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) Heat Wave - Martha & 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 - The Supremes
14. Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
15. Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
16. Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
17. My Girl - The Temptations
18. My Guy - Mary Wells
19. He Was Really Sayin' Something - The Velvelettes
20. Come See About Me - 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 (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - Four Tops
24. Stop! In The Name Of Love - The Supremes
25. Shotgun - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
26. Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) - Kim Weston
27. Back In My Arms Again - The Supremes
28. Going To A Go-Go - The Miracles

Disc 2:

1. It's The Same Old Song - Four Tops
2. (I'm A) Road Runner - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
3. I Hear A Symphony - The Supremes
4. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - Four Tops
5. This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) - The 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 - The Supremes
11. I Guess I'll Always Love You - The Isley Brothers
12. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
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 Supremes
17. Put Yourself In My Place - The Isley Brothers
18. What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin
19. Bernadette - Four Tops
20. Love Is Here And Now You're Gone - Diana Ross & The Supremes
21. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips
22. Behind A Painted Smile - The Isley Brothers
23. I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
24. You Keep Running Away - Four Tops
25. The Happening - 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 & 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. Twenty Five 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) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
21. Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes
22. My Whole 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-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder
26. Get Ready - Rare Earth

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17421 in Music
• Released on: 2001-11-18
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Running time: 229 minutes

Customer Reviews

PRICELESS
If you are, like me, old enough to remember when these numbers first came out - or at least covers by the likes of the Beatles (Money and Please Mr Postman) to the Who (Heatwave) via The Spencer Davis group(Every Little Bit Hurts) - then this compilation is a must, even though you'll probably have many or most of the tracks on other CDs and compilations.

Order now - you know you want to.

What a shame !
The sound of my generation on one 3 CD set. Brilliant.
Then, of course, it has to be digitally re-mastered. I assume that the person tasked with doing this has never heard these tracks before. Thanks to modern technology the bass part of the sound has all but disappeared. Gone are thrilling bass guitar intros, fat sax solos and the general under-pinning of one of the greatest studio sounds of all time.
How can one play this to the current generation and explain that this tinny sound allied with these trebly vocals inspired the youth of the 'sixties ?
Could it be that the current owners of this outstanding catalogue simply saw releasing this as a money making exercise ? Perish the thought.
After only one listening the set was relgated to the car. It only lasted once there, too !
What a shame !

Great Selection, Nasty Sound
Yes, everything people have said is true: it's a great selection of tracks at a very reasonable price. BUT the digital remastering has left the sound thin, over-bright, and harsh. Much of the warmth, charm, or downright energy of these tracks has been lost.

Frankly, a bit of a hatchet job, and whoever supervised the production of this set should be ashamed: it's desecration of the Motown SOUND.