Martha Reeves 45's Released Other Than Motown label

[woodward]

I am trying to compose a complete discography of Martha Reeves singles [[45's) that were released on other than the Motown affiliated labels. I have some empty spaces that I need completed and am hoping that someone can help me complete the listing.

ARISTA LABEL [[Were these the only 4 singles released?)
124 Love Blind/This Time I'll Be Sweeter
160 Higher and Higher/ ?
211 The Rest Of My Live/ ?
228 You've Lost That Loving Feeling/ ?

FANTASY LABEL [[Were these the only 3 singles released?)
825 ? / ?
868 Dancing In The Street/When You Came
887 Really Like Your Rap/That's What I Want

MCA LABEL [[Were these the only 3 singles released?)
40194 Power of Love/Stand By Me
40274 Wild Night/Stand by Me
20329 My Man/Facsimile

Any help to determine any other singles and the titles of the ? sides will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[chestersong]

"Second Chance" was released on one of the FREE SOUL compilations. i will have to check which in my CD pile.

[copley]

'I've Got To Use My Imagination' was issued as a single in the UK.

[RossHolloway]

Do we know when these singles were recorded/released? And is there a list of her albums she released post-Motown?

[copley]

1974: Martha Reeves [[MCA)
197?: Dancing In The Streets aka Rainbow [[Phonarama) not released but I have a copy.
1977: For the Rest of My Life [[Arista)
1978: We Meet Again [[Fantasy)
1980: Gotta Keep Moving [[Fantasy)
2002: Home To You [[Itch) re-issued in 2004

[randy_russi]

Skating In The Streets was a 12-inch, but I can't remember if it was on Fantasy or Arista.

I've Got To Use My Imagination was on the first solo lp on MCA. It was originally recorded by her too.

[BayouMotownMan]

As I recall them, and I may miss some, here are her post-Motown releases [[Albums in CAPS)

1974 MARTHA REEVES [[MCA)
Power of Love
Wild Night
My Man [[You Changed My Tune)

1976 THE REST OF MY LIFE [[ARISTA)
Love Blind
Higher and Higher
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

1978 or 9 WE MEET AGAIN [[Fantasy)
Love Don't Come No Stronger

1980 [[or thereabouts) GOTTA KEEP MOVING [[Fantasy)
Skating In The Streets
Really Like Your Rap

She did an lp for RONCO in the 80s of her hits and a few others

She had at least a few singles that I know of for MOTORCITY, Step Into My Shoes, a duet with GC Cameron, You're All I Need To Get By and a few others

She did HOME TO YOU herself

One thing about Martha...she never put out a bad lp. She herself was embarrased about the Skating In The Street single but Lamont Dozier did some great tracks for her on that same Fantasy lp

[theboyfromxtown]

The 1980 album containing "Skating in the Streets [[Dancing In The Streets)" [[both with an added "s" was called "Gotta Keep Moving" [[FANTASY F9591) and contained 6 tracks of which 2 tracks were produced by Lamont Dozier. The remaining 4 tracks were produced by Henry "Hank" Cosby with Phil Jones.

I was disappointed to learn that Martha was embarrassed about her update of the song. It was topical at that time and an excellent production - as would be expected from Henry Cosby. I can think of a whole lot more tracks more embarrassing than that one....mostly those updates of Motown hits that were recorded after she left the company.