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04-30-2023 05:08 PM

Bobby Darin - Motown Years 1970 to 1973

In the late 60s and early 70s Motown signed several well established acts but then sort of took their eye off the ball resulting in frustration. True that a lot was happening at once with the move to LA and entering the film industry with "Lady Sings The Blues". Nevertheless there were some fantastic tracks from artists such as Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Bobby Darin and to a lesser extent Sammy Davis Jr and Lesley Gore.

Thankfully, in the case of Bobby Darin, material that had long been vaulted has been made available over the years - mainly thanks to Joe Marchesse & co [[e.g. Andy Skurrow) who've made it possible for these tracks to see release on CD. The Real Gone CDs have wonderful liner notes as well and are well worth looking up. In particular, "Another Song On My Mind" includes a great resume of Darin's Motown career - much of this can still be seen on the Real Gone website -

https://theseconddisc.com/2011/02/16...-motown-years/

You can see the full CD artwork here -

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cookep...57668721459480

And here are the covers for Darin's Motown albums / CDs

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cookep...in/dateposted/

Please advise of any errors

BOBBY DARIN MOTOWN DISCOGRAPHY

Recorded - 6 February 1971 Live at The Desert Inn [[Renamed “Finally” but still unreleased at the time)

M1183 – 17 April 1971
A Melodie
B Someday We'll Be Together

M1193 – November 1971
A Simple Song Of Freedom
B I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

M1203 – 2 June 1972
A Sail Away
B Hard Headed Woman

M753 ALBUM AUGUST 1972 – Bobby Darin

M1212 – Promo 3 November 1972 [[withdrawn)
A Average People [[mono)
B Average People [[stereo)

M1212 – 3 November 1972 [[probably a bootleg)
A Average People
B Something In Her Love

M1217 – 20 November 1972
A Happy [[Love Theme From "Lady Sings The Blues")
B Something In Her Love

Bobby Darin died 20 December 1973

M813 ALBUM February 1974 – Darin 1936-1973

PR4 [[PROMO EP) - 1974
A1 If I Were A Carpenter
A2 Moritat [[Mack The Knife)
B1 Blue Monday
B2 Happy [[Love Theme From "Lady Sings The Blues")

MW3014 – 1974 [[UK & EU)
A Blue Monday
B Moritat [[Mack The Knife)

M5185 ALBUM July 1981 – Darin 1936–1973 re-issued with 5 tracks having different mixes.

MCD09070MD CD 1987 – Live At The Desert Inn [[first ever issue)

MOTD -5185 CD 1989 – Darin 1936–1973 first issue on CD.

3746351852 CD 1991 – Darin 1936-1973 CD re-issue

NTD-6509-2 CD 2005 – Live At The Desert Inn [[re-issue / remaster / 2 extra tracks “Work Song” and “Beyond The Sea”.

RGM-0440 2xCD 6 May 2016 – Another Song On My Mind [[Real Gone Music)

RGM-0714 CD 13 July 2018 – Go Ahead And Back Up [[Real one Music)
Today 04:14 AM

Favourite string intros

How about we share our favourite string intros, perhaps giving the reasons why. Here's a couple from me.

You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin and Tammi. This string intro sets the scene to start a song where a crescendo progresses to a splendid end.

Getting Ready For Love - Diana Ross. The strings bring great excitement to a lovely upbeat song.

Please share your favourites.
Yesterday 07:50 PM
03-13-2024 06:51 PM

Name Your Motown Keyboard Intros

Name Your Favorite Motown Keyboard Intros. All keyboards, Piano, Organ, Clavinet or Synth are fair game.

I'll start with:

"Money [That's What I Want]"-Barrett Strong
"Someday Someway"-The Marvelettes
"Stop! In The Name Of Love"-The Supremes
"Quiet Storm"-Smokey Robinson
"I Want You Back", "I'll Be There"-The Jackson 5
"You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"-Stevie Wonder
03-15-2024 10:36 PM

Freda Payne CONTACT lp Revisited

For the past several years we have been denied new releases of our favorite lps so, of recent, I started pulling out older lps I loved but just haven't listened to. I started a thread on the Four Tops Nature Planned It album and enjoy reading all of your thoughts.

This week I pulled out Freda Payne's Contact album. I know it's not Motown but Invictus was so patterned after that company that it had that Motown feel. Freda did three good albums for Invictus, but not only is this the best of those three but it gets my nod for the best Invictus album.

The album is truly a masterpiece in many ways. It's thematic about a woman who ends a relationship then regrets it. Each song relates to that premise. The album starts out with a breath-taking medley of I'm Not Getting Any Better and Suddenly It's Yesterday. This is pure HDH, with full orchestrations. Freda's jazzier side comes out on the first song and again on The Road We Didn't Take.

The album's highlight for me is You Brought The Joy. A dynamic tom-tom drum intro that made me realize that the Supremes I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking by the same producers was perhaps patterned after this. You Brought The Joy is an exciting production. Great Freda solo and wonderful strings and horns.

There are many highlights on this album which makes it a very cohesive set. Odd and Ends is a gorgeous production with Freda singing with fever. The first single, Cherish [[What Is Dear To You), perhaps has a Diana Ross feel to it.

The only song that doesn't really fit the concept is the album closer Mama's Gone. Despite that, this song is beautiful and reminiscent of General Johnson's Patches.

This would be Freda's biggest selling album. Though not a big hit it did respectably for an lp without a major hit. The second pressing removed the fluffy He's In My Life in favor of Freda's rushed-out hit Bring The Boys Home. One would have thought this hit record would have put the lp high up on the charts, but it didn't. Invictus was said to be having distribution and financial problems by this time.

A lost hit record on here is Suddenly It's Yesterday. Dynamic orchestration featuring the Detroit symphony and great backing vocals behind the demure Freda makes for a Top Ten possibility
Yesterday 05:43 PM

Does Gen Z Know 50s & 60s Motown?

This gives me more hope for the future of Motown! Make sure you expose younger folks to Motown as much as you can. Good music transcends generations when they know about it. Let some of the inaccuracies in the video slide and take it for what it is, young folks reacting to great music and hopefully keeping it alive for another generation.

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