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"…In The Middle Of Turning Me
On…"
The four
all-singing, all-dancing Mitchell sisters from Pasadena in California that made
up HIGH INERGY were touted at the time by none other than Motown Head Honcho himself
Berry Gordy as America's 'new' Supremes. And with songwriters like James
Ingram, Bobby Womack, Al Willis and Clay Drayton lining up the catchy tunes –
they certainly had what it took to put their debut album to the No. 6 slot in
the American R&B charts (No. 28 in Pop).
And this
typically superb sounding CD reissue by Britain’s BBR (Big Break Records) of
their 1977 Motown debut will give fans the perfect excuse to indulge one more
time. Here are the hi steppin' details…
Released 25
August 2014 in the UK (7 October in the USA) – "Turnin' On" by HIGH
INERGY on Big Break Records CDBBRX 0304 (Barcode 5013929060432) is an 'Expanded
Edition' CD Reissue and Remaster with Two Bonus Tracks that plays out as
follows (43:05 minutes):
1. Love Is All
You Need [Side 1]
2. You Can't
Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On)
3. Some Kinda
Magic
4. Searchin'
(I've Got To Find My Love)
5. Ain't No Love
Left (In My Heart For You) [Side 2]
6. Let Me Get
Close To You
7. Save It For A
Rainy Day
8. Could This Be
Love
9. High School
Tracks 1 to 9
are the album "Turnin' On" – released October 1977 in the USA on Gordy
G6-978S1 and December 1977 in the UK on Tamla Motown STML 12074
BONUS TRACKS:
9. You Can't
Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On) (Single Version)
10. Love Is All
You Need (Single Version)
SINGLES: Using the two bonuses and Tracks 7
and 3 - this BBR CD release will allow fans to sequence High Inergy's two US
and UK 7" singles from the album as follows:
1. "You
Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On)" b/w "Let Me Get
Close To You" - August 1977 on Gordy G-7155F in the USA and October 1977
on Tamla Motown TMG 1087 in the UK
2. "Love Is
All You Need" b/w "Some Kinda Magic" - January 1978 on Gordy
G-7157F in the USA and March 1978 on Tamla Motown TMG 1103 in the UK
The 12-page
booklet has colour photos of the sisters, rare American picture sleeves, label
facsimiles and liner notes by RICO 'Superbizzee' WASHINGTON (as well as album
credits). But the big news as always with BBR is a KEVIN REEVES and NICK
ROBBINS remaster from Universal tapes and it sounds just amazing – clear,
punchy and full of life.
Highlights
include steppers like "Love Is All You Need" and the sexy slink of
"You Can't Turn Me Off…" - while "Let Me Get Close To You"
is a Supremes-type smoocher (written by Faye Usher). James Ingram makes his
songwriting presence known on both "Save It For A Rainy Day" and
"Could This Be Love" – mid-tempo funkers. They went on to make a
whopping further 7 albums for Gordy - but their debut album is now remembered
more as a beginning of High Energy Disco and Soul.
Another superb
reissue from BBR and kicking where it matters – sound and presentation…
PS: Big
Break Records (BBR) CD Remasters I've reviewed:
1. Send It –
ASHFORD & SIMPSON (1977)
2. Is It Still
Good To Ya – ASHFORD and SIMPSON (1978)
3. Stay Free –
ASHFORD and SIMPSON (1979)
4. Central Heating
– HEATWAVE (1977)
5. Hot Property
- HEATWAVE (1979)
6. Candles -
HEATWAVE (1980)
7. Turnin' On -
HIGH INERGY (1977)
8. Harvest For
The World - THE ISLEY BROTHERS (1976)
9. Go For Your
Guns - THE ISLEY BROTHERS (1977)
10. In The Heart
– KOOL & THE GANG (1983)
11. I Hope We
Get To Love On Time - MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS (1976)
12. I Miss You
[known as "Harold Melvin The Blue Notes" in the UK] - HAROLD MELVIN
& THE BLUE NOTES (1972)
13. Black &
Blue - HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES (1973)
14. Love Is The
Message - MFSB (1973)
15. Universal
Love – MFSB (1975)
16. All The
Faces Of... - BUDDY MILES (1974)
17. For The
First Time – STEPHANIE MILLS (1975)
18. I Can See
Clearly Now - JOHNNY NASH (1972)
19. In
Philadelphia - O'JAYS (1969)
20. Back
Stabbers - O'JAYS (1972)
21. Ship Ahoy -
O'JAYS (1973)
22. Down To Love
Town – THE ORIGINALS (1977)
23. Ebony Woman
- BILLY PAUL (1970 and 1973)
24. 360 Degrees
Of Billy Paul - BILLY PAUL (1972)
25. War Of The
Gods - BILLY PAUL (1973)
26. Platinum
Hook – PLATINUM HOOK (1978)
27. Love For
What It Is - ANITA POINTER (of The Pointer Sisters) (1987)
28. Live:
Stompin’ At The Savoy – RUFUS and CHAKA KHAN (1983)
29. Summernights
– SILVER CONVENTION (1977)
30. Smoked Sugar
- SMOKED SUGAR (1975)
31. Spinners –
SPINNERS (1973)
32. Soul Master
– EDWIN STARR (1968)
33. Involved -
EDWIN STARR (1971)
34. Switch -
SWITCH (1978)
35. Watercolors
– THE WATERS (1980)
36. Just As I Am
- BILL WITHERS (1971)
37. Heartbeats –
YARBROUGH & PEOPLES (1983)
