The Spinners
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Review by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 13 January 1968
THE BIG R & B companies have a habit of LP release lists which make mouths watery with anticipation. Of course the omnipresent financial problem ...
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 5 February 1971
AFTER NEARLY ten years of trying, the Spinners finally achieved their break-through in this country via the first Stevie Wonder production of them. The song ...
Detroit Spinners: Memories of the Brown Beatles
Report and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 9 June 1973
SINCE LEAVING Motown the Detroit Spinners have changed considerably, largely because of the recording direction of Philadelphia genius Thom Bell. ...
Thom Bell: Creator of Classical Soul
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 9 November 1973
IF YOU study Thom Bell's creative work, there is an undeniable classical influence in everything he does. The easy explanation to this is that the ...
The Spinners: From Ghetto to Gold
Interview by Tony Cummings, Black Music, December 1973
Tony Cummings talks to the DETROIT SPINNERS ...
Philly Special: The Thom Bell Story
Interview by Tony Cummings, Black Music, January 1974
THOM BELL smiles a lot. And it isn't only his natural good humour which creases his handsome, bearded face into another explosion of laughter. Over ...
Graham Central Station, the Detroit Spinners, Ashford & Simpson: Academy of Music, New York NY
Live Review by Vernon Gibbs, New Musical Express, 13 April 1974
Central Station soul special ...
The Temptations, The Spinners: Apollo Theater, New York NY
Live Review by Ian Dove, The New York Times, 14 April 1974
THE ATTRACTION at the Apollo Theater is actually a confrontation between two major soul singing groups, the Temptations, the headliners, and the Spinners. This is ...
The Detroit Spinners: Living & Laughing
Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 1 April 1975
IF YOU talk about supergroups these days, it is inevitable that The Spinners will enter your conversation. In the relatively short space of four years, ...
The Spinners, the Jimmy Castor Bunch, Ben E. King, Sister Sledge: Manchester Opera House
Live Review by Idris Walters, Melody Maker, 12 April 1975
ATLANTIC'S Supersoul On-Tour '75 (direct descendant from the sixties' Stax/Volt Review) hit the Manchester Opera House after a successful opening night at the Liverpool Empire. ...
Sister Sledge; Jimmy Castor; Ben E. King; The Spinners: Return of the Soul Package
Report and Interview by Bob Fisher, Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 19 April 1975
From the great lost soul label of Atlantic it came, writhing with synchronized funk, its many black heads chanting and wailing. Nothing like it had ...
Ben E. King, The Jimmy Castor Bunch, The Spinners, Sister Sledge: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Robin Katz, Sounds, 26 April 1975
SOUL IS ALIVE... ALIVE ...ALIVE... ALIVE ...
Thom Bell & The Spinners: Looking For 'Hudson Bros.' Acceptance
Interview by Ian Dove, Phonograph Record, March 1976
WHEN THE SPINNERS recently celebrated 25 years together as a group, amid all the celebrations the soul quintet were quick to point out the part ...
The Detroit Spinners: Spinners Wynner
Interview by Davitt Sigerson, Black Music, June 1976
The Detroit Spinners have recently celebrated twenty years in the music business. Their leader, Philippé Wynne, talked to Davitt Sigerson in New York about his ...
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 5 October 1976
David Nathan talks of this 'n' that with Henry and Pervis of the Atlantic supergroup... ...
The Spinners: Breakin' The Barriers
Interview by Frank Bach, The Ann Arbor Sun, 8 October 1976
EVER SINCE the beginnings of radio broadcasting in this country, the programming policies of most of the large white-owned stations have made it difficult, if ...
The Spinners: Today and Tomorrow
Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 12 April 1977
David Nathan talks to the boys as they unfurl the dawning of a new era with the addition of John Edwards to replace lead singer ...
Detroit Spinners, Brass Construction: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Robin Katz, Record Mirror, 7 May 1977
A FIASCO is when you put too much showbiz into soul biz. ...
Report and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, July 1979
TIMING AND distinctive sound are two of our favourite comments when it comes to reviewing music in B&S. Timing (and the inborn knowledge when to ...
Ex-Spinner collapses onstage, dies
Obituary by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 30 August 1984
PHILIPPE E. WYNNE, the former Spinner whose sweet, soulful tenor was heard on such million-selling hits as 'One of a Kind (Love Affair)', 'Could It ...
Sleeve notes by Vernon Gibbs, Epic/Philadelphia International, 1997
Original contribution to sleevenotes for The Philly Sound: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & The Story Of Brotherly Love (1966-1976) (Epic/Philadelphia International) ...
The Spinners: "Our voices chose for us"
Retrospective and Interview by Jim Farber, TIDAL, 17 August 2023
Henry Fambrough, the legendary soul group's last surviving original member, recounts their biopic-worthy story, from the Detroit projects to the Rock & Roll Hall of ...
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