Deadlines are still chirping, so until I can get back into the NO SUCH THING AS WAS groove, here’s another from the archives. George Harrison released “My Sweet Lord” on this day in 1970; here I write about the mighty Edwin Starr’s take on that tune, from his righteous 1971 album Involved, as well as “Time” from that same album. (And some James Baldwin, too.)

I was hurrying, having realized nearly too late that I had to dash to the opposite side of town to grab something before lunch and afternoo...