Love Machine (Part 1)

Release: 1975

Release: 1975Source checked | Recent carryover

V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The official label dates the original two-part Tamla single to 1975. The selected first part is separately identified in the licensed historical anthology; the full City of Angels performance is longer, and the 1976 hit peak does not redate either.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1976.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

Love Machine - label original release and Billy Griffin lineup
The label identifies Billy Griffin as the new lead after Smokey Robinson, Do It Baby in 1974, and City of Angels plus the two-part Love Machine single in 1975. The 1976 hit peak does not establish its first release, and solo Smokey recordings are a separate artist identity.

The 35th Anniversary Collection - recording-specific original-year fields
The licensed retrospective separately dates Bad Girl to 1959, I Second That Emotion to 1967 and Love Machine Part 1 to 1975. Only these specifically scoped original-recording fields are used. Other inherited 1994, 1992 and anomalous 1900 fields are not accepted as first release dates.

City of Angels - original licensed Miracles program
The original album program identifies the selected Miracles performances and the original 1975 album association. Individual earlier single years are retained where established. Remaster years, expanded-edition bonuses, later solo Smokey Robinson tracks and alternate mixes are not original release events.