MOTOWN 1972 -- a UK perspective

[jsmith]

UK music mags only really extolled the virtues of Motown music from around 1962 to around 1968 ... they otherwise catered for the mainstream; the latest pop / rock sensation & how great they were. But in 1972, some of the older employees / writers for these mags got to felling nostalgic for the music of the 60's. However, when they came to wax lyrical, it was about no longer having the equivalent of new product from acts of the stature of the Beatles, Stones & Dylan. BUT one of their writers decided he'd write a piece from a different starting point ... he wasn't too keen on where Motown were in 1972 though ...
BTW, the UK clubs / venues he mentions are those that had moved on from Motown / soul to the 'latest new thing' as comparted to those that had stayed with soul ...