Wish It Would Rain / In a Mellow Mood

~ Release by The Temptations (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

2 on 1 CD
Track 1 - 12: Wish It Would Rain
Track 13 - 24: In a Mellow Mood

Annotation last modified on 2008-04-09 19:44 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
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1I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
producer:
Norman Whitfield
lead vocals:
David Ruffin (soul singer, member of The Temptations)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1968)
cover recording of:
I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
lyricist:
Rodger Penzabene (songwriter, who worked mainly at Motown)
writer:
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Stone Agate Music and Stone Agate Music Division
recording of:
I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
lyricist:
Rodger Penzabene (songwriter, who worked mainly at Motown)
writer:
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Stone Agate Music and Stone Agate Music Division
3:37
2Cindy
producer:
Norman Whitfield
recording of:
Cindy
lyricist and composer:
Smokey Robinson
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
3:08
3I Wish It Would Rain
producer:
Norman Whitfield
recording of:
I Wish It Would Rain (in 1967)
lyricist:
Roger Penzabene (songwriter, who worked mainly at Motown) (in 1967)
composer:
Barrett Strong (in 1967) and Norman Whitfield (in 1967)
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Stone Agate Music and Stone Agate Music Division
42:45
4Please Return Your Love to Me
producer:
Norman Whitfield
lead vocals:
Eddie Kendricks
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1968)
recording of:
Please Return Your Love to Me
writer:
Barbara Neely, Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Stone Agate Music and Stone Agate Music Division
2:26
5Fan the Flame
producer:
Norman Whitfield
recording of:
Fan the Flame
writer:
Al Cleveland (songwriter 1930-1996), Terry Johnson (producer) and Smokey Robinson
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Agate Music Division
2:44
6He Who Picks the Rose
producer:
Norman Whitfield
recording of:
He Who Picks a Rose
writer:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team), Earl Smiley and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Stone Agate Music Division
2:28
7Why Did You Leave Me Darling
producer:
Norman Whitfield
recording of:
Why Did You Leave Me Darling
writer:
James Dean (US soul songwriter) and Deke Richards (American songwriter and record producer)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
2:11
8I Truly, Truly Believe
producer:
Norman Whitfield
recording of:
I Truly, Truly Believe
writer:
George Gordy, Margaret Gordy (1960s songwriter) and Allen Story (Shadee Hasan)
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
2:44
9This Is My Beloved
producer:
Norman Whitfield
recording of:
This Is My Beloved
writer:
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
2:13
10Gonna Give Her All the Love I’ve Got
producer:
Norman Whitfield
cover recording of:
Gonna Give Her All the Love I’ve Got
composer:
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Stone Agate Music Division
2:46
11I’ve Passed This Way Before
producer:
Norman Whitfield
recording of:
I’ve Passed This Way Before
writer:
James Dean (US soul songwriter) and William Weatherspoon
publisher:
Stone Agate Music Division
2:43
12No Man Can Love Her Like I Do
producer:
Norman Whitfield
recording of:
No Man Can Love Her Like I Do
writer:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team), Eddie Kendricks and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Stone Agate Music Division
2:16
13Hello, Young Lovers
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
Hello, Young Lovers (The King and I)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Rodgers & Hammerstein Theatrical Europe Ltd. and Williamson Music Ltd.
part of:
The King and I (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
3:01
14A Taste of Honey
producer:
Jeffrey Bowen and Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
A Taste of Honey
lyricist:
Ric Marlow (in 1960)
composer:
Bobby Scott (vocals, piano, US musician & producer) (in 1960)
publisher:
Ambassador Music Ltd. and Songfest Music Corp.
2:09
15For Once in My Life
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
For Once in My Life
lyricist:
Ronald Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller)
composer:
Orlando Murden
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Jobette Music (UK) Ltd., Stein & Van Stock, Inc., Stone Diamond Music Corporation and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division)
3:09
16Somewhere
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
West Side Story: Ballet Sequence: Somewhere (Consuelo and Company)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
publisher:
Amberson Enterprises, Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), G. Schirmer, G. Schirmer Inc., PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC, Universal - Polygram and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
West Side Story: Ballet Sequence
4:19
17Ol’ Man River
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
4:31
18I’m Ready for Love
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
I’m Ready for Love
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Stone Agate Music Division
2:26
19Try to Remember
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
Try to Remember (The Fantasticks)
lyricist:
Tom Jones (musical theatre lyricist)
composer:
Harvey Schmidt
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music (UK) and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
3:07
20Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
producer:
Jeffrey Bowen and Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
writer:
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
publisher:
Concord Music Ltd, Downtown DMP Songs, Musical Comedy Prods. and TRO Muscal Comedy Productions, Inc.
part of:
The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
3:28
21What Now My Love
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
What Now My Love
lyricist:
Pierre Delanoë
composer:
Gilbert Bécaud
translator:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
BMG Songs, Inc., Major Songs, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
translated version of:
Et maintenant
3:42
22That’s Life
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
That’s Life
lyricist:
Kelly Gordon and Dean Kay
composer:
Dean Kay
publisher:
Four Star Television Music Co., Lichelle Music Company, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
3:02
23With These Hands
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
With These Hands
lyricist and composer:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) and Abner Silver
publisher:
Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc.
part of:
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
3:43
24The Impossible Dream
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha)
lyricist:
Joe Darion
composer:
Mitch Leigh
publisher:
Andrew Scott Inc., Andrew Scott Music, Carlin Music Corporation and Helena Music Co.
part of:
Man of La Mancha (Mitch Leigh musical)
3:23

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Japan
printed in:United States
mastering:Russ Terrana
compiler:Russ Terrana
design:Alana Coghlan (graphic designer)
distributed by:MCA Distributing Corporation
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1986)
mastered at:Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios (recording and mastering studios in West Hollywood, CA) in West Hollywood, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5217106 [info]