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The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 1: 1959-1961
Music CD CoverEdition: Music CD Audio: English (Unknown) Format: Box set, Import Published: 2005 CD Release Date: 2006-11-13 Music Label: Hip-O Select Soundtracks: Music CD 1- Come to Me - Johnson, Marv
- Whisper - Johnson, Marv
- Merry-Go-Round - Gordy, Berry
- It Moves Me - Gordy, Berry
- Let's Rock - Gordy, Berry
- Do the Very Best You Can - Gordy, Berry
- Solid Sender - Leverett, Charles
- I'll Never Love Again - Leverett, Charles
- Snake Walk, Pt. 1 - Gordy, Berry
- Snake Walk, Pt. 2 - Gordy, Berry
- It - Gordy, Berry
- Don't Say Bye Bye - Gordy, Berry
- Going to the Hop - Gordy, Berry
- Motor City - Gordy, Berry
- Money (That's What I Want) - Bradford, Janie
- Oh I Apologize - Robinson, Smokey
- Ich-I-Bon #1 - Ferro, Johnny
- Cool and Crazy - Ferro, Johnny
- Bad Girl - Robinson, Smokey
- I Love Your Baby - Robinson, Smokey
- The Feeling Is So Fine - Robinson, Smokey
- (You Can) Depend on Me - Robinson, Smokey
- My Beloved - Gordy, Berry
- Sugar Daddy - Gordy, Berry
- You Never Miss a Good Thing - Robinson, Smokey
- Hold Me Tight - Gordy, Berry
- Gotta Have Your Lovin' - Gordy, Berry
Music CD 2- Way Over There - Robinson, Smokey
- (You Can) Depend on Me - Gordy, Berry
- Way Over There - Robinson, Smokey
- My Beloved - Gordy, Berry
- You Never Miss a Good Thing - Robinson, Smokey
- Yes, No, Maybe So - Gordy, Berry
- You Knows What to Do - Gaye, Anna Gordy
- Custer's Last Man - Wylie, Richard
- Shimmy Gully - Wylie, Richard
- Who Wouldn't Love a Man Like That - Gordy, Berry
- You Made a Fool Out of Me - Gordy, Berry
- Whirlwind - Bradford, Janie
- I'm Gonna Cry (If You Quit Me) - Robinson, Smokey
- Bye Bye Baby - Wells, Mary
- Please Forgive Me - Gordy, Berry
- What Makes You Love Him - Gordy, Berry
- That Child Is Really Wild - Gordy, Berry
- Who's the Fool - Gordy, Berry
- Shop Around - Gordy, Berry
- Who's Lovin' You - Robinson, Smokey
- True Love - Davis, Donald
- It's You - Davis, Don
- Shop Around - Gordy, Berry
- Oh Lover - Gordy, Berry
- That's Why I Love You So Much - Gordy, Berry
- I've Got a Notion - Fowler, George
- We Really Love Each Other - Robinson, Smokey
Music CD 3- Don't Feel Sorry for Me - Ruffin, Jimmy
- Heart - Ruffin, Jimmy
- Don't Let Him Shop Around - Wakefield, Loucye G
- A New Girl - Gordy, Berry
- Ain't It Baby - Gordy, Berry
- The Only One I Love - Robinson, Smokey
- Money and Me - Robinson, Smokey
- You've Got What It Takes - Gordy, Berry
- When I Needed You - Gordy, Raynoma Lile
- Continental Strut - Holland, Brian
- Whole Lotta Woman - Robinson, Smokey
- Come on and Be Mine - Hoggs, Billy
- I Want a Guy - Gordy, Berry
- Never Again - Gordy, Berry
- He Lifted Me - Gooch, Mae
- Behold the Saints of God - Grant, Norvis
- Poor Sam Jones - Gordy, Berry
- They Rode Through the Valley - Gordy, Robert
- Money (That's What I Want) - Bradford, Janie
- I'll Still Be Around - Bradford, Janie
- Tomorrow and Always - Goffin, Gerry
- A Love That Can Never Be - Bradford, Janie
- Tomorrow and Always - Goffin, Gerry
- Whole Lotta Woman - Robinson, Smokey
- Blibberin' Blabbin' Blues - Gordy, Berry
- Don't Say Bye Bye - Gordy, Berry
Music CD 4- Angel - Sanders, Sonny
- (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over - Magidson, Herbert
- Witchcraft - Coleman, Cy
- Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide - Gordy, Berry
- Never Let You Go (Sha Lu Bop) - Gaye, Anna Gordy
- I Don't Want to Take a Chance - Stevenson, William
- I'm So Sorry - Brooks, Earl
- Rosa Lee (Stay Off the Bell) - Williams, Andre
- Shoo-Doo - Williams, Andre
- Misery - Mancha, Don Juan
- Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right - Robinson, Smokey
- Broken Hearted - Robinson, Smokey
- Mighty Good Lovin' - Robinson, Smokey
- No Love - Gordy, Berry
- Looking for a Man - Gordy, Berry
- Same Thing - Stevenson, William
- That's No Lie - Stevenson, William
- I Know How It Feels - Bradford, Janie
- My Kind of Love - Holland, Brian
- No Love - Gordy, Berry
- Buttered Popcorn - Ales, Barney
- Who's Lovin' You - Robinson, Smokey
- Buttered Popcorn - Ales, Barney
- Oh, Mother of Mine - Stevenson, William
- Romance Without Finance - Stevenson, William
- I Am Bound - Windom, A.B.
- Precious Memories - Martin, Robert A.
Music CD 5- Please Mr. Postman - Dobbins, Georgia
- So Long Baby - Young, James
- The Stretch - Stevenson, William
- Funny - Stevenson, William
- Itsy Bity Pity Love - Bradford, Janie
- But I'm Afraid - Stevenson, William
- They Shall Be Mine - Mann, Rev. Columbus
- Jesus Loves - Mann, Rev. Columbus
- Someone to Call My Own - Stevenson, William
- You're My Desire - Stevenson, William
- Love Me - Hartfield, Pete
- Darling Tonight - Hartfield, Pete
- Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues - Robinson, Smokey
- I Can't Believe - Robinson, Smokey
- Angel in Blue - Humprey, Beverly
- Blue Cinderella - Bradford, Janie
- Strange Love - Stevenson, William
- Come to Me - Johnson, Marv
- The Day Will Come - Bradford, Janie
- Just for You - Holland, Brian
- Have I the Right - Bradford, Janie
- Real Good Lovin' - Bradford, Janie
- Zing Went the Strings of My Heart - Hanley, James
- Faded Letter - Williams, Vernon
Music CD 6- Jamie - Strong, Barrett
- Take a Chance on Me - Holland, Brian
- Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) - Bateman, Robert
- Take a Chance - Holland, Brian
- Actions Speak Louder Than Words - Gordy, Berry
- Take Me - Williams, Andre
- What Makes You Love Him - Gordy, Berry
- Don't Take It Away - Gordy, Berry
- Check Yourself - Gordy, Berry
- Your Wonderful Love - Gordy, Berry
- Small Sad Sam - Skylar, Sunny
- Tie Me Tight - Gordy, Robert
- Whose Heart (Are You Gonna Break Now) - Stevenson, William
- I'll Call You - McKenzie, Don
- Xmas Twist - Gordy, Berry
- White House Twist - Holland, Brian
- Please Mr. Kennedy - Gordy, Benny
- (They Call Me) Cupid - Holland, Brian
- Twistin' Postman - Bateman, Robert
- I Want a Guy - Gordy, Berry
- What's So Good About Good Bye - Robinson, Smokey
- I've Been Good to You - Robinson, Smokey
- Congo, Pt. 1 - Gordy, Berry
- Congo, Pt. 2 - Gordy, Berry
Free Music Notes for The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 1: 1959-1961Free Music Review: Box Set Long Overdue Hit: 5 StarsIt's about time! Although most tracks are mastered from the original tapes, 26 are dubbed from the original 45s--"Let's Rock" sounding the worst but still worth having (as if you can find it anywhere else). This package also indicates recording dates on some tracks, rare photos, and track-by-track notes (e.g. other artists who've remade each track, story behind the music, corrections on writer/producer credit). Here are some I found very interesting:
- Nick & the Jaguars were Motown's 1st white act.
- "I've Got A Notion" originally by Henry Lumpkin, later remade by Marv Johnson. "We Really Love Each Other" is almost a duet with Smokey.
- "I Want A Guy" from The Supremes. Freddie Gorman recalls Berry Gordy saying, "I don't want another girl group." I thought The Supremes were the 1st girl group at the company.
- Richard Wylie & His Band (Popcorn & the Mohawks) originally recorded "I'll Still Be Around" before Mary Wells.
- "Tomorrow and Always" given proper writer's credit to Goffin & King.
- "Angel" originally recorded by The Satintones before The Marvelettes.
- Mable John's "No Love" also recorded by Mary Wells, although not noted.
- "You're My Desire" originally recorded by The Equadors before Mary Wells.
- "The Day Will Come" originally recorded by Freddie Gorman before Mary Wells.
- The Supremes singing backup for Bob Kayli, Don McKenzie, and possibly Pete Hartfield.
- Norman Whitfield credit as vocal accompaniment to Mickey Woods although not noticeable.
- Most songs produced by Berry Gordy during that era. It's nice to hear Brian Holland growing from backup singer to writer to producer.
The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 1: 1959-1961 PosterPreviously only available on the internet! The first volume of this exhaustive series of Motown boxsets that compiles every seven inch single officially released by the label in chronological order, including both A and B-sides, on six CDs plus one limited edition seven-inch single (this box features Barret Strong's 'Money (That's What I Want' vinyl). 157 tracks from some of the greatest Soul/R&B talents of all-time including The Marvelettes, The Miracles, Mary Wells, Jimmy Ruffin, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Contours, and many many more. Motown.
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