The Old Forge (Saturday 22nd July 2017)

I spent some time gardening this morning until the rain set in. One of the irises grown from a bulb this year has just burst into flower, which was rather gratifying, but for Blipfoto I have chosen these rain-drenched petunias.

L.
22.7.2017 (1932 hr)

Blip #2174 (#2424 including 250 archived blips)
Consecutive Blip #058
Blips/Extras In 2017 #233
Day #2676 (518 gaps from 26 March 2010)
LOTD #1409 (#1535 including 126 on archived blips)

Front Yard series
Flora series
Old Forge series
Diary Blip series

Taken with Pentax KS-1 (Blue) and D FA Macro 100mm F2.8 WR lens

Lozarhythm Of The Day:
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (recorded 16 August 1966, Hitsville, Detroit MI)
Norman Whitfield wrote I Heard It Through The Grapevine with Barrett Strong probably in 1966 and strongly believed in the song. He first produced the song with Smokey Robinson and the Miracles but found it turned down by Berry Gordy. His next choice was the Isley Brothers but it isn't known if they ever recorded a version. Marvin Gaye was next, putting a vocal over the original backing track on 10 April 1967. Norman Whitfield wanted this released as a single and it was approved by the audition panel at Motown, but vetoed by Berry Gordy again.
A new, faster, funkier track was developed for Gladys Knight and the Pips, who recorded it on 21 June 1967. There's was the first released version and was a hit, but Norman Whitfield still felt the song had potential and produced other versions with Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers (15 December 1967), the Temptations (18 December 1968)(for Cloud Nine) and the Undisputed Truth (2 October 1970).
Meanwhile Marvin Gaye's version was released on the album In The Groove and received so much airplay that Berry Gordy was forced to stand down and allow a single release. It became such a smash that the album had to be remamed after the single.
Smokey Robinson added a new vocal to his original version on 21 May 1968, following Gladys Knight's version's success, and that was released on the album Special Occasion.
This is the original version that was canned at the time, with his original vocal.