The Temptations - Cloud Nine [2-lp, 45 RPM]

The Temptations Get High on Psychedelic Soul: Cloud Nine Soars with Ambitious Arrangements and Production, Features Standout Vocal Performances and Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers 

Experience Motown’s First Grammy-Winning Album in Audiophile Sound: Strictly Limited to 3,000 Numbered Copies, Mobile Fidelity’s 180g 45RPM 2LP Reissue of 1969 Effort Plays with Remarkable Clarity, Separation, and Openness.

¼” / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe.

The Temptations’ Cloud Nine announced that Motown — and “The Sound of Young America” — would never be the same. Influenced by the emergence of cutting-edge rock and pop currents, as well as increasing sociopolitical turmoil, the album broke down barriers between rock, psychedelia, and soul while heralding the arrival of visionary arrangements and production techniques. Bookended by traditional R&B numbers, the 1969 record sent the Temptations in bold new directions and signaled the advent of psychedelic soul.

Format / LP
Released / 04/24/2026
Catalogue / LMF-621
Barcode / 821797262118
Artist / The Temptations
Label / Mobile Fidelity
Genre / Funk / Soul