MOTOWN # 1's
VA - Motown, The Complete No. 1's [2008] (10 x CD's)
Limited 10 CD box set containing every Motown #1, and we mean EVERY - from every U.S. and International chart and from every genre adding up to a staggering 191 tracks that hit the top, plus 10 bonus tracks whose cover versions were #1. These classic, memorable performances come from 50 different Motown artists from all eras. This special once-in-a-lifetime set is housed in a replica of the original Motown headquarters: the Hitsville U.S.A. house on Detroit's West Grand Boulevard, now the home of the internationally renowned Motown Museum. It's a true collectible. Inside the house are five digipaks - containing 10 CDs - fronted by a classic image of an artist in front of Motown. If you love the sounds of Motown when there was great music being created by great artists, I would recommend this box set. If the song made it to #1 one on any chart or any country it is here. As someone who survived the turbulent 60's the Motown sound was the one positive voice. The great music that came out Detroit was fantastic, and it crossed over to all races and people. How can you forget the Supremes, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson and the Temptations. This has it all. (Amazon)
The concept is quite simple, if the song didn't make the top, it doesn't make the collection of 10 top notch CD's
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Track lists
CD01
01 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Shop Around 2:49
02 Marvelettes Please Mr. Postman 2:28
03 Contours Do You Love Me 2:52
04 Mary Wells You Beat Me to the Punch 2:44
05 Mary Wells Two Lovers 2:45
06 Miracles You've Really Got a Hold on Me 3:11
07 Stevie Wonder Fingertips, Pt. 2 3:11
08 Martha & the Vandellas Heat Wave 3:03
09 Temptations The Way You Do the Things You Do 2:40
10 Mary Wells My Guy 2:51
11 Supremes Where Did Our Love Go 2:31
12 Supremes Baby Love 2:36
13 Supremes Come See About Me 2:42
14 Smokey Robinson My Girl 2:57
15 Junior Walker & the All-Stars Shotgun 3:19
16 Supremes Stop! In the Name of Love 2:51
17 Marvin Gaye I'll Be Doggone 2:46
18 Supremes Back in My Arms Again 2:53
19 Four Tops I Can't Help Myself 2:44
20 Supremes I Hear a Symphony 2:43
21 Marvin Gaye Ain't That Peculiar 2:58
22 Stevie Wonder Uptight (Everything's Alright) 2:52
23 Temptations Get Ready 2:38
24 Martha & the Vandellas Dancing in the Street 2:38
25 Marvin Gaye How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) 2:56
26 Isley Brothers This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) 2:52
27 Marvin Gaye Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) 2:20
CD02
01 Temptations Ain't to Proud to Beg 2:31
02 Stevie Wonder Blowin' in the Wind 3:04
03 Supremes You Can't Hurry Love 2:45
04 Temptations Beauty Is Only Skin Deep 2:22
05 Four Tops Reach out I'll Be There 3:00
06 Supremes You Keep Me Hangin' On 2:41
07 Temptations (I Know) I'm Losing You 2:27
08 Marvelettes The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game 2:50
09 Supremes Love Is Here and Now You're Gone 2:47
10 Martha & the Vandellas Jimmy Mack 2:52
11 Supremes The Happening 2:50
12 Stevie Wonder I Was Made to Love Her 2:35
13 Gladys Knight & the Pips I Heard It Through the Grapevine 2:46
14 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles I Second That Emotion 2:46
15 Temptations I Wish It Would Rain 2:45
16 Stevie Wonder Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day 2:45
17 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing 2:13
18 Temptations I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) 3:31
19 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell You're All I Need to Get By 2:49
20 Diana Ross & the Supremes Love Child 2:55
21 Stevie Wonder For Once in My Life 3:13
22 Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through the Grapevine 2:48
23 Diana Ross & the Supremes I'm Gonna Make You Love Me 3:06
24 Jimmy Ruffin What Becomes of the Brokenhearted 2:59
25 Brenda Holloway You've Made Me So Very Happy 2:51
CD03
01 Temptations Run Away Child, Running Wild 4:46
02 Marvin Gaye Too Busy Thinking About My Baby 2:54
03 Junior Walker & the All-Stars What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) 2:27
04 Temptations I Can't Get Next to You 2:51
05 Originals Baby I'm for Real 3:21
06 Diana Ross & the Supremes Someday We'll Be Together 3:31
07 Jackson 5 I Want You Back 2:58
08 Stevie Wonder Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday 3:03
09 Jackson 5 ABC 2:56
10 Diana Ross Reach out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) 3:03
11 Four Tops It's All in the Game 2:44
12 Jackson 5 The Love You Save 3:02
13 Rare Earth Get Ready 2:51
14 Temptations Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) 4:04
15 Stevie Wonder Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours 2:38
16 Edwin Starr War 3:23
17 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles The Tears of a Clown [US Version] 2:59
18 Diana Ross Ain't No Mountain High Enough 3:35
19 Jackson 5 I'll Be There 3:56
20 Stevie Wonder Heaven Help Us All 3:12
21 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles The Tears of a Clown [UK Version] 3:03
22 Supremes Stoned Love 4:06
23 Gladys Knight & the Pips If I Were Your Woman 3:15
CD04
01 Jackson 5 Mama's Pearl 3:11
02 Temptations Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) 3:47
03 Marvin Gaye What's Going On 3:53
04 Jackson 5 Never Can Say Goodbye 2:59
05 Marvin Gaye Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 3:13
06 Diana Ross I'm Stilling Waiting 3:44
07 Undisputed Truth Smiling Faces Sometimes 3:15
08 Marvin Gaye Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 5:26
09 Michael Jackson Got to Be There 3:23
10 Michael Jackson Rockin' Robin 2:33
11 Michael Jackson I Wanna Be Where You Are 2:58
12 Michael Jackson Ben [From Ben] 2:45
13 Temptations Papa Was a Rollin' Stone 6:57
14 Stevie Wonder Superstition 4:27
15 Gladys Knight & the Pips Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) 4:21
16 Temptations Masterpiece 4:23
17 Stevie Wonder You Are the Sunshine of My Life 2:51
18 Diana Ross Touch Me in the Morning 3:48
19 Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On 4:50
CD05
01 Stevie Wonder Higher Ground 3:43
02 Eddie Kendricks Keep on Truckin' (Pt. 1) 3:32
03 Stevie Wonder Living for the City 7:24
04 Temptations Let Your Hair Down 2:40
05 Eddie Kendricks Boogie Down 3:50
06 Diana Ross Last Time I Saw Him 2:48
07 Jackson 5 Dancing Machine 2:36
08 Miracles Do It Baby 3:03
09 Stevie Wonder You Haven't Done Nothin' 3:23
10 Stevie Wonder Boogie on Reggae Woman 4:11
11 Temptations Happy People 3:37
12 Eddie Kendricks Shoeshine Boy 3:16
13 Temptations Shakey Ground 4:02
14 Smokey Robinson Baby That's Backatcha 3:46
15 Commodores Slippery When Wet 3:20
16 Jackson 5 Forever Came Today 6:22
17 David Ruffin Walk Away from Love 5:30
18 Diana Ross Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) 3:23
19 T.G. Sheppard Devil in the Bottle 2:47
20 T.G. Sheppard Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home 2:41
CD06
01 Miracles Love Machine (Pt. 1) 2:59
02 Diana Ross Love Hangover 3:44
03 Marvin Gaye I Want You 3:54
04 Commodores Just to Be Close to You 3:27
05 Originals Down to Love Town 5:54
06 Thelma Houston Don't Leave Me This Way 5:41
07 Stevie Wonder I Wish 4:13
08 Marvin Gaye Got to Give It Up (Pt. 1) 4:11
09 Stevie Wonder Sir Duke 3:54
10 Commodores Easy 4:19
11 High Inergy You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On) 3:31
12 Commodores Too Hot Ta Trot 3:30
13 Rick James You and I 3:10
14 Commodores Three Times a Lady 3:37
15 Diana Ross The Boss 3:50
16 Commodores Sail On 3:53
17 Commodores Still 3:44
18 Stevie Wonder Send One Your Love 4:03
19 Stevie Wonder Pastime Paradise [*] 3:27
CD07
01 Smokey Robinson Cruisin' 4:28
02 Jermaine Jackson Let's Get Serious 3:35
03 Diana Ross I'm Coming Out 5:19
04 Diana Ross Upside Down 4:04
05 Stevie Wonder Master Blaster (Jammin') 5:09
06 Smokey Robinson Beling with You 4:00
07 Rick James Give It to Me Baby 4:08
08 Rick James Super Freak 3:26
09 Michael Jackson One Day in Your Life 4:12
10 Diana Ross; Lionel Richie Endless Love 4:27
11 Commodores Lady (You Bring Me Up) 4:01
12 Stevie Wonder That Girl 5:13
13 Dazz Band Let It Whip 4:07
14 Charlene I've Never Been to Me 3:53
15 Stevie Wonder Do I Do 10:29
16 Stevie Wonder Lately 4:06
CD08
01 Lionel Richie Truly 3:18
02 Lionel Richie You Are 4:05
03 Lionel Richie My Love 4:05
04 DeBarge All This Love 4:10
05 Rick James Cold Blooded 4:28
06 Lionel Richie All Night Long (All Night) 4:18
07 DeBarge Time Will Reveal 4:14
08 Rockwell Somebody's Watching Me 3:56
09 Lionel Richie Hello 4:08
10 Lionel Richie Stuck on You 3:11
11 Stevie Wonder I Just Called to Say I Love You 4:22
12 Lionel Richie Penny Lover 3:46
13 Commodores Nightshift 4:21
14 Mary Jane Girls In My House 3:56
15 DeBarge Rhythm of the Night 3:54
16 Rick James Glow 4:29
17 DeBarge; El DeBarge You Wear It Well 3:55
18 Dennis Edwards; Siedah Garrett Don't Look Any Further 4:02
CD09
01 Stevie Wonder Part-Time Lover 4:13
02 Lionel Richie Say You, Say Me 4:02
03 Stevie Wonder Go Home 4:09
04 Val Young If You Should Ever Be Lonely 4:15
05 Stevie Wonder Overjoyed 3:42
06 El DeBarge Who's Johnny [From Short Circuit] 4:09
07 Lionel Richie Dancing on the Ceiling 4:34
08 Lionel Richie Love Will Conquer All 4:17
09 Lionel Richie Ballerina Girl 3:38
10 Smokey Robinson Just to See Her 4:01
11 Georgio Tina Cherry 5:07
12 Stevie Wonder Skeletons 5:26
13 Stevie Wonder You Will Know 5:02
14 Boys Dial My Heart 4:22
15 Boys Lucky Charm 3:56
16 Today Girl I Got My Eyes on You 4:58
17 Johnny Gill; Stacy Lattisaw Where Do We Go from Here 4:15
18 Guinn Family Dreamin' 3:32
CD10
01 Johnny Gill Rub You the Right Way 4:14
02 Johnny Gill My, My, My 4:05
03 Boys Crazy 4:04
04 Johnny Gill Wrap My Body Tight 3:44
05 Boyz II Men It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday 3:09
06 Shanice I Love Your Smile 4:25
07 Boyz II Men Uhh Ahh 3:49
08 Lionel Richie Do It to Me 4:31
09 Boyz II Men End of the Road 5:50
10 Boyz II Men I'll Make Love to You 3:55
11 Boyz II Men On Bended Knee 5:32
12 Diana Ross Take Me Higher 4:18
13 Boyz II Men 4 Seasons of Loneliness 4:54
14 Boyz II Men A Song for Mama 5:04
15 Temptations Stay 4:46
16 Profyle Liar 3:59
17 Erykah Badu Bag Lady 4:05
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T.G. Sheppard? Motown?
ReplyDeleteHe was on Melodyland (later Hitsville) Records, a short-lived country label owned by Motown Records
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DeleteFantastic. Thanks so much.
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nice thank you for the VA - Motown The Complete tks from Aussie
ReplyDeleteHi Aussie,
DeleteI an interesting set of No1's, Enjoy.
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No doubt: All time classics - thanks a lot!
ReplyDeleteHi WOODY.
DeleteDespite all being No1's is is a great set to remind us of the strength of Motown.
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Nice set of comps. Later stuff isn't quite so memorable for me but still relevant. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks, hotrodmike.
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There's a lot to like here. Not your average collection for sure. I wonder what the criteria for being #1 was, the R&B charts? Soul, pop or top 40 charts? Having this all together, it is interesting noting the shifts in the labels's talent, sound, and style as things progressed over time. Overlooking the amount of artistry here, by anyone's standards this is really impressive by volume alone. For every No.1 here think of all the many other records that they issued which were still great and memorable but never made that top chart position.
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Hi mrRadio,
DeleteYou are correct, there are so many fantastic tracks in the Motown catalog that it seems there are many missing from this set.
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Amazing collection. Thanks so much BB.
ReplyDeleteAlways enjoy the music, Phillip.
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There's no town like Motown - what a stunning collection of both history and talent; thanks again, Butter!
ReplyDeleteThanks Aging Child.
DeleteHow can we go past these.
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I'm suspicious of their claims for Motown #1. Not the #1 claim; I'm sure all the songs could have made #1, in you are generous: any country, any magazine (not just Billboard), any chart (pop, r&b, smooth, etc). I'm suspicious of their claim of Motown, not just the singer but the song. For instance: Stevie Wonder left Motown in the seventies. There are several song by Stevie that were not by Motown: "Superstition", "Higher Ground", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", "Boogie On Reggae Woman", "Living For the City", "You Haven't Done Nothin'", "I Wish", "Pastime Paradise", "Sir Duke", "Master Blaster", etc, etc. That's just one singer....
ReplyDeleteAnyway. Of course these are fabulous collections of songs, by people who are associated with Motown. But they exaggerate (at least) when they say these are all songs by Motown.
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Thanks Scraps for helping us to understand the potential inaccuracies of this set. But as you say, It is still a fine set by people who are associated with Motown. Motown did put this out and one can only assume they are correct. Certainly I have not heard of any objection the this boxes title before. Who knows... it sounds great though.
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Hello. Is it possible that you can reupload this? Thanks in advance.
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bb any chance of a repost ..tdog
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