Law of the Land was the last Undisputed Truth album recorded by the group's original line-up, as founding members Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce Evans would leave shortly after its release. Joe Harris would then be joined by four new members, Virginia "V" McDonald, Tyrone "Big Ty" Douglas, Tyrone "Lil Ty" Barkeley and Calvin "Dhaak" Stephenson, all of whom had been part of The Magictones, a local Detroit soul group.
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land, album, land, third, album, norman, whitfield, motown, group, undisputed, truth, landstudio, album, undisputed, truthreleased1973recorded1971, 1973genresoul, psychedelic, soul, funklength42, 11labelgordy, motown, 959producernorman, whitfieldthe, undispute. Law of the Land is the third album by the Norman Whitfield s Motown group The Undisputed Truth Law of the LandStudio album by The Undisputed TruthReleased1973Recorded1971 1973GenreSoul psychedelic soul funkLength42 11LabelGordy Motown GS 959ProducerNorman WhitfieldThe Undisputed Truth chronologyFace to Face With the Truth 1972 Law of the Land 1973 Down to Earth 1974 Contents 1 Details 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Album 4 2 Singles 5 External links 6 ReferencesDetails EditLaw of the Land was the last Undisputed Truth album recorded by the group s original line up as founding members Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce Evans would leave shortly after its release Joe Harris would then be joined by four new members Virginia V McDonald Tyrone Big Ty Douglas Tyrone Lil Ty Barkeley and Calvin Dhaak Stephenson all of whom had been part of The Magictones a local Detroit soul group Like other early Undisputed Truth albums Law of the Land mostly contains songs that had already been recorded by other artists The album features covers of Roberta Flack s Killing Me Softly With His Song The Beatles With A Little Help From My Friends Traffic s Feelin Alright and Dionne Warwick s Walk On By Law of the Land also contains the original version of Papa Was A Rollin Stone US 63 US R amp B 24 which Norman Whitfield rerecorded into a huge hit for his other group The Temptations The album s title track was also recorded by both The Temptations and The Undisputed Truth The Tempts version was released as a UK only single in 1973 and just missed out on the UK Top 40 reaching 41 while The Undisputed Truth s version was a minor R amp B hit in America peaking at 40 The album also includes two other minor R amp B hits Girl You re Alright 43 and Mama I Got A Brand New Thing Don t Say No 46 Track listing Edit Law of the Land Norman Whitfield 4 26 Papa Was a Rollin Stone Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong 3 28 Girl You re Alright Clay McMurray Pam Sawyer 2 58 Killing Me Softly with His Song Charles Fox Norman Gimbel 4 52 Just My Imagination Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong 3 44 This Child Needs Its Father Dino Fekaris 3 27 Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing Don t Say No Norman Whitfield 3 33 Feelin Alright Dave Mason 4 55 Love and Happiness Al Green Mabon Hodges 3 15 With a Little Help from My Friends Paul McCartney John Lennon 4 25 If I Die Peter Rivera 3 15 Walk On By Burt Bacharach Hal David 3 57Personnel EditBilly Cooper Eddie Willis Joe Messina Melvin Ragin Paul Warren Robert Ward Robert White guitar Aaron Smith Andrew Smith Richard Pistol Allen Uriel Jones drums Earl Van Dyke piano Bob Babbitt bass Johnny Griffith organ Eddie Bongo Brown congas Jack Ashford Jack Brokensha percussion Paul Riser conductor and arrangerCharts EditAlbum Edit Chart 1973 PeakpositionBillboard Pop Albums 1 191Billboard Top Soul Albums 1 52Singles Edit Year Single Chart positions 2 US USR amp B1972 Girl You re Alright 43 Papa Was A Rollin Stone 63 241973 Law Of The Land 40 Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing Don t Say No 46External links EditThe Undisputed Truth Law Of The Land at DiscogsReferences Edit a b The Undisputed Truth US albums chart history allmusic com Retrieved 2011 08 25 The Undisputed Truth US singles chart history allmusic com Retrieved 2011 08 25 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Law of the Land album amp oldid 1140027104, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,