The Temptations - BBC In Concert, Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA, 12-1984

Here's an album of the Temptations performing in concert for the BBC. It's the only BBC album of theirs I could find, though something else could pop up in the future. For instance, I saw mention of a BBC concert at Portsmouth in 1993, but I can't find it.

This one went to the top of my "albums to be posted" pile because I recently got help from musical associate MZ on it. I could tell there was something wrong, but it was beyond my limited abilities to fix it. MZ reduced the bass in some frequencies and boosted the tremble in others, though the high tremble was completely missing so there was nothing to be done about that.

It's too bad this concert isn't from a couple of years earlier. In 1982 and 1983, most of the original Temptations reunited for a reunion tour and album, including former lead singers Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin. However, Kendricks' voice was weakened due to chain smoking, and Ruffin was addicted to drugs, and there were all sorts of personality clashes and problems. So Kendricks and Ruffin were let go at the end of the tour. 

By the time of this concert, there were a couple more personnel changes. A key one was the addition of a brand new member, Ali-Ollie Woodson. His involvement brought new success, because he co-wrote the song "Treat Her like a Lady" with long-time band member Otis Williams, and sang lead vocals on it. Released as a single in 1984, it was the band's biggest hit since 1975, reaching Number Two on the R&B charts, and almost reaching the Top Ten in Britain. It also turned out to be the band's last big hit.

So naturally this concert includes "Treat Her like a Lady," as well a couple of other then-recent songs, "Sail Away," "My Love Is True (Truly for You)," and a little bit of "Standing on the Top." Otherwise, the band made sure to do most of their biggest classic hits. Interestingly though, they finished off the concert with three covers of then-recent huge hits that they'd had nothing to do with: "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, and "All Night Long" by Lionel Richie.

This album is unreleased. It also was very hard to find. I was only able to find a stream of it on the Internet, and then I converted it to individual mp3s.

This album is 51 minutes long.

01 Introduction (Temptations)
02 Get Ready (Temptations)
03 The Way You Do the Things You Do (Temptations)
04 Ain't Too Proud to Beg (Temptations)
05 I Wish It Would Rain (Temptations)
06 Treat Her like a Lady (Temptations)
07 talk (Temptations)
08 My Love Is True [Truly for You] (Temptations)
09 talk (Temptations)
10 Sail Away (Temptations)
11 My Girl (Temptations)
12 Can't Get Next to You - Papa Was a Rolling Stone (Temptations)
13 Band Introductions - Standing on the Top (Temptations)
14 talk (Temptations)
15 Celebration - Billie Jean (Temptations)
16 All Night Long (Temptations)

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The cover photo shows that band in concert at something called the "Super Night of Rock n' Roll" in 1984. The photo shows Melvin Franklin, Ali-Ollie Woodson, Otis Williams, Ron Tyson, and Richard Street.