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Event: RSD 
Release Date: 11/26/2021
Format: LP
Label: Anagram Music
Quantity: 1200
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

The first and only solo album by Tammi Terrell, released before her premature death at the age of 24. Known for her popular duets with Marvin Gaye, Terrell scored seven Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including the legendary 1966 Ashford & Simpson-penned song “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.”

The Irresistible Tammi Terrell is one of the greatest and most undervalued Motown albums from the 1960s. Tammi sings lead vocals accompanied by The Andantes and The Spinners, with The Funk Brothers providing the instrumental background. Included are her hits “Come On and See Me” and “I Can’t Believe You Love Me,” as well as two tracks that were later dubbed by Marvin Gaye in order to create vocal duets. Available for the first time on 180g yellow vinyl.

 Irresistible was the only solo album for Tammi Terrell, which was released in January 1969 by Motown Records. Due to complications with a malignant brain tumor in 1968 which caused her death in March 1970, Terrell did not record a subsequent solo album; this album compiles solo recordings Terrell made for Motown between 1965 and 1968. 

Lead (and additional background) vocals by Tammi Terrell Background vocals by The Andantes  and The Spinners Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Side 1:
1. I Can't Believe You Love Me
2. That's What Boys Are Made For
3. Come On And See Me
4. What A Good Man He Is
5. Tears At The End Of A Love Affair
6. This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)

Side 2:
7. He's The One I Love
8. Can't Stop Now (Love Is Calling)
9. Just Too Much To Hope For
10. Hold Me Oh My Darling
11. I Can't Go On Without You

Thomasina Winifred Montgomery, famously known as Tammi Terrell, was an American singer and songwriter. During the 1960's Terrell rose to fame due to her notable duets with singer Marvin Gaye.

 

Tammi Terrell began recording for Scepter/Wand Records at the age of 15, before touring with the James Brown Revue for a year. In 1965, she married heavyweight boxer Ernie Terrell, the brother of future Supreme Jean Terrell. Terrell's warm, sensuous vocals won her a contract with Motown Records later that year, and in 1966 she enjoyed a series of R&B hits, among them a soulful rendition of "This Old Heart of Mine".   In 1967, she was selected to replace Kim Weston as Marvin Gaye's recording partner. This inspired teaming produced Gaye's most successful duets, and the pair issued a stream of hit singles between 1967 and 1969. From the beginning, their partnership was tinged with unhappiness, Terrell collapsing in Gaye's arms during a performance in 1967. She was diagnosed as suffering from a brain tumour, and despite a series of major operations over the next three years, her health steadily weakened. By 1969, she was unable to perform in public, and on several of the duo's final recordings, their producer, Valerie Simpson, controversially claims to have taken her place. Tammi Terrell died on 16 March 1970, her burial service attracting thousands of mourners, including many of her Motown colleagues. At the time of her death, Tammi Terrell was just 24 years old.