unreleased motown

[DISCODISK]

for anyone into motown,due anyday in u.k double c.d. "a cellar full of motown" 40 tracks mid-price, unreleased tracks.highlight for me jj.barnes tearin it up over martha&vandellas "show me the way" backing + great temptations too! universal 544 619-2

[keefelc]

Hmmm, interesting. I found a track listing on Amazon.co.uk

Disc: 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 - 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

Disc: 2
1. My Sugar Baby - Frank Wilson
2. Here Are The Pieces Of My Broken Heart - Gladys Knight & The Pips (alternate single 'ref' mix)
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 - The Originals (alternate single 'ref' mix)
12. If This World Were Mine - Fantastic Four (alternate single 'ref' mix)
13. Don't Let Me Down - Kim Weston
14. Don't Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today - The Monitors (extended single mix)
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

[DISCODISK]

thats the one! youre making me crazy listing those tracks cos weve got 3 more days to wait have been playing most today off tape theres some fantastic tracks here how much more is there left they just keep coming !

[zeca azevedo]

Hi,

I'm a MOTOWN fan and collector and I read something about this CD, but I do not knew the complete track list until now. Thank you for the info. I hope MOTOWN open the vaults and release more rare recordings like these. I'll treat myself with a copy of this CD very soon.

Peace (paz)

zeca azevedo

[DISCODISK]

motown may be waking up at last,some of this unreleased stuff is being bootlegged in the u.k under the soul logo theyre expensive £20 each but theyre selling ! the compiler of this c.d.said a while back that motown know all about this and there is talk of limited legal issues being issued, fingers crossed as some of these tracks are as good as, if not better than anything released.initial copies of this c.d. will come with slipcase and 16 page booklets of photos/sleevenotes.

[Anonymous]

Most unreleased songs
were probably not released because they just weren't good enough and didn't make the cut such are most of the songs the Motown vault which probably aren't worth that much listen....

However some songs
are in the Vault that weren't released due to ethical/political reasons at the time
or due to that Motown wanted to market a certain group in a different direction when it came to image making

The songs that were not released for the two latter reasons are the real GEMS!

If these are the songs on this CD then it is definetley worth all the trouble and effort

[markydefad]

I recalled this CD was discussed here prior to it's release....so I searched for this thread.

I've been listening to these 2 CDs and they are great!!!

Such terrific material for unreleased stuff!!!! Berry Gordy's strict product control rejected these--BUT he was WRONG, in many cases!!!

These are damn good!!!

I'd be interested in others opinions.

Especially loving Tammi Terrell's original version of Stevie Wonder's "All I Do Is Think About You"; Marvin Gaye's "I Wish I Liked You (As Much As I Love You)"; the Brenda Holloway and Gladys Knight and Kim Weston and Velvelettes tracks!!!!

And you? :o

[DISCODISK]

too right MARKY berry was wrong and theres plenty more where these came from :P the only dissapointment for me was the contours "baby hit and run" alt take,i was sweating when i put it on but i should have known the released [in u.k only]version couldnt be bettered one of motowns best recordings im up for the stompers here marky best for me
baby a go go-barbara mcnair
i like everything about you-contours
tell me its just a rumour-funk bros
[tell me]aint it the truth-j.j barnes
if you ever get your hands on love-gladys[sounds so good in a club and did she ever sound so good :P
were doing well in the u.k for this type of stuff as people are working hard to put it out if you dont know them already two more essential c.ds are
THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL! THE MOTOWN SOUND VOLS 1&2 on debutante filled with the best and rarest motown dancers more unreleased and great u.k only releases



Track Listings vol 1
1. Reconsider - Holloway, Brenda
2. Do I love you (indeed I do) - Wilson, Frank
3. Your love can save me - Marvelettes
4. This love starved heart of mine - Gaye, Marvin
5. Goodbye cruel world - Griner, Linda
6. You're gonna love my baby - McNair, Barbara
7. Share a little love - Monitors (2)
8. Come on back to me baby - Temptations (1)
9. I'm still loving you - Weston, Kim
10. He's all I got - Supremes (1)
11. Just walk in my shoes - Knight, Gladys & The Pips
12. Suspicion - Originals
13. Keep on lovin' me - Nero, Frances
14. Cryin' in the night - Monitors (2)
15. You hit me (right where it hurt me) - Weston, Kim
16. Like a nightmare - Andantes
17. I've been blessed - Taylor, Bobby
18. Thrill a minute - Weston, Kim
19. I'll keep holding on - Marvelettes
20. Truly yours - Temptations (1)
21. When I'm gone - Holloway, Brenda
22. Just a little misunderstanding - Contours
23. No one's gonna love you more - Knight, Gladys
24. You ain't saying nothing new - Henry, Vigil
25. Goodnight Irene - Originals
26. I gotta find a way - Temptations (1)
27. What more could a boy ask for - Spinners (1)
28. It's never too late - Knight, Gladys


Track Listings vol 2
1. Suspicion - Originals
2. Your love can save me - Marvelettes
3. Just ain't enough love - Holland, Eddie
4. Lonely lonely girl am I - Velvettes
5. Lonely boy - Holloway, Brenda
6. Baby come home to me - Long, Shorty
7. I gotta let you go - Ruffin, Jimmy
8. When I feel the need (aka It's my baby) - Gaye, Marvin
9. For the love of Mike - Holloway, Patrice
10. Baby hit and run - Contours
11. Tune up - Walker, Junior & The All Stars
12. My weakness is you - Starr, Edwin
13. One way out - Reeves, Martha & The Vandellas
14. I ain't going nowhere - Walker, Junior & The All Stars
15. Tell me it's just a rumour baby - Isley Brothers
16. Two can have a party - Terrell, Tammi
17. My smile is just a frown turned upside down - Crawford, Caroline
18. Oh I've been blessed - Taylor, Bobby
19. I'll always love you - Spinners (2)
20. These things will keep me loving you - Velvelettes
21. This old heart of mine (is weak for you) - Terrell, Tammi
22. Bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) - Velvelettes
23. Sweet thing - Spinners (2)
24. Lonely lover - Four Tops

also a couple tamla motown connoisseurs releases on spectrum/universal [sister releases to modern soul connoisseurs,i know you have that one marky] and with cellarful of motown vol 2 out now its all good :P

for me motown has always been a 60s label,they did some great disco stuff but they should have done it better BUT WAIT !! COULD IT BE THAT THE VAULTS ARE FULL OF UNRELEASED DISCO STUFF TOO???? very possibly theres an unreleased track by JERMAINE JACKSON doing the rounds "GOOD FOR THE GANDER" c.d rommed straight outa the vaults and on u.k c.d now [will post more about that] an amazing slice off philly/disco/soul and hard to believe its actually a motown record zecca and nicky will flip for this its THAT good :P

news for u.k motown fans FINALLY standing in the shadows of motown gets a cinema release next month with a video and d.v.d release later in the year 8)

[K-Bee]

about "There's A Definite Change In You - The Temptations"

Can somebody please tell me when that particular song was recorded. I'm somewhat of a Temps completist myself but i've never heard of that track

[jack]

[quote="DISCODISK"]two more essential c.ds are
THIS IS NORTHERN SOUL! THE MOTOWN SOUND VOLS 1&2 on debutante filled with the best and rarest motown

i just last week got cellarfull of motown...mind blowingly faboulous...in fact the author of the liner notes mentions the two other volumes as listed above so i logged onto amazon and ordered those...
watched the dvd of "standing in the shadows" .....not so hot imho...it is impressive that the band played on those songs but that in itself does not make riveting entertainment...

[markydefad]

Regarding, Standing In The Shadows Of Motown"...

I enjoyed the film...But I missed the voices of Levi Stubbs and all the other great Motown artists singing their songs. The new artists were good to OK...but not mind-blowing.

Also, some participation of the preeminent folks at Motown (Berry Gordy, Smokey, Stevie, Miss Ross) would have given it a better rounded feel.

That's just my take. I did have a good time watching.

[jinx]

Has anyone heard the isleys track "smile". It supposedly has the same backing track as "What becomes of the brokenhearted. Also brenda holloways version of "my love is your love.