Various Artists - The Motown Box [Box]

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

602498832936

Description:

Given the tremendous volume, range, and generally superior quality of Motown`s output throughout the 1960s, it is difficult to find a satisfyingly comprehensive collection, and fans are easily in danger of finding themselves neck-deep in the sea of compilations flooding the market. The four-disc HITSVILLE U.S.A. box and THE MOTOWN STORY, VOL. 1: THE SIXTIES are good bets, but 2005`s beautifully compiled four-disc THE MOTOWN BOX matches--and arguably surpasses--those collections.
In addition to containing nearly every essential chart hit by the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Martha & the Vandellas, and Little Stevie Wonder--not to mention classics by the likes of Mary Wells, the Elgins, the Spinners, and the Marvellettes--THE MOTOWN BOX boasts extended stereo remixes of the majority of singles. Audiophiles used to the mono mixes will relish the rich sound here, and Motown fanatics will have to own the fourth disc, which contains rarities and B-sides. These bonuses heighten the appeal on this already outstanding and thorough collection of some of the best pop music of the 20th century.

Track Listing:

DISC 1: BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING:

1. Shop Around - The Miracles (hit version stereo mix)
2. Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes (extended stereo mix)
3. Do You Love Me - The Contours (hit version stereo mix)
4. Two Lovers - Mary Wells
5. You`ve Really Got a Hold on Me - The Miracles (extended stereo mix)
6. Hitch Hike - Marvin Gaye
7. Fingertips Pt. 2 - Stevie Wonder
8. Heat Wave (Love Is Like A) - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (extended stereo mix, single version)
9. Quicksand - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (extended stereo mix)
10. Mickey`s Monkey - The Miracles (extended stereo mix)
11. Can I Get a Witness - Marvin Gaye
12. Too Many Fish in the Sea - The Marvelettes
13. Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops (extended stereo mix)
14. Way You Do the Things You Do, The - The Temptations
15. When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes - The Supremes
16. Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes (extended stereo mix)
17. Don`t Look Back - The Temptations
18. Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Elgins
19. You`re a Wonderful One - Marvin Gaye
20. Come See About Me - The Supremes (extended stereo mix)

DISC 2: DANCING IN THE STREETS:

1. Dancing in the Street - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
2. Get Ready - The Temptations
3. Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) - Kim Weston
4. Back in My Arms Again - The Supremes (extended stereo mix)
5. Going to a Go-Go - The Miracles (extended stereo mix)
6. Tracks of My Tears, The - The Miracles (extended stereo mix)
7. Shotgun - Junior Walker & the All-Stars (extended stereo mix)
8. It`s the Same Old Song - The Four Tops (alternate stereo mix)
9. This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You) - The Isley Brothers (alternate stereo mix)
10. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin (extended stereo mix, alternate spoken word beginning)
11. I`ll Always Love You - The Spinners
12. I`ll Be Doggone - Marvin Gaye
13. Uptight (Everything`s Alright) - Stevie Wonder (extended stereo mix)
14. Ain`t Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations (extended stereo strings mix)
15. I Can`t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - The Four Tops (extended alternate background vocals stereo mix)
16. Something About You - The Four Tops
17. Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes (extended stereo mix)
18. My Guy - Mary Wells (extended stereo mix)
19. My Girl - The Temptations (extended stereo mix)
20. My Girl Has Gone - The Miracles (extended stereo mix)

DISC 3: REFLECTIONS:

1. Nowhere to Run - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
2. Since I Lost My Baby - The Temptations (alternate lead vocal stereo mix)
3. You`re My Everything - The Temptations
4. I`m the One You Need (Come `Round Here) - The Miracles
5. My World Is Empty Without You - The Supremes (extended stereo mix)
6. I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes (alternate stereo mix)
7. Reach Out, I`ll Be There - The Four Tops (extended stereo mix)
8. Standing in the Shadows of Love - The Four Tops
9. Place in the Sun, A - Stevie Wonder
10. Shake Me, Wake Me (When It`s Over) - The Four Tops
11. Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart - The Supremes (extended stereo mix)
12. If I Could Build My Whole World Around You - Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell
13. Jimmy Mack - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (extended stereo mix, single version)
14. Bernadette - The Four Tops
15. I Was Made to Love Her - Stevie Wonder
16. Don`t Mess With Bill - The Marvelettes
17. Ain`t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell (extended stereo mix)
18. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight & the Pips
19. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (extended soundtrack version)
20. Reflections - Diana Ross & the Supremes (extended stereo mix)

DISC 4: B-SIDES AND RARE STUFF:

1. I`ve Been Good to You - The Miracles (extended stereo mix)
2. Purple Raindrops - Stevie Wonder (first-time stereo mix)
3. Pretty Little Baby - Marvin Gaye (frist-time stereo mix)
4. Let Me Go the Right Way - The Supremes
5. You`ll Lose a Precious Love - The Temptations (extended stereo mix)
6. Love`s Gone Bad - Chris Clark (extended stereo mix)
7. Third Finger, Left Hand - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (extended stereo mix)
8. Steppin` Closer to Your Heart - Gladys Knight & the Pips (first-time stereo mix)
9. Since You`ve Been Gone - The Four Tops
10. Nightmare (Like A) - The Andantes (first-time stereo mix)
11. Just Look What You`ve Done - Brenda Holloway (extended stereo mix)
12. Forever - The Marvelettes (first-time stereo mix)

Album Information

Release Date:

08/02/2005

Type:

Collection

Genre:

R&B

Subgenre:

Motown

Label:

Motown

Catalog Number:

0004999

Original Release Year:

2005

# of Discs:

4

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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