As Tamla records was founded January 12, 1959, then 2024 is its 65th Anniversary. Are there celebrations afoot?
Universal Motown in Japan usually produces the goods don't they? It really doesn't feel like 5 years since we had the "Motown did it first" campaign but it will be next year.
So I'm really hoping for another batch of releases on CD - there'll be the usual re-released titles - bound to be. But within the last 2 anniversary batches we've also been treated to "The Original Spinners", Chuck Jackson "Arrives" and "Going Back To", "Greetings We're The Monitors", Odyssey, Jimmy Ruffin "Top Ten", Amos Milburn "Blues Boss", Earl Van Dyke "That Motown Sound" and "The Earl Of Funk", Brenda Holloway's "Every Little Bit Hurts", Kiki Dee's "Great Expectations", "Shorty Long "Here Comes The Judge" etc etc.
So, would it be "too much to hope for" The Originals "Naturally Together" and "Definitions", Choker Campbell "Hits of The Sixties", San Remo Strings "Hungry For Love" and "Swing", Four Tops "On Broadway" maybe even "Now", Barbara McNair - "Here I Am", "The Real Barbara McNair", Jackie Jackson, Diahann Carroll - what would you want to see?
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