Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Money That's What I Want - Barrett Strong
2. Shop Around - The Miracles
3. Please Mr Postman - The Marvelettes
4. Do You Love Me - The Contours
5. Beechwood-4-5789 - The Marvelettes
6. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow - Marvin Gaye
7. Fingertips Part 2 - Stevie Wonder
8. Love Is Like A Heatwave - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
9. How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You - Marvin Gaye
10. The Way You Do The Things You Do - The Temptations
11. Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops
12. Needle In A Haystack - The Velvelettes
13. Baby Love - Diana Ross & The Supremes
14. Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves & Vandellas
15. Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
16. Where Did Our Love Go? - Diana Ross & The Supremes
17. My Girl - The Temptations
18. My Guy - Mary Wells
19. He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' - The Velvelettes
20. Come See About Me - Diana Ross & The Supremes
21. The Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
22. Nowhere To Run - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
23. I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
24. Stop! In The Name Of Love - Diana Ross & The Supremes
25. Shotgun - Jnr Walker & The Allstars
26. Take Me In Your Arms Rock Me A Little While - Kim Weston
27. Back In My Arms Again - Diana Ross & The Supremes
28. Going To A Go-Go - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Disc 2:

1. It's The Same Old Song - Four Tops
2. I'm A Roadrunner - Jnr Walker & The Allstars
3. I Hear A Symphony - Diana Ross & The Supremes
4. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - Four Tops
5. This Old Heart Of Mine Is Weak For You - Isley Brothers
6. It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
7. Uptight Everything's Alright - Stevie Wonder
8. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations
9. Reach Out, I'll Be There - Four Tops
10. You Can't Hurry Love - Diana Ross & The Supremes
11. I Guess I'll Always Love You - The Isley Brothers
12. How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You - Jnr Walker & The Allstars
13. A Place In The Sun - Stevie Wonder
14. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep - The Temptations
15. Standing In The Shadows Of Love - Four Tops
16. You Keep Me Hangin' On - The Isley Brothers
17. Put Yourself In My Place - Jimmy Ruffin
18. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted - The Four Tops
19. Bernadette - Diana Ross & The Supremes
20. Love Is Here And Now You're Gone - Gladys Knight & The Pips
21. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - The Isley Brothers
22. Behind A Painted Smile - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
23. I Second That Emotion - Four Tops
24. You Keep Running Away - Four Tops
25. The Happening - Diana Ross & The Supremes
26. Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips
27. When You're Young And In Love - The Marvelettes
28. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

Disc 3:

1. Walk Away Renee - Four Tops
2. Reflections - Diana Ross & The Supremes
3. Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got- Jimmy Ruffin
4. I Was Made To Love Her - Stevie Wonder
5. Jimmy Mack - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
6. If I Were A Carpenter - Four Tops
7. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
8. In And Out Of Love - Diana Ross & The Supremes
9. Cloud Nine - The Temptations
10. For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
11. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
12. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations
13. I Don't Know Why I Love You - Stevie Wonder
14. You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
15. I Second That Emotion - Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations
16. 25 Miles - Edwin Starr
17. Love Child - Diana Ross & The Supremes
18. My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
19. The Onion Song - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
20. What Does It Take To Win Your Love - Jnr Walker & The Allstars
21. Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes
22. My World Ended The Moment You Left Me - David Ruffin
23. Baby, I'm For Real - The Originals
24. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye
25. Yester You, Yester Me, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder
26. Get Ready - Rare Earth

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3789 in Music
• Released on: 2001-11-18
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .39 pounds
• Running time: 229 minutes

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive sixties Motown compilation
This triple CD contains 81 tracks from the vaults of Motown, all except the opening track (Money that’s what I want) recorded in the sixties, generally regarded as Motown’s best period. British fans are often surprised when they first discover that Motown released their first single in 1959. It took almost five years before the British public embraced the sound of Motown.

So this British compilation includes only a few tracks from the early years and the ones chosen are sometimes familiar to Brits via cover versions or re-releases. Personally, I would have liked better representation of these early years, but the tracks chosen are Money that’s what I want, Shop around, Please Mr Postman, Do you love me, Beechwood 4-5789, Stubborn kind of fellow, Fingertips, Heatwave, How sweet it is, The way you do the things you do, Baby I need your loving and Needle in a haystack – every one a classic. There are many great songs from this period that were omitted, but if you are particularly interested in this period of Motown history, you must look for an American compilation or (as I did) buy compilations of the individual artists.

Motown became successful in Britain in 1964 when Baby love (Supremes) and My guy (Mary Wells) became huge hits. After that, there was no stopping the seemingly endless stream of hits, although a look at the singles charts will show that Motown were much more successful in America than in Britain at the time. The remainder of the sixties is strongly represented, with plenty of tracks from Marvin Gaye (solo and duets), Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops, Junior Walker and the all-stars, the Isley brothers, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and Gladys Knight and the pips. Those artists dominate, but Motown’s lesser names from the sixties are here too, with excellent tracks by Brenda Holloway, Jimmy Ruffin, Edwin Starr and others.

Even with 81 tracks, it is not possible to include all the hits (or even all the hits from 1964-1969), but this is the best compilation of sixties Motown I’ve found. If you only want one Motown collection, this is an excellent choice.

We've struck Motown gold here!
It's rare to find a compilation album that doesn't have at least one really irritating track on it, but this is one of those rare occasions. It's testament to the quality of songwriting, musicianship and vocal delivery of the artistes on the Motown label that when all of the 60's hits are collected on one album there isn't a turkey in sight!

This is a fantastic bargain though - 3 CD's of some of the best American music of the 60's for the price of one CD. You simply cannot listen to this album without tapping your foot or being drawn in by words straight from the heart. Berry Gordy Junior managed to not only start a record company; he also managed to create a 'sound', that was very difficult to immitate. Nothing else really sounds like a song on the Motown label.

They are all here though: 'Stop! In The Name Of Love', 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine', 'I Second That Emotion', the list goes on and on. This is probably the best quality for the price that I have ever got from Amazon.

Every type of song for every type of mood
Having listened to Motown growing up, it's a pleasure to finally have a CD that brings so many good tracks together. The variety of artists and songs makes it an album to be listened to at any time. There are classics from Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder as well as thoses tracks you've heard and loved but never really knew who they were by. The CD gives a novice a wonderful chance to get in to the music of Tamla Motown, so it's a must for any real music fan. The sounds of Detroit are forever impressed on the music scene and this CD helps to capture that.