A Classic Motown Psychedelic soul album with one of the best singles ever “War” In 1970, Motown producer Norman Whitfield was producing The Temptations‘ LP ” Psychedelic Shack “. When the LP was released, it contained the song ” War”.

College students all over the country began to write to Motown about releasing the song as a single. This is during the time when young college students began to protest about the war in Vietnam.

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Motown decided not release the song on the Temps because of other plans they had for the group at that time. So Norman Whitfield asked Edwin Starr would he like to record the song. Edwin agreed because he hadn’t recorded anything in over six months and was ready to get back into the studio. The song was released in the summer of 1970 and became an instant million seller. Edwin would go on to win a Grammy in 1971 for ” War” for best R&B Male Vocal Performance. War & Peace’ is by no means a psychedelic soul album but a mixture of classic Motown uptempo songs in the same vein as his two sixties classic albums ‘ Soul Master‘ and ‘ 25 Miles‘.

The music itself speaks volumes and ‘War & Peace’ whilst featuring the ‘new’ sound of Motown at the end of the sixties still managers to capture the excitement of his output during the sixties. ‘ War‘ became an anthem in 1970 and whilst many believe the song was an anti Vietnam song, Edwin is on record as saying that the song was about the war in the university campus within the USA at the time, yet that said, the follow up to that ferocious call and reply plea ‘ Stop The War‘ DID have all the ingredients of an anti Vietnam plea, yet who could argue wit the man himself. Uptempo goodies are a plenty as he takes on the Johnny Bristol song ‘ I Can’t Escape Your Memory‘ which he talks about on the aforementioned audio interview, but for many it will be his classic northern soul outing ‘ Time/Running Back and Forth‘ that many will rate as his best ever recordings and both are featured here. Cover versions of other Motown classics are included especially ‘ California Soul‘ and ‘ At (Last) I Found A Love‘ (also covered by Marvin Gaye) and his rendition of the BJ Thomas hit ‘ Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head‘ is actually soulful and a pleasure to listen too.

Hi again Nikos! I’ve added this one to the Whitfield discography at my blog, but have a favour to ask: Could you possibly check the labels to see if there’s an album production credit? The back cover scan just has that list of arrangers (and what a list!), but no producer credit. I guess I’m wondering if Whitfield is ‘just’ the producer of the song “War”, or if he has other involvement with the album. It’s clear that he produced Starr’s followup “Involved” in 1971, which also has a version of “War”.

Obviously ‘War and Peace” is worthy of discography inclusion just as the first appearance of the song, but I’m curious about the detail Many thanks! Tukacad software cracked.