40 Year Itch : I Sure Would Like a Ride!

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Another psychedelic funk gem from the 1975 Norman Whitfield produced Cosmic Truth has The Undisputed Truth singing about alien life. Couldn't tell you which of the four session drummers used on this album is playing here but he's something else. Don't be surprised if we visit this album again!

40 Year Itch : This Much Madness

Jack Nicholson by Harry Benson, 1975

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   After parting ways with Motown and The Temptations, producer Norman Whitfield started his own label, Whitfield Records, and devoted his attention and genius towards fellow Motown refugees The Undisputed Truth ( "Smiling Faces Sometimes"). From 1975's Cosmic Truth comes this psychedelic and funky cover of Neil Young's "Down By the River". There were five session players credited with playing guitar on the album including Dennis Coffey and Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin, so I dont know who's playing the smoking lines on this tune.