(DIR) Return Create A Forum - Home --------------------------------------------------------- Motown Treasures (HTM) https://motowntreasures.createaforum.com --------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************** (DIR) Return to: Eddie Kendricks ***************************************************** #Post#: 12188-------------------------------------------------- Girl You Need A Change Of Mind By: humboldt Date: February 19, 2024, 4:41 pm --------------------------------------------------------- 'Girl You Need A Change Of Mind' was single release split over two sides. Taken from the album 'People ... Hold On' and written by Leonard Caston & Anita Poree. It was actually a small US pop hit reaching #87 but it faired much better on the R&B chart peaking at #13. I had never really knew anything about Anita but it appears she was well respected as a writer, arranger etc. (HTM) https://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/news/anita-poree-dies/ (HTM) https://www.discogs.com/artist/728445-Anita-Poree?superFilter=Writing+%26+Arrangement (HTM) https://youtu.be/lRpHw4XthlA?si=46bHA2iKlURupw7w #Post#: 12194-------------------------------------------------- Re: Girl You Need A Change Of Mind By: Roger Date: February 20, 2024, 7:20 am --------------------------------------------------------- I shall have to put on my "music historian" hat here ... "Girl You Need A Change Of Mind" has a rather curious history ... the LP was released in May '72 and it seems that the song got picked up by DJs in New York's emerging and very "underground" disco scene (this being back in the days when "disco" meant a venue rather than a style of music) with the eventual US 45 release at the beginning of '73 no doubt being spurred by this. We had to wait even longer for the 45 in Britain as the UK release wasn't until late '74, well after the success of "Keep On Trucking" and "Boogie Down". Roger *****************************************************