???? What version of Black Magic do you have? Mine does not have a song entitled Take a Look in the Mirror.
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???? What version of Black Magic do you have? Mine does not have a song entitled Take a Look in the Mirror.
Gee, 1382hitsville, I'm not familiar with the name Amy Herot. From the early days of Motown on CD, I remember Cary Mansfield. And I especially remember Jay Lasker who, at the time, was a President of Motown. In a Goldmine article, he invited Motown fans to request tracks we would like to see on Motown's new CD series, "25 Hard-To-Find Motown Classics [[Volume 1-3)". I jumped at the chance to request Eddie Holland's "Just Ain't Enough Love" and "Candy To Me" -- both of which ended up on Vol. 3! That was pretty cool!
I have both of those "Hitsville USA" CD box sets, but I rarely play them. So many important tracks were left out. Maybe I'm just too picky; I don't know. They served their purpose at the time. We really got spoiled during the 2000's when Hippo Select/Motown Select graced us with one magnificent set after another lead by Harry, Andy, and company.
Glad to hear that Martha finally got the royalties she so rightly deserved. Heaven knows, at the time, she was one of Motown's very best vocalists.
Boy, you can say that again! The exciting "Hard-To-Find" series in the late '80s [[mentioned above) started with Vols. 1-3 and then ended abruptly. The more recent "50th Anniversary" 3-CD box sets from Hippo Select/Motown Select started with a bang with hard-cover presentations on The Supremes, The Temptations, Martha & The Vandellas, and the Four Tops. Then, zilch. I would have loved to have at least had a set on The Marvelettes. I'm sure there were other examples over the years whereby Motown started a series but never finished them. Oh, Motown reissued every Four Tops album on CD except the "On Broadway" album. In later years, they did reissue "On Broadway" as a download which I promptly purchased and burned to CD. To be fair, Motown did release the "Complete Motown Singles" 5-6 CD box sets in their entirety year by year. Not only did it earn Motown awards, it's the best release series they've ever done. A Motown collector's dream come true, for sure!
One series I wish that Motown had reissued on CD was the "Collection Of 16 Original Big Hits" albums. A few years ago, i would have bought the entire series just for the front covers alone. I can nary afford it now, but a few years back it would have been a welcome purchase.
[[Sorry, but I'm not familiar with the "Mo Jams" nor the "Baddest Love Jams" titles.)
Martha‘s vocal on that track is fantastic. In fact on that album, Natural Resources, she sings with a vibrato in her voice that you don’t usually hear, at least I don’t often hear it on her vocals. She seems to employ the same style on “Didn’t We” and “I’m in Love” from the same album. I think all three of those tracks are practically Martha Reeves singing solo.
“Take a Look” was originally recorded by Aretha on Columbia records.
I like both versions of the song except the lyrics and subject matter is so depressing! You almost expect the flip to be “Eve of Destruction!”
Gar, I don’t know if they released the entire series but I have volume two, the sole album in the series originally released on the Tamla label instead of the Motown label, on CD. I specifically looked for that one for a long time because the stereo version of the album came out much later than the original which was issued in mono only, and several of the stereo tracks were rerecordings of the songs from the original album or longer versions. Specifically, I remember the Vandellas’ “I’ll Have to Let Him Go” was definitely a rerecording, and I think the Kim Weston track was the original recording but extended in its stereo incarnation.
All but Volume 11 were part of the cd series.
Lucky is correct in saying that Volumes 1 to 10 of the US 16 Big Hits album series were also issued on CD, but not Volume 11.
The USA 16 Big Hits series of LPs and CDs can be seen here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cookep...57713299932961
However, in 1994/95 Motown also issued 5 volumes of the Motown Classic Hits series which exactly mimicked the 16 Big Hits series as far as track 12 of 16 Big Hits Volume 4 and all tracks were in mono. These can be seen here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cookep...57717913479617