Bugsy Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 There is a new compilation out now on iTunes.....................Motown 50.Sixtyone tracks for £9.99. a bit of a bargain.£12.00 on Amazon.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 No. Well, you did ask.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I love it, but I have a feeling I have most of the tracks I really liked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola2 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I think, when I was 16, I liked Martha & the Vandellas. Since then, a bit of Temptations - only that must have been in the 70s - but really not much else. For once on a musical subject, cooperlola and I sing out of the same hymnbook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marym2 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 As I was not clear on may 'Petitions' link. I will give clearer insights on this link for those who like the great sound of Motown.Watched this last night, you may like this.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gp3j1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 [quote user="Marym2"] As I was not clear on may 'Petitions' link. I will give clearer insights on this link for those who like the great sound of Motown. Watched this last night, you may like this.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gp3j1 [/quote] The link doesn't work outside the UK. When is the BBC going to release their TV progs onto the internet like their radio output? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marym2 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Did not know this, I suppose that you cannot access IPlayer on the web site as well then? It was in the Culture show and was prensented by the actor Martin Freemam (from The Office) and it featured some of the people involved as well as the Tempations and Lamont/Dozier/Holland ,In this Culture Show special marking the 50th anniversary of Motown Records, actor and Motown fan Martin Freeman takes the trip of a lifetime. Visiting both Detroit and LA, he encounters the men and women, from the world famous to the unsung, who played a part in the massive success story that was Motown.In Detroit he meets, amongst others: Duke Fakir of the last surviving member of the Four Tops; Sylvia Moy, who wrote the lyrics for Stevie Wonder's Uptight; Motown producer Clay McMurray, who used to work in Quality Control for the label and pushed for the release of Stevie Wonder's My Cherie Amour; former DJ Scottie Regan whol played early Motown on white radio stations. Martha Reeves, lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas, now a Detroit councillor. Plus three of the original Funk Brothers, the backing musicians who were so key to the development of the Motown sound in the Sixties: guitarist Eddie Willis, bass player Bob Babbitt and drummer Uriel Jones.From Detroit, Martin travels to Los Angeles, following the same path that Motown itself took when the record label moved West in 1972. Here he meets more of the Motown stars: three of The Jackson 5 - Marlon, Tito and Jackie Jackson; Mary Wilson of The Supremes and Otis Williams of The Temptations. Songwriters Lamont Dozier and Brian and Eddie Holland talk to Martin about their string of hits for the label, including Where Did Our Love Go and Reach Out.With musical interludes throughout, this is the Motown story from a real fan's perspective. Its a shame in France not to be able to see this programme, will it be aired on something else so that it is watchable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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