Music Tap: 50th Anniversary sets from Martha & The 4 Tops

[johnny_raven]

Motown Select will release 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1964-1972 featuring the music of Four Tops. This CD collection is slated for April 2. On the same date, this label will release the same title collection for Martha Reeves & The Vandellas.

[cheekylincs]

Fantastic news....been waiting for this announcement ever since I first heard about it! Will be watching out for more details!

[woodward]

Fantastic news....been waiting for this announcement ever since I first heard about it! Will be watching out for more details!

Anyone have any knowledge whether the Four Tops release will include Lost and Found in the way Martha & the Vandellas will on a separate disc? Would be great.

[Ngroove]

Motown Select will release 50th Anniversary: The Singles Collection 1964-1972 featuring the music of Four Tops. This CD collection is slated for April 2. On the same date, this label will release the same title collection for Martha Reeves & The Vandellas.

But in two years, Four Tops will be sixty years old...

[booty]

Didn't the Four Tops join Motown in 1963 .... 2013 will be 50th anniversary of them joining the label.

[carole cucumber]

Anyone have any knowledge whether the Four Tops release will include Lost and Found in the way Martha & the Vandellas will on a separate disc? Would be great.

During an interview with John Perrone on Nightflight, Harry Weinger said that the 4 Tops set would not include any lost & found.

[jack020]

These 50Th Anniversary releases contain only have the singles A- & B-sides.

[johnny_raven]

These 50Th Anniversary releases contain only have the singles A- & B-sides.

The Martha & The Vandellas 50th Anniversary will have an extra disc of unreleased material.

[stephanie]

I have enough Four Tops bring on more Martha and the great Vandellas.

[johnny_raven]

http://www.amazon.com/50th-Anniversary-Singles-Collection-1962-1972/dp/B00AU15IHY/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1356969173&sr=1-1&keywords=motown

http://www.amazon.com/50th-Anniversary-Singles-Collection-1964-1972/dp/B00AIFL7IG/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1356969317&sr=1-2&keywords=motown

[carole cucumber]

Cover photo here:
http://www.blowitoutahere.com/four-tops-50th-anniversary-the-singles-collection-1964-1972/602537150380

http://image.allmusic.com/13/amg/cov200/drt800/t806/t80627r5idz.jpg

[cheekylincs]

No sign of the cover art for Martha's set yet I don't think!

[hwume]

How is this?

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[midnight johnny]

How is this?

6001

Beeeee-Utiful!!!!! Thanks, harry!

[Kamasu_Jr]

Was that photo photoshopped or whatever they call it? I've seen it before but the group pose was different.

[cheekylincs]

Fantastic Harry.....thank you so much for that! Made my day

[mr soul]

I've just pre-ordered the Four Tops set from Amazon UK, however the Martha set is not available to order yet.

[jobeterob]

Very nice pic of Martha and the Vandellas, but Miss Martha bears a little resemblance there to Miss Diane. After the "I Cant Dance to that Music" Diana soundalike, I wonder if you've ran that nice pic by Martha.

[kenneth]

Very nice pic of Martha and the Vandellas, but Miss Martha bears a little resemblance there to Miss Diane. After the "I Cant Dance to that Music" Diana soundalike, I wonder if you've ran that nice pic by Martha.

That's funny you make that comment. I don't really see the similarity. But it's also funny to hear you call Ross "Diane!"

[jobeterob]

Kenneth, you just made me look at the picture again...............its not Martha that has the Diane look; it's the one in the middle. That's Betty Kelly right? Look at that picture...........do you see no resemblance to Diane????

It's almost like they got a young Diane to sit in the middle.......to me anyway.

[kenneth]

Kenneth, you just made me look at the picture again...............its not Martha that has the Diane look; it's the one in the middle. That's Betty Kelly right? Look at that picture...........do you see no resemblance to Diane????

It's almost like they got a young Diane to sit in the middle.......to me anyway.

Yes, I wondered if you might have been thinking of the middle girl...there definitely is a resemblance in the eyes and make up, though Diane I think is a much prettier girl.

I do believe that's Betty...though I'm not the expert on the Vandellas lore. We'll have to ask Miss Roberta or Loveblind to be sure!

[cheekylincs]

The line up on the photo is left to right Martha, Annette and Rosalind. Seems right this photo as that's how they started with the hits Motown 50 years ago. So looking forward to this set

[Buttered Popcorn and so forth]

I love the artwork! Here's the original photo before they moved them around:
http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/8165/9617341_1.jpg?v=8CCE28BD7A65110

[hwume]

That's right. We wanted a pic of the original lineup on the front and moving them around was the best way for the image of that lineup to fit in that format.

[westgrandboulevard]

A fresh look to a classic photo. Very nice indeed.

[George Solomon]

It's the amazing rare photos and picture sleeves inside that make this a wonderful tribute to Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and of course the Lost & Found disc! Great stuff!!