(Drew D-1003, 1967)

"If This Is Love" de 1967 possède un pont miraculeux où les violons pendant quelques mesures vous font chanceler, vous font perdre l'équilibre, un shoot de plaisir !

"Martin Coleman, Michael Valvano, and Charles "Cholly" Bassoline wrote "If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)," a dweller on both the R&B and pop charts, the well-executed song would have passed Motown's quality control with flying colors." Ce titre a été interprété pour la première fois par The Precisions en 1967 :
"This energetic group from Detroit consists of Arthur Ashford, Michael Morgan, William Rodney Prince, Dennis Gilmore, and Robert Lowe"
Il a été repris par Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band : "This song is not on the Ram Jam Band's sixties records, but was an unreleased track now found on their compilation CD and on itunes. According to London Lee, who featured this last summer at the sadly retired No.1 Songs In Heaven blog, it was first recorded by The Precisions. It is a particularly good example of how Geno Washington helped to spread the popularity of some exceedingly rare soul recordings to the furthest reaches of Britain."
C'est pour moi la meilleure version. Ah ce pont

A noter aussi la version en 1976 d'Eddie Spencer.

Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band:
The Precisions :
Eddie Spencer (Arc Records A 1206) :
