Can't wait to get Syreeta's The Rita Years. Didn't think they had enough tracks. Nice surprise. Only wish they would release her album The Spell which I absolutely love.
Be on the lookout for More Motown Releases from Elemental. On Sep 16th another Four Tops CD Nature Planned It & David Ruffin My Whole World Ended. There is also a CD from Johnny Bristol Hang On In There Baby which was released same time as Jimmy Ruffin The Groove Governor.
That is good news about the Elemental releases. Kinda confirms the Motown period they're going for but I would really welcome them to release Four Tops Now!, the first Undisputed Truth album, The Originals Naturally Together and Definitions etc. They are doing a great job though and just about the best hope for regular Motown CD output.
Amazon UK now gives a mention to The Rita Wright Years...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rita-Wright...eywords=motown
Keith one down- Syreeta,any clues on next one ,as you mentioned there were 2 up for clearance.cheers.
if it happens ... it will be a bit different!
The Irene Ryan Collection?
The Boone Sisters : all the hits? How was the Chris Clark album on Weed?[[seriously I think).
Motown - The Early years .... Unreleased. " A collection of 28 never-before-heard-tracks from 1960-1963". Featuring Edward Earling, Anita Knorl, Stepin Fetchit, Cornell Blakely, Johnny Powers and Many More!
ACE!!!!!!
and why not?
I want to do all these projects.
I know this ain't no "Anita Knorl" or whoever wants a collection on "Linda Griner" or "Thelma Brown", but I genuinely believe it would be most awesome, someway, on a Complete Motown era [[1962-1971) Stevie Wonder singles set, Hip-O Select Complete Singles style.
Yes, I know, Stevie's one of the biggest known, not just Motown, but music biz, but that's mostly on "Superstition", "You Are The Sunshine of My Life", "Higher Ground", "I Wish", "Sir Duke", "Ebony and Ivory" and "I Just Called To Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder. Only a handful, "Fingertips", "Uptight", "I Was Made To Love Her", "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day", "For Once In My Life", "My Cherie Amour", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered", and "If You Really Love Me", is somewhat mainstream known, but less so remembrance on "Hey Harmonica Man", "Workout Stevie Workout", "Kiss Me Baby", "Nothing's Too Good For My Baby", "With A Child's Heart", "Never Had A Dream Come True", "Everytime I See You I Go Wild", "I'm Wondering", and "You Met Your Match", let alone the repackaging of them and many others, Stevie Wonder.
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For anyone who's interested, Mitchell Blue's Vital Blue album [[1971) is on iTunes [[I checked already, no physical product). Susaye Greene recorded vocal effects on three tracks [[Unseen Sounds, I Love You & For All We Know).
Lollipops the rare sides?
Ric Tic or Golden World Anthologies from original masters.
I just want that Leslie Uggams LP.......that is so good.
Or this one lol....Attachment 11610
I would like to see the Leslie Uggams LP on CD as well, but a better pairing with it might be Diahann Carroll's LP.
Ace does a lot of songwriter CDs...how about a Ron Miller tribute? His body of work is incredible!
If Ace/Kent were to go the composer route for Motown, I 'd expect that they would go with the most recognizeable names first.. and one's likely to have enough unreleased selections in the vault for inclusion- unless, there would be a mixture of released & unreleased recordings.
Hopefully, ACE/KENT recognizes that they appeal to an audience that hopes for unreleased recordings. We have many opportunities to obtain the released material. The upcoming projects, in my opinion, should continue to focus on unreleased rarities with some alternate versions ... or at least be expanded editions that include unreleased tracks from the period.
Their releases to date have all been terrific! That's right, "Honey, we is terrific!" :-)
Those Elementals are now starting to show on Amazon UK....
David Ruffin - My Whole World Ended
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Whole-World...avid+ruffin+cd
Four Tops - Nature Planned It
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nature-Plan...ure+planned+it
The Expanded Album notion is in our minds [[well, some of them anyway), but the above-mentioned "bit different" item does not fall into that class, as we've already done a few EAs ...
Great news about the Syreeta aka Rita Wright release,i can't wait.Also i want Mary Wilson's first Motown solo album,on cd.
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The following releases contained [[an) album/s released either in the U.S. or U.K. or both accompanied by additional tracks [[often previously unreleased):
Eddie Holland, Marv Johnson, the Monitors, Shorty Long, The Spinners, Brenda Holloway; and in the case of the Fantastic Four a scheduled but unreleaserd album + bonus tracks.
Keith would love to see the Junior Walker sweet period album get a CD release at last, any possibility?
"Baby Love - The Essential Diana Ross & The Supremes" 3 disc box set coming soon from Spectrum. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baby-Love-E...eywords=Motown
How about a San Remo Strings compilation? Keith - in the back of my mind I have the thought that Ace were working on this some time back. Is that true....or if not, how about a compilation?
Sounds like a good idea to me. Their 2 albums [["Hungry For Love" and "Swing") plus bonus and unreleased tracks as well. A little bit like that Marginal bootleg [[which is good I think) but better. I'd buy it.
But [[for fun) - what if Motown had released a 2fer. Attachment 11626
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The MARGINAL San Remo Golden Strings release tracklist....
1 Hungry For Love
2 Downtown
3 Festival Time
4 A Child's Prayer
5 Lonely One
6 Blueberry Hill
7 I'm Satisfied
8 People
9 Old Man River
10 Joy Road
11 Everybody Loves A Lover
12 Some Things You Never Get Used To
13 I Second That Emotion
14 I'm Leaving This Old Town
15 Reach Out I'll Be There
16 Day By Day Or Never
17 It's Not Unusual
18 I Was Made To Love Her
19 Born Free
20 Up, Up And Away
21 To Sir With Love
22 Alfie
23 My Girl
24 Home Coming
25 Quanto Sei Bella [[You Are So Beautiful)
26 All Turned On
27 Still Hungry
As per other threads, Supremes A Go Go Expanded should be available this year.
Baby Love : The Essential Diana Ross & The Supremes Box set
There's now a photo of the cover on Amazon but no track list though it is a collection of 59 classic tracks on 3 CDs. Tamla Motown label. £7.99 can't be bad.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baby-Love-E...eywords=motown
Still no track listing for the new "Baby Love" 3 CD set but it is eligible for autorip on amazon.
More Rare Earth to be released on Culture Factory this year so keep a watch on their website if you're interested.
http://culturefactoryusa.com/268-motown
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