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The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4: 1964

The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4: 1964
Various Artists

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. Castles In The Sand - Stevie Wonder
  2. Thank You (For Loving Me All The Way) - Stevie Wonder
  3. Live Wire - Martha & The Vandellas
  4. Old Love (Let's Try It Again) - Martha & The Vandellas
  5. Live Wire - Martha & The Vandellas
  6. Shambles - Gene Henslee
  7. Beautiful Women - Gene Henslee
  8. The Way You Do The Things You Do - The Temptations
  9. Just Let Me Know - The Temptations
  10. If Your Heart Says Yes - The Serenaders
  11. I'll Cry Tomorrow - The Serenaders
  12. He's A Good Guy (Yes He Is) - The Marvelettes
  13. Godess Of Love - The Marvelettes
  14. How Can We Tell Him - Bobby Breen
  15. Better Late Than Never - Bobby Breen
  16. Run, Run, Run - The Supremes
  17. I'm Giving You Your Freedom - The Supremes
  18. After The Showers Came Flowers - Joanne & The Triangles
  19. Don't Be A Crybaby - Joanne & The Triangles
  20. (You Can't Let The Boy Overpower) The Man In You - The Miracles
  21. Heartbreak Road - The Miracles
  22. Only You - Sammy Turner
  23. Right Now - Sammy Turner
  24. Give Me A Kiss - The Hornets
  25. She's My Baby - The Hornets
  26. You're A Wonderful One - Marvin Gaye
  27. When I'm Alone I Cry - Marvin Gaye

Disc 2:

  1. Can You Do it - The Contours
  2. I'll Stand By You - The Contours
  3. Set Me Free - Lee Alan
  4. My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle - R. Dean Taylor
  5. Poor Girl - R. Dean Taylor
  6. Like A Nightmare - The Andantes
  7. If You Were Mine - The Andantes
  8. Midnight Johnny - Liz Lands
  9. Keep Me - Liz Lands
  10. My Guy - Mary Wells
  11. Oh Little Boy (What Did You Do To Me) - Mary Wells
  12. In My Lonely Room - Martha & The Vandellas
  13. A Tear For The Girl - Martha & The Vandellas
  14. Devil With The Blue Dress - Shorty Long
  15. Wind It Up - Shorty Long
  16. Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
  17. Land Of A Thousand Boys - Brenda Holloway
  18. Bringin' In The Gold - Howard Crockett
  19. I've Been A Long Time Leaving - Howard Crockett
  20. Satisfied Mind - Bruce Channel
  21. That's What's Happenin' - Bruce Channel
  22. Once Upon A Time - Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells
  23. What's The Matter With You Baby - Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells
  24. Just Ain't Enough Love - Eddie Holland
  25. I'll Be In Trouble - The Temptations
  26. The Girl's Alright With Me - The Temptations

Disc 3:

  1. Hey Harmonica Man - Stevie Wonder
  2. This Little Girl - Stevie Wonder
  3. Little Acorn - Dorsey Burnette
  4. Cold As Usual - Dorsey Burnette
  5. You're Just Like You - Bobby Breen
  6. Here Comes That Heartache - Bobby Breen
  7. Try It Baby - Marvin Gaye
  8. If My Heart Could Sing - Marvin Gaye
  9. Hey Harmonica Man - Stevie Wonder
  10. I Like It Like That - The Miracles
  11. You're So Fine And Sweet - The Miracles
  12. You're My Remedy - The Marvelettes
  13. A Little Bit Of Sympathy, A Little Bit Of Love - The Marvelettes
  14. Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
  15. He Means The World To Me - The Supremes
  16. Jimmy Brown - Dorsey Burnette
  17. Everybody's Angel - Dorsey Burnette
  18. I'll Always Love You - Brenda Holloway
  19. Sad Song - Brenda Holloway
  20. When I'm Gone - Mary Wells
  21. Guarantee (For A Lifetime) - Mary Wells
  22. Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops
  23. Call On Me - Four Tops
  24. Since I've Lost You - Jimmy Ruffin
  25. I Want Her Love - Jimmy Ruffin
  26. You Make Me Happy - Bruce Channel
  27. You Never Looked Better - Bruce Channel
  28. Candy To Me - Eddie Holland
  29. If You Don't Want My Love - Eddie Holland

Disc 4:

  1. Dancing In The Street - Martha & The Vandellas
  2. There He Is (At My Door) - Martha & The Vandellas
  3. Baby I Miss You - Tommy Good
  4. Leaving Here - Tommy Good
  5. My Smile Is Just A Frown (Turned Upside Down) - Carolyn Crawford
  6. I'll Come Running - Carolyn Crawford
  7. Looking For The Right Guy - Kim Weston
  8. Feel Alright Tonight - Kim Weston
  9. Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) - The Temptations
  10. Baby, Baby I Need You - The Temptations
  11. My Lil's Run Off - Howard Crockett
  12. Spanish Lace And Memories - Howard Crockett
  13. Satan's Blues - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
  14. Monkey Jump - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
  15. Bread Winner - Sammy Ward
  16. You've Got To Change - Sammy Ward
  17. It's A Crying Shame (The Way You Treat A Good Man Like Me) - Shorty Long
  18. Out To Get You - Shorty Long
  19. That's What Love Is Made Of - The Miracles
  20. Would I Love You - The Miracles
  21. Lifetime Man - Oma Heard
  22. Mr. Lonely Heart - Oma Heard
  23. Baby Don't You Do It - Marvin Gaye
  24. Walk On The Wild Side - Marvin Gaye
  25. Needle In A Haystack - The Velvelettes
  26. Should I Tell Them - The Velvelettes
  27. Happy Street - Stevie Wonder
  28. Sad Boy - Stevie Wonder

Disc 5:

  1. Baby Love - The Supremes
  2. Ask Any Girl - The Supremes
  3. Whisper You Love Me Boy - Mary Wells
  4. I'll Be Available - Mary Wells
  5. Soul Stomp - Earl Van Dyke
  6. Hot 'N' Tot - Earl Van Dyke
  7. What Good Am I Without You - Marvin Gaye, Kim Weston
  8. I Want You 'Round - Marvin Gaye, Kim Weston
  9. Who You Gonna Run To - Mickey McCullers
  10. Same Old Story - Mickey McCullers
  11. Sweet Thing - The Spinners
  12. How Can I - The Spinners
  13. Hello Love - The Majestics
  14. The Further You Look, The Less You See - The Majestics
  15. Tonight's The Night - The Headliners
  16. You're Bad News - The Headliners
  17. Too Many Fish In The Sea - The Marvelettes
  18. A Need For Love - The Marvelettes
  19. Come See About Me - The Supremes
  20. You're Gone (But Always In My Heart) - The Supremes
  21. Pretty Little Angel - Stevie Wonder
  22. Tears In Vain - Stevie Wonder
  23. Pretty Little Angel - Stevie Wonder
  24. Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worthwile) - Four Tops
  25. Love Has Gone - Four Tops
  26. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Marvin Gaye
  27. Forever - Marvin Gaye
  28. A Little More Love - Kim Weston
  29. Go Ahead And Laugh - Kim Weston

Disc 6:

  1. Wild One - Martha & The Vandellas
  2. Dancing Slow - Martha & The Vandellas
  3. When Someone's Good To You - Carolyn Crawford
  4. My Heart - Carolyn Crawford
  5. Can You Jerk Like Me - The Contours
  6. That Day When She Needed Me - The Contours
  7. Come On Do The Jerk - Smokey Robinson, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
  8. Baby Don't You Go - The Miracles
  9. Randy, The Newspaper Boy - Ray Oddis
  10. Happy Ghoul Tide - Ray Oddis
  11. Talkin' To Your Picture - Tony Martin
  12. Our Rhapsody - Tony Martin
  13. Ever Since The World Began - Dorsey Burnette
  14. Long Long Time Ago - Dorsey Burnette
  15. This Is The Life - Marvin Gaye
  16. My Way - Marvin Gaye
  17. My Girl - The Temptations
  18. (Talkin' 'Bout) Nobody But My Baby - The Temptations
  19. Come See About Me - Choker Campbell's Big Band
  20. Pride And Joy - Choker Campbell's Big Band
  21. Put Me In Your Pocket - Howard Crockett
  22. The Miles - Howard Crockett
  23. He Was Really Sayin' Something - The Velvelettes
  24. Throw A Farewell Kiss - The Velvelettes

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #35166 in Music
  • Released on: 2006-11-20
  • Number of discs: 6
  • Format: Box set
  • Running time: 425 minutes

Editorial Reviews

Album Description
As with previous volumes, The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4: 1964 is a limited-edition set. Several of the songs contained on it are unavailable anywhere else; many had never been re-released on vinyl, let alone on compact disc. When the edition is sold out, it's gone for good, so act now.

About the Artist
Hip-O Select presents the next volume in its acclaimed continuing series of every Motown single (A- and B- side) of the Detroit era. The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4: 1964, with 163 songs on six compact discs, focuses on the year the company becomes an international phenomenon: "My Guy," "Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby Love," "The Way You Do The Things You Do," "Dancing In The Street," "Every Little Bit Hurts," "Baby I Need Your Loving," "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" scale the charts... the Supremes, the Temptations, Martha & The Vandellas, Brenda Holloway and Marvin Gaye are everywhere... the Holland-Dozier-Holland writing and production team define "The Motown Sound"... Jr. Walker & The All Stars debut on the new Soul label; the veteran Four Tops get a hit; Miss Wells turns 21, and leaves. The Funk Brothers band is given a single release, with bandleader Earl Van Dyke's name on the label.

And yet... even as the Motown machine began to click founder Berry Gordy continued to hedge his bets: listen for odd novelties like the seasonal "Randy, The Newspaper Boy" by Ray Oddis, and "Set Me Free" by radio personality Lee Alan. Motown kept active its country label, Mel-O-Dy, from Gene Henslee's weeper "Shambles" to Howard Crockett's passable Johnny Cash impersonation on "My Lil's Run Off." There's even Bruce Channel, hot from his smash pop hit, "Hey! Baby," trying out a Snakepit groove on his R&B-country update of "Satisfied Mind." Marvin Gaye is given a long leash to test his jazz sensibilities. Sammy Ward has a last shot at the blues.

Every detail is here, in a package keeping with the series that also boasts an expanded 132-page booklet. The Supremes' first of three No. 1 hits that year, "Where Did Our Love Go" b/w "He Means The World To Me," is the true vinyl single in the box set's cover page. Inside, page after page features rare photographs. There are faithful reproductions of classic (and some not so classic) picture sleeves and record labels, some seen for the first time since they were first released.

Janie Bradford, a Motown songwriter who was the company's front desk receptionist that year, wrote an introductory essay for The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4. Her observations from behind that desk are poetic and often funny; she offers an insider's look at Motown climbing on a rocketship. Dr. Todd Boyd, a Detroit native and today the Katherine and Frank Price Endowed Chair for the Study of Race and Popular Culture at the USC School of Cinema-Television, is the author of this year's overview; he places Motown and the music in a broiling historical context that includes Cassius Clay (Muhammed Ali), the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Malcolm X, Freedom Summer, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thanks to associate producer Keith Hughes and author Bill Dahl, each track gets a story, with the usual songwriters and producers, now with recording dates where available, and extraordinary research that has uncovered long-lost - or never before revealed - insights about the music and the people who made it.