Spinners One of a Kind Love Affair

a very astute observation... i was very surprised to see how many top 40 hits james brown had in the 70's, because i never heard a-one on the radio, and only discovered jb when i started working at a local radio station and had access to his vinyl... i did, however, know the "greatest hits" of donna fargo, conway twitty, charlie rich, tom t. hall and razzy bailey, played constantly on our top 40 station... don't get me wrong, i really liked and still do like the cross-over country artists from the 70's, but i always thought the philosophy of top 40 radio was "anything goes as long as it's top 40", which was emphasized by shows like American Top 40... by the way, i think phillipe says "fug"...

jrjr wrote: a very astute observation... i was very surprised to see how many top 40 hits james brown had in the 70's, because i never heard a-one on the radio, and only discovered jb when i started working at a local radio station and had access to his vinyl... i did, however, know the "greatest hits" of donna fargo, conway twitty, charlie rich, tom t. hall and razzy bailey, played constantly on our top 40 station... don't get me wrong, i really liked and still do like the cross-over country artists from the 70's, but i always thought the philosophy of top 40 radio was "anything goes as long as it's top 40", which was emphasized by shows like American Top 40... by the way, i think phillipe says "fug"...

Yeah, it all has to do with how our society is about racial, sex, and religious issues that continue to cloud our ideas on music.

BTW, the censored version of "One Of A Kind (Love Affair)"
is labeled "new version" on the recent Real Gone Music 2CD
singles set. In other words, they are one in the same (and
NOT truly a "new" version like some may think). Five
decades ago it was a "new" version because it censored out
what some listeners objected to hearing on the original
released 45.

Edited by Santi Paradoa

Gordon:
The compilers of this singles compilation decided to include both the censored and uncensored versions of the song.
The censored version is labeled "new" simply because it was not the original version released on 45.
There would have been no confusion if they had used the "censored" and "uncensored" labels.

Edited by Santi Paradoa

Thanks for clarifying too, Santi. I changed to the censored one since radio would have not played the other one. Makes sense.