THE MIRACLES - WIGS AND LASHES - BABY BOLLOX MAGIC REMIX

THE MIRACLES - WIGS AND LASHES - BABY BOLLOX MAGIC REMIX.

"Renaissance" (Tamla T-325L) was a critically-acclaimed 1973 album by R&B group The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla label, noted as the first-ever album by the group not to feature original lead singer Smokey Robinson on lead vocals.Instead, his replacement, new lead singer, Billy Griffin did the lead chores on this album. Once Robinson decided to retire from the group. the other Miracles, Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore, and Ronnie White,decided to conduct a nation-wide search for a singer to replace Smokey. After auditioning several hopefuls, the group decided on Billy Griffin, a native of Baltimore, Maryland . In the 2006 Miracles DVD release The Definitive Performances (1963-1987), Miracles Pete Moore & Bobby Rogers, commented that the group decided on Billy because, in addition to being a great singer,he also demonstrated " some writing ability". Smokey Robinson served as the album's executive producer. In his answer to "unnamed skeptics" who claimed that The Miracles couldn't make it without him ...his reply was, " All you have to do is listen" . Renaissance included several songs from Marvin Gaye , Willie Hutch , Leon Ware, Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Pam Sawyer,and others. Griffin proved to be a more-than-capable lead singer,and Bobby,Ron and Pete's vocal blends were among their best. The album's first intended single was "What Is A Heart Good For" which was performed by the group on a July 13 1973 telecast of NBC's The Midnight Special which marked the group's first national television appearance with Billy... and was hosted by Smokey himself. Radio began playing the uptempo single (Tamla 54240),when it was inexplicably withdrawn, and replaced with a ballad "Don't Let It End (Til You Let It Begin)", which, while not a bad song, may have been a poor choice for the group's inaugural single: the weakest song in an otherwise very strong album. As a result "Don't Let It End" only reached #56 Pop,#26 R&B on the Billboard chart,and without a big hit single to promote it,Renaissance only reached #174 Pop,#33 R&B on the Billboard album chart. An undeserved fate for an album otherwise filled with potential hits that never saw the light of day as singles,including "Nowhere To Go"...a powerful song featuring all of The Miracles on lead vocals, the Willie Hutch written-and-produced "I Didn't Realize The Show Was Over"(Interestingly,Hutch also contributed to Smokey's first Post-Miracles solo album), and Marvin Gaye's I Love You Secretly- a song about inter-racial love. Critics at the time gave the album almost universally positive reviews. However, the group's next album, Do It Baby,based on their #13 million-selling hit single of the same name ,would fare far better. The Miracles' "Renaissance" has never been re-issued on CD. However, several of its songs have appeared on the 2003 Motown compilation CD; The Miracles-Love Machine: The 70's Collection .

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• MIRACLES
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• LASHES
• BABY
• BOLLOX
• MAGIC
• REMIX

[719police]

thank you so much for posting this!! btw i have been looking for a song they did

called keep on keepin on cant find it no where! it was the flip side of do it baby

i think if you know where to find that song i will be 1 happy lady thanks again.

[BabyBollox]

@719police - done and dusted. Posted for you today. Enjoy :-)

[SHUNGABALI]

It sounds great! I love it! As usual you enjoy remixing and we enjoy listening + this time you´ve worked really hard to get the final result= excellent!

[BabyBollox]

@SHUNGABALI - aww thnx Mary LOL :-)

[Lacee621]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!! I've been searching for this song for a very very long time, I remember singing this song when I was a little girl.....thank you soooo much for the flashback.

[hapwar]

Thanks a bundle. A great wake up song.Love yourself beautiful black sisters.

[kjonesnewyork1]

Thank you for posting such a rare cultural treasure! We are out here in need of hearing such wonderful songs in our lives!

[kjonesnewyork1]

lyrically awesome! Back then was the beginning of the need to watch out for the need to change our true beauty. A warning to stay natural and secure as Black women. Today this needs to play as a backdrop for those confused and self loathing individuals running around changing ourselves to fit into WHAT? a society that secretly wants our natural beauty themselves. Still relevant in 2011

[marknorthwest93]

The post Miracles without Smokey Robinson still had a lot to offer as evidenced by your postings. These recordings are difficult to track down. Thank you for remixing and posting! Greatly appreciated!

[Multi1628]

Obscure 1973 single - THE 'B' SIDE(!) - I LOVE THIS SONG - you are the best and thank you for posting this under my nose!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAVEDJ

[zsugar19]

Excellent-haven't heard this in....forget that part- thank you, I have the album but no needle:)

[zsugar19]

thank you for the classic, so great to hear3>