Motown album jackets

[tomato tom]

Well, What is your favourite Motown Album cover. Back or front, inside out.[[if double etc}....Pauo xxxx

[theboyfromxtown]

The UK cover for "Dance Party" album is one I still love.

[blueskies]

Too hard to list just one.
Here's a few that come to mind.
Martha and the Vandellas....Watchout
Martha and the Vandellas....Black Magic
The Supremes...1975
Mary Wilson...solo LP

[theboyfromxtown]

That's interesting blueskies! Interesting in that blue is a strong colour in most of those album covers. At marketing school, they told me that red was the colour that attracts!

Good job I didn't pay for that advice!! HAHA

Next choice....the orange UK Supremes Sing Motown album

[longtimefan]

The Supremes: Right On

I also thing that The Marvelettes' In Full Bloom catches the eye!

Note: Reading the posts above, I agree: It's interesting that Martha and The Vandellas had a string of high-quality LP covers.

[marv2]

Marvin Gayes' "I Want You" - 1976
Mary Wilsons' "Mary Wilson"- 1979
Four Tops' " On Top" - 1966

[smark21]

I rather like the album cover for Playboy by The Marvelettes. Only album cover of their to have all five members pictured.

[johnjeb]

Sentimental favorite: The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go

Top 5:
Martha & the Vandellas - Watchout!
The Supremes - Merry Christmas
The Marvelettes - Sophisticated Soul [[Wanda so elegant in that plastic chair! lol)
The Supremes - Sing Rodgers & Hart
Marvin & Tammi - United

[[I prefer the mono covers without the stereo logo. I don't know why they use the stereo logo on the reissues. Just give me the picture or cover as originally designed for the mono LPs.)

[miss_lish]

Diana Ross's first Anthology in the white gown and Baby It's Me, both sides and album insert. The Skrebneski cover is good to. Back in the day, I really liked The Supremes More and Greatest Hits.

[drlorne]

I liked More Hits by the Supremes [[youthful, happy and optomistic) and Talk of the Town [[glitz, glam, movement and professional entertainers).

[carlo]

Hmmm...

If I had to pick ONLY ONE...



Other honourable mentions...

The Supremes:

Greatest Hits
Love Child
Right On

Mary Wilson [[1979)

Diana Ross - The Boss

Martha Reeves & the Vandellas:

Black Magic

The Marvelettes:

The Marvelettes [[1967)
Sophisticated Soul

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - United

[daddyacey]

1972--Tamla-317L--- "VALERIE SIMPSON"

[road runner]

Best of The Marvelettes [[European issue)
Greetings...We're the Monitors

[nomis]

Leon Ware Musical Massage

[phil]

The Supremes French LP :

[roger]

Hello all ..
"Masterpiece" by THE TEMPTATIONS.

For a number of years I had it stuck on my bedroom wall with blu-tack .. it has a very "classical" look, like it was done hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago.

Roger

[psychedelic jacques]

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can we include EP covers? - well, it always makes me smile, and that's a good thing!
Also, the UK Motown Chartbusters Volume 6 cover [[the Roger Dean one).

[theboyfromxtown]

How about this......taken by an amateur [[and not very good) photograph)

[tamla617]

roger
masterpeice aswell!,on my wall aswell!bluetack aswell!
psychadelicjaques [[british motown) chartbusters vol 6 me aswell! thanks for the lewis sister's pic.
motown spinners g/hits [[uk tamla motown)
nomis
leon ware musical massage me aswell!

road runner jr walker etc.
its a gas ditto

i want you marvin
in the groove ditto
temptations g/hits vol 2 [[uk tamla motown)
behind a painted smile isley brothers [[uk tamla motown)
commodores hot on the tracks

some of these i picked for the design,some for the brilliant memories of studying every square inch,the others were on the inner sleeves that i really wanted! and got eventually!

[randy_russi]

Wow! That's a hard one--MARY WELLS lp, TWO LOVERS & Other Great Hits

[honest man]

well interesting thread, so many but a few that jump to mind JIMMY RUFFIN RUFF N READY 2SPINNERS 66-67 3 DRATS greatest hits vol 2 4 FOUR TOPS NOW 5 MARVIN GAYE IN THE GROOVE 6 MARVIN AND TAMMI UNITED 7MONITORS 8 DRATS ROGERS AND HART 9 DRATS CREAM OF THE CROP10LOVE CHILD DRATS 11 VANDELLAS SUGAR AND SPICE 12 4 TOPS GREATEST HITS For starters, cheers.

[arrr&bee]

This was asked before,but i'll say again-temptin temptations[even with the black shoes this cover is cool]!

[tomato tom]

Thanks guys for the great response. Now! Whats your WORST ....he he he..Paulo xxxx

[paladin]

Here are some fav's:






The worst were the original Greatest Hits Lp's which were rather drab since none of the groups pictures appeared on them.

Kdubya

PS: DaddyAcey: I know exactly what cover you're talking about....oh my..its still hot....whew !

[honest man]

i don't know about you, but the DRATS greatest hits vol 2,[UK RELEASE] epitomizes DRATS for me, i have bought duplicate over years,just to stick on wall, love it,also the 4TOPS greatest hits wow, has them at the roostertail,i think, these 2 albums are ultimate to me growing to love the motown sound,thought of 2 more i love TAMMI IRRESISTIBLE GLADYS AND PIPS SILK AND SOUL. CHEERS.

[daddyacey]

whew !

[tomato tom]

Some of the worst for me

Tom Clay What The World Needs Now Is Love

Earthquire Earthquire

Gladys Knight & The Pips All in A Knights Work-Live

The Elgins Darling Baby

Paulo xxxx