"Nightflight" Tue Mar 11, 9P-12M ET: TCMS...1968....simply GREAT!!!

[midnight johnny]

Howdy, Nightflight Listeners!!! Hope you'll join me tonight for the continuation of Motown's Complete Singles Collection---1968...another amazing year for "the sound of young America"...no matter how old we've gotten! All this...and more...as always...on "Nightflight"...on WOMR 92.1 FM Provincetown and WFMR 91.3 FM Orleans and streaming live worldwide at www.womr.org [[http://www.womr.org) See ya later! John

[Glenpwood]

Hi John,

So sorry I missed the rest of 1967 last week but several events conspired to keep me from you. As pennance, I did load several discs from the 1967 & 1968 boxes onto my I-Pod so I could stay caught up with the rest of the class. I played a few cuts twice imagining you extended them [[since I'm sure you did!) Look forward to being back with you and the gang tonight.... see you then!

[RossHolloway]

I hope to tune in at some point tonight!

[sophisticated_soul]

In 1968 I was 17 [["Don't you know, know, know He's seventeen") formerly Only 16 [["With eyes that would glow"). Yes, memories light the corners of what's left of my mind.;) John, looking forward to tripping down memory lane with you and the gang tonight as we do MoTown 1968! Can't wait. It's a date. I won't be late. I'll stand on a crate. Without hate. It's my fate.:rolleyes:

[midnight johnny]

Glen!!! Bobby!!! Joseph!!! Glad you're here! Pardon the brevity...but this moving is a Mother______! Especially when you don't know where you're going to...and I DON'T like the things that....well...YOU Know!!!

[MotownLover]

I'm also looking forward to tonight's show John.

Howard in Long Beach, CA :cool:

[midnight johnny]

I'm also looking forward to tonight's show John.

Howard in Long Beach, CA :cool:Howard....a pleasure...as always!!!!

[sophisticated_soul]

Glen!!! Bobby!!! Joseph!!! Glad you're here! Pardon the brevity...but this moving is a Mother______! Especially when you don't know where you're going to...and I DON'T like the things that....well...YOU Know!!!

I know! Hang on in there my friend. It may not help much right now, but it's true this will soon all be over. Take care buddy.:)

[midnight johnny]

I know! Hang on in there my friend. It may not help much right now, but it's true this will soon all be over. Take care buddy.:)

Thank you, Joseph...but I don't know...I really don't...and I am an awfully cockeyed optimist.....


Oopppss....IN THE STUDIO!!! Howdeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

[sophisticated_soul]

Shoo-Be-Doobie-Doo-Da Day :cool:

[midnight johnny]

Shoo-Be-Doobie-Doo-Da Day :cool:

I knew YOU'D get it.....[[*grin)

[kenneth]

Tuning in a little late.

Wasn't 1968 the year that Motown had 4 singles in the Billboard Top 10 one week at the same time?

[midnight johnny]

Tuning in a little late.

Wasn't 1968 the year that Motown had 4 singles in the Billboard Top 10 one week at the same time?

Kenneth...welcome! Oh...I'm not sure about the 4 singles...you'll have to ask one of the experts....

[MotownLover]

John - Sorry that I missed a major portion of you sharing about what you're dealing with. Had an important phone call and had to turn the volume down for several minutes of the show. Just caught the tail end of it, but I wish you the best buddy!

Howard in Long Beach, CA :D

[kenneth]

Kenneth...welcome! Oh...I'm not sure about the 4 singles...you'll have to ask one of the experts....

Where's Carole Cucumber when you need her???

[midnight johnny]

John - Sorry that I missed a major portion of you sharing about what you're dealing with. Had an important phone call and had to turn the volume down for several minutes of the show. Just caught the tail end of it, but I wish you the best buddy!

Howard in Long Beach, CA :D
Howard.....thank you very much, sir....I appreciate it !

[midnight johnny]

Where's Carole Cucumber when you need her???

Hahahahha....yes....we need CC NOW!!

[kenneth]

Well, I did find something, from the motownmuseum web site for 1968:

http://www.motownmuseum.org/motown-sound/timeline/timeline-1968/

"Motown had 5 of the Top 10 records on the Billboard Magazine chart. Holding the number 1,2 & 3 positions for an entire month."

My recollection came from the book "The Story of Motown" by Peter Benjaminson; in it, he has a photo of the actual Top 10 chart with the songs in it. I'm sure "Gonna Make you Love Me" was one of them, and maybe "Cloud 9."

[carole cucumber]

Hahahahha....yes....we need CC NOW!!

CC Rides Again!
Just call my name , I 'll be there in a hurry. On that you can depend and never worry.
Sorry that I'm late to the party.
I see that Kenneth has done some research. Page 114 of Volume 8 shows the chart for Dec. 28, 1968.
The songs:
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" #1
"For Once In My Life' #2
"Love Child" #3
"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" #7
"Cloud Nine" #10

[Glenpwood]

Loving this extended version of If I Were A Carpenter..... If I had to be one though, i'd be Karen.....;)

[carole cucumber]

Any others questions about Vol 8 still need answered? I'll give them a shot if I'm able.

[MotownLover]

Loving this extended version of If I Were A Carpenter..... If I had to be one though, i'd be Karen.....;)

Love it, Glenpwood!! :o

[midnight johnny]

Loving this extended version of If I Were A Carpenter..... If I had to be one though, i'd be Karen.....;)


Hee hee....hi there!

[midnight johnny]

Any others questions about Vol 8 still need answered? I'll give them a shot if I'm able.


Carole......glad to see you....and not just for your expertise!!!!

[carole cucumber]

Glen honey,
You'd also be dead- and your brother would be holding on to recordings fans hope would be released- as Karen recorded them- not in doctored form as currently presented.

[144man]

Hi. Didn't know the clocks had changed. Just missed the first hour.

[MotownLover]

CC - thanks for adding to the dialogue here and with such a sense of humor and insight! ;)

[midnight johnny]

Hi. Didn't know the clocks had changed. Just missed the first hour.Welcome, Martin!!! Yes....a silly American tradition that serves no reall useful purpose other than to screw up everyone's plans....

[Glenpwood]

Glen honey,
You'd also be dead- and your brother would be holding on to recordings fans hope would be released- as Karen recorded them- not in doctored form as currently presented.

Thats why I have two sets of minty sounding vinyl pressings of the original albums, with those endearing saliva mouth clicks so it feels like Karen is in the room with you. The endless remixes are mostly pointless. I would put out her unreleased solo cut Love Making Love To You but since Richard hates the whole solo affair I doubt we'll ever see it....

[144man]

Welcome, Martin!!! Yes....a silly American tradition that serves no reall useful purpose other than to screw up everyone's plans....

Ours don't change till the last weekend in March.

[Rockit88]

Hi John, it's Stephen Magnotta in sunny Florida!
Just streamed the show and see you are up to 68 [[I believe that was the year I saw Stevie Wonder with the Motown Revue) hope I haven't missed my friends song from then "You Haven't Seen My Love" by Danny Hernandez. I knew and played with them and their producer who owned an indie label in Michigan. They also put out 2 other singles on Motown labels. Great hearing you, Thanks!

[carole cucumber]

It was determined that Mitch Rider go solo. The Rider-less Wheels were signed to HarryBalk's 'Inferno' label [[Jim McAllister, the groups new drummer was Harry's son-in-law) bought out by Berry Gordy. A ringer [[Mike "Spanky" Lang) was brought in to sing lead of the A -side.

[144man]

Yes, we change twice a year between Greenwich Mean Time [[GMT) and British Summer Time [[BST). [That's why Ellie Greenwich had a group called the Meantime at one stage.]

[carole cucumber]

The string-less version of "Keep Off, No Trespassing"- In this case I think the stereo strings version wins in this case.

[carole cucumber]

The Ones don't appear until after Marvin Gaye's version of "Chained"

[midnight johnny]

Hi John, it's Stephen Magnotta in sunny Florida!
Just streamed the show and see you are up to 68 [[I believe that was the year I saw Stevie Wonder with the Motown Revue) hope I haven't missed my friends song from then "You Haven't Seen My Love" by Danny Hernandez. I knew and played with them and their producer who owned an indie label in Michigan. They also put out 2 other singles on Motown labels. Great hearing you, Thanks!


Stephen.....nice surprise!!!! Great that you slipped in!!!

[MotownLover]

Hi John, it's Stephen Magnotta in sunny Florida!
Just streamed the show and see you are up to 68 [[I believe that was the year I saw Stevie Wonder with the Motown Revue) hope I haven't missed my friends song from then "You Haven't Seen My Love" by Danny Hernandez. I knew and played with them and their producer who owned an indie label in Michigan. They also put out 2 other singles on Motown labels. Great hearing you, Thanks!

Hey Stephen, welcome! You're speaking of The Ones, correct? I discovered their Motown single release back in 1968. In some ways their style reminded me of the Classics IV.

Howard in Long Beach, CA ;)

[carole cucumber]

That spoken into is by Sammy Davis, Jr.
The judge is Pervis Jackson of the Spinners- so it's likely the Spinners in the background with the Andantes.

[midnight johnny]

Yes, we change twice a year between Greenwich Mean Time [[GMT) and British Summer Time [[BST). [That's why Ellie Greenwich had a group called the Meantime at one stage.]

Thanks, Martin!!

[kenneth]

CC Rides Again!
Just call my name , I 'll be there in a hurry. On that you can depend and never worry.
Sorry that I'm late to the party.
I see that Kenneth has done some research. Page 114 of Volume 8 shows the chart for Dec. 28, 1968.
The songs:
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" #1
"For Once In My Life' #2
"Love Child" #3
"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" #7
"Cloud Nine" #10

Ah, I knew you'd know the answers! Thanks for the tip to look at the set itself! I didn't realize that was in there.

[144man]

The Volumes were another group on Inferno from the Harry Balk deal.

[carole cucumber]

[QUOTE=Rockit88;216343]Hi John, it's Stephen Magnotta in sunny Florida!
hope I haven't missed my friends song from then "You Haven't Seen My Love" by Danny Hernandez.

Stephen ,

"You Haven't Seen My Love'' [[ first on the Fenton, then the Spirit label) was picked up by Motown with a Nov. 13, 1967 release . Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
If you tune in next week, you're apt to hear ' Don't Let Me Lose This Dream'/"I've Been Good To You" by The Ones.

[144man]

When GK&P's "It Should Have Been Me" was released as a single in the UK, they used the album track, so we didn't get the strings.

[Glenpwood]

Love the doodle do do bit the Pips are doing on this B Side

[carole cucumber]

The Volumes were another group on Inferno from the Harry Balk deal.

The libretto for this song gives a most interesting fact.
It was Harry Balk who authorized the release of Marvin Gaye's single "What's Going On"
while Berry Gordy was busy establishing "Mowest" in California. Berry had nixed the single because it was too political & jazzy for Marvin & Motown.

[carole cucumber]

"What The World Needs Now Is Love" [[originally assigned to Kim Weston) & "Your Kiss Of Fire" were only considered for release. The next 2 songs that you're about to play [[castinets-a-go-go-the A-side) became the single.

[midnight johnny]

"What The World Needs Now Is Love" [[originally assigned to Kim Weston) & "Your Kiss Of Fire" were only considered for release. The next 2 songs that you're about to play [[castinets-a-go-go-the A-side) became the single.

Thanks Carole!!!!

[carole cucumber]

One possibility for "What The World Needs Now Is Love" being considered for release as a single is that it is a Holland-Dozier production.

[sophisticated_soul]

Special Delivery for Midnight Johnny:
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Hang On In There Johnny!

[midnight johnny]

Special Delivery for Midnight Johnny:
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Hang On In There Johnny!

My lord they're beautiful....don't make me cry...............thank you, my friend!!

[carole cucumber]

I had forgotten that "I Am Your Man'' and "Malinda" were recorded for a proposed Bobby Taylor solo album, that later evolved into 'Taylor Made Soul' However both songs were credited to the group and included on The Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers album.

[MotownLover]

John, snug hugz from all of us are sent your way. I'm certain of that!!!

Howard in Long Beach, CA :)

[MotownLover]

What a beautiful thought and delivery, sophisticated soul...

[midnight johnny]

Thank you all for letting me spend this time with you....and thanks so much for your heart and humor and accurate information....have a wonderful week....till the next time...

[carole cucumber]

Let's hope that The Four Tops On Broadway album eventually gets released with bonus tracks.

[midnight johnny]

John, snug hugz from all of us are sent your way. I'm certain of that!!!

Howard in Long Beach, CA :)

Thank you Howard....and back to you...and all....

[kenneth]

Thanks! Great show! 1968 was a really awesome year!

[Rockit88]

Thanks Carole,
I still have all three "Ones" 45's, they were each released on different labels, Tamla, Motown and Rare Earth. The band Rare Earth was also a Lansing based band, as were another Motown act "Magic". It would just be nice to hear some of those bands I knew played on WOMR.



[QUOTE=Rockit88;216343]Hi John, it's Stephen Magnotta in sunny Florida!
hope I haven't missed my friends song from then "You Haven't Seen My Love" by Danny Hernandez.

Stephen ,

"You Haven't Seen My Love'' [[ first on the Fenton, then the Spirit label) was picked up by Motown with a Nov. 13, 1967 release . Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
If you tune in next week, you're apt to hear ' Don't Let Me Lose This Dream'/"I've Been Good To You" by The Ones.

[midnight johnny]

[QUOTE=Rockit88;216381]Thanks Carole,
I still have all three "Ones" 45's, they were each released on different labels, Tamla, Motown and Rare Earth. The band Rare Earth was also a Lansing based band, as were another Motown act "Magic". It would just be nice to hear some of those bands I knew played on WOMR.

Goodnight Stephen!!!!!!!

[sophisticated_soul]

We love you Johnny! And we are for you. Thank you for another great show. And great big Thank You to the gang, one and all, for making a good thing better. See y'all next time.:)

[sophisticated_soul]

What a beautiful thought and delivery, sophisticated soul...

They are from all of us, I'm certain of that too.:)

[carole cucumber]

[QUOTE=Rockit88;216381]Thanks Carole,
I still have all three "Ones" 45's, they were each released on different labels, Tamla, Motown and Rare Earth. The band Rare Earth was also a Lansing based band, as were another Motown act "Magic". It would just be nice to hear some of those bands I knew played on WOMR.

Stephen,

Tamla? Are you sure? The first two releases were [[officially) on the Motown label and the third on Rare Earth.