Jump to content
aberdeen-music

Motown


lovers_spit

Recommended Posts

if you want to hear the best Motown stuff then get your hands on comp cd's containing the unissued stuff. few that spring to mind

the northern soul of motown vol 1& 2 and a cellarfull of motown. vol 1 & 2 and tamla motown connoisseurs

I have quite a few motown lps from the 60's and i wouldn't say i have a truely outstanding lp out of all of them 1 or 2 great tracks per lp.

best tracks of motown for me are

BRENDA HOLLOWAY RECONSIDER UNISSUED

MARVIN GAYE THIS LOVE STARVED HEART UNISSUED

SUPREMES STORMY UNISSUED

VELVELETTES BOY FROM ACROSS TOWN UNISSUED

BARBARA MCNAIR BABY A GO GO UNISSUED

GLADYS KNIGHT IF YOU EVER GET YOUR HANDS ON LOVE UNISSUED

DETROIT SPINNERS WHAT MORE COULD A BOY ASK FOR UNISSUED

CHRIS CLARK SOMETHINGS WRONG UNISSUED

BRENDA HOLLOWAY CRYING TIME UNISSUED

TEMPTATIONS GIRL WHY YOU WANNA MAKE ME BLUE GORDY 45

KIM WESTON HELPLESS GORDY 45

SUPREMES HE'S ALL I GOT MOTOWN 45

VELVELETTES LONELY LONELY GIRL AM I VIP 45

VOWS TELL ME VIP 45

FRANK WILSON DO I LOVE YOU SOUL 45

GLADYS KNIGHT JUST WALK IN MY SHOES SOUL 45

BARBARA MCNAIR YOU'RE GONNA LOVE MY BABY MOTOWN 45

LINDA GRINER GOODBYE CRUEL LOVE MOTOWN 45

GLADYS KNIGHT NO ONE COULD LOVE YOU MORE TAMLA MOTOWN UK 45

MARTHA REEVES NO ONE THERE TAMLA MOTOWN UK 45

CONTOURS BABY HIT AND RUN TAMLA MOTOWN UK 45

JNR WALKER TUNE UP SOUL 45

ORIGINALS SUSPICION UNISSUED

MARVIN GAYE TAMMI TERRELL AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH TAMLA 45

TAMMI TERRELL LONE LONELY TOWN UNISSUED

UNDISPUTED TRUTH YOU'VE GOT THE LOVE I NEED GORDY 45

most of the unissued stuff is now available on the cd's I mentioned.

the stax /atlantic stuff for me is good but compared to the stuff that was on the stax subsidiary label VOLT it's very average

MARGIE JOSEPH ONE MORE CHANCE VOLT

DARRELL BANKS i'M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU VOLT

The above 2 tracks alone are up there with the very best soul records ever made

you can hear the above 2 tracks by clicking on link below when you get to soul girls website just type names in search box

► ♫ Soulgirl's Sweet Soul Music: Northern Soul 8

While there listen to some of the other Darrell banks stuff like somebody somewhere and our love very underrated artist who was killed by an off duty policeman in his prime a great talent taken away far too early in his life.

Loads of great soul stuff came out of detroit apart from motown labels like THELMA, KAREN, WHEELSVILLE, SOLID HIT, PREMIUM STUFF,

I've been unto soul music for years now and I'm still hearing stuff I've never heard before so get digging and enjoy the best music in the world.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This is a new surreal world we live in. This thread is just a bunch of people who like soul and nothing to do with getting into a debate on if it is a valid form of musical expression blah blah. Thank fuck

I just tried last.fm playing similar artists to Otis and it's a good shout. Give it a try and pay attention to the names as they come up. :popcorn:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Few other titles i forgot to mention

MARVIN GAYE WHEN I FEEL THE NEED UNISSUED SIMPLY AWESOME TUNE

MARTHA & VANDELLAS ONE WAY OUT GORDY 45

KIM WESTON YOU HIT ME RIGHT WHERE IT HURT ME UNISSUED

MIRACLES WHOLE LOTTA SHAKING GOIN ON TAMLA 45

MIRACLES IF YOUR MOTHER ONLY KNEW TAMLA 45

MARVELETTES I'LL KEEP HOLDING ON TAMLA 45

LIZ LANDS MIDNIGHT JOHNNY GORDY 45

Also try and get hold of a motown lp called ric tic relics which is a comp of ric tic label stuff recorded in the 60's by the likes of jj barnes edwin starr fantastic 4 etc

Link to comment
Share on other sites

There's an Alice Clark number by the same name. It's a personal favourite of mine. Is it the same song?

Yes it is the same song it was published by jobete which was motowns publishing company so would guess Kim Weston is the original version. I have the alice clark 45 on US warner brothers.

the marvin gaye tune when I feel the need was recorded by Nick ashford on verve and since the marvin version was unissued it begs the question how did other record labels here the tunes in the first place.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...