | ||||
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Live album by The Temptations | ||||
Released | March 6, 1967 | |||
Recorded | October 3, 1966 | |||
Venue |
The Roostertail's Upper Deck, Detroit, Michigan, Genre = Soul |
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Length | 47:45 | |||
Label |
Gordy GS 921 |
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Producer | N/A | |||
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The Roostertail's Upper Deck, Detroit, Michigan,
Temptations Live! was the first live album to be released by The Temptations. Recorded on October 3, 1966 in the Upper Deck of the Roostertail Club in Detroit, Michigan, and released on album by Gordy (Motown) Records in 1967, the album features David Ruffin, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams performing their regular live repertoire for a highly receptive crowd mostly consisting of young women. Included in the set are Temptations hits such as "My Girl", "My Baby", "Get Ready", "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", "Don't Look Back", and the group's then-current single, "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep". Out of the several live albums the group recorded during their career, this is the only one to feature David Ruffin. The album remained on the Billboard 200 album chart for 51 weeks peaking at number 10.
Superscripts denote lead singers for each track: (a) David Ruffin, (b) Eddie Kendricks, (c) Paul Williams, (d) Melvin Franklin.