Gladys Knight and the Rips/Jamaica 1982

Gladys Knight & The Hips, whose Motown hit I Heard It Throught The Grapevine reached No. 2 in the US charts, If I Were Your Woman and Friend Ship, and whose Buddha hit Midnight Train to Georgia reached No. 1, as well as the famous Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me. After moving to Columbia, the group was unable to use their name from 1978 to 1980, but this is a live soundboard recording from around the time they made a comeback and released the album Touch. It’s also nice to hear live versions of two songs from that album, Reach High, featuring Roy Ayers’ famous keyboards and Philip Woo’s roaring synth phrases, and I Will Fight, which is a strong bro-con. Jamaica World Music Festival – Montego Bay, Jamaica 01. Intro 02. Reach High 03. Taste Of Bitter Love 04. Neither One Of Us 05. I Will Fight 06. Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me 07. Every Beat Of My Heart – Friendship Train 08. If I Were Your Woman – Daddy Could Swear 09. Midnight Train To Georgia 10. The Way We Were 11. Band Introduction 11. I Heard It Through The Grapevine