I have to say that this has exceeded my expectations. IMHO it is a must have. Thanks guys.
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I have to say that this has exceeded my expectations. IMHO it is a must have. Thanks guys.
In my mind's eye, I always imagine it is Animal from the Muppet Show, playing those drums.....;)
A great source for Ace, BBR, and other related label releases is at www.ebrecords.com. The site was known as Ernie B's Reggae, but they've apparently branched out so much beyond selling mainly reggae music that they're now going by EB Records. Based in Northern California [[Sacramento), they ship [[fast!) domestically and around the world. I highly recommend them to my Motown and soul-loving brothers and sisters here on SDF. ;)
I know that I'm very late to the party in terms of reviewing this release. I was late ordering this cd and finally received it around the same time that U/M dropped the new Diana Ross digital release and then the Expanded Edition of the Supreme's Christmas release and then Unreleased Motown '65, and I'm sure I'll download Marvin Gaye's Unreleased '65 this weekend as well [[Not to mention the unannounced release of Erykah Badu's new mix tape that I downloaded as soon as I heard about.) All in all this past month or so has been a Motown collector's fan dream season!
Notes and Takeaways:
The one song that was a true revelation to me was the one by Yvonne Fair, "Close My Crying Eyes". WOW what a great track, more blusier than your standard late '60 Motown record, but it does stand out. I hope more tracks or even a collection of her work finds its way out of the vault.
After listening to this collection both Barbara Randolph and Barbarah McNair have grown on me. Neither is a classic Motown singer but the music on their tracks is pure Motown. It's nice to hear the two GK&TP's two cuts, I hope more continue to be included on these releases.
Was Brenda Holloway the only artist to cover the Berry Gordy written track Lonely Teardrops? Nonetheless its a great track by BH. If I were picking songs from the 64 Unreleased set, I would have picked Today I Sing the Blues by Brenda. That track has got to be one of her greatest Motown recordings and serves as a prime example of her vocal talents and why I'm so in love with her.
It made me smile to know that there are roughly 20 or so more unreleased recordings from Rita Wright before she transform into Syreeta. Would love to see ACE release a collection on her.
I also thought that the track by Oma Heard was a standout as well. I find it hard to believe that Patrice Holloway never recorded this song seeing as she's one of the co-writers, fingers crossed that it just hasn't been discovered yet. I was sad to also learn that Oma only recorded 7 solo sides while at Motown, and I think with the track on Unreleased '65 all but one song has been released. It's too bad that she wasn't at Motown longer to record more material.
This is a great collection, its too bad that no Blinky cuts were included but I guess you can't have everything. I can't wait to see what ACE releases in 2016.
Stumbled across this terrific song and discovered there are two different edits. On the Love & Affection release the time listed is at 3:50 but on this version on Youtube the time is 5:33. I'm not sure if someone did a remix and expanded it to 5:33. I went to compare the song on my ipod and strangely it now says "This song is not currently available in your country or region". [[US). This is weird because I actually purchased the cd and still have it in my collection so I'm not sure why I'm getting this message. But thought this song is worth a re-visit.
https://youtu.be/_kllW1aAIEw
It's a fan extended version buy a guy I know who is partially sighted so it's 100% unofficial.
Thanks I will do. He has lots of Motown on his channel, check it out :)