Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Baby A Go-Go - Barbara McNair
2. All Your Love - Brenda Holloway
3. He Was Really Sayin' Something - Earl van Dyke (aka The Funk Brothers)
4. Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead - Contours
5. Do I Love You - Chris Clark
6. Baby Hit And Run (alternate vocal) - The Contours
7. How Can I - Brenda Holloway
8. I Like Everything About You - The Contours (feat. Dennis Edwards)
9. All I do is think about you - Tammi Terrell
10. Lucky Lucky Me - Jimmy Ruffin
11. In The Neighborhood - Jimmy Ruffin
12. Poor Little Rich Girl - The Marvelettes
13. The Other Side Of Town - Marvelettes
14. Save My Love For A Rainy Day - Marv Johnson
15. Tell Me It's A Rumour Baby (instr) - Funk Brothers
16. If You Ever Get Your Hands On Love - Gladys Knight & The Pips
17. Are You Sure Love Is The Name Of The Game - Stevie Wonder
18. Until You Came Along - Carolyn Crawford
19. Before It's Over - Singing Sammy Ward
20. Long Gone Lover – Velvelettes

Disc 2:

1. My Sugar Baby - Frank Wilson
2. Here Are The Pieces Of My Broken Heart - Gladys Knight & The Pips (alternate single 'ref' mix)
3. There's A Definite Change In You - The Temptations
4. Who You Gonna Run To - Brenda Holloway
5. It's Easy To Fall In Love With A Guy Like You - Martha & The Vandellas
6. The Touch Of Venus - Patrice Holloway
7. I Wish I Liked You (As Much As I Love You) - Marvin Gaye
8. Trapped In A Love Affair - Brenda Holloway
9. I Know How To Love Her - Jimmy Ruffin
10. Riding High On Love - Jr Walker & The All Stars
11. Why When Love Is Gone - The Originals (alternate single 'ref' mix)
12. If This World Were Mine - Fantastic Four (alternate single 'ref' mix)
13. Don't Let Me Down - Kim Weston
14. Don't Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today - The Monitors (extended single mix)
15. Tell Me It Ain't The Truth - J J Barnes
16. You Made Me Feel Like (Everything Is Alright) - Syreeta
17. A Weakspot In My Heart - The Isley Brothers
18. Don't Make Me Live Without Your Love - The Lewis Sisters
19. It Must Be Love Baby - Chuck Jackson & Yvonne Fair
20. Ain't No Place Like Motown - The Velvelettes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2766 in Music
• Released on: 2002-06-03
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 113 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Compiled by Jazz FM's Richard Searling, A Cellarful of Motown is a truly astonishing 40-track collection featuring 39 previously unreleased 60s cuts plucked from Hitsville's archives. It's simply mind-boggling that only one of these stunning tracks--Jnr Walker's "Riding High on Love"--received an official release at the time. Incredibly, the others flunked Motown's weekly "quality control" meetings and were consigned to the vaults. Surely no other label in the history of popular music is blessed with such a boundless provision of timeless nuggets. Each gem here has been fastidiously restored from the original master tapes, so although many of these tunes are available as vinyl bootlegs on the northern-soul scene they are generally poorly pressed with inferior sound quality. This, then, is the compilation that Motown collectors have feverishly anticipated for years. It's almost impossible to pick standouts as the quality throughout is eye-rotatingly brilliant; however, celestial moments include Barbara McNair's infectious frugger "Baby A-Go-Go", Earl Van Dyke's exhilarating instrumental stampede through "He Was Really Sayin' Something", and one of the biggest northern-soul discoveries of recent years, Gladys Knight's phenomenal "If You Ever Get Your Hands on Love". This is an absolutely essential purchase for anyone even remotely interested in soul music. --Chris King

Customer Reviews

"Ain't No Place Like Motown!"
This 2 cd set collection is a Motown lover's dream. 99% is culled from the vaults. 98% is brilliant. Most of these wonderful tracks should've been released as singles, especially, Barbara McNair's "Baby A Go-Go", JJ Barnes' "(Tell Me) Ain't It The Truth", Gladys Knight & The Pips' "If You Ever Get Your Hands on Love", Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers "Tell Me It's Just A Rumour Baby", Marv Johnson's version of "Save My Love for a Rainy Day" and Brenda Holloway's soul drenched "All Your Love." There's just too many excellent tracks on this set. Honorable mention goes out to The Contours, The Fantastic Four, Martha Reeves And The Vandellas, Frank Wilson, Stevie Wonder,Kim Weston, Jimmy Ruffin, The Marvelettes, Junior Walker & The All Stars, The Monitors and the other 4 Brenda Holloway cuts included. Hopefully, "A Cellarful of Motown" is volume 1 of many superb collections to be released onto the marketplace.

Thought you'd heard all there was to hear.
So after 30 yrs of listening to the same old classic tracks along comes a CD full to the brim with that magical Motown sound.In the sleeve notes we are asked why were'nt some of these tracks released when they were recorded,if we are honest their appeal lies in the area of Northen Soul and though fantastic as they are they would probably not have appealed to your average Motown listner,the handbag dancers we all see at weddings,21st etc.But what of the music,two fantastic Gladys Knight tracks,the absoloutely gorgeous Tammi Terrell singing All I do is Think of You,those Tempting Temptations with a future classic in Definite Change in you....a surprise awaits at the end of every track as one gem follows another.and lets not forget the price....for Millionaires only..not this collection....2 cds for the price of a curry and a pint.do i love this cd.in the words of Chris Clark cd1 track 5....Indeed I Do

a cellarful of motown
stormin,great,soulful,melodic,dancers.......basically everything you want in afantastic soul album.these tunes are all wonders.as soon as you've heard the highly infectious dancer baby a go-go from the wonderful barbara mcnair, you know you're on a winner.chris clarks take on frank wilsons "do i love you" is a belter too.my own personal favourite is gladys knights"if you ever get your hands on love".this is a real stormer sure to shake up any northern dance floor.another gladys tune gets its second outing having already been released on another must have motown compilation"connoisseurs".this being the slow builder"here are the pieces of my broken heart" on disc two.there are a few average tunes but the true soul fan will love this album.it gives me"goosepimples" just thinkin about it!a MUST for all northern fans.KEEP THE FAITH!!