Other Mixes By RetroJoe
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Motown Sampler (1962-71) Stereo Version (mostly)
| Artist | Song | |
| Martha & The Vandellas |
Come And Get These Memories (1963 #29, #6) (mono) 
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| Stevie Wonder | For Once In My Life (1968 #2, 1969 #2) | |
| The Contours | Do You Love Me (1962 #3, #1) (mono) | |
| The Miracles | Mickey's Monkey (1963 #8, #3) | |
| The Marvelettes | Beechwood 4-5789 (1962 #17, #7) (mono) | |
| Stevie Wonder | Fingertips, Pt. 2 (1963 #1, #1) | |
| Four Tops | I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) (1965 #1, #1) | |
| Marvin Gaye | Stubborn Kind Of Fellow (1962 #46, #8) (mono) | |
| Mary Wells | The One Who Really Loves You (1962 #8, #2) | |
| The Temptations | Beauty Is Only Skin Deep (1966 #3, #1) | |
| Diana Ross & The Supremes | Love Child (1968 #1, #2) | |
| Four Tops | Bernadette (1967 #4, #3) | |
| The Temptations | The Way You Do The Things You Do (1964 #11, #1) | |
| The Supremes | You Can't Hurry Love (1966 #1, #1) | |
| Jackson 5 | I Want You Back (1970 #1, #1) | |
| Diana Ross | Aint No Mountain High Enough (1970 #1, #1) | |
| Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston | It Takes Two (1967 #14, #4) | |
| Four Tops | Ask The Lonely (1965 #24, #9) (mono) | |
| The Contours | First I Look At The Purse (1965 #57, #12) (mono) | |
| Shorty Long | Devil With The Blue Dress (1964 #125, #26) (mono) | |
| The Miracles | OOO Baby Baby (1965 #16, #4) | |
| Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers | Does Your Mama Know About Me (1968 #29, #5) | |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | If I Were Your Woman (1971 #9, #1) | |
| Marvin Gaye | Whats Going On (1971 #2, #1) | |
Comment:
This is a repost of my mix of songs from the 4 CD set entitled "Hitsville USA - The Motown Collection - 1959-1971". All of the songs on that collection were presented in mono (even if the original charted hit was in stereo). I posted this mix before on 8/13/06, and used the mono mixes off of the 4 cd set. locovinagre complained that I was posting an all mono mix and even called me lazy (although he also said that it was a groovy mix). Well I thought it was a good mix, but decided it was worth reposting it with stereo presentations of the songs. This is my attempt to do that. Unfortunately, it looks like as much as seven songs were recorded originally in mono (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 18, 19 & 20). If anybody has a stereo version of any one of the mono songs used here, please let me know. I'm supplying this mix in a zip file of 108 megs (just click on the first song title to download). The two chart numbers given reflect the Pop & then the R&B rankings.
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This is as groovy as ever!
24 All Time Classics. What else can you say? Awesome stuff...
Great collection!
With forced-romance just around the corner, this perfectly timed stuff.The Complete Motown Singles Boxes are essential, btw.
Sweet! Made my morning with this post. I will surely enjoy it in the morning.
Great stuff! Thanks for this Joe.
Flawless.
As this is a Motown selection, musical quality is already assured. The choices here are universally excellent. The stereo/mono debate however, is a thorny old thing, not unlike that vinyl/digital chestnut. I would prefer the stereo versions, for reasons that would probably not stand up to intelligent scrutiny. Nonetheless, That's my choice. Therefore, this "re-working" is the one for me. Cheers Joe.
"The two chart numbers given reflect the Pop & then the R&B rankings." And that of course was the genius of Motown, that they had appeal to both of those fan bases.
Great collection here. Thanks Joe.
Great collection here. Thanks Joe.
Masterful.
This is just wonderful. Thanks for taking the time to put this together and share it with us.
Great choices all, and finishing with Mr. Gaye's seminal work is perfect!
My lord what a cornucopia of goodness. The closer is hands down the creme-de-la-creme.
what a pleasure! thanks for sharing this, Retro Joe; listened at work just now. the Diana Ross at #16 and the Miracles at #21 are old favorites that were nice to hear today.