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The Temptations: Masterpiece (Tamla-Motown).

Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 23 June 1973

AND SO it came to pass, dat one day de Nazz summoned Norman Whitfield — de man dat dotted de most funkiest of crotchets — an' commanded his servant: "Hey M'ther. round up dem Br'thers of Temptation and make me a masterpiece, 'cause dem Gamble 'n Huff cats over in 'Philly is stealin' all de action."

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