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Jsmith: where was this original letter published? It is really interesting.

There is a much longer history of difficulties in international exchanges between musicians from the U.S. and UK. Even...

WWLFAC,

This is what I would say on the topic:

I think what you're hearing is both a timbral [[the sound) and rhythmic [[the timing) effect created by the interlocking of the drumset and conga...

Street Songs
Songs in the Key of Life
Lionel Richie
Can't Slow Down
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I have this set. It is actually on volume 1. It says that the single was probably unreleased. No mention in Billboard from the time. It would have been the second single from the record, and the...

You all should read the article. It talks about all of this, compares sessions from her logs and the Motown session logs, and sorts out a bunch of the hypotheticals.

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/wessex-auction-rooms/catalogue-id-srwess10237

If you ever saw MPG perform live, check the information to make sure it is correct! Hopefully this will bring back some memories.

I would like share this site with the SDF community.

http://bit.ly/39M17MY

It contains information for about a thousand dates and venues where Marvin Gaye performed between 1962 and 1983. I...

This is a really important music industry move. He [[and the others there) didn't have to do this. Impressive.

Organization is another factor. Anyone who has worked on the Motown catalog knows that the tapes, session and song files are unbelievably well organized and preserved. Systems for producer codes,...

A lot of the tracks on the 1969 Unreleased collection are being published for the first time and the titles needed to be solidified. Apparently, the publisher has settled on "Pretty Little Brown Skin...

Thanks so much for this, Robb. I cannot thank you enough for your detailed response. This was exactly my suspicion, but I have not gone through a million 45s myself, so I don't have the expertise to...

Right. I saw both of these two. I am starting to think that it was planned and never actually released.

Has anyone ever seen an actual copy of the Moonglows "Beatnik/Junior" on Chess?

If you have one, let me know. I'm just wondering if it was ever released on record.

Thanks.

LEFTY

Thanks. This makes sense.

The "Black Radio Exclusive" industry magazine had a Motown Records night in LA in 1979. Marvin and Stevie both performed.

Was anyone there?

Do you know the date when this show happened?

Thanks so much for all of these responses.

There were multiple rooms in the 20 Grand, right? The Driftwood Lounge, the Fireside Lounge and the Gold room? I'm wondering if anyone knows the relative...

How big were the Driftwood and Fireside Lounge rooms in the 20 Grand?

How many people do you think would have fit?

[[Did anyone on this list ever go there?)

I'm looking for someone who was at Wattstax as an audience member.

Were you there?

LEFTY

Soulster: Are you referring to the sound in the room or on tape? Nearly all of the multitracks that I have heard [[and I've heard a lot) have processing printed to tape. Some things happened during...

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This is part of the source article for this footnote in the book. From Variety, Nov. 28, 1973. Three musicals are mentioned: "Cotillion," "Nobody" [[about Bert Williams), and "Mildred." None...

The official American copyrights for foreign language versions often have translators listed. In a number of cases, there is more than one translation, into the same or different languages.

Jonny...

Thanks for the very kind words Woodward. The most satisfying kind of review that a Motown author could ever receive.

I am sure that the book isn't perfect, but I did do a lot of really difficult...

That's right. There are two newsletters in this collection. One of each. [[One Platter and one Bulletin.) I've also seen a Motown Newsletter from 1972.

I've seen it. The same issue that Maraniss writes about. He actually cites it. [[But you have to dig in the back of his book.) It's in the Motown collection at the Detroit Public Library [[Hackley...