Friday, June 27, 2025

Stevie Wonder - Four 1970s Classics

 


Today's freeload is a 5CD set, that was released in 2013, for the Japanese domestic market, which we collectors refer to as "JDMs".  

These are limited edition reissues, remastered platinum SHM-CDs, with mini LP Cardboard Sleeves.

Technical details:
  • DSD flat transferred from US original analog master tapes by Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios, NY, in 2011.
  • Edited in DSD by Masaru Takagi (SiProject) at Sunrise Studio, Tokyo in 2011.
  • 176.4kHz/24bit transferred from DSD by Yumetoki Suzuki at Universal Music Studios, Tokyo, in 2013.
  • HR (High-Resolution) cutting from 176.4kHz/24bit at Victor Creative Media, in 2013.
These are the definitive digital versions.

In my personal Pantheon of music, Stevie Wonder is right up there with Charlie Parker, The Beatles, Thelonious Monk, The Rolling Stones, Bill Evans, Jimi Hendrix, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane and many, many others.  You name the artist, and Stevie can match them in one way or another.

So, here's four 1970s classics, you just can't go wrong with:






For the freeload, what are some of your favorite Stevie Wonder songs?
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29 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM

    Living For the City

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  2. BucephalusJune 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM

    As, You haven't done nothing

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  3. RichardJune 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM

    Anything between Fingertips and the Hotter Than July album

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  4. notBobJune 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM

    You Are The Sunshine In My Life, and most all of the tunes on these albums! I'll be grabbing these to update my old copies for sure. Thanx again, Babs!

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    1. AnonymousJune 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM

      Oops, Sunshine OF my life...

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    2. PsychfanJune 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM

      Too many to name but I've always loved Pastime Paradise.

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    3. BabsJune 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM

      I love the one two punch of "Pastime Paradise" and "Summer Soft" on 'Songs in the Key of Life'.

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  5. pmacJune 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM

    I'd Never Dream You Would Leave in Summer just guts me whenever I hear it.

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  6. AnonymousJune 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM

    1. Living For The City
    2. I Believe
    3. Boogie On Reggae Woman
    Seasonal Pick: One Little Christmas Tree

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  7. Bombshelter SlimJune 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM

    Happier Than The Morning Sun, Maybe Your Baby, He's Misstra Know-It-All, They Won't Go When I Go, Happy Birthday, and a bunch of those broken heart ballads.

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  8. BrembleJune 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM

    I Was Born to Love Her (from the earlier period) is one of my all-timers.

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  9. SitarswamiJune 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM

    My first Stevie 45 and still my favorite song is "I Was Made to Love Her." "Creepin'" and "Superstition" round out the top 3.

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  10. ThamesJune 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM

    I was a bartender in college and on weekends a guy played acoustic guitar in the bar of this very nice steak and seafood restaurant. He always finished his set with "My Cherie Amour". Great song and great memories. Stevie's 70's run of albums was just phenomenal.

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  11. BlueNote CyberstarJune 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM

    "Uptight (Everything's Alright)," "Higher Ground," and "Superstition" come to mind. It would have been a tougher challenge to name Stevie Wonder songs I didn't like.

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    1. PsychfanJune 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM

      These are three that I was thinking about as well. Also, they all sound just like him and no one else.

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    2. AnonymousJune 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM

      I can think of other ones to mention, but that's a fantastic trinity, BlueNote! "Tuesday Heartbreak" hasn't been mentioned... This run of albums is so good, it belies commentary...
      D in California

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  12. rev.bJune 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM

    You Are The Sunshine of My Life.

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  13. AnonymousJune 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM

    The relentless drive of I Was Made To Love Her (and the little motif at the end of each stanza)
    The grit of Livin' For The City (and the memory of hearing it back in the day on the radio)
    Fave, tho: On the regular I find myself using my mouth to do the instro track to Master Blaster, with a combo of hums, clicks and other vocal effects, and I love getting the rhythm a little behind the melody in real time.
    C in California

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  14. Dr RobertJune 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM

    I Wish, You haven't done nothin', Signed sealed delivered & Higher ground come to mind but there's so many!

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  15. AnonymousJune 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM

    Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Dah-Day

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  16. draftervoiJune 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM

    Uptight, Superstition, Signed etc., My Cherie Amour, You Haven't Done Nothing, I Just Called To Say I Love You, Superstition, Master Blaster, Fingertips Pt 2.

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  17. Phantom Of The Rock OperaJune 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM

    As so many have already been mentioned I'll just add to that with

    For Once In My Life
    If You Really Love Me
    Don't You Worry Bout A Thing
    Never Had A Dream Come True
    Another Star
    Hi-Heal Sneakers
    Lately
    Part Time Lover
    Hey Harmonica Man

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  18. AnonymousJune 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM

    "All In Love Is Fair" and "If You Really Love Me"

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  19. BabsJune 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM


    Link
    https://workupload.com/file/B3g359LdV6V

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  20. ericJune 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM

    uhm....all of them? Even his "bad" ones are good.

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  21. apaulingJune 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM

    I agree with most of the above selections to which I'dd add:
    Love's in Need of Love
    Isn't She Lovely
    He's Misstra Know it All
    Sir Duke
    Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
    I agree with your assessment Babs, Stevie is a colossus the equal of the masters you name check. His influence on soul and R&B is inestimable and his distinct chops on harmonica and synth are unequaled.

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  22. JosefJune 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM

    There's to much to name them all, but i miss Sir Duke in all the postings.

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  23. Dave HeasmanJune 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM

    They Won't Go When I Go.

    Strange melody, stolen from Marin Marais, French composer of 17th century.
    (There was a film, Tous Les Matins Du Monde, about him).
    I heard it on France Culture radio station in 78, and couldn't place it until months later.
    Now - how the hell did Stevie get to hear it?

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  24. SHOONJuly 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM

    Living in the City - hey these four records rival a handful of bands who released four near-perfect records in a row. This wonder streak is astonishing to this day. thanks Babs

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