The Vinyl Countdown # 253

Rare Earth, Willie Remembers… (1972)

Rare Earth was the first all-white band to have a hit on the Motown label. They had some hits, even, by covering things by The Temptations – you know basically white-washing the whitest of the black labels. The woke crowd would have a field-day with this shit today. And (probably) fair enough. Back in the hippie-daze …