Ahhh, once Had Year By Year[[s) 1964, 1966, 1968, and 1976, before as usual with many of my previous before-present library collection CDs, given them away to friends in the name of sharing with them examples of "The Sound of Young America".
Ahhh, once Had Year By Year[[s) 1964, 1966, 1968, and 1976, before as usual with many of my previous before-present library collection CDs, given them away to friends in the name of sharing with them examples of "The Sound of Young America".
Grape - that's really impressive - some of those images I've never seen before, or even realised that they have been issued on CD.
Your collection of CD [[and vinyl) must be absolutely amazing - very similar to our dear Eric Charge's [[one of the most kind, thoughtful and sincere men I've been lucky to meet).
...that's very kind of you gordy hunk ...alas ...I do not own a fraction of these releases ...which must run into thousands since the advent of CDs in the mid-80s ...I've just kept an eye on what has been released and thought it was high time they were shared here on SDF...!
...2009 CDs ...part 2
...2009 CDs ...part 1
...1996 CDs
...1997 CDs
...1998 CDs
...2010 CDs
Okay, on one of those records displayed above, obviously from one of those Complete Motown-history spanning anthology collections I have yet to afford or find, third to last, with DeBarge, Rick James, and another group I could not identify due to picture being too small to identify anyways; Sam Harris?
Awesome! Always awesome to know Motown could appreciate ALL the hit makers on at least one of their collections, not just only the couple handfuls the company rather only display for their image.
Really, There could have been more than seventeen, which yes, I did spent my youth finding and collecting all seventeen, Ultimate Collections, and I'm not talkin' about the obvious omissions of Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye!
Now, the question, what is that collection, and how to find it?
Last edited by Ngroove; 05-12-2019 at 10:18 AM.
There was a very good thread about the Britannia Motown Collection some years ago Ngroove...
https://soulfuldetroit.com/showthrea...ction-box-sets
NGroove if you're referring to the Motown The History set, you can see them all here https://www.flickr.com/photos/cookep...57634220097120
The complete boxed set turns up from time to time on Ebay and Amazon plus Discogs. Typically expect to pay around £69 to £99 for the set these days. However, individual volumes regularly turn up on the various sites mentioned above and on Music Magpie [[similar to DClutter in the US). Individual volumes only cost a couple of quid [[£2) ish and that's how I collected them all - the hardest to find was 0715 Boogie Down [[530-715).
Each CD comes with copious notes from Sharon Davis and also Gordon Frewin and some rarer versions are included. Sound quality too is great.
On the Ultimate Series, the sound quality is also excellent and in mono where the singles were mono. That's a great series also.
...1999 CDs
Okay, those 20th Century Masters above, British versions? Why hasn't USA been given such beautiful covers on the Supremes / Diana Ross ones? The Commodores international version, with live jam cover, looks more dynamic too.
The Millennium Collection series, good for either on a budget, as a starter before bigger courses [[Ultimate Collections, Anthologies, Boxed Sets), as something to tide with while hunting down harder to find Ultimate Collections [[as Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Marvelettes, and Mary Wells was), or as a neat little showcase on acts who only had a handful of hits [[Switch, Dazz Band, Mary Jane Girls).
20th Century Masters are US covers and generally the sound quality is superb.
Brilliant. Thanks for that.
I do believe that the two "Motortown Uncovered" CDs in Post 13 were of dubious legality.
...2011 CDs
...I expect one or two here are...!! ...I deliberately haven't included the Marginal CDs ...but can't guarantee that all that I've posted aren't boots ...especially maybe the odd foreign one...but I've tried my hardest to weed them out ...onwards and upwards...!!
From 1980: Skylarkin - Grover Washington
BEWARE: In post #43, the picture of The Miracles Greatest Hits [on top of Stuart Little in the CD display] is totally bogus. I happen to have it, I bought it not too long ago and it was in it's original shrink wrap. It is only a local group - no idea who is in the group - singing Miracles tracks. There are no Motown Miracles in the collection and every song is what I call a cheap imitation of the originals by SR & the Miracles. It was issued on the Masters label by International Record and Cassette in Hauppauge, LI, NY.
...thanks for the warning Woodward ...good job I didn't include the plethora of Motorcity CD releases then...!!
...2015 CDs
...2014 CDs
fascinating . mind boggling.
this listing ought to be given it's own page here.
No wonder there's no Motown 60 being issued ....of what?? This cow has been milked dry!!!
...2016 CDs
Question; what is the physical media store's policy on 20th Century Masters Motowns? I knew the Contours, Brenda Holloway, and Kim Weston ones existed, but never seen in any physical form, other than that one time I visited the Motown Museum's gift store. Does the stores only wants to put on shelves more only on the names that had all eleven tracks per collection a Pop or/and R&B top ten hit?
I believe you should ixnay the Harvey Records Collection, assuming it was without Motown's permission / copyright due to somehow music 1962 and before was public domain to Britain CD.
Last edited by Ngroove; 05-24-2019 at 12:40 AM.
Never physically saw or bought any of the 20th Century sets. I was surprised by the lack of CD product available at the Motown Museum shop when we visited for my 50th birthday in 2006...the Motown shop at Detroit Airport had a fuller and far better range of Motown CDs for sale. Maybe things have improved since then...?
The Harvey Records CD is issued by budget company Hallmark who have been legally selling vinyl and CDs for decades.
That I'm In a Different World set looks interesting!
Absolutely - a great job by Grapevine. There aren't that many obvious omissions but certainly many surprises can be seen. Shame it's not searchable but that's a small point. Well done Grape.
Grape, you need to stand up and take a well deserved bow for this effort. Excellent work dude.
Great to see the latest instalment of these Motown CDs.
Motown [[ licencees)really knew how to milk that back.catalogue...surely no other label comes close [[perhaps Atlantic) but they covered so many labels and artists. Motown were unique.
That Marvin Gaye / Tammi Terrell, what appears to be a "United" CD boxed set, for I am intrigued.
I have bought both Sixties Marvin Gaye albums CD boxed sets of recent, Volume One holding his 1961 to 1965, and Volume Two holding his 1966 to 1970, so in other words, all the Marvin / Tammi albums were in Volume Two, but that "United" box kinda tells me that would look gorgeous on my collection as well, if it is still in print, meaning I could order it on Amazon for an affordable enough price.
Did those Motown re-issue singles ever get released...i know the Tamla ones did but ive never seen any of the Motown label ones.
How is the Katie Melua cd connected to Motown?
...both the Katie Melua and Michael Bolton 2010 CDs were released by Universal Motown ...stranger people than these have been released by Motown...!!
Thanks Grapevine...I would never have known that that.
What's the black and white cover with a man's face close to a microphone for?
Tom ...it was the Motown Smooth Jazz Sax Instrumentals CD ...!
Many CDs are just re-mashed hits collections - in some cases they just change the artwork and issue again under the same catalogue number. What is the single most released track amongst all these CDs - DRATS "Baby Love" must be a real contender.
I feel sad, all the great latter-years releases [[Hip-O Select, Big Break Records, Funkytown Grooves), were all limited print runs, thus if I look for them today, their prices would be jacked up five-ten times their original listed price.
Last edited by Ngroove; 06-02-2019 at 11:19 AM.
Are you sure Diana Ross sings songs from the Wiz 2015 is a cd? I thought it was a digital download only!
...if you notice jack ...I've included all notable and significant releases of Motown and related CDs ...digital releases ...DVDs ...and vinyl ...in the CD-age ...in this series...! ...all the 'Motown Unreleased' compilations ...apart from MU1966 ...have been digital only releases ...it would have been a shame not to include them...!
Johnny Gill has had a "Icon" compilation not so long ago - sure, it was a budget, Walmart only release - but to me, it kind of helps signalling Johnny Gill, truly a man with a big voice, represent legendary status as a Motown Great.
Lionel Richie Hello from Las Vegas is on Capitol records!
I'm not the OP, but I did find this track listing. And it appears to be a vinyl only release?
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Moto...lease/14443605
Oh Wow great seeing all those CD covers and it reminded me it was 'Big Motown Hits and Hard To Find Classics Vol 1' that really got me into Motown I played that CD to death back then.
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