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Re: Tamla Motown ...

Post by claret4blue » Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:38 pm

Martha Reeves &the Vandellas.
https://youtu.be/jIi72Q62cL0

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Post by Steve1956 » Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:46 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:54 pm
I saw Stevie Wonder live about 50 years ago. Incredible performance from him.
His early stuff was brilliant,after Songs in the key of life.....he started to lose his coolness by doing collaboration's with Jackson & McCartney but I can well imagine seeing him 50 years ago he was around about at his best.

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Re: Tamla Motown ...

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:51 pm

Steve1956 wrote:
Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:46 pm
His early stuff was brilliant,after Songs in the key of life.....he started to lose his coolness by doing collaboration's with Jackson & McCartney but I can well imagine seeing him 50 years ago he was around about at his best.
I think it was 1972

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Post by bfcjg » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:19 pm

Tracks of my tears, the opening chords really draw you in, brilliant.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rNS6D4hSQdA
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Post by Firthy » Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:25 pm

So many great songs from Motown, still have lots of original albums and singles stored away. One my favourites is Diand Ross and the Supremes join the Temptations. One track in particular always sticks in my mind because it was so different to anything else they'd done.

The Impossible Dream. Here's a link, have listen. Not your typical Motown but superb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5KZk1eHfa4

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Post by Siddo » Sat Jul 31, 2021 3:23 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:54 pm
I saw Stevie Wonder live about 50 years ago. Incredible performance from him.
I saw him in Manchester in 72. I have seen him twice since, just a unbelievably talented guy.
This is not only my favourite Motown record, but is possibly my favourite record of all time. See what you think...
https://youtu.be/Nq-UIBPiklo
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Post by Terrier » Sat Jul 31, 2021 3:33 pm

Saw stevie wonder about 10yr ago and he was one of the best soul stars i have seen,.
This is one of my fav songs o f his.
https://youtu.be/cIhd5Yc5TCY

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Post by ClaretTony » Sat Jul 31, 2021 3:39 pm

Siddo wrote:
Sat Jul 31, 2021 3:23 pm
I saw him in Manchester in 72. I have seen him twice since, just a unbelievably talented guy.
This is not only my favourite Motown record, but is possibly my favourite record of all time. See what you think...
https://youtu.be/Nq-UIBPiklo
That's brilliant - it's a song I like and do like this version by the Supremes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcylDkRw7dg

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Re: Tamla Motown ...

Post by Aclaret » Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:51 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:07 pm
Thanks for this thread. I needed a lift today and listening to loads of Motown has helped.
Best Wishes to you Tony, hope you had a better day.
Saw Diana Ross about 15years ago at Newcastle Arena....wow, I was blown away, what a fantastic singer and performer.

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Post by Steve1956 » Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:28 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:51 pm
I think it was 1972
Songs in the key of life was around 77 I think....then the I just called to say & Happy Birthday to ya and Jackson & McCartney kicked in,he kinda lost his way then.

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Post by KateR » Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:32 pm

like the music from the soul era, plus love blues, have TM but also a lot of other labels such as Atlantic/Stax, etc. Have some of the popular ones and managed to see quite a few great artists, my records however from that era tend to be a little different from the main stream artists mention.

Brook Benton, Percy Sledge (personal favorite) Jackie Wilson (my mothers favorite lol), Al Green, Chuck Wood, Eddie Parker, etc. with Tina Turner going all the way back to Ike & Tina Turner.

Type of songs I particularly like:

Going to a Happening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANmy0BTKVtw

Going to a go go

Eddie Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lSm7uf ... 92035E910E

Chuck Wood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ZRDeK ... 0E&index=3

So many other classic dance songs, I never considered the Jackson 5 or Michael Jackson as soul.
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Post by tim_noone » Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:36 pm

Ready for the "Nightshift"

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Post by ClaretTony » Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:37 pm

Aclaret wrote:
Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:51 pm
Best Wishes to you Tony, hope you had a better day.
Saw Diana Ross about 15years ago at Newcastle Arena....wow, I was blown away, what a fantastic singer and performer.
Thanks, I appreciate that.

I saw Whitney Houston and Diana Ross within a week of each other, probably the same year as you. Whitney was faultless but it was almost like watching videos. Diana Ross was at the NEC in Birmingham and performed on a stage in the middle of the arena. Blown away sums it up. Unbelievable night with an absolute superstar. And when she went into the old Supremes medley the place erupted.

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Post by claret4blue » Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:40 pm

Supremes / Four Tops.
https://youtu.be/FV99i64ut1A

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Re: Tamla Motown ...

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:43 pm

Often doesn’t get a mention but I love this one from Marv Johnson

https://youtu.be/kHcJ_057Aag
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Post by basil6345789 » Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:47 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:48 pm
This was one of my mother's favourite tracks, it got a lot of play whenever we had a party back in the day, and it also got an obvious BFC connection as well as being a great tune.

Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Jimmy Mackhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obvSFWv ... &index=20

And this is a timeless classic by Mary Wells,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liT_YkqTSqQ I never realised she contracted TB at the tender age of 10, they had it tough in those days didn't they.

Good thread and a real anecdote to all the doom and gloom on the transfer threads. :)
Just a bit of trivia - My Guy is reported as being the last of the Motown hits to feature an upright bass. It does sound "softer" to me than a bass guitar.

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Post by tim_noone » Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:07 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:43 pm
Often doesn’t get a mention but I love this one from Marv Johnson

https://youtu.be/kHcJ_057Aag
Another favourite from 1970. :D

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Post by tim_noone » Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:10 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:43 pm
Often doesn’t get a mention but I love this one from Marv Johnson

https://youtu.be/kHcJ_057Aag
That's faster than the actual record .

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Post by tim_noone » Sun Aug 01, 2021 12:26 pm

Great Weekend Listening to Motown Lifting the Mood......I'm Sure Hampstead Would have been a Contributor to The Thred.sadly missed on all things music.

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Post by Steve1956 » Sun Aug 01, 2021 12:51 pm

tim_noone wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 12:26 pm
Great Weekend Listening to Motown Lifting the Mood......I'm Sure Hampstead Would have been a Contributor to The Thred.sadly missed on all things music.
Are you back to your fit as a fiddle days after your gout & knee problems...music is a great healer Tom...innit?

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Post by Quicknick » Sun Aug 01, 2021 1:00 pm

The first album I ever bought was Motown Chartbusters vol 6.

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Post by Holmeclaret » Sun Aug 01, 2021 2:08 pm

Sarum wrote:
Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:34 pm
An often overlooked Motown singer from - West Yorkshire!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI2NLDGcMjw
Another Yorkshire lass who does brilliant Motown and Northern Soul covers.

https://youtu.be/MebfQHEAYwU

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Post by mkmel » Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:42 pm

Anyone who knows me knows that I love the Motown Sound.
After my Family and Burnley FC Motown is my biggest love

Here is the Original recording of my favourite song of all time 'My Girl' by my favourite group of all time the Temptations with David Ruffin on lead vocals
Motown the best Music of all time
Enjoy!

https://fb.watch/76qMQokPU3/

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Post by tim_noone » Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:55 pm

Steve1956 wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 12:51 pm
Are you back to your fit as a fiddle days after your gout & knee problems...music is a great healer Tom...innit?
Fit as.... music wouldn't heal the issue I had which isn't Gout as it Happens but an infection of the right leg so all Connected to the knee and foot Pain which I wouldn't wish on anybody..well......... anyway only 6Anti biotics to go. And medication free thankfully. Thanks for asking.

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Post by lrac » Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:59 pm

I am proud to own tin can people by gloria Jones. This was on the gordy label .I believe tamla bought gordy

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Post by rufus lumley » Sun Aug 01, 2021 5:48 pm

It was realeased in the uk in 1974 on Tamla Motown.... TMG910

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Post by lrac » Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:46 pm

Np but the original was gordy

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Post by KateR » Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:17 pm

so the subject got me playing this type of music again so I thought I'd drop this here, lot's of oldies and Northern soul if any is interested, lot here I have never heard of.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lSm7uf ... 92035E910E

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Post by RingoMcCartney » Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:39 pm

dandeclaret wrote:
Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:51 pm
Don't know if you've ever heard this - the isolated vocals of Marvin Gaye, Live, On heard it through the grapevine...... I think it's incredible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNVWw0gDeMY
That's impressive. 👍
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Post by Silkyskills1 » Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:53 pm

On very much a trivia level I'm sure that the single by Yvonne Fair, 'It Should Have Been Me' , was the very first one to reach No1 in the charts for Tamla Motown sung by a white artist. Not a favourite track of mine and certainly not atypical of Tamla but one for those( like me) that sometimes revel in trivia.

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Post by longsidetrumpet » Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:24 pm

The late Yvonne Fair was black. Pretty sure it was never No 1 as well. Mid 70s long after the death of the ‘Traditional’ Motown sound

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Post by COBBLE » Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:17 am

All good and true. Another way of appreciating the Motown sound is in the contributions by the in house band the Funk Bros, who are found on many TM hits. Earl Van Dyke the keyboards player did some instrumental stuff under his own name including the uplifting 6 by 6.

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Post by Holmeclaret » Tue Aug 03, 2021 12:02 pm

I was brought up on Motown, living next to a youth club that played nothing else when I was about seven. I could hear the Supremes and Marvin Gaye in my bedroom every Tuesday and Thursday night. This developed into a love of the edgier and harder sound of soul. A natural progression from northern soul is jazz funk which I also grew to enjoy but I don’t think many diehard soulers really went for it because it didn’t fit the dancing which, to be fair, was what it was all about. This is one of favourites which moves beyond the traditional soul sound.
https://youtu.be/ntPeHC8z1Og

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Post by Dazzler » Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:04 pm

This is one of my main go-to cheery up tunes

Gladys Knight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tF79V5 ... rt_radio=1

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Post by ClaretTony » Wed Aug 18, 2021 4:11 pm

I've been listening to Motown for much of today.

Has this one been linked, but this from the Temps is a favourite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDakhsaPTE0

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Post by KateR » Wed Aug 18, 2021 10:34 pm

Holmeclaret wrote:
Sun Aug 01, 2021 2:08 pm
Another Yorkshire lass who does brilliant Motown and Northern Soul covers.
I saw a few TM stars when I was very young and I remember seeing a group over in Halifax, who were the "so called" Britain's answer to Ike & Tina Turner, so your post reminded me when you mentioned Yorkshire :) I also remember dancing all night into the morning sunshine when I left the place.

I give you Root & Jenny Jackson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0SzsXtGiNQ
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