The Great David Ruffin: The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 2

"Who I Am" album information page (pg. 6): Recorded at Media Sound Studios, New York, New York Special thanks to Gordon Edwards and Gene Orloff Originally issued as Motown M6-849, October 1975; #5 R&B, #31 Pop. Singles from the album: Walk Away From Love / Love Can Be Hazardous To Your Health, Motown 1376, October 1975; #1 R&B, #9 Pop Heavy Love / Love Can Be Hazardous To Your Health, Motown 1388, February 1976; #8 R&B, #47 Pop __________________________________________ "Everything's Coming Up Love" album information page (pg. 10): Recorded and mixed at Media Sound, New York City Special Thanks to Gordon Edwards, Gene Orloff, Arthur Lisi and Bob Walters [Albert Bailey] *Faith, Hope and Charity appear courtesy of RCA Records Originally issued as Motown M6-866S1, May 1976; #16 R&B, #51 Pop. Footnote: First Round Knock Out initially recorded by Joe Frazier, the boxing champ, and issued as a single on Motown 1378 Singles from the album: Everything's Coming Up Love / No Matter Where [from <i>Me 'N Rock 'N Roll Are Here To Stay]</i>, Motown 1393, May 1976; 8 R&B, #49 Pop On And Off / Statue Of A Fool [from <i>Who I Am</i>], Motown 1405, September 1976; #48 R&B Bonus: Christmas Greetings - from U.K.-only promotional single Motown PSR-417, issued 1977 __________________________________________ "In My Stride" album information page (pg. 16): Recorded and mixed at Media Sound Studios, New York, New York Mastered at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California A Special Thanks to Gordon Edwards and Gene Orloff! Gordon Edwards, Cornell Dupree and Steve Gadd, members of "Stuff" appear courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Burbank, California; Eric Gale appear courtesy of Columbia Records, Hollywood, California. Originally issued as Motown M-885P1, June 1977; #36 R&B. Singles from the album: Just Let Me Hold You For A Night b/w Rode By The Place (Where We Used To Stay) Motown 1420, June 1977; #18 R&B, #108 Pop You're My Peace Of Mind b/w Rode By The Place (Where We Used To Stay) Motown 1435, December 1977; #71 R&B Original album master tapes delivered to Motown March 1, 1977, reveal that the album was envisioned as seven tracks as follows: Side 1 - I Can't Stop The Rain / You're My Peace Of Mind / Questions; Side 2 - Nightmare / There's More To Love / I'm Jealous / Rode By The Place (Where I Used To Stay). On March 31, Just Let Me Hold You For A Night and Hey Woman were added to the lineup and the album was re-sequenced. __________________________________________ Bonus Tracks: Motown Lost & Found (pg. 20 & 21). #10-11 Outtakes from sessions for My Whole World Ended *(see note below track 19) #12-19 outtakes from the sessions for Feelin' Good. * (#10 & 11 could also be considered outtakes from this LP, as the released album included tracks from the previous year) #10-22 Previously Unreleased #13-17 and #20-22 are newly discovered compositions __________________________________________ Release credits (pg. 23) Digitally remastered at Universal Mastering Studios-East Photographs courtesy of Motown Records Archives Billboard chart information courtesy BPI Communcations Inc. and Joel Whitburn´s Record Research Inc. __________________________________________ Back Cover A Universal Music Company (P) & (C) 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. 1755 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 - USA. Distributed by Universal Music Distribution. All Rights Reserved. __________________________________________ Non-release notes Track 1 on disc 2, "You're My Peace Of Mind" appears as "You're My Piece Of Mind" on the back cover. From Hip-O Select: CD Edition limited to 5000 non-numbered limited edition copies. UK release date: June 4, 2007 The mould of the CD contains a credit to UML which was bought by EDC, USA in June 2005. It seems that EDC used an existing UML CD mould.