Really nice work from The Four Tops - proof that they were still going quite quite strong after Motown! The album's got a hip sound that shows the group moving through a wider range of emotions than we ever remember – crafting rich deep harmonies that still stand apart from the big wave of sweet soul quartets of the early 70s, and which sparkle with all the emotion that Levi Stubbs' voice had to offer.This album had never been released on CD.The rip is from LP in mint condition.Special thanks to the original uploader.

VA - The Akron Compilation
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 852 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 267 MB
Cat#: TELDEC, Stiff Records 6.23538 | Country/Year: Germany 1978
Genre: Punk, New Wave | Hoster: FS + HF/FF

…Released in June of 1978, a month before the first album by Akron’s finest deserters DEVO, The Akron Compilation attempts to document the wave of creativity that swelled in the Rubber City. There’s no doubt, however, that DEVO’s visibility is what brought attention to the Akron bands documented on this disc—and no small coincidence that it was a Stiff Records release, the label that brought DEVO’s first three singles out to the world outside of Ohio. Hell, the cover art even echos the iconic shot of the “Shine On America” mural in Akron that had been immortalized in DEVO’s 1975 film “The Truth About De-Evolution”…