VA - Tamla Motown Presents... 40 Mod Classics (45th Anniversary Remastered Expanded Deluxe Edition) [2024] (2 x CDs)

 

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VA - Tamla Motown Presents... 40 Mod Classics (45th Anniversary Remastered Expanded Deluxe Edition) [2024] (2 x CDs)

In celebration of exactly 45 years since this 2LP series was initially released in 1979 and 1980, here is my personal compilation of these 40 classic Motown tracks

presented as they were originally released in their 7" 45 mono single versions.

These two albums have never been released on CD, and many have requested for years that they be, so this is a true first. They were originally released on vinyl and cassette.

Tamla Motown played a huge part of the original mod scene in the 1960s, and many bands included Motown covers in their sets and album releases.

The Action were an English band of the 1960s, formed as the Boys in August 1963, in Kentish Town, North West London. They were part of the mod subculture, and played soul music-influenced pop music.

They were renowned for their own arrangements of American Tamla Motown songs and releasing them as singles.

The Action first auditioned for Decca on May 31, 1965, with an assortment of demos such as "In My Lonely Room", "You'll Want Me Back", "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)", and "Fine Looking Girl".

In 1965, they signed to Parlophone with producer George Martin, head of Associated Independent Recording (AIR). Released in October 1965, "Land of a Thousand Dances" b/w "In My Lonely Room" was well received by critics.

In 1966, the band released two more singles "I'll Keep Holding On" and "Baby, You've Got It". "I'll Keep Holding On" was not only the most highly regarded Action 45, but also one of the few Motown covers that is markedly superior to the original. The single was released in February 1966, and entered the Melody Maker single charts. It managed to reach No.42 (on March 5, 1966), and even as high as No.39. On June 3, 1966, the band made an appearance on the Dick Clark show Where the Action Is, performing their single "I'll Keep Holding On", while being filmed outside the Royal Albert Hall, in South Kensington, London.

"I'll Keep Holding On" is a song composed by Mickey Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter and recorded by Motown singing group The Marvelettes, who released the single on the Tamla imprint in 1965. Peaking at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and #11 on the R&B charts), This was among the first A-side singles that longtime Marvelettes member Wanda Young sung lead on. Before 1965, the majority of the leads in Marvelettes songs had belonged to original member Gladys Horton. The single features a woman determined to win the love of an unknowingly conquest telling him that she'll convince him to love her "until my will to resist is gone". Her Marvelettes band mates Gladys Horton and Katherine Anderson egg her on with her ad-libbing "oh yeah/sho' nuff" in the bridge leading up to the chorus.

"Heat Wave" is a 1963 song written by the Holland–Dozier-Holland songwriting team. It was first made popular by the Motown vocal group Martha and the Vandellas, who issued it as a single on July 10, 1963, on the Motown subsidiary Gordy label. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot R&B chart - where it stayed for four weeks - and peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Who included a cover of the song on their 1966 album 'A Quick One’ and also covered "Motoring", again originally recorded and released by Martha and the Vandellas as the B-side to their single "Nowhere to Run" in February 1965.

Later in 1979, The Jam covered "Heat Wave", including it on their Setting Sons album and also releasing it as a single in both the US and Japan.

The Jam also covered "Back in My Arms Again", originally recorded by The Supremes in 1965, and was released as the B-side as part of a medley recorded live at London's 100 Club on 11 September 1977 on their October 1977 single "The Modern World".

"Back in My Arms Again" is a 1965 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.

Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier–Holland, "Back in My Arms Again" was the fifth consecutive and overall number-one song for the group on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the United States from June 6, 1965, through June 12, 1965, also topping the soul chart for a week.

All recordings on this 2CD set are the original mono takes of songs released as 45rpm singles between August 1959 and September 1967 - "Fingertips (Part 2)", "Come and Get These Memories" and "Mickey's Monkey" on the Oriole American label during 1963; "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "In My Lonely Room" and " I Like It Like That" on the Stateside label during 1964; all remaining songs were released on the Tamla Motown label.

Both original albums were released in the UK only and manufactured and distributed by EMI Records Ltd. in conjunction with the Motown Record Corporation.

A 7" vinyl single featuring the Tamla Motown classics 'Heatwave' and 'Dancing in the Street' by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas was also released to promote the album '20 Mod Classics' in 1979.

For this 45th anniversary special edition, I have expanded each disc by 9 tracks, therefore adding an additional 18 tracks to the original LP and cassette releases.

In keeping with the Motown/Mod tradition, the bonus tracks have all been long time Mod favourites danced to in the clubs over the years.

Here’s a review of volume 2:

If ever a better Motown compilation came out on record, I never discovered one. It’s rare that a second volume surpasses a first, but this one just managed it –…

https://www.survivefrance.com/t/tamla-motown-presents-20-mod-classics-vol-2/9663/18

CD1: Tracks 1-29 Time: 79:01

CD2: Tracks 1-29 Time: 78:11

Enjoy!

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Track lists

CD1

01 Marvin Gaye - Can I Get a Witness (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) 2:49

02 Martha and the Vandellas - Heat Wave (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) 2:48

03 The Miracles - I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) 2:39

04 The Supremes - When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) 3:06

05 Martha and the Vandellas - Quicksand (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) 2:46

06 The Marvelettes - As Long As I Know He's Mine (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) 2:32

07 Marvin Gaye - You're a Wonderful One (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:50

08 Mary Wells - My Guy (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:48

09 The Temptations - The Girl's Alright with Me (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:53

10 Stevie Wonder - Hey Harmonica Man (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:33

11 Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:40

12 The Marvelettes - You're My Remedy (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 3:04

13 The Temptations - Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:13

14 The Miracles - That's What Love Is Made Of (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:57

15 Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:59

16 The Velvelettes - Needle in a Haystack (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:31

17 The Marvelettes - Too Many Fish in the Sea (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:27

18 The Supremes - Come See About Me (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:41

19 The Temptations - My Girl (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:56

20 The Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:31

21 Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want) (Original 1959 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:39

22 The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman (Original 1961 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:30

23 Eddie Holland - Leaving Here (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:32

24 Earl Van Dyke - Soul Stomp (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:33

25 The Miracles - Going to a Go-Go (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:49

26 The Monitors - Number One In Your Heart (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:42

27 Martha and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (Original 1967 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:53

28 Chris Clark - From Head to Toe (Original 1967 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:44

29 Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:56

CD2

01 Little Stevie Wonder - Fingertips (Part 2) (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) 3:12

02 Martha and the Vandellas - Come and Get These Memories (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) 2:28

03 The Miracles - Mickey's Monkey (Original 1963 7" Mono Single Version) 2:46

04 The Temptations - The Way You Do the Things You Do (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:38

05 Martha and the Vandellas - In My Lonely Room (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:31

06 The Miracles - I Like It Like That (Original 1964 7" Mono Single Version) 2:35

07 Junior Walker & the All Stars - Shotgun (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:58

08 Martha and the Vandellas - Nowhere to Run (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:52

09 Brenda Holloway - When I'm Gone (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:08

10 Marvin Gaye - I'll Be Doggone (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:52

11 The Supremes - Back in My Arms Again (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:57

12 The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:44

13 The Velvelettes - Lonely, Lonely Girl Am I (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) 2:11

14 The Detroit Spinners - I'll Always Love You (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:46

15 The Contours - First I Look at the Purse (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 3:03

16 Kim Weston - Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:55

17 Marvin Gaye - Ain't That Peculiar (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:59

18 Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) 2:53

19 Kim Weston - Helpless (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) 2:37

20 Junior Walker & the All Stars - (I'm a) Road Runner (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) 2:47

21 Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:33

22 R. Dean Taylor - There's a Ghost in My House (Original 1967 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:26

23 The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:33

24 The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:47

25 Gladys Knight & the Pips - Just Walk in My Shoes (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:26

26 Barbara McNair - You're Gonna Love My Baby (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:57

27 Martha and the Vandellas - Motoring (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:47

28 The Marvelettes - I'll Keep Holding On (Original 1965 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:27

29 Tammi Terrell - Come On and See Me (Original 1966 7" Mono Single Version) (Bonus Track) 2:23

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