Motown Cha-Cha & Calypso tinged cuts

[gman]

I happen to like several of the pre '65 cuts....since I am a huge Supremes fan I'm Giving You Your Freedom, A Breath Taking Guy and Your Heart Belongs to me are on my list....here are a few of my other favorites...can you guys point me towards some others?

Mary Wells/Marvin Gaye- Once Upon A Time
Martha & Vandella's - A Love Like Yours
Marvelettes - Strange I Know
Miracles - I'll Try Something New, You Really Got A Hold On Me

[sansradio]

Your Heart Belongs to Me - The Supremes

[mowsville]

Mr Misery...The Miracles
Goodbye Cruel Love...Linda Griner
You Beat Me To The Punch...Mary Wells.

[lakeside]

Two Lovers....Mary Wells

[mowsville]

Time Changes Things...Supremes.
Paradise..Temptations.

[sansradio]

Down and Under When You Limbo - Marvin Gaye

[WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance]

Goddess Of Love- The Marvelettes
May I Have This Dance- The Temptations

[mowsville]

Shake Sherry...Contours.

[gman]

I am familiar with some of these...I like a few of the Mary Wells cuts, and I think I had Shake Sherry on 16 Hits vol 2

Mary Well's Bye Bye Baby always reminded me of Ike and Tina's A FOOL IN LOVE...which I knew first....

I & TT made lots of good music...the TOO HOT TOO HOLD Lp and the single It's All Over are 2 of my early favs...later, '68 - '75 I prefer their live recordings to the studio work...In Person '68, and the 2 LP sets Live at Carnegie Hall and World of, Live in Europe..great LPs

[mysterysinger]

"Just Too Much To Hope For" - The Monitors / Tammi Terrell / Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
"Land of a Thousand Boys" Brenda Holloway
"What's So Good About Goodbye" - The Miracles
"Contract On Love" Stevie Wonder

[Motown Eddie]

Eddie Holland's "Jamie".

[soulwally]

Mary Wells The one who really loves you
Tempts Witchcraft
Tempts I want a love I can see
Marvin Pretty little baby
Supremes Let me go the right way

[benross]

diana, mary and florence: he's all i got

[MIKEW-UK]

Eddie Holland If Cleopatra Took A Chance


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Hb7QNb2IY

[MIKEW-UK]

Marvin Gaye Talking 'Bout The Limbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFKUsVdB7tQ

[MIKEW-UK]

Lamont Dozier Dearest One


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9mR3OPATpQ

[MIKEW-UK]

The Vells There He Is At My Door


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15jYdL8j_zo

[MIKEW-UK]

The Temptations My Telephone Is Ringing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhEwFvZZVSE

[MIKEW-UK]

The Satintones Faded Letter


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGq8uKd63cE

[mowsville]

Theres something on your mind..Brenda Holloway.

[arr&bee]

I need a change-the miracles...the one who really loves you-mary wells.

[TomatoTom123]

Anyone else thinks this one sounds like a 1962 calypso Motown tune? :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vqhN12C8KU

[WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance]

Anyone else thinks this one sounds like a 1962 calypso Motown tune? :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vqhN12C8KU
This. Is. Spooky. Yes, it sound VERY much like a Motown/Calypso number. If you told me it was, I'd believe it. Just went and checked out some of his other stuff. I'd swear it was recorded back in the early 60's. How are they getting such an authentic sound? It's VERY hard to believe these are things that have been recorded recently, meaning it's that good.

[144man]

That James Hunter Six track's sound surprised me.

Another Mary Wells track: Laughing Boy

[TomatoTom123]

This. Is. Spooky. Yes, it sound VERY much like a Motown/Calypso number. If you told me it was, I'd believe it. Just went and checked out some of his other stuff. I'd swear it was recorded back in the early 60's. How are they getting such an authentic sound? It's VERY hard to believe these are things that have been recorded recently, meaning it's that good.

Hey thanks WaitingWatching!! It is spooky isn’t it?! I'm not quite sure how they do it, but they do it pretty well!!! I think it might have something to do with them being signed to the Daptone label, who have a fantastic ensemble of musicians and producers, able to recreate such authentic sounds. All of their four albums are worth checking out! :D

[soulwally]

Brilliant that Tom great post

[TomatoTom123]

Brilliant that Tom great post

Glad you enjoyed soulwally :) I think it’s all the more brilliant knowing the song is less than a year old!

[WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance]

I did check out some of their other tunes and it just keeps getting more incredible. I had heard about Daptone after hearing something by Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings. Seems they were in the same retro groove. I'll have to go back and check them out too.

Thanks Tom for spotlighting this band! Just when you think there is nothing new to discover, Whamm-O!