The MOTORCITY JUKEBOX Of Individual Artist CD's

[westgrandboulevard]

Would that be all of the backing, or just certain sequence[s] of it?

And do you feel it reminds you of another Motorcity track, or a different source?

[144man]

^^^ I just don't know. It might be someone like Abba.

[Philles/Motown Gary]

J.J. BARNES [[King Of Northern Soul)
"The Very Best Of Motorcity"
Label: Essential Media Group
Catalog #: 8 94231 25732 2
Released: 2011

[NOTE 1: There is no catalog number shown on the CD's front cover, back cover, nor on the CD disc itself. The ONLY # shown is on the bar code on the back cover, which is what I ended up using.]

[NOTE 2: There are no production credits listed. I'm crediting all productions to Ian Levine.]


1) "Whatever Happened To Our Melody"
[[I. Levine - S. Wagner)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/GtuQbs527YI

2) "On Top Of The World"
[[I. Levine - J. Giscombe)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/yEWr0o7asXo

3) "Talk Of The Grapevine"
[[I. Levine - J. Barnes - S. Wagner)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/wfM_VuPoSt8

4) "Our Love Is In The Pocket"
[[G. Clinton - R. McCoy - J. Batton)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/DJskrNyj5W8

5) "Try It One More Time"
[[I. Levine - E. Starr)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/q2q74N_HeLo

6) "In And Out Of My Life"
[[I. Levine - J. Barnes)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/Yl0jkL5LBy0

7) "Say It"
[[D. Davis - J. Barnes)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/atR_TkIw-0U

8) "Building A Strong Foundation"
[[I. Levine - S. Wagner - S. Moy)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/RpM4lodMdAk

[NOTE: The CD's commercial tracklist lists the song title as "Building A Strong Foundation", while the video links list it as "Build A Foundation".]


9) "Sweet As A Honey Bee"
[[I. Levine - J. Barnes)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/pTGBlpH9g2M

10) "Eternity"
[[I. Levine - J. Giscombe)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/3rwmc_78nsA

11) "Happy Road"
[[I. Levine - J. Giscombe)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/zsOMBnILLpk

12) "That's Just Never Enough"
[[I. Levine - J. Barnes - S. Wagner)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/SbDzO1sYXOM

13) "Please Let Me In"
[[D. Davis - L. Bailey)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/cz8JoeSJTYk

14) "I've Seen The Light"
[[I. Levine - E. Starr)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/m6aix08Ph3w

15) "Real Humdinger"
[[A. Hamilton - R. Hamilton - R. Morris)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/uG_ePGjFYyY

16) "Your Can Bet Your Love"
[[I. Levine - J. Barnes)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/rA2KdO7RYcg

17) "Open The Door To Your Heart"
[[D. Banks)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/JZI0BYOPT3Q

18) "Sweet Sherry"
[[D. Davis - J. Barnes)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/1W1LNMsNqfg

[westgrandboulevard]

Hi Gary...

Just for interest, the J. J. Barnes compilation set above from Essential Media Group is, I think, a CD-R of the original UK release from 1996:

'King Of Northern Soul' - The Very Best Of The Motorcity Recordings', Essential Gold/Carlton Home Entertainment, 30359 90112.

At that time, 'Whatever Happened To Our Melody', 'Eternity' and 'Happy Road' were previously unreleased.

The CD included an eight page insert booklet of photos and notes by Graham Betts.

The notes state that 'Eternity' was also to be the title of a second, unreleased Motorcity album by J. J. Barnes....although information from another source states the scheduled title was actually to be 'Happy Road'.

The track list is identical in both sets, and also identical to the Hot Productions 7700 series compilation, released same year, 1996....but I can't confirm if the insert booklet was identical.....

[Philles/Motown Gary]

Hi Gary...

Just for interest, the J. J. Barnes compilation set above from Essential Media Group is, I think, a CD-R of the original UK release from 1996:

'King Of Northern Soul' - The Very Best Of The Motorcity Recordings', Essential Gold/Carlton Home Entertainment, 30359 90112.

At that time, 'Whatever Happened To Our Melody', 'Eternity' and 'Happy Road' were previously unreleased.

The CD included an eight page insert booklet of photos and notes by Graham Betts.

The notes state that 'Eternity' was also to be the title of a second, unreleased Motorcity album by J. J. Barnes....although information from another source states the scheduled title was actually to be 'Happy Road'.

The track list is identical in both sets, and also identical to the Hot Productions 7700 series compilation, released same year, 1996....but I can't confirm if the insert booklet was identical.....

Thanks for your as-always interesting tips, westgrand! If J.J. Barnes CD was available back in 1996, how did I manage to miss it? I thought I had ordered every Motorcity CD title that HOT Productions had available.
Oh, well... go figure! Upon playing it for the first time yesterday, I knew from the first track alone that I would love this CD, and I DO!!! [[Unfortunately, my copy is the budget version without Graham Betts' booklet, but I still love it!)

[westgrandboulevard]

My top favourite is "I've Seen The Light".....

Now that production is what I call the real 'Motorcity Sound'....

The UK CD does not seem to give any producer credit, and I do not have the Hot Productions version to check, but Discogs does confirm your assumption that Ian Levine was the producer.....

[Philles/Motown Gary]

Thanks, westgrand.

[144man]

On the "Try It One More Time" CD, the producer of "I've Seen the Light" is indeed Ian Levine.
The producer of "Build A Foundation" [see post #53] on this cd is given as Ian Levine & Sylvia Moy.

[westgrandboulevard]

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MARY WELLS
"The Very Best"
Motorcity CD MOT CLP 40
Released: 1990

Tracklist:

1) "Keeping My Mind On Love" [[Extended Mix)
[[I. Levine - F. Gorman)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/PM6vJrlYxhw

2) "Hold On A Little Longer" [[Extended Mix)
[[I. Levine - B. Taylor)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/dithRdZnoNk

3) "Stop Before It's Too Late" [[Extended Mix)
[[I. Levine - F. Gorman - J. Bradford - S. Gorman)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/Q4VbP7Glejc

4) "What's Easy For Two Is So Hard For One"
[[W. Robinson)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/YPoJ-rSQOYU

5) "Walk The City Streets"
[[I. Levine - Wagner)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/fCy0Yy9f7pM

6) "My Guy"
[[W. Robinson)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/E3S7dCBCZsc

7) "You Beat MeTo The Punch"
[[W. Robinson)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/FRjqtwHgOhg

8) "You're The Answer To My Dreams"
[[I. Levine - S. Wagner)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/CZ0XwvyJCMI

9) "Don't Burn Your Bridges"
[[I. Levine - T. French)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/RLn5mE8VdpY

10) "Once Upon A Time"
[[Duet w/FRANKIE GAYE)
[[C. Paul - A. Hamilton - W. Stevenson)
Producer: Ian Levine
https://youtu.be/UTwPPMNhzvk

On her Birthday, remembering Mary Wells [Mary Esther Wells; 1943-1992].....

[westgrandboulevard]

Does anyone know where you can purchase the Barbara Randolph CD on Motorcity?
Can't seem to find it. Wish I had bought it back in the day.

Hi Lakeside,

If you are still looking for a copy of Barbara Randolph's 'Breaking Into My Heart' CD, one has just been listed on eBay.co.uk.....

...and is also available via Discogs......

[Philles/Motown Gary]

Lakeside, eBay [[U.S.) has a "Like New" copy of Barbara Randolph's ""Breaking Into My Heart" CD but it's an auction -- not a direct sale.

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes, it's the same UK seller from all three sources....

It would seem a reasonable price, if it stays that way....