The rare soul scene is overwhelmingly a 7” record-collecting world but there are a few notable exceptions. 1967 saw two Detroit-recorded LPs issued from one of the most admired production teams in the city – Pied Piper Productions. Motown musician Jack Ashford and his business partner Shelley Haims assembled the cream of Motown’s Funk Brothers musicians for the sessions and supplied classic sophisticated soul songs for the diverse artists who were to be given a shot at the album market. Cleveland group the Hesitations had hit with their debut 45 ‘Soul Superman’ and this success gave them a chance to expand into the album market. Detroit singer Freddy Butler’s more sophisticated ballad-singing was seen as ripe for an LP by the team.
THE HESITATIONS
1. SHE WON’T COME BACK
2. YOU’LL NEVER KNOW
3. YOU CAN’T BY PASS LOVE
4. I BELIEVE TO MY SOUL
5. THAT’S WHAT LOVE IS
6. SOUL SUPERMAN
7. SOUL KIND OF LOVE
8. I’M NOT BUILT THAT WAY
9. I’LL BE RIGHT THERE
10. WAIT A MINUTE
11. SOUL SUPERMAN NO. 2
12. CLAP YOUR HANDS
FREDDY BUTLER
13. THERE WAS A TIME
14. THAT’S WHEN I NEED YOU
15. I LIKE YOUR STYLE
16. I FELL IN LOVE
17. NEVER LET LOVE GO
18. THEY SAY I’M AFRAID (OF LOSING YOU)
19. THIS THING
20. JUST BECAUSE YOU’VE BEEN HURT
21. YOU’D BETTER GET HIP GIRL
22. GIVE ME LOTS OF LOVIN’
23. SHE’S FOOLIN’ YOU
24. DESERTED