Description

All the runout information on each side is etched except for “STERLING”, which is stamped. Track A1: recorded September 3rd 1969, King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio. Original issue (Parts 1 & 2): [r=555162], February 1970. Highest Billboard chart rating: No. 3 R&B, No. 32 Pop. First album issue: King LP-1095, June 1970. Track A2: recorded November 20th 1969, King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio. Original issue (Parts 1 & 2): [r=560161], March 1970. Highest Billboard chart rating: No. 20 R&B, No.51 Pop. Previously unissued on album. Track B1: recorded July 22nd 1970, King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio. Unissued on 45. First album issue (with overdubbed audience): [r=433611], September 1970. Track B2: recorded August 16th 1970, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida. (Previously Unreleased) Track C1: recorded October 1st 1970, Bobby Smith Studios, Macon, Georgia. First proposed release: [r=550381], January 1971 (unissued). Original issue (Parts 1&2): [r=1010965], February 1972. Highest Billboard chart rating: No. 1 R&B, No. 27 Pop. First album issue (5½ minutes only): [r=804265], June 1972. Track C2 (MONO): recorded November 3rd 1970, King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio. Original issue (Parts 1&2): [r=551071], December 1970. Highest Billboard chart rating: No. 4 R&B, No. 34 Pop. First album issue (Part 1 only): Polydor U.K. 2391 116, November 1973. Track D1 (MONO): recorded January 26th 1971, Rodel Studios, Washington, D.C. Original issue (Parts 1, 2&3): [r=552661], March 1971. Highest Billboard chart rating: No. 3 R&B, No. 29 Pop. First album issue (Part 1 only): Polydor PD5401, June 1972. Track D2: recorded July 12th 1971, Rodel Studios, Washington, D.C. Unissued on 45. First album issue: [r=1047017], August 1971. B1, B2, C1 mixed at Sigma Sound, NY Original 1986 vinyl: Mastered at Masterdisk 2014 Vinyl :Mastered at Sterling Sound ℗© 2014 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Distributed by Universal Music Distribution.