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VA - The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 6: 1966
Artist.....: VA
Title......: The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 6: 1966
Label......: Hip-o Select/Motown Records
Store Date.: Nov-21-2006
Genre......: Soul
Encoder....: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Size.......: 334,7 MB
Track Listing:
cd1
01 - Martha & The Vandellas - My Baby Loves Me 03:08
02 - Martha & The Vandellas - Never Leave Your 02:06
Baby's Side
03 - Brenda Holloway - Together 'Til The End Of Time 03:00
04 - The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine 02:49
(Is Weak For You)
05 - The Isley Brothers - There's No Love Left 02:59
06 - The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine 02:46
(Is Weak For You) (Alternate Mix)
07 - Marvin Gaye - One More Heartache 02:41
08 - Marvin Gaye - When I Had Your Love 02:30
09 - Four Tops - Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) 02:42
10 - Four Tops - Just As Long As You Need Me 03:08
11 - The Temptations - Get Ready 02:38
12 - The Temptations - Fading Away 02:38
13 - Kim Weston - Helpless 02:37
14 - Kim Weston - A Love Like Yours 02:50
(Don't Come Knocking Everyday)
15 - The Monitors - Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) 03:03
16 - The Monitors - Number One In Your Heart 02:43
17 - Marv Johnson - I Miss You Baby (How I Miss You) 02:47
18 - Marv Johnson - Just The Way You Are 02:40
19 - Billy Eckstine - Slender Thread 02:20
20 - Billy Eckstine - I Wish You Were Here 02:54
21 - Connie Haines - What's Easy For Two Is Hard 03:22
For One
22 - Connie Haines - Walk In Silence 02:54
23 - Frances Nero - Keep On Loving Me 02:35
24 - Frances Nero - Fight Fire With Fire 02:33
cd2
01 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars - 02:48
(I'm A) Road Runner
02 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Shoot Your Shot 03:00
03 - Shorty Long - Function At The Junction 02:48
04 - Shorty Long - Call On Me 02:13
05 - The Spinners - Truly Yours 03:07
06 - The Spinners - Where Is That Girl 03:04
07 - Stevie Wonder - Nothing's Too Good For My Baby 02:39
08 - Stevie Wonder - With A [CENSORED]'s Heart 03:05
09 - The Marvelettes - You're The One 02:49
10 - The Marvelettes - Paper Boy 02:14
11 - Tammi Terrell - Come On And See Me 02:23
12 - Tammi Terrell - Baby Don'tcha Worry 02:37
13 - The Mynah Birds - It's My Time 02:13
14 - The Mynah Birds - Go On And Cry 03:05
15 - Chris Clark - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) 02:30
16 - The Supremes - Love Is Like An Itching In My 02:55
Heart
17 - The Supremes - He's All I Got 02:45
18 - The Contours - Just A Little Misunderstanding 02:41
19 - The Contours - Determination 02:40
20 - The Isley Brothers - Take Some Time Out For 02:26
Love
21 - The Isley Brothers - Who Could Ever Doubt My 02:42
Love
22 - Marvin Gaye - Take This Heart Of Mine 02:52
23 - Marvin Gaye - Need Your Lovin' (Want You Back) 02:25
24 - Marvin Gaye - Take This Heart Of Mine 02:47
(Alternate Mix)
cd3
01 - The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg 02:33
02 - The Temptations - You'll Lose A Precious Love 02:28
03 - Four Tops - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever 02:47
04 - Four Tops - I Like Everything About You 02:18
05 - Martha & The Vandellas - What Am I Going To Do 03:01
Without Your Love
06 - Martha & The Vandellas - Go Ahead And Laugh 02:57
07 - The Miracles - Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My 02:43
Heart (Since I Met You)
08 - The Miracles - Oh Be My Love 02:50
09 - Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The 03:02
Brokenhearted
10 - Jimmy Ruffin - Baby I've Got It 02:34
11 - Rick, Robin & Him - Three Choruses Of Despair 02:46
12 - Rick, Robin & Him - Copper Kettle 02:25
13 - Rick, Robin & Him - Cause You Know Me 02:57
14 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Just Walk In My 02:26
Shoes
15 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Stepping Closer To 02:54
Your Heart
16 - The Isley Brothers - I Guess I'll Always Love 02:39
You
17 - The Isley Brothers - I Hear A Symphony 03:14
18 - The LaSalles - La La La La La 02:36
19 - The LaSalles - This Is True 02:16
20 - Stevie Wonder - Blowin' In The Wind 03:05
21 - Stevie Wonder - Ain't That Asking For Trouble 02:48
22 - Stevie Wonder - Blowin' In The Wind 03:05
(Alternate Mix)
23 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars - How Sweet It Is 03:01
(To Be Loved By You)
24 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Nothing But Soul 03:07
25 - Chris Clark - Love's Gone Bad 02:22
26 - Chris Clark - Put Yourself In My Place 02:43
cd4
01 - The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love 02:55
02 - The Supremes - Put Yourself In My Place 02:17
03 - Marvin Gaye - Little Darling (I Need You) 02:45
04 - Marvin Gaye - Hey Diddle Diddle 02:24
05 - The Temptations - Beauty Is Only Skin Deep 02:21
06 - The Temptations - You're Not An Ordinary Girl 02:51
07 - Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There 03:00
08 - Four Tops - Until You Love Someone 03:12
09 - The Velvelettes - These Things Will Keep Me 02:27
Loving You
10 - Brenda Holloway - Hurt A Little Everyday 02:52
11 - Brenda Holloway - Where Were You 02:24
12 - The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You 02:33
13 - The Elgins - Stay In My Lonely Arms 03:01
14 - Brenda Holloway - Play It Cool, Stay In School 02:31
15 - Barbara McNair - Everything Is Good About You 03:30
16 - Barbara McNair - What A Day 02:50
17 - Billy Eckstine - And There You Were 02:38
18 - Billy Eckstine - A Warmer World 02:58
19 - Martha & The Vandellas - I'm Ready For Love 02:54
20 - Martha & The Vandellas - He Doesn't Love Her 03:02
Anymore
21 - The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On 02:48
22 - The Supremes - Mother You, Smother You 02:34
23 - The Supremes - Remove This Doubt 02:54
24 - Loraine Alterman Interviews Marvin Gaye - 02:07
Loraine Alterman Interviews Marvin Gaye
25 - Marvin Gaye - The Teen Beat Song 02:15
cd5
01 - The Miracles - 02:31
(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need
02 - The Miracles - Save Me 02:26
03 - Stevie Wonder - A Place In The Sun 03:10
04 - Stevie Wonder - Sylvia 02:34
05 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Money 02:30
(That's What I Want) (Part 2)
06 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Money 02:06
(That's What I Want) (Part 1)
07 - The Temptations - (I Know) I'm Losing You 02:27
08 - The Temptations - I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To 02:40
09 - Jimmy Ruffin - I've Passed This Way Before 02:48
10 - Jimmy Ruffin - Tomorrow's Tears 02:58
11 - The Monitors - Since I Lost You Girl 02:31
12 - The Monitors - Don't Put Off Till Tomorrow 02:39
What You Can Do Today
13 - Stevie Wonder - Some Day At Christmas 02:49
14 - Stevie Wonder - The Miracles Of Christmas 02:25
15 - Stevie Wonder - Some Day At Christmas 02:50
(Alternate Mix)
16 - Four Tops - Standing In The Shadows Of Love 02:37
17 - Four Tops - Since You've Been Gone 02:39
18 - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - It Takes Two 02:56
19 - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - It's Got To Be A 03:26
Miracle (This Thing Called Love)
20 - Earl Van Dyke & The Motown Brass - 6 By 6 02:20
21 - Earl Van Dyke & The Motown Brass - 02:13
(There Is) No Greater Love
22 - The Originals - Goodnight Irene 02:52
23 - The Originals - Need Your Lovin' 02:36
(Want You Back)
24 - The Marvelettes - The Hunter Gets Captured By 02:49
The Game
25 - The Marvelettes - I Think I Can Change You 02:47
26 - Christine Schumacher & The Supremes - Mother 02:28
You, Smother You
27 - Motown Artists Christmas Messages - Motown 02:09
Artists Christmas Messages
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cd1: 66:23 cd2: 64:48 cd3: 71:37 cd4: 68:03 cd5: 71:16
Release Notes:
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During 1966, Motown adopted the phrase "The Sound of Young
America" as their slogan -- a claim that was not hyperbole; it was
the truth. The label was a hit machine, cranking out single after
single, and almost all of them were hits of some magnitude, with
22 singles reaching the pop Top 20 and a slew of others pushing up
the R&B charts or skimming the lower reaches of pop. This is an
astonishing success and it reflects just how tight and focused
Motown had become, a trait that is reflected in the listening
experience of the five-disc, 125-track box The Complete Motown
Singles, Vol. 6: 1966. Every other Complete Motown Singles box
prior to this -- even the heady years of 1964 and 1965 -- was
studded with subsidiary detours, Berry Gordy's forays into gospel,
jazz, country, and other markets. With Motown indeed turning into
the sound of young America, Gordy and his crew no longer bothered
with these other potentially lucrative markets and concentrated on
their core strengths, almost without exception. One of those
exceptions happens to be the Mynah Birds, the storied, until now
unheard band featuring Rick James on vocals and Neil Young on
guitar, but their unreleased single, "It's My Time"/"Go on and
Cry," fit into the rubric of young America: it was a perfect blend
of Beatles rock and Motown pop-soul. It, of course, was a blip on
the radar, a brief moment where Gordy and Motown flirted with the
idea of rock & roll. For the most part, 1966 was devoted to
exuberant, exhilarating soul, ranging from the elegant Supremes to
the dirty grooves of Junior Walker & the All-Stars.
What impresses most on The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 6 is the
variety and sophistication of this soul. Far from being a series
of monochromatic spins on a single bouncy beat, there's a near-
endless variety of sounds here. Much of it is bright, danceable,
and infectious, as heard on Shorty Long's "Function at the
Junction," the Temptations' "Get Ready," and Marvin Gaye & Kim
Weston's "It Takes Two," but there's a wealth of lesser-known
gems, from the Elgins' "Heaven Must Have Sent You" to a stack of
sides from Chris Clark and Frances Nero's "Keep on Lovin' Me," a
staple of Northern soul. Any Northern soul acolyte will find much
to treasure here, but there's grittier, harder music here,
typified by the Four Tops ("Reach Out [I'll Be There]") and the
Temptations ("Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "[I Know] I'm Losing You"),
who also saw Jimmy Ruffin step out with "What Becomes of the
Broken Hearted." The Supremes, the Four Tops, and the Temptations
were still at their peak popularity, but the year saw a few of the
label's other stars in transitional mode: Smokey Robinson & the
Miracles dropped off the radar and Marvin Gaye was busy dueting
with Weston and Tammi Terrell (and also cutting the oddity "The
Teen Beat Song," a love letter to the Detroit Free Press), while
Stevie Wonder started dabbling with Bob Dylan in an excellent
cover of "Blowin' in the Wind" (which is not the only
acknowledgement of social upheaval; the Monitors' "Greetings [This
Is Uncle Sam]" is a rare, early Vietnam protest tune). Amid this,
there's the debut of the Spinners and the Isley Brothers, who had
a hit with "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" but whose
other singles prove that this was far from a one-shot wonder from
them. Gladys Knight & the Pips also debuted this year with the
good "Just Walk in My Shoes," but that's of a piece with the
singles by the Monitors, the Originals, Robin Rick & Him -- songs
that aren't well known but are nevertheless excellent and help
make The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 6 not just a necessary
historical document but a virtual non-stop party.
As thrilling as the Junior Walker & the All-Stars singles still
are, the harder edge of that group and longstanding Motown staples
the Contours -- whose "First I Look at the Purse" is as good and
funky as Motown ever got -- feels a bit like the remnants of the
label's early years, as Motown's music began to get smooth and
stylish around this time. Some earlier acts like Smokey Robinson,
Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder were able to negotiate this
transition by deepening their own signatures with grace, often
producing big hits while doing so: this year, Marvin had the
irresistible, irrepressible "Ain't That Peculiar," which Smokey &
the Miracles matched with "Going to a Go-Go," but they also had
the silky "Ooo Baby Baby" and "The Tracks of My Tears." Martha &
the Vandellas also had a hallmark year highlighted by "Nowhere to
Run," perfectly balanced between the harder edge of the early
Motown singles and the style of this era, a claim that also held
for the Temptations and, especially, the Four Tops, whose two big
hits were "It's the Same Old Song" and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar
Pie, Honey Bunch)." These are the songs that dominate The Complete
Motown Singles, Vol. 5 just as they dominated 1965 -- there are
lost gems here, but not as many as you might think, as almost
everything the label released in this glorious year turned into a
big hit.
