It probably had more to do with the social upheaval at the time, but right after
Sly & The Family Stone released their moody and unsettling
There's A Riot Going On in 1971, there seemed to be a flood of Soul groups recording songs (if not outright concept albums) urgently concerned with life how it was lived in Black urban areas. As a child, I seemed to think that Sly started it all but I was most likely incorrect. One of my favorites from that period is this epic mini-opera by
The Temptations, entitled
Masterpiece, (
top left) released as a 7-inch single with the song spread out over both sides. I cherished that record in my youth. (I wonder where that record is now?) I was gratified to see that the European imprint of
Motown has released this album as "two-fer" (along with 1975's
Song For You,
bottom left). The rest of the album may not hit as hard, but the intensity of this track alone makes it a worthy buy. You can get it from
Soul Music.
It probably had more to do with the social upheaval at the time, but right after Sly & The Family Stone released their moody and unsettling There's A Riot Going On in 1971, there seemed to be a flood of Soul groups recording songs (if not outright concept albums) urgently concerned with life how it was lived in Black urban areas. As a child, I seemed to think that Sly started it all but I was most likely incorrect. One of my favorites from that period is this epic mini-opera by The Temptations, entitled 
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