by James Hales | Oct 22, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
As I stated in my last article, this particular era of the Inspirations was a bit of a transitional period, brought on by changes within the group and within the music industry. Additionally, with the sudden passing of Canaan Records’ head, Marvin Norcross in June...
by James Hales | Oct 15, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
As I mentioned in my last article, after 6 years with the same vocal line-up, changes had settled in, and it basically ended up being a bit of a domino effect over the course of the next couple of years with additional changes. Eddie had been pastoring a church since...
by James Hales | Oct 8, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
In 1979, the Inspirations released 2 studio albums, and “Songs of Love” was recorded during that summer, and released the following fall. “Songs of Love” is a pretty special album to me, as this was the very first record that I ever bought with my own allowance money...
by James Hales | Oct 1, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
With this latest article, we’ve come to the half-way point with my series on the Inspirations, as “The Inspirations…Have Something to Sing About”, lands about midway through the pile of recordings we are going through in this series…I can’t believe we are halfway...
by James Hales | Sep 24, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
As we come to 1978, we find what I consider to be one of the Inspirations’ absolute best studio recordings, “Looking for You”. A lady that my mom worked with had given me this recording (along with a few others, including “The Inspirations Have Something to Sing...
by James Hales | Sep 17, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
After releasing 3 iconic albums in 1976, the Inspirations took a bit of a breather and released just one album in 1977. Recorded at Mark V in Greenville, South Carolina, “When I Get Home” had a very unique feel and sound, and featured a lot of reverb in the mix,...
