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The Tracks of My Tears/ A Fork In The Road

Name: The Tracks of My Tears/ A Fork In The Road
Brand: Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
Price: 35.0 USD
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Here's an especially beautiful copy of this classic Smokey single, which as you'll notice ranks at #46 in Dave Marsh's list of the 1,001 greatest singles. That's pretty darn high! In fact, of the 9 Miracles singles in that list, "Tracks of My Tears" is on top.\r\n

Wondering what other of the group's 45s made it onto Marsh's list? Me too... so here they are, in order of appearance:\r\n

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#46. Tracks of My Tears (1965)\r\n
#257. I Second That Emotion (1967)\r\n
#329. Ooo Baby Baby (1965)\r\n
#356. I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying (1962)\r\n
#501. You've Really Got A Hold On Me (1962)\r\n
#547. Way Over There (1962)\r\n
#641. I'll Try Something New (1962)\r\n
#859. More Love (1967)\r\n
#931. That's What Love Is Made Of (1964)\r\n

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Undoubtedly, you'll take issue with one or more of these choices, and wonder why a favorite isn't included. Me, I would have put "Going To A Go Go," "Shop Around," and "My Girl Has Gone" somewhere in there. Maybe "Tears of A Clown" as well. :-)\r\n

But I guarantee you, taking a second listen at Marsh's less obvious choices will open your eyes to some great Miracles music you may have passed over before.\r\n

Note: This copy comes in a vintage Tamla Records factory sleeve. It looks pristine Mint, with Mint labels and vinyl. The audio is very close to Mint as well. (This scan is a representative image from our archives.)

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Condition

Overall	Label	Sleeve	Vinyl	Audio
M	M		M	M-

Disc Details

Label	Year	Chart
Tamla 54118	1965	#2r, #16p in July

Song Details

A-side

B-side

Artist

Smokey Robinson and The Miracles

Title

The Tracks of My Tears

A Fork In The Road

Track Time

2:53

3:18

Songwriter

W. Robinson-W. Moore-M. Tarplin (A), Robinson-Moore-White (B)

Producer

Smokey Robinson

Lists

Marsh Rank	Rolling Stone
46	50

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