Favorite Motown album covers.

[blackguy69]

Another topic revisited the other day i happened to stumble into a record store not far from my house and found a copy of Martha and the Vandellas live. while checking it out i thought why does motown sometimes use the same generic concept for some of their albums. But at the same moment I did think of the ones I really like and then thought to post it. so here we go:

Diana Ross and the Supremes: Love Child, Meet the Supremes [[2nd pressing) Together.
70's Supremes: Touch [[one of my fav.) Floy Joy
Temptations: Cloud Nine, Puzzle People, Sky's the Limit
Martha and the Vandellas: Black Magic [[even thought I think its a takeoff of the Supremes New ways , but at least no hot pink)
Four Tops: Still Waters, Changing Times
Marvelettes: In Full Bloom
The Miracles: Renaissance, Do it Baby, City of Angels
Diana Ross: Baby its Me, Diana, Diana Ross [[1976 album)
Stevie Wonder : Music of the MInd, Talking Book, Intervisions, Song of the key of Life
Marvin Gaye, I want You, Lets Get it On

I know there are more but this is a start.

[mysterysinger]

The live albums particularly have a same-iness [[Temptations & Martha & Vandellas, The "Live On Stage" series, Stevie Wonder "Live" and Jr Walker "Live")
Examples click the link
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cookephotography/sets/72157647320424678/

Likeable covers.....
TML11005 Martha & Vandellas "Heat Wave"
TML11008 "Marvellous Marvelettes"
TML11019 "Hitsville USA"
TML11025 Billy Eckstine "Prime Of My Life"
TML11029 Jr Walker "Soul Session"
TML11047 Supremes "Sing Motown"
TML11080 Gladys "Feelin' Bluesy"
TML11086 Shorty Long "Here Comes The Judge"
TML11103 Tammi "Irresistible"

[Ngroove]

Motown 679: Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations

[daddyacey]

valerie simpson
whats going on
the boss

[marv2]

The cover for I Want You.

[soulster]

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[blueskies]

http://covers1.img-themusic-world.info/000/17/17473.jpg
https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608036454503810053&pid=15.1&P=0
http://images.mndigital.com/albums/045/092/583/g.jpeg

[Ryon6]

The back cover of Mary, Scherrie & Susaye. Love it!!!

More Hits By The Supremes [[favorite since grade school)

Touch - The Supremes

The Boss - Diana Ross

Baby Its Me - Diana Ross

I Want You - Marvin Gaye

I was just thinking of this the other day and now my mind has drawn a blank!!! I'll be back though ....

[thomas96]

Marvin Gaye - That's The Way Love Is is an amazing painting used for the cover.

[Philles/Motown Gary]

Just off the top of my head:

MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS - Sugar 'N' Spice
THE MARVELETTES - The Marvelettes [[Pink Album)
THE MARVELETTES - Sophisticated Soul
THE MARVELETTES - In Full Bloom
THE TEMPTATIONS - Gettin' Ready
EARL VAN DYKE - That Motown Sound
DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES - Cream Of The Crop [[Back Cover)

[arr&bee]

Temptin temptations..miracles greatest hits from the beginning.

[longtimefan]

GREAT thread!

Hands down: "The Supremes [[1975)" :-)

[rrussi]

Mary Wells' Two Lovers lp.
Supremes' More Hits
Miracles' I'll Try Something New

[marv2]

This is one my favorite Motown album covers "Mary Wilson"

[longtimefan]

Mary Wells' Two Lovers lp.
Supremes' More Hits
Miracles' I'll Try Something New

You are certainly right about "More Hits." Those were the days when Motown was still promoting The Supremes as three individual talents. This cover featured that aspect beautifully.

[144man]

[British] Motown Chartbusters, Volume 3

[phil]

I'm not the greatest Supremes fan but I love the cover of this French LP :

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20090809/350237561397.jpg

[sup_fan]

Mary, Scherrie and Susaye
Floy Joy
The Boss
Away we A Go Go
The Supremes A Go Go
TCB
Still Water
Black Magic
its a Gassssss

[soulwally]

Got to agree with Temptin Temptations, and another one of theirs was really from left field - The Temptations Wish It Would Rain.
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[daviddh]

supremes sing rogers and hart
sing hdh
reflections

[smark21]

Marvelettes: Playboy [[only time the original 5 members made the front cover) and IN Full Bloom.

[smark21]

8471

The original 5 marvelettes finally make the cover of one of their albums.

[marv2]

Another favorite of mine :

[Roberta75]

Home to you by the first Lady of Motown record Dr Matha Reeves.

[phil]

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20110711/260816449102.jpg

[honest man]

[QUOTE=Philles/Motown Gary;250711][B]Just off the top of my head:

MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS - Sugar 'N' Spice
THE MARVELETTES - The Marvelettes [[Pink Album)
THE MARVELETTES - Sophisticated Soul
THE MARVELETTES - In Full Bloom
THE TEMPTATIONS - Gettin' Ready



ADD TO THEM 1CREAM OF THE CROP [Front cover] 2FOUR TOPS 2ND ALBUM 3THE SPINNERS4 DRATS ROGERS AND HART 5CHRIS CLARK SOUL SOUNDS 6THE MONITORS GREETINGS 7 CHUCK JACKSON ARRIVES 8DIANA ROSS EVERYTHING IS 9 DRATS GREATEST HITS VOL2 UK 10 4 TOPS GREATEST UK 11MIRACLES FOUR IN BLUE 12JIMMY RUFFI RUFF,N READY13MARVIN AND TAMMI UNITED 14 STEVIE DOWN TO EARTH 15MARVIN IN THE GROOVE16 TEMPTATIONS MELLOW MOOD 17 EDWIN INVOLVED 18LOVE CHILD 19 4 TOPS NOW 20DRATS TALK OF THE TOWN,Cheers.

[daviddh]

great cover,never saw this one

[mysterysinger]

Tml11008 8474

[rovereab]

Great memories from my youth:

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.607988793255003935&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0

A picture of happiness:

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.607997237162216351&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0

A rare "album cover smile" that is so right for the Christmas season:

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608021679821030219&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0

A very simple cover that says it all:

http://www.bopping-elf.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/The-Supremes-20-Golden-Greats-228724.jpg

Another stunningly simple cover:

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608017964677923521&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0

[skooldem1]

I never like the DRATS 20 Golden Greats cover. Reminds me of blackface.

[rovereab]

What's blackface?

[skooldem1]

I don't want to derail this thread, but here is a brief history of blackface.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface

[Methuselah2]

These 2 always come to mind as high up on my favorite album covers list:

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But this one is always front-and-center:

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[phil]

After the fantastic "Marvellous Marvelettes"cover posted above here is another English pressing :

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20090412/330321655817.jpg

[Hotspurman]

Surprised no one's mentioned Leon Ware's Musical Massage....

[marv2]

8471

The original 5 marvelettes finally make the cover of one of their albums.



I think a lot of people believe that this cover featured the original Marvelettes but is not true. By the time of this photo/album cover, Wanda Young had replaced Juanita Cowart. So this is actually the second grouping of the Marvelettes.

[jboy88]

Actually, Wanda replaced Georgia Dobbins.

[marv2]

Actually, Wanda replaced Georgia Dobbins.

Yes you are right, it was Georgia and not Juanita. Juanita appears on the far left in the album cover photo.

[arr&bee]

The temptations sing smokey..essar....for once in my life.

[mysterysinger]

Stml11143
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[marv2]

This one comes to mind for me:

[marv2]

Martha and the Vandellas Watchout !

[marv2]

One of my first and favorite Motown albums......

[marv2]

and this one.......

[thommg]

Here are some of my favorites that haven't been posted yet.

[smark21]

Yes you are right, it was Georgia and not Juanita. Juanita appears on the far left in the album cover photo.

And officially Georgia was never a Marvelette as she was in the Casinyets, but her parents wouldn't sign the contract with Motown so she had to drop out of the group before they were officially signed and renamed by Motown. Fortunately Gladys found Wanda. But by having a major hand in writing Please Mr. Postman, Georgia's importance to the group and its history can't be denied.

[tamla617]

In the Groove Marvin Gaye
Its a Gassssssssssssssssssssssss Jr Walker & the All Stars
Road Runner ditto
Dross and Supremes Golden Greats Great Idea as they'd changed a few faces but kept to 3. Use of "imagined people" not in the slightest offending,its Art.
Irresistable Tammi
I want you Marvin
plus another 100!

[theboyfromxtown]

I'm not the greatest Supremes fan but I love the cover of this French LP :

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20090809/350237561397.jpg


I've always loved this cover too.

[theboyfromxtown]

[British] Motown Chartbusters, Volume 3

This album cover won an award as I recall

[Methuselah2]

Two more beautiful covers:

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[tamla617]

This album cover won an award as I recall

Art work by Roger Dean. Really ahead in his day. He also did the Yes LP covers. Ane lots more.
If you're interested google image his stuff or there is/was a Dragon's Deam published book "Views" There are pencil roughs of the Vol 3 art work. Ebay should have it somewhere. I lost mine!