"Psychedelic Shack", released December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. Events 418 - St. Boniface I becomes Pope 1065 - Westminster Abbey is consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, the 95th imperial ruler of Japan, began. 1612 - Galileo Galilei was... December 28, 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 - Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January... 1969, is the name of a 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. Events January-February January 1 - Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 - Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January 15... 1970 hit single for the Motown, also known as Tamla-Motown outside the U.S., is a record label founded on December 14, 1959 by Berry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit, Michigan (Motor Town), and named for the citys association with the automobile industry. In the 1960s it was the most successful proponent of what... Motown label performed by The Classic 5 lineup of the Temptations, circa 1965. Left to right: Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams, Paul Williams, and David Ruffin. The Temptations (also abbreviated as The Tempts) are an American Motown singing group whose repertoire has included, at various periods during its long existence, doo-wop, soul... The Temptations and produced by Norman Whitfield (born in 1943) was a songwriter and producer for Berry Gordys Motown label during the 1960s. He is credited as being one of the creators of the Motown Sound, as well as one of the major instrumental figues in the late-60s sub-genre of psychedelic soul... Norman Whitfield.

This single represents the Temptations and Whitfield's full-blown submergence into Psychedelic music draws its inspiration from the experience of mind-altering drugs such as cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline, ecstasy and especially LSD. Characteristic features of the style include modal melodies, lengthy instrumental solos, esoteric lyrics and trippy special effects such as reversed, distorted, delayed and/or phased sounds. History In the... psychedelia, with hard Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. As a cultural... rock guitars, The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. This article is about the musical instrument. A classic FM synthesizer, the Yamaha DX7 A synthesizer (spelling var. synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument designed to produce artificially generated sound, using techniques such as... synthesizer Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of movies, video games, music, or other media. In motion picture and television production, a sound effect is a sound recorded and presented to make a specific storytelling or... sound effects, multitracked For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). Drum carried by John Unger, Company B, 40th Regiment New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Mozart Regiment, December 20, 1863 A drum is a percussion musical instrument, consisting of a membrane called a drumhead that is usually stretched taut over a cylindrical tube... drums, and Stereo or stereophony generally refers to dual-channel sound recording and sound reproduction – sound that contains data for more than one speaker simultaneously. Compact disc audio and some radio broadcasts are stereo. The purpose of stereo recording is to recreate a more natural listening experience where the spatial location... stereo-shifting vocals giving the record a sound unlike that of even the earlier Temptations "psychedelic soul" recordings.

The song is a dedication of sorts to psychedelic shacks, describing the activities and atmosphere within. The record begins with the sounds of a person entering a psychedelic shack and droppingthe needle on a record, which is, interestingly enough, the Tempts' last big hit, " I Cant Get Next to You is a 1969 hit single for the Motown label, performed by The Temptations and produced by Norman Whitfield, their second of four #1 hits on the US pop charts. An expansion on the foundation set by their previous psychedelic soul records from the... I Can't Get Next to You". The use of the re-recording of "I Can't Get Next to You" from its 33⅓ LP vinyl record album The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the 1990s, that was most commonly used for mass-produced recordings of music. A vinyl gramophone or phonograph record consists of a disc of polyvinyl chloride plastic, engraved on... 45 RPM single makes "Psychedelic Shack" one of the first songs to use In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording. This is typically done with a sampler, which can be a piece of hardware or a computer program on a digital computer. Sampling is... sampling, a technique that would become a stable of Hip hop music is a style of popular music. It is composed of two main elements: rapping (also known as MCing) and DJing; along with breakdancing and graffiti, these are the four components of hip hop, a cultural movement which began among African Americans in New York City in... hip hop music in the coming decade.

"Psychedelic Shack" was the title track from the Psychedelic Shack album, released in For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. March begins (astrologically, non-sidereal) with the sun in the sign of Pisces and ends in the sign of Aries... March 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. Events January-February January 1 - Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 - Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January 15... 1970. The song reached #7 on the US pop charts and #2 on the US R&B charts.

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• Lead and Background Vocals by Dennis Edwards, Eddie Kendricks (Edward James Kendricks) (December 17, 1939, - October 5, 1992) was an African-American tenor singer. He is noted for being one of the lead singers of the Motown singing group The Temptations, and also for recording hit records as a solo artist. Biography Kendricks was born in Union... Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams (July 2, 1939 - August 17, 1973) was an African-American baritone singer. He is noted for being one of the founding members of the popular Motown group The Temptations. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Williams and his lifelong best friend Eddie Kendricks moved to Detroit, Michigan as teenagers... Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin was the bass voice for The Temptations until his death in 1995. Categories: Substubs ... Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams

• Written by Norman Whitfield (born in 1943) was a songwriter and producer for Berry Gordys Motown label during the 1960s. He is credited as being one of the creators of the Motown Sound, as well as one of the major instrumental figues in the late-60s sub-genre of psychedelic soul... Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong (born February 5, 1941 in West Point, Mississippi) is an African-American singer and songwriter. Strong was among the first artists signed to Berry Gordys Motown label, and is the performer on the labels first hit, Money (Thats What I Want) (#2 US R&... Barrett Strong
• Produced by Norman Whitfield
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers were the house band at Detroits Motown Records from 1959 to 1972, when the company moved to Los Angeles. Their story was told in Paul Justmans 2002 documentary film Standing in the Shadows of Motown. Early members included bandleader Joe Hunter and Earl Van Dyke... The Funk Brothers.