Motown music to cut your teeth to

[lockhartgary]

Hi all,
Let's imagine that you met a person [[or people) who never heard a Motown song from the 1960s, and asked you to recommend LPs to them so that they could start getting to know and appreciate the artists. What LPs would you recommend as starting points for them to listen to? No Greatest Hits/Best Of collections allowed.

Some of mine:

Supremes: Where Did Our Love Go
Temptations: Temptin' Temptations
Smokey/Miracles: Going to a Go-Go
Marvelettes: Playboy
Jackson 5: Diana Ross Presents

[woodward]

Darling Baby - Elgins
The Motown's Brightest Stars - the 1960's
Any Way You Like It - Thelma Houston
Do You Love Me - Contours

[Motown Eddie]

I'd recommend;
The Supremes-More Hits By The Supremes
Martha & The Vandellas-Dance Party
Four Tops-Reach Out
The Temptations-With A Lot 'O Soul
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles-Make It Happen [[The Tears Of A Clown)
Marvin Gaye-Moods Of Marvin Gaye
The Marvelettes-The Marvelettes
Jr. Walker & The All Stars-Shotgun

[lucky2012]

The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland
The Four Tops Second Album
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Going to a Go-Go
The Temptations Sing Smokey
Marvin Gaye How Sweet It Is
Martha & the Vandellas Watchout!
The Marvelettes [[pink album)

[motony]

Mary Wells "Two Lovers" & "My Guy" lps, The Marvelettes, "WDOLG" Supremes, Going to A'Go Go Miracles, That Stubborn Kinda Fella Marvin Gaye, Getting Ready Temptations, Dance Party Martha & the Vandellas...for starters.They will be hooked after those.

[Ngroove]

Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
Mary Wells - Mary Wells Sings My Guy
Temptations - The Temptin' Temptations
Four Tops - Second Album
Marvin Gaye - Moods Of Marvin Gaye

[arr&bee]

Temptin temptations..the marvelettes[pink album]..miracles[make it happen]..what's goin on[marvin gaye]..all by myself[eddie kendricks]..for once in my life[stevie wonder].

[daviddesper]

Good choices but for me personally, I would consider either Watchout or Black Magic to be an overall better album for Martha and the girls. Yes Dance Party has the huge hits on it, but these two have standout songs from start to finish that Dance Party does not have in my opinion.

[jobucats]

I'd recommend;
The Supremes-More Hits By The Supremes
Martha & The Vandellas-Dance Party
Four Tops-Reach Out
The Temptations-With A Lot 'O Soul
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles-Make It Happen [[The Tears Of A Clown)
Marvin Gaye-Moods Of Marvin Gaye
The Marvelettes-The Marvelettes
Jr. Walker & The All Stars-Shotgun

I second Motown Eddie’s emotion