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Martha Reeves & the Vandellas: 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1962-1972

3 CD / Motown (Record Label) / 2013-04-02

Tracks: I'll Have to Let Him Go; My Baby Won't Come Back; Come and Get These Memories; Jealous Lover; Heat Wave; Love Like Yours, A (Don't Come Knocking Everyday); Quicksand; Darling, I Hum Our Song; Live Wi...
Artists: Martha Reeves & the Vandellas

Audio Mixer: Obie O'Brien.

Recording information: Golden World Studio (01/05/1968); Golden World Studios (01/05/1968); Hitsville (01/05/1968); Los Angeles (01/05/1968); Studio B (01/05/1968); G...continue...

The Four Tops: 50th Anniversary/The Singles Collection/1964-1972 [3 CD] [Box]

3 CD / Motown (Record Label) / 2013-04-02

Tracks: Baby I Need Your Loving; Call on Me; Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worthwhile); Love Has Gone; Ask the Lonely; Where Did You Go; I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch); Sad Souvenirs; I ...
Artists: The Four Tops

Recording information: Golden World (01/29/1964-12/21/1971); Hitsville U.S.A. Studio, Detroit (01/29/1964-12/21/1971); London (01/29/1964-12/21/1971); Los Angeles, CA (01/29/1964-12/21/1971); Studio A...continue...

Various Artists: Motown the Musical: Originals - The Classic Songs That Inspired the Broadway Show [Special Edition]

2 CD / Motown (Record Label) / 2013-03-12

Tracks: Get Ready - The Temptations; Dancing in the Street - Martha & the Vandellas; Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong; Shop Around - The Miracles; Stubborn Kind of Fellow - Marvin Gaye; Fingertips...
Artists: Various Artists

Motown: The Musical is the story of Berry Gordy's upstart Detroit record company Motown Records, which placed its first single on the radio airwaves in 1959. This set, however, is the real deal, conta...continue...

Various Artists: Motown the Musical: Originals - The Classic Songs That Inspired the Broadway Show

CD / Motown (Record Label) / 2013-03-12

Tracks: Get Ready - The Temptations; Dancing in the Streets - Martha & the Vandellas; Shop Around - The Miracles; Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes; My Guy - Mary Wells; Where Did Our Love Go - The Suprem...
Artists: Various Artists

Motown: The Musical is the story of Berry Gordy's upstart Detroit record company Motown Records, which placed its first single on the radio airwaves in 1959. This set, however, is the real deal, conta...continue...

The Contours: Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance) *

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Do You Love Me; Shake Sherrie; You Better Get in Line; Stretch, The; It Must Be Love; Whole Lotta Woman; Claudia; So Grateful; Old Miner, The; Funny; Move Mr. Man
Artists: The Contours

This set is essentially the same as the Contours' first (and only) regular album release for Motown Records, although it actually appeared on a Motown imprint called Gordy Records. It featured the gro...continue...

Eddie Holland: Eddie Holland

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Jaime; True Love Will Go a Mighty Long Way; If It's Love (It's Alright); What About Me; It's Not Too Late; (If) Cleopatra Took a Chance; Take a Chance On Me; Last Night I Had a Vision; Little Bit of ...
Artists: Eddie Holland

Liner Note Author: Barney Ales....continue...

The Miracles: I'll Try Something New

CD / Hallmark Recordings (UK) / 2013-03-05

Tracks: I'll Try Something New; What's So Good About Goodbye; He Don't Care About Me; Love That Can Never Be, A; I've Been Good To You; Speak Low; On the Street Where You Live; If You Mother Only Knew; I've ...
Artists: The Miracles

Liner Note Author: Berry Gordy, Jr.

The Miracles' second album embraced several different pop and soul idioms in the course of its ten songs with extraordinary aplomb, the group moving from str...continue...

Stevie Wonder: Tribute to Uncle Ray

CD / Hallmark Music & Entertainment / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Hallelujah I Love Her So; Ain't That Love; Don't You Know; Masquerade, The; Frankie and Johnny; Drown In My Own Tears; Come Back Baby; Mary Ann; Sunset; My Baby's Gone
Artists: Stevie Wonder

Tributee: Uncle Ray....continue...

Various Artists: Motown Special, Vol. 1

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Tracks: One Who Really Loves You, The - Mary Wells; Take a Chance On Me - Eddie Holland; I've Been Good To You - The Miracles; I Want a Guy - The Marvelettes; Greetings (This is Uncle Sam) - The Valadiers; J...
Artists: Various Artists

Photographer: Billy Brown.

From the beginning, Berry Gordy, Jr. was light years ahead of others in the record business in the area of marketing. Gordy always piggybacked lesser-known artists wi...continue...

Various Artists: The Best of Motorcity Records, Vol. 2

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

The Best of MotorCity, Vol. 2 contains 16 selections from the vaults of Ian Levine's disco and soul label, including Chuck Jackson's "All Over the World," Kim Weston's "Case of Too Much Lovemaking," I...continue...

Various Artists: The Best of Motorcity, Vol. 8

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

The Best of MotorCity, Vol. 8 contains 16 selections from the vaults of Ian Levine's disco and soul label, including Undisputed Truth's "Law of the Land," Frances Nero's "Making My Daydream Real," Bil...continue...

The Contours: The Very Best

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: The Contours

Various Artists: The Best of Motorcity, Vol. 10

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

The Best of MotorCity, Vol. 10 contains 16 selections from the vaults of Ian Levine's disco and soul label, including Mary Wells' "You're the Answer to My Dreams," the Originals' "Please Mr. Postman,"...continue...

Kim Weston: The Very Best of the Motorcity Recordings

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Kim Weston

Full title: The Very Best Of The Motorcity Recordings.

Hot Productions' The Best of Kim Weston contains 18 tracks the singer recorded for MotorCity Records in the '70s, including "Somebody's Ey...continue...

Various Artists: The Best of Motorcity, Vol. 12

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

The Best of MotorCity, Vol. 12 contains 16 selections from the vaults of Ian Levine's disco and soul label, including Syreeta's "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You," and Pat Lewis' "I Don't Wan...continue...

Various Artists: The Best of Motorcity Records, Vol. 1

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

The Best of MotorCity, Vol. 1 contains 16 selections from the vaults of Ian Levine's disco and soul label, including "Footsteps Following Me," "Head Over Heels," "Walk the City Streets," "Fun Time," "...continue...

Various Artists: Summer on the Beach

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: The Best of Motorcity, Vol. 11

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

The Best of MotorCity, Vol. 11 contains 16 selections from the vaults of Ian Levine's disco and soul label, including the Monitors' "Forever and Ever," Edwin Starr's "Round and Round," Billy Griffin's...continue...

Various Artists: The Best of Motorcity, Vol. 9

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

The Best of MotorCity, Vol. 9 contains 16 selections from the vaults of Ian Levine's disco and soul label including Martha Reeves' "Number One," the Fifth Dimension's "Love Hangover," Rare Earth's "Pl...continue...

Various Artists: Tribute to Smokey Robinson

CD / / 2013-02-12

Artists: Various Artists

On "A Tribute To Smokey Robinson" former Motown artists are reunited to perform the very songs that made them famous. There are also remakes by artists who did not record the material originally.
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Tammi Terrell: The Story of Tammi Terrell

CD / / 2013-01-29

Artists: Tammi Terrell

A great import of Thomasina Montgomery (Tammi Terrell) sides. Included here are early recordings such as "Sinners Devotion" with the Shirelles on background vocals, "It's Mine" with a group called the...continue...

Eddie Holland: The Complete Eddie Holland

CD / / 2013-01-29

Artists: Eddie Holland

It took a Belgian recording company to finally release a complete collection of Eddie Holland recordings. Motown only released one album on Holland, and it didn't contain many of his better recordings...continue...

Stevie Wonder: The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie

CD / Hallmark / 2013-01-29

Artists: Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder's debut album, released when he was 11, is still an amazing musical document, showcasing his skills as a percussionist (drums and bongos), chromatic harmonica player, keyboardist (piano ...continue...

Mary Wells: The One Who Really Loves You

CD / Hallmark Music & Entertainment / 2013-01-29

Tracks: One Who Really Loves You, The; Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right; You Beat Me to the Punch; I've Got a Notion; Day Will Come, The; Strange Love; You're My Desire; I'll Still Be Around; She Don't Love Yo...
Artists: Mary Wells

Fairly solid effort, with most of the songs penned by Motown mainstays like Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy, and Mickey Stevenson. Includes the Top 10 hits "The One Who Really Loves You" and "You Beat Me...continue...

Various Artists: Classic Love Songs of the '60s: Sealed With a Kiss

CD / Time/Life Music / 2013-01-29

Tracks: Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell; My Girl - The Temptations; Our Day Will Come - Ruby & the Romantics; Ooo Baby Baby - The Miracles/Smokey Robinson; Baby Love - The Supremes;...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: John Morthland.

Time Life's Classic Love Songs of the '60s: Sealed with a Kiss is a two-disc set highlighting 32 singles from that decade. These are the original versions of ...continue...

The Elgins/The Monitors (60's): Elgins Meet the Monitors

CD / / 2013-01-29

Artists: The Elgins/The Monitors (60's)

A Belgian release that gets high marks for creativity, uniting two obscure Motown groups on CD. The title is misleading, though, as the groups don't sing with each other; it's simply the Elgins and Mo...continue...

Stevie Wonder: Introducing: Stevie Wonder

CD / Not Now Music / 2013-01-22

Tracks: Hallelujah I Love Her So; Ain't That Love; Don't You Know; Masquerade Is Over, The; Frankie and Johnny; Drown in My Own Tears; Come Back Baby; Mary Ann; Sunset; My Baby's Gone; I Call It Pretty Music...
Artists: Stevie Wonder

Recording information: Hitsville, U.S.A. (1962).

While it might take some artists a whole career to really show off their versatility, Stevie Wonder was able to knock the feat out in his first ...continue...