[1962-1971] Stevie Wonder - Looking Back [M-804LP3; 1977 release]

[1962-1971] Stevie Wonder - Looking Back [M-804LP3; 1977 release]



A1: Thank You (For Loving Me All The Way) 2:30
A2: Contract On Love 2:02
A3: Fingertips (Part II) 2:52
A4: Workout Stevie, Workout 2:40
A5: Castles In The Sand 2:10
A6: Hey Harmonica Man 2:35
A7: High Heel Sneakers 2:58
B1: Uptight (Eveything's Alright) 2:53
B2: Nothing's Too Good For My Baby 2:38
B3: Blowin' In The Wind 3:45
B4: Ain't That Asking For Trouble 2:47
B5: I'd Cry 2:22
B6: A Place In The Sun 2:52
B7: Sylvia 2:33
C1: Down To Earth 2:48
C2: Thank You Love 2:50
C3: Hey Love 2:44
C4: Travelin' Man 2:54
C5: Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) 3:06
C6: I Was Made To Love Her 2:35
C7: I'm Wondering 2:52
D1: Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Da Day 2:44
D2: You Met Your Match 2:36
D3: I'd Be A Fool Right Now 2:53
D4: Alfie 2:58
D5: More Than A Dream 3:20
D6: For Once In My Life 2:16
E1: Angie Girl 2:56
E2: My Cherie Amour 2:54
E3: Don't Know Why I Love You 2:43
E4: If I Ruled The World 3:31
E5: Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday 2:57
E6: Never Had A Dream Come True 2:59
E7: Signed, Sealed, Delivered 2:46
F1: Heaven Help Us All 2:59
F2: I Gotta Have A Song 2:32
F3: Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer 2:56
F4: If You Really Love Me 2:53
F5: Something Out Of The Blue 2:58
F6: Do Yourself A Favor 5:58

This limited-edition compilation album is a more complete overview of Stevie Wonder's pre-"Superstition" hits than you'll find on any other release.

Some copies were pressed in 1974 with the title Anthology (on the cover) or Stevie Wonder's Anthology (on the labels), as it was part of Motown's Anthology series, but at Wonder's request, the release was withheld until late 1977, when the original pressings were distributed concurrently with new pressings bearing the revised title Looking Back.

Some warnings about sound quality:

1. There are better masterings of many of these tracks out there; the tapes used for this LP are plagued with momentary dropouts, and some tracks have unusually dull EQ.

2. I did some auto declicking with extremely light settings, and I did manual declicking of fades and certain tracks which had been played more than others. I left behind some occasional clicks here and there, partly because of time constraints, and I also just didn't want to risk damaging the music (horns and harmonicas tend to get mangled by declicking tools, and this music is full of both).