According to David Bianco's HEAT WAVE book, Motown during the period 1965 through 1967 released a number of EPs [[extended play records). Chisa label 2; Gordy label 6; Motown label 19; Soul label 4; and Tamla label 7. A total of 38 are reported to be have been issued.
What is the story on these releases? In all my 50 years of collecting Motown records both during that period and after that period, I have NEVER seen a single EP. Can anyone shed any light on this subject? Was there something "unique" about how they were sold, distributed? Were they in limited quantities? Are the pictures identical to LPs, or what? I assume they were released in picture sleeves. Even the excellent web site www.seabear.se which has a ton of pictures on their web site does not include any of the EPs. Any information you can provide on this item would be greatly appreciated. Do they really exist? Thank you.
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