Track Listing

1. Baby, I'm For Real - Marvin Gaye, The Originals, Richard Morris, Paul Riser
2. The Bells - Marvin Gaye, The Originals
3. Does Your Mama Know About Me - Berry Gordy Jr., Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
4. What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin, William Mickey Stevenson, William Weatherspoon
5. I've Passed This Way Before - James Dean, Jimmy Ruffin, William Weatherspoon
6. Walk Away From Love - David Ruffin, Van McCoy
7. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) - David Ruffin
8. Get Ready - Rare Earth
9. (I Know) I'm Losing You - Norman Whitfield, Rare Earth
10. War - Edwin Starr, Norman Whitfield
11. Twenty Five Miles - Edwin Starr, Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua
12. It's A Shame - The Spinners
13. I'll Always Love You - Ivy Joe Hunter, The Spinners, William Mickey Stevenson
14. Darling Baby - Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, The Elgins
15. Heaven Must Have Sent You - Brian Holland, The Elgins, Lamont Dozier
16. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Berry Gordy Jr., Brenda Holloway
17. Just Look What You've Done - Brenda Holloway, Frank Wilson
18. Helpless - Brian Holland, Kim Weston, Lamont Dozier

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22721 in Music
• Released on: 2000-07-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 63 minutes

Customer Reviews

Magical Motown Memories.
This, the first of four albums trawling the vaults of Detroit's most-famous label, sets the standard for the ones following on from it. The idea was to showcase the lesser-known artists of the label ignoring the likes of Wonder, Ross, Jackson, the Four Tops and the Temptations, which it does admirably well.

As such it's a mixture of hits and more obscure tracks and the idea works really well, even down to the brief yet informative sleeve-notes.

The biggest hits are undoubtedly "War" from the much-missed Edwin Starr, the (Motown/Detroit) Spinners' "It's A Shame", Jimmy Ruffin's anthemic "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted", the Elgins "Heaven Must Have Sent You" and the late, great David Ruffin with, to me, Van McCoy's finest moment as an accompanist, "Walk Away from Love" (I was lucky enough to secure one of the first copies of this as a DJ whilst at university in Manchester, wore it out and bought another one, and I consider this worth the price of the CD alone - never has the pain and angst of unrequited love been so personified on CD!)

But the "supporting" acts are well-worth a listen to, with stand-out tracks from The Originals "Baby I'm for Real", Brenda Holloway with the original of the Blood, Sweat and Tears standard "You Made Me So Very Happy" and a Kim Weston track that shows she is far from "Helpless". Included here, too, is Rare Earth, Motown's attempt to win over the more rock-orientated psychadelic fans with their cover of the Temptations "Get Ready".

All-in-all a fascinating detour from the main freeways of Motorcity and one that will have you playing it again and again, as well as whetting your appetite for the rest of the series.