Special Occasion

1968 Soul

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Tracklist

A1 Yester LoveCleveland, Robinson 2:16
A2 If You Can WantRobinson 2:42
A3 Special OccasionCleveland, Robinson 2:20
A4 Everybody Needs LoveJr., Whitfield 2:58
A5 Just Losing YouStevenson 2:52
A6 Give Her UpRobinson 2:57
B1 I Heard It Through The GrapevineWhitfield-Strong 2:58
B2 YesterdayLennon-McCartney 3:47
B3 Your Mother’s Only DaughterCleveland, Robinson 2:24
B4 Much Better OffRobinson, Moore 2:48
B5 You Only Build Me Up To Tear Me DownRobinson 3:24

Musicians

Smokey RobinsonProducer, Vocals, Written-By
Robert RogersVocals
Ronald WhiteVocals
Warren MooreVocals, Written-By

Also credited. Written-By: Al Cleveland, Edward Holland, Jr., Norman Whitfield, William Stevenson, Whitfield-Strong, Lennon-McCartney. Mastered By: Randy Kling. Photography By (Motown GA): Pierre Bass.

Release notes

Cover variation with small 4” photo.
“5” printed on rear jacket, lower left, for the printing plant.

S-290 appears on the labels.
TS290 appears on the front cover.
TAMLA 290 appears on the back cover near the top right corner.
290 appears on the back cover, lower left, above the Tamla logo.

The ⁄ǀ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄K in the runouts indicates . The W in the runouts appears to have been stamped over another character. The runout strings are oriented (variously) 180° from each other.