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Jimmy Ruffin
Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got / World So Wide, Nowhere To Hide (From Your Heart)
Tamla Motown : TMG 603 DJ (45s)
James Jameson’s booming bass guitar, lifts the curtain to Motown storytelling at its most poignant. Jimmy’s convincing tones of hope, take the listener with him on a journey filled with desire, love and relief … he’s a free man again, he cannot wait to board the train that’s gonna take him all the way back to his girl. A riveting narrative many a Hollywood movie has been based on… but this is better than a movie, because you’re travelling right there beside him all the way to Detroit.
Motown’s greatest gift to the dancer or the listener was its ability to encapsulate a film, a book or a play into less than three minutes. A chance for your mind and body to drift away into Jimmy’s world. Vividly envisaging all of Jimmy’s emotions, as the lyrics paint the picture in your head of struggle, strife and despair. Whilst Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield paint the landscape with tinkling vibes, swirling strings, rattling percussion carrying you to the the climax of his intentions. A patient girl-choir bursts forth, a tsunami of strings descend onto this tale of impending elation, with the genius crowning moment of thundering kettle-drums driving the story home.
One of my all-time favourite Motown productions..it has everything a blockbuster movie should have, including flashbacks of you wondering what that final moment was like when Jimmy was in her arms again…
In all the joy this record delivers, please do not pass by the wonderful Northern Soul experience waiting on the flipside “World So Wide, Nowhere To Hide (From Your Heart)” a yet to be exposed dancer of the highest calibre, delivering a most-awesome saxophone interlude. ... that Simon Soussan used to rave about on his early 70's mailshots from Los Angeles.
Two great sides...
Condition Report
Discreet writing on a-side 4 prong centre, blink and you'll miss it. Strong gloss on Ex+ vinyl, reveals some soft signs of careful turntable action, playback is crisp n' clean (listen) still housed in birth-sleeve