I had heard [[perhaps on SDF) that Forever Came Today was unfinished when HDH left Motown. Any truth to this? If so, who would have finished it? Also, I am sure this has been addressed before, but is...
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I had heard [[perhaps on SDF) that Forever Came Today was unfinished when HDH left Motown. Any truth to this? If so, who would have finished it? Also, I am sure this has been addressed before, but is...
I am curious what everyone thinks the trajectory of Diana Ross and Motown would have been if she had stayed with Motown? Obviously, this is just conjecture but if you put aside whether Motown could...
Tony Martin
Wilson Pickett
Frankie Valli
Chuck Jackson
Joe Harnell
Bobby Darin
I am curious as to what people think whether the departure of HDH was good or bad for Motown. I remember being shocked when they left as I was all about Motown and and all about HDH. I am doing this...
RR79, reuniting Diana with the writers/producers you mentioned is exactly what I have been thinking with Berry being the coordinator of such an album. I have mixed feelings about her re-interpreting...
The thread on Diana’s record deals after Motown got me to thinking. I have often wished that Diana team up with Berry Gordy to executive produce an album for her. I cannot think of anyone better. He...
I have always found this topic to be very interesting, that is the variety of artists that recorded for Motown. Here are several that I can think of, I am sure there are a lot more.
Soupy Sales...
This is just a guess. I know at some point, Motown used the corporate name of Motown Industries. I wonder if this could be a twist of their famous logo for the corporate name of Motown Industries.
I apologize. You are correct. I just checked the booklets and they are from DFTMC.
Not sure if it is solely on iTunes. I did purchase the 66 and 67 Unreleased through iTunes.
I know there are booklets for Unreleased 1966 and 1967. I am not sure about the other years.
If you are only allowing 4 choices, I would have to substitute Ashford & Simpson for Berry Gordy.
I was at this concert and Diana Ross provided a fine performance throughout the evening. I am not sure what the inuendo is all about but I do know that I am so tired of the sniping and bickering...
An interesting point about Honey Came Back, Jobete litigated claiming that the song was written when Jimmy Webb was a staff writer at Motown. I believe Jobete/Motown were successful with their...
I have always been a huge fan of HDH, and I was as excited to see a new composition/production by HDH as I was for a new release by the Supremes or Four Tops. Towards the end of their time at...
During the 60s at Motown, how was the content on albums decided and who developed the concept of the album covers. I know in many cases, an album was released riding on the coatails of a hit single....
I have been a Diana Ross fan since the release of Back In My Arms Again. This has been one of the most thoroughly enjoyable threads I have read on this forum. There is a lot of backstory to her...
Who remembers / knew that Soupy had an album on the Motown label called "A Bag of Soup"? Needless to say, it was not very good.
According to the news reports at the time, MCA put up 20%.
Motown was sold to MCA and Boston Ventures in 1988 for $61 million.
Much has been written about the Motown Detroit studios along with various pics and videos. Does anyone have background on the Motown LA studio or pics available for sharing?
I also thought that Berry Gordy undervalued Motown. I believe A&M sold around the same time for roughly $500 million. And I believe that sale didn't include A&M's publishing arm as well. Also, a few...
Does anyone know what artistic control Berry Gordy retained with the sale of Motown to MCA/Polgram/Universal and Jobete to EMI. It seems like he retained some artistic control over both of them. From...
A tip on the digital booklet that I used on the Funny Girl release and that I plan to use for BIM. I saved the digital booklet as a PDF file and then saved it in iBooks on my iPad. I found this...