The Dynamics: I Don’t Want Nobody To Lead Me On and The Love That I Need
From: First Landing [Cotillion, 1969]
I was going to post up some heart pounding, pulse raising music for Friday today but, as it is, I’m actually in a decidedly mellow pre weekend mood so instead I offer up some gorgeous Detroit soul from The Dynamics. Not to be confused with the pre-Dramatics Dynamics (or the thirty other bands with variations on the name) the quartet released two stellar albums at the end of the sixties before fading away.
Their debut release, First Landing, is a great album ironically best known now for their medium hit Ice Cream Man which I personally find to be one of the weaker songs. I would instead direct your attention towards the album cuts that prove that, when they were in their stride, the group could produce a fine blend of groove, power and silky vocals.
I Don’t Want Nobody To Lead Me On has that great mix of righteous emotion I love so dearly with great percussion work, fine melody, and an overlay of silk that softens the raw passion underneath.
The Love That I Need is a sweeter offering with a highly catchy harmonising chorus and subtle layers of depth that proves that these guys really could do the business.
Predictably, this album isn’t available on CD and is therefore what can only be described as raer. Unfortunately there doesn’t even seem to be a best of floating about. However, their decent second album is available on all good sites so one step at a time I guess.
Topical as ever I can confirm that Hacktone Records are releasing a remastered version on CD on May 1st which is truly awesome news. The label also seems to do a fair trade in Lewis Taylor records so additional thumbs up to the guys.
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Hey, these are gorgeous! How come we never heard of them? I could listen to "I Don't Want Nobody To Lead Me On" over and over. Thanks!
Lyle
Also, doesn't "The Love That I Need" sound like "Love Or Let Me Be Lonely" by The Friends of Distinction? Or vice-versa, since the latter peaked in the charts in March 1970?
ACTUALLY….the album IS being released, remastered, on CD on May 1st, 2007 via HackTone Records! We're head over heels for it here, too!
Shawnte that's just made my day, cheers for that.
Kudos to Ted White (the former Mr. Aretha Franklin) for blessing us with such sweet soul. Now am I to assume that this 45 I picked up a few weeks back (Misery c/w I'm The Man, Bigtop) is NOT the same Dynamics that you speak of? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Hey Vincent. I've never known of any connection between the Dynamics who recorded Misery and this group. Good old Funky16Corners featured that track a while ago with a bit more information:
http://funky16corners.blogspot.com/2005/11/dynamics-misery.html
Great 45 by the way.
Thank the lord this gem is being reissued in May. Paece!
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