Disc O Tech - Motown Magic Disco Machine

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Finding myself at a loose end at the weekend I turned my attention to some of the nore 'obscure' Motown LP's in my collection that I'd been slow to transfer to digital a few of which fall into the 'Disco' genre in particular the Disc O Tech series of LP's.
I have to be honest and admit that I'd never really paid much attention to the Motown Magic Disco series of the 70's but decided to forge ahead and transfer them. In yet another cross ocean mix up it appears that Volume 1 of the set made it to the UK in it's original US form complete with green cover while Volume 2 in the US LOOKS entirely different to it's UK counterpart. Both feature the same tracks while the covers of Volume 2 are vastly different. The UK opts for a yellow background with a similiar photo whilst the US version changes to a new black drawn artwork cover featuring what looks like a 12 inch record, both countries have dropped the Disc O Tech branding.

In between the two releass UK Motown decided to release a 'Big Hits' kind of LP using the title Disc O Tech - a 13 track collection of tracks from the likes of Yvonne Fair, Temptations, GC Cameron and the Supremes - that LP reverts back to the design of the Motown Magic Disco Machine Volume 1 but uses a pink background. If that were not confusing enough UK Motown liking the theme decides to issue a second volume Motown Disc O Tech Volume 2 with the same variety of tracks from almost the same line up as volume 1 but the cover is wildly different and by the looks of it a similiar volume 3 again with a change of design.
To complicate matters even more when the LP's appear not just across the pond but all over the world the covers and volumes switch around and track lists change dramatically - I think this would cause a serious headache for completists. I cannot seem to find an image for the US #2 .

From ABC News NYC:

Grammy Award-winning singer Dionne Warwick is getting a special honor in her hometown in New Jersey on Friday afternoon. A street is being renamed after the music legend in East Orange where she grew up.

North Arlington Avenue will bear the 83-year-old's name as part of a long list of honors the iconic singer has received over the years.

Next week, Warwick will officially be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.



Music legend Dionne Warwick gets street renamed in her honor in East Orange, NJ - ABC7 New York [abc7ny.com].

I wonder if this album is the only Motown album which didn't include any singles.

I am not keen on side 2 of the album but I feel side 1 has a couple of strong performances.

I was listening to my favorite album With A Lot O' Soul with my headphones and on the track I Know I'm Losing You at the beginning when David starts to sing I can hear someone breathing and then whispering in the right channel but I can't make out what is said. I listened to the mono single version and it is not there. I then listened to the Greatest Hits Vol 2 which is in stereo and I can hear it there also. Any idea of what this is or how this is possible?

Emily “Cissy” Houston has passed away at age 91 from Alzheimer’s disease.
Rest in Power and Peace and thank you for your contributions to music. Especially for having Whitney, who you’re now reunited with.

John Boyega is set to play Otis Redding in a new film telling the story of the soul singer’s decade-long relationship.
Otis & Zelma will see the Star Wars and Attack the Block actor play the tragic star with the Till breakout Danielle Deadwyler playing his wife, Zelma.

The drama will follow the success of Redding, whose career included hits such as [[Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay and These Arms of Mine before his death in a 1967 plane crash at the age of 26.
According to Variety, the official description claims the film “celebrates the 10 short years Otis and Zelma had together, and their eternal love story after his passing”. The film comes with the full support of the estate.
After the singer’s death, his widow opened her own booking business, a record store and a nightclub and never remarried. “Never will,” she said to the New York Times in 2022. “I love being Mrs Otis Redding. I’m the only one.”


This month will also see the singer receive a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Otis & Zelma will be directed by Channing Godfrey Peoples, whose breakout drama Miss Juneteenth premiered to acclaim at the Sundance film festival in 2020............

John Boyega to play Otis Redding in new biopic alongside Danielle Deadwyler | John Boyega | The Guardian