{"product_id":"edwin-starr-involved-1","title":"EDWIN STARR - Involved","description":"Edwin Starr hailed from Nashville, Tennessee and is best remembered for his rasping Vietnam protest song War from 1970. After a stint as vocalist for Bill Doggetts touring band Starr was able to secure a solo recording deal with Detroit's Ric-Tic Records in 1965 and immediately gained chart success with his self-penned hit Agent Double-O-Soul (R\u0026amp;B #8\/Pop #21). More Ric- Tic hits followed before Berry Gordy bought out Starr's contract in 1967 and took him and his music to the fabled Motown imprint, making the James Brown and Stax influenced singer the rawest vocalist on the celebrated label. Involved was Starr's fifth LP for the Gordy imprint on Motown Records and was released in 1971. Reaching #45 R\u0026amp;B and a respectable #178 Involved was guided by legendary Motown producer Norman Whitfield who, along with song writing partner Barrett Strong, contributed the majority of the cuts on this album. Whitfield has both Starr and the session musicians playing as hard and explosive as he can, marking this album out as one of the rawest recordings ever released under the Motown banner.\u003cul class=\"tracklisting\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA1 War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA2 Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA3 Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB1 Stop The War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB2 Cloud Nine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB3 Stand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB4 Way Over There\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB5 My Sweet Lord\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"EDWIN STARR","offers":[{"title":"VG \/ VG \/ Big Break Records \/ G 956L","offer_id":55554713682293,"sku":"396229","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0223\/4339\/files\/image_2218284_550234d2-fb51-4837-9d56-29d20d0579e4.jpg?v=1751727604","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylexchange.co.uk\/products\/edwin-starr-involved-1","provider":"Vinyl Exchange","version":"1.0","type":"link"}