RetroJoe

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Member Since: 9/14/2004
Total Mixes: 296
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Other Mixes By RetroJoe

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Motown
The Early Years

Artist Song
The Marvelettes  Twistin' Postman (1962 #34) 
Singin' Sammy Ward  That Child is Really Wild 
Richard Wylie & His Band  Money (That's What I Want) 
The Twistin' Kings  White House Twist 
The Contours  Whole Lotta Woman [regional version] 
Little Iva & Her Band  Continental Strut (instrumental) 
The Satintones  Motor City 
Popcorn and The Mohawks  Shimmy Gully 
Nick & The Jaguars  Ich-i-bon #1 (instrumental) 
Eugene Remus  Gotta Have Your Lovin' 
The Miracles  Shop Around [regional version] (1961) 
Barrett Strong  Do the Very Best You Can 
Eugene Remus  You Never Miss a Good Thing [without strings] 
Singin' Sammy Ward  What Makes You Love Him [first version] 
Pete Hartfield  Love Me 
Mable John  You Made A Fool Out of Me 
Barrett Strong  I'm Gonna Cry (If You Quit Me) 
Herman Griffin  It's You 
The Satintones  Tomorrow and Always [without strings] 
Mable John  Actions Speak Louder than Words 
The Marvelettes  I Want a Guy 
The Miracles  I Love Your Baby 
Don McKenzie  I'll Call You 
Singin' Sammy Ward  Who's the Fool (1961 R&B #23) 
The Swinging Tigers  Snake Walk (Part 1) 
Barrett Strong  You Knows What to Do 
Mable John  Who Wouldn't Love a Man Like That 
Jimmy Ruffin  Heart 
Marvin Gay  (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade is Over 

Comment:

Thanks to Hip-o Select for making these songs available on their 'The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 1' box set, which included 155 tracks from the issue years of 1959-61. Most of the songs never charted in the top 100. A few that did chart, such as Money (That's What I Want) by Barrett Strong (1960 #23), Bye Bye Baby by Mary Wells (1961 #45), and Please Mr. Postman by The Marvelettes (1961 #1) weren't used in this mix because they were used in prior mixes of mine. Just as well I think because they would have stolen attention away from the lesser known songs which make up the bulk of the collection and are worthy of ones singular attention. The playing time of the mix is 78m08s.


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anthony lombardi
Date: 4/11/2008
alot of favorites from back in the day
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 4/11/2008
Love this, Joe. An era of Motown I had never explored.
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doowad
Date: 4/12/2008
How can you go wrong? Joe + Motown = perfection.
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hemizen
Date: 4/13/2008
This is Supreme, Joe.