Stoney & Meatloaf

★★★ Everything Under The Sun – The Motown Recordings REAL GONE MUSIC. CD 1971 sole Motown LP plus singles, outtakes, alternate mixes and Stoney solo sides. Stoney, AKA Shaun Murphy, and Meatloaf were performing in the Detroit cast of Hair when producers Ralph and Russ Terrana signed the pair to Motown imprint Rare Earth for 1971’s Stoney And

Meatloaf. Rooted in blues rock, chief influence being Delaney & Bonnie – the album’s sleeve is a nod to their 1969 Accept No

Substitute artwork – they were billed as “the new dynamic duo” and on first single What You See Is What You Get, the group’s sole US R&B Top 40 hit, you already have the beginnings of Meatloaf’s sound – his operatic vocals thunder through the chest-thumping chorus. Stoney, meanwhile, matches his vocal power throughout, her sassy shout defining their cover of Ike and Tina Turner’s Game Of Love, which provides this 2-CD set’s highpoint.