Masterpiece (Full Length) - The Temptations

[janko81]

They were way ahead their time,,,maybe ours too,we'll see . Enjoy.

[0004pedro]

Apart from the time my father owned this album, I only heard this song in bits and pieces. Thanks for uploading this. Awesome.

[miko50474]

wow that`s a real masterpiece

[sauquoit13456]

On this date in 1973 {Feb. 24th} "Masterpiece" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; evenually it peaked at #7 and spent 14 weeks in the Top 100...

Ranked 80th on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1973 chart...

Reached #1 {for 2 weeks}on Billboard's Hot Soul Singles chart...

The word 'masterpiece' does not appear in the lyrics of the song...

[scoubydoubydou1]

magnifique et incomparable

[scoubydoubydou1]

beautifuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuull

[GABESINGIN]

what an inspiration these guys were. where has real music gone?

[DRAGUNSHELL]

HOLD IT THIS IS A MUGGING PUT UR HAND'S IN THE AIR,AND GIVE ME ALL U GOT.WOW LIKE FATHER LIKE SON.GOD DAM.LIFE IS A BICTH.

[TheEagle4751]

the best song in history

[loosestudios]

Many critics, and the Temptations themselves, remarked that much of Masterpiece, sounded more like Norman Whitfield/Funk Brothers solo recordings rather than Temptations recordings.Masterpiece was the final Temptations LP recorded in Detroit at Motown's Hits-ville USA studio. By 1973, Motown Records had completed its migration to Hollywood, California,

[1ktyree]

@loosestudios Well I think people came to see the reality that The Funk Brothers made a lot of the singers. Which is why Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder pushed for the musicians credits.

[pdddddp1]

Music has fallen sooooooo far..............

[softsummermover]

The long version my jammmmm!!!!

[bektoe1967]

This is Super ! Thanks ! Love The Temptations

[purple2pisces]

Wow! Thanks to everyone who put their music here on You Tube - Keep up the good works. This is ust great!!!!!

[8430windycity]

SO CLASSIC THANKS SO MUCH !!!!!!PEACE WINDY

[blueaziza]

 this is my favorite video ......THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

bluemoon

[ep143abj]

Norman Whitfield-remember this name!!

[1ktyree]

@ep143abj No shit......James Jamerson, Pistol Allen, Jack Ashford, Eddie Bongo etc.

[MrKenndawg]

...thea message:o

[MrKenndawg]

NORMAN WHITFIELD'S MASTERPIECE:HOW PRECIOUS THE MASSAGE

[areyuwithme]

When this came out, a guy I knew taught me how to "listen" to music! We'd sit and listen to every instrument that was played. Motown was REALLY music back then ! Put some headphones on when listening to this.....and listen to EVERY instrument!!!

[MrKenndawg]

@areyuwithme Hey Now...the exact same thing happened to me when I was in high school; Moses Harrison was his name, I'll never forget him having me to 'really' listen to everythang on this cut-I was never the same after that musical event. Thanks for the classic shared experience!

[niGGaplease735]

True musical Masters at work!

[blekdeni]

my reaction it is A Masterpiece!!!

[carlosdsilva1]

Afortunadamente al fin logré encontrar la mejor versión de esta verdadera PIEZA MAESTRA ...gracias por su valioso tiempo,dónde puedo encontrar las letras traducidas al español...Gracias a DIOS y a Usted Besier74...thanks..!! soy un afortunado más bye..!!

[purpledave100]

The only Motown band worth listening to.

[jjudithrivas]

Una obra de arte¡

[TheJaclicious]

...only the strong survive.......

[pumkin1785]

Epic!!!! This song told the truth yesterday and still a bone chilling truth decades later!!!!

@Besier74 Thank you for this awesome upload!!! 5*****!!!!!

[phil14true]

If you don't know a true masterpiece you don't know anything about music or growing

up in hard times,Listn close to this song the one person who didn't like it you'll learn

something don't be like Mitt Romney And the G.O.P. !!!!!!

[ksmile3m1]

this song applies to our situations right to ths day yall dont hear me though!somebody got to smell this record getting ahead is a no no! Mustafa hollin at you kafiroons H town philly oaktown chi town detroit, yall know whats up! great instrumental!

[ksmile3m1]

this song applies to our situations right to ths day yall dont hear me though!somebody got to smell this record getting ahead is a no no! Mustafa hollin at you kafiroons H town philly oaktown chi town detroit, yall know whats up!

[melissacarterTS]

Is Norman Whitfield a genius? I submit in the affirmative.

[jorgealbertobaron1]

FULL VERSION

[MsRgillespie]

Fantastic song.........I lived in the GHETTO.........I know what they meant and am proud to say I overcame the Ghetto.....

[jasonptify]

Fantastic!

[mymanny2009]

Very good, music forever

[Sangria3]

Thanks for this posting... A recording ahead of its time!!!

[oldschoolbx1970]

I love this version the best. I was just very young and little when I saw the commercial of this album being advertised on tv where it has a white guy with a hammer and chisel making a sculpture of these cats.

[minor1able]

TRULY LOVE THIS VERSION. MAKE ME THINK ABOUT HOW LIFE WAS GROWING UP IN GHETTO!!!!!! ALL ABOUT LIFE I ONCE LIVE AND SAW. GOOD TIME AND BAD TIME!!!!

[Onibilabake]

oni temi, kini nkan?

I wish our youth would sit down and listen to the message of this music.

The sky would be the limit. we have come a long way but we are not doing enough to eradicate the ghettos.we have become too lazy ,complacent and comfortable living in the GHETTO .

[b1zook]

Oh man, I owned this single when I was a teenager and played it constantly. Many thanks for uploading this l-o-n-g version!

[ELGORITHM]

Masterpiece

[phil14true]

This song tells about life in the ghetto we don't need that rap crap to tell the truth

[hecotoromar]

Thanks for this original version, I remember my youngest life, in 1973 listen for the first time all the album, thanks again

[lpso708]

This was the year good bye Uncle Sam.

[rexmox]

Been looking for this for a looooog time, ths is what it is a MASTERPIECE, thanks so much for the love

[ump1213]

THE TEMPS are so underated....this is truly a Masterpiece

[MrJlrochelle]

Yes indeed those were the days of laughter and love and some real soul :)

[hapzap13]

This is a real masterpiece of soul, funk and the blues. We shall never hear the likes of this great music again i was twenty five when this came out and it blew me away then and still does to this day.....

[vechernoff]

@hapzap13

I was 27 now 65 living last yrs worse than King Lear and i told my lastdays' woman to cremate my body when i die my ash being scattered with Papa Was A Rollingstone or Masterpiece. She promised.

Coz - "I've got a woman"

[jasonptify]

@hapzap13 sadly youre right this type of fantastic music has gone into history -- we mostly have only crap now

[hapzap13]

Brings me back ! Thanks for the love.

[sjr10011]

Turn it up!!!

[helenkj]

I have been looking for this Album for freakn years. Thanks so much. Love it!!!

[vinayvinayak]

Masterpiece on vinyl. Enough said.

[vinayvinayak]

Masterpiece on vinyl. Enough said.

[redcreem]

I am sorry folks but Grover Washingtons version is a lot BETTER, ' PAPA WAS . A Rolling Stone' is too similar and the better option, if you want this SOUND. but try 'ZOOM ' from the 1990 album, just as long and psychedelic and a lot more trippy and creative. ZOOM is the best post 60s track from the 70s, and from a band that does mostly LOVE and PROTEST SONGS, this was an amazing feat, to make a song that takes you to Saturn, Jupiter and a few other Galaxies, in the space of 10 minutes. '

[Coolguy6127]

@redcreem You don't have a fucking clue what you're talking about, do you?

[trt524]

@redcreem What ???

[princenelson22]

Guitar solo sounds like George Benson at 9;00 Min mark.

[LEGSUDESIRE]

Very Rewarding Masterpiece

[23780082]

Thanks for this full version of the Masterpiece.

[Aquaria]

I was only 10 or 11 when this was popular, but I loved this. Where I lived, the popular music station wouldn't play it much, and it made me mad having to wait and wait to hear it again.

[hattiemaeboy]

This is when music was real,live & in living color....Nothing like it!!!!!

[aquamann313]

pure detroit love det-313 forever love you

[aquamann313]

pure detroit love  det-313 forever you

[bamskyline]

proud to be the 23rd person to like this song.

[djmanchow]

this write here,all time favorite,one, of the temptation best ever dunn,what their saying than,for some reason,is even worst now,shame, but this music will live on and on for me,

[rickw1100]

One of the finest pieces of music ever produced by Motown , in fact, in the history of popular music. Brilliant. Thank you Norman Whitfield.

[johnnyw12]

The second version of the Temptations was good too! Damon Harris, Richard street and Dennis Edwards along with Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin could still find hits!!

[popetzm]

My daddy had this album..way back n da day i was a baby then but i remember that white album cover very well and the record label Gordy.

[madmanmatalawag]

Thank You, This is my all time favorite.

[trikkecstatick]

At last!! the full version,hope will be the same with "papa was a rolling stone".

Can't stop hearing the temps especialy whitfield,strong period.

thanks for post.

[idaslpdhr]

Finally, The full length version of this Masterpiece, thanks

[MrJlrochelle]

@idaslpdhr yeah this was out when I was senior in high school.

[idaslpdhr]

@MrJlrochelle I was working in Kensington Market selling loon pants and tie tops for a pound, and we played this all day, those were the days.

[jwebb102697]

@idaslpdhr you are a bitch for liking this shit faygit!!!

[jwebb102697]

@idaslpdhr sorry my brother wrote this.

[idaslpdhr]

@jwebb102697 Your brother must be very young?? or needs to spend more of his time learning how to spell.

[supermandisco]

One of my all time favs of the 70s. This got me on the road to being a disco DJ, along with Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, War, and Elton John. I still have my vinyl record in good playing order.

[nubia1950]

@supermandisco I have my 33 1/3 too :)

[xxpiggystardustxx]

@supermandisco i still have this album on vynel ,,i bought it the day it came out ,,still one of my all time fave albums

[Aries4713]

really a great song by temptations...