Indie Release [Level 4]
Has anyone listened to this CD yet? How is it? All previously unreleased material (except one) from the vaults. The Northern Soulers should be ecstatic! I'm saving my change to buy it soon. Here's the track listing:
CD:1
1.Baby A Go-Go - Barbara McNair
2.All Your Love - Brenda Holloway
3.He Was Really Sayin' Something - Earl van Dyke (aka The Funk Brothers)
4.Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead - Contours
5.Do I Love You - Chris Clark
6.Baby Hit And Run (alternate vocal) - The Contours
7.How Can I - Brenda Holloway
8.I Like Everything About You - The Contours feat. Dennis Edwards
9. All I Do Is Think About You - Tammi Terrell
10.Lucky Lucky Me - Jimmy Ruffin
11.In The Neighborhood - Jimmy Ruffin
12.Poor Little Rich Girl - The Marvelettes
13.The Other Side Of Town - The Marvelettes
14.Save My Love For A Rainy Day - Marv Johnson
15.Tell Me It's A Rumour Baby (instr) - Funk Brothers
16.If You Ever Get Your Hands On Love - Gladys Knight & The Pips
17. Are You Sure Love Is The Name Of The Game - Stevie Wonder
18.Until You Came Along - Carolyn Crawford
19.Before It's Over Singing - Sammy Ward
20.Long Gone Lover - Velvelettes
CD: 2
1.My Sugar Baby - Frank Wilson
2.Here Are The Pieces Of My Broken Heart (alternate single 'ref' mix) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
3.There's A Definite Change In You - The Temptations
4.Who You Gonna Run To - Brenda Holloway
5.(It's Easy To Fall In Love With) A Guy Like You - Martha & The Vandellas
6.The Touch Of Venus - Patrice Holloway
7.I Wish I Liked You (As Much As I Love You ) - Marvin Gaye
8.Trapped In A Love Affair - Brenda Holloway
9. I Know How To Love Her - Jimmy Ruffin
10.Riding High On Love - Jr Walker & The All Stars
11.Why When Love Is Gone (alternate single 'ref' mix) - The Originals
12.If This World Were Mine (alternate single 'ref' mix) - Fantastic Four
13.Don't Let Me Down - Kim Weston
14.Don't Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today (extended single mix) - The Monitors
15.(Tell Me) It Ain't The Truth - J J Barnes
16.You Made Me Feel Like (Everything Is Alright) - Syreeta
17.A Weakspot In My Heart - The Isley Brothers
18. Don't Make Me Live Without Your Love - The Lewis Sisters
19.It Must Be Love Baby - Chuck Jackson & Yvonne Fair
20.Ain't No Place Like Motown - The Velvelettes
Catalogue No: 5446192
Chart Hit [Level 6]
Hi Leanman,
As a northern fan myself, I was in ecstasy when I heard about this CD. Unfortunately, I live in Brasil and, to import an album like this one, I will pay the price of the album X 3! Why? Because 1 dollar = 3 reais. I think I have to save money for a looong time to purchase this musical treasure.
Peace,
zeca azevedo, 3 times loser
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Indie Release [Level 4]
Zeca,
I admit I don't know anything about importing, so I wonder how much it would cost to buy it here and then send it to you. It's $14.99 US on Amazon.com. Would it be cheaper than to import it?
Chart Hit [Level 6]
Hi Leanman,
thanx for your offer, dear friend. You are very kind. I will find a way of getting this great record very soon. When you buy yours, send amessage to this FORUM telling us you opinions about this CD, ok?
Thanks, friend.
Peace,
zeca azevedo, going back to his roots
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
Hi LeanMean,
I haven't heard the cd you're talking about but I do have one in a similar vein from Motown: THE ULTIMATE RARITIES COLLECTION #1: MOTOWN SINGS MOTOWN TREASURES.
What this one has is the artists giving their takes on their stablemates' hits. I really got into it. Here's the listing:
YOU'VE REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME - THE JACKSON 5
I WANT YOU BACK - DAVID RUFFIN
HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) - ISLEY BROTHERS
EVERYBODY NEEDS LOVE - THE VELVELETTES
MY GIRL - MARVIN GAYE
IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE - FANTASTIC FOUR
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE - SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES
STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE - KIM WESTON (This is just outstanding!)
IN MY LONELY ROOM - DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES
COME SEE ABOUT ME - THE ORIGINALS
THE GIRL'S ALRIGHT WITH ME - THE SPINNERS
TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY - JIMMY RUFFIN
WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED - THE CONTOURS
I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME - GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS (Gladys RULES!!!)
I HEAR A SYMPHONY - STEVIE WONDER
THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED BY THE GAME - BLINKY
TRULY YOURS - THE TEMPTATIONS
THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU D0 - THE UNDERDOGS
CAN I GET A WITNESS - DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES
FOREVER - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
MY SMILE IS JUST A FROWN (TURNED UPSIDE DOWN) - THE TEMPTATIONS
I'll probably pick up the one you're thinking about getting as I really like this one. Plus, it would be all "new" to me. That I like.
Love Has No Time or Place
Nicky
Indie Release [Level 4]
Most of the songs are in mono, two or three are in stereo--The sound has been cleaned up. There are a few Gems--The 3 or 4 songs by Brenda Holloway stand out. The last song by The Velvelettes "There's No Place Like Motown" should have been a hit.
Underground Hit [Level 5]
Zeca
E-mail me. I might be able to sort something out for you
Sixty minutes is nothing special (but it\'s all the world to me)
Triple Platinum Record [Level 10]
Well, thanks for the heads up, guys & gals!!!
I stopped by Amoeba tonight with the express idea of seeing if I could find "A Cellarful of Motown"--at first it was nowhere to be found--then I thought maybe I should check the overstock underneath--and VOILA!!!--I found a promo copy for $12.95!!! BTW, Allmusic.com says this CD is a 5-star masterpiece and one of the most important releases of old material in recent years, thanks to Northern soul collector's demands for unreleased material from the Motown vaults. The critic who wrote the review says a lot of the selections on the CD were most likely rejected for release for being a little too raw for Motown founder Berry Gordy's more mainstream taste. The reviewer likened some of the performances closer to what would have been expected from Stax recordings.
OK, so then I went nuts!!!!
I also scooped up:
Patti Austin: "For Ella" (9.95)
Fourplay: "Heartfelt" (7.99)
Minnie Riperton: "Petals: Minnie Riperton Collection" (2 CD set) (14.99)
James Taylor: "October Road" (10.99)
Weezer: "Weezer (Green Album) (9.95) (I like that "Island In The Sun" song) :razz:
AND "Disco Spectrum 3" ( especially for the Denise LaSalle "I'm So Hot"--wish it had the flip side of that 12" "Try My Love" also!!!)
Vinyl:
Chuck Cissel "Cisselin' Hot" 12" (1979/Arista)-- since folks were discussing this recently--I found out that Cissel was in the original cast of "A Chorus Line" and that Michael Bennet, that show's director, actually produced his first LP--Not the one that this 12" is from--that was by Skip Scarborough ( composer for Pattie Labelle/ Earth Wind & Fire & many others ) & Dave Crawford (Candi Staton).
LP's:
Rose Royce: "Strikes Again" (1978)
S'Express: "Original Soundtrack (1989)
Sister Sledge "Love Somebody Today (1980)
Jessica Williams "Queen Of Fools" (1979)
Village People "Live & Sleazy" (1979)
The 12" was $2.95 and the LP's were all $1.00 apiece.
Since I am going to SF in a few weeks, this was probably an unnecessary trip to Amoeba--but sugar pie, honey bunch-- I can't help myself!!! :lol:
_________________
Make My Feet Wanna Dance!
Markydefad
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Chart Hit [Level 6]
I think this is the second volume. I own the first one, and it's hit and miss. Only one of the songs really made an impression on me...it was Stevie Wonder singing a Smokey Robinson song called "Are You Sure Love is the Name of this Game?" Some of the other songs had their moments, but for the most part, unreleased songs are unreleased for a reason. And I'll bet Motown has thousands and thousands of unreleased songs. I'd be primarily interested in more Holland/Dozier/Holland songs; what unbelievable writers they were.Originally Written by Leanmean
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
Where's our resident Motown expert Disco Disk to add his comments?
...ya gotta beat the street......
Underground Hit [Level 5]
The "Cellar Full Of Soul" Cat.5446192 is volume one which i bought, it has some stand out tracks on it.it's volume two i didn't rate.
Chart Hit [Level 6]
Both volumes are excellent and are of comparable quality with no third tier stuff in the mix.
No Longer Charting
Reluctant as I am to get involved ( because I'm coming from a Northern Soul point of view, which might light a blue touch paper with some people who are as we speak burning a pile of Northern Soul records somewhere ...probably.)
Volume 2 has some great tracks. The Supremes alternate version 'Honey Bee' is excellent and is almost an early disco track (also issued on a 45 at the same time as the CD) both the JJ Barnes tracks, Hattie Littles and The Contours 'Take Him Back If He Makes You Happy' is fantastic, The Elgins track is fantastic, Brenda Holloways 'Crying Time is quality, and the track from her sister Patrice Holloway (who sadly passed away last weekend) a version of The Supremes 'Those DJ Shows' is great...all in all I think it was a great CD, maybe not quite up to the standard of the frist one, but great non the less. Of course if you don't like this kind of music then errrr... I suppose you wont like this ! :D
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
Well :roll: :roll:Reluctant as I am to get involved ( because I'm coming from a Northern Soul point of view, which might light a blue touch paper with some people who are as we speak burning a pile of Northern Soul records somewhere ...probably.
:D
...... it was kinda chilly last nite ....so to kick the heat up a notch I did toss in a small pile of Johnny Summers I'M STILL YOURS (Yorktown) 45's into the fireplace .... but only 'cuz they were what was handy . :roll:
Nice and toasty !! :D
*****
Last edited by remicks; October 11th, 2006 at 12:19 PM.
Baby, take me
high upon a hillside
high up where the stallion
meets the sun
Chart Hit [Level 6]
No one else been taking out bank loans to buy the complete motown story book/cd sets? Year by year and priced from $80 - $140!
Got the first 5 and now waiting with baited breath on 1966 to be released :)
Every Motown / Tamla / Gordy + all other labels Berry swallowed up!
B sides, alternate takes etc.
pure quality
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