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I guess that this may have done before, but anyway here goes.

I wondered what folks thoughts are on, what the best

previously unreleased (i.e. at the time of there recording)

Motown group Northern Soul type tracks, have been to emerge

over the past 30 years or so?

A personal favourite of mine that used to rock Prestwich is:

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Mick

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Temptations "Forever in my heart (C'mon back to me baby)"and the Originals "Suspicion". They don't come much better.

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marvin gaye - my love for you dave

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I guess that this may have done before, but anyway here goes. I wondered what folks thoughts are on, what the best previously unreleased (i.e. at the time of there recording) Motown

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I alway's get a few dancing to Brenda Holloway's Lonely Boy (jobette acetate) original version on the Eric Mercury Lonely Girl (sac) incidently I'll play Eric Mercury to start with and end with Brenda Holloway on Friday in the Skeggy rare room .Regards Joe Bet.

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temps - angel doll , forever in my heart

kim weston - any girl in love

originals - suspicion

velvelettes - thats a funny way , stop beating around the bush , let love live a little bit longer

marvelettes - the boy from cross town

martha & vandellas - spellbound

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temps - angel doll , forever in my heart

kim weston - any girl in love

originals - suspicion

velvelettes - thats a funny way , stop beating around the bush , let love live a little bit longer

marvelettes - the boy from cross town

martha & vandellas - spellbound

Trev clean forgot about Angel Doll absolutly brilliant I also have the jobete acetae of Spellbound but dosn't seem to get any floor action when i play it out regads S.

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Temptations "Forever in my heart (C'mon back to me baby)"and the Originals "Suspicion". They don't come much better.

These two and "This love starved heart" - how on earth did they get overlooked for release at the time?

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well were do you start her goes

kim weston " after the rain "

kim weston " build up my baby "

supremes" dont let true love die "

temps " angel doll "

temps " forever in my heart "

originals "suspicion "

marvelettes " sugars never been as sweet "

marvin gaye " lonely lover"

marvin gaye" sweet thing "

detroit rhythm section " backstreets "

martha & vandellas " all that glitters aint gold "

r .dean taylor " just like in the movies "

temps " that'll be the day "

tammi terrell " gotta find a way"

holland , dozier " on the avenue "

kim weston " absent minded lover "

kim weston " any girl in love "

kim weston " iv'e got a weak heart "

martha & vandellas " keep stepping and never look back "

marvelettes " love is good "

gladys knight " too late for love "

monitors " words "

shorty long " a woman cant do right "

velvelettes " let love live longer "

velvelettes " stop beating around the bush "

downbeats " say you love me "

kim weston " don't let me down "

carolyn crawford " until you came along "

brenda holloway " reconsider "

temps " you've got too earn it "

marvin gaye " gotta say it . gonna tell it "

velvelettes " boy from cross town "

marvelettes " the other side of town "

temps " i'll be satisfied "

marvin gaye " hanging on "

barbara mc nair " baby ago go "

monitors " crying in the night "

jimmy ruffin " he who picks a rose "

jimmy ruffin " i gotta let you go "

j.j. barnes " show me the way "

dennis edwards " easier said than done "

jimmy ruffin " on the avenue "

marvelettes " because i love him "

stevie wonder " quality for quantity "

just a few too get your taste buds going all top draw

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Don't turn your back on me BRENDA HOLLOWAY

After all that you've done BRENDA HOLLOWAY

Ask the lonely IVY JO HUNTER

Mr Misery CLAUDETTE ROBINSON

Fantasy LEVI STUBBS

Show me you can dance MIRACLES

Love is what you make it EDDIE HOLLAND

I'm willing to pay the price MARTHA & VANDELLAS (Alt. lyrics to Come and get these memories)

Twin brother (Ist take) EDDIE HOLLAND

Nothing but a fool GLADYS KNIGHT & PIPS

It's you that I need EDDIE HOLLAND

Talk about a good feeling MARVIN GAYE

Day dreamer EDDIE HOLLAND

Past time lover MARVIN GAYE

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I alway's get a few dancing to Brenda Holloway's Lonely Boy (jobette acetate) original version on the Eric Mercury Lonely Girl (sac) incidently I'll play Eric Mercury to start with and end with Brenda Holloway on Friday in the Skeggy rare room .Regards Joe Bet.

Gets my vote.

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I alway's get a few dancing to Brenda Holloway's Lonely Boy (jobette acetate) original version on the Eric Mercury Lonely Girl (sac) incidently I'll play Eric Mercury to start with and end with Brenda Holloway on Friday in the Skeggy rare room .Regards Joe Bet.

The original was recorded by Ivy Jo Hunter

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One of the best soul tunes on the planet - - - - - -the Andantes - its a funny way, yes.gif , sheer class yes.gif

You are right there, brilliant tune.

Covered as Andantes but really by the Velvelettes. I bought the Velvelettes double CD just for that track!

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"Reconsider" by Brenda Holloway has got to be one of the very best unrealesed Motown Northern Soul tunes.

 

Its a real shame it did not get released, maybe it was too good for it's time?

 

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well were do you start her goes

kim weston " after the rain "

kim weston " build up my baby "

supremes" dont let true love die "

temps " angel doll "

temps " forever in my heart "

originals "suspicion "

marvelettes " sugars never been as sweet "

marvin gaye " lonely lover"

marvin gaye" sweet thing "

detroit rhythm section " backstreets "

martha & vandellas " all that glitters aint gold "

r .dean taylor " just like in the movies "

temps " that'll be the day "

tammi terrell " gotta find a way"

holland , dozier " on the avenue "

kim weston " absent minded lover "

kim weston " any girl in love "

kim weston " iv'e got a weak heart "

martha & vandellas " keep stepping and never look back "

marvelettes " love is good "

gladys knight " too late for love "

monitors " words "

shorty long " a woman cant do right "

velvelettes " let love live longer "

velvelettes " stop beating around the bush "

downbeats " say you love me "

kim weston " don't let me down "

carolyn crawford " until you came along "

brenda holloway " reconsider "

temps " you've got too earn it "

marvin gaye " gotta say it . gonna tell it "

velvelettes " boy from cross town "

marvelettes " the other side of town "

temps " i'll be satisfied "

marvin gaye " hanging on "

barbara mc nair " baby ago go "

monitors " crying in the night "

jimmy ruffin " he who picks a rose "

jimmy ruffin " i gotta let you go "

j.j. barnes " show me the way "

dennis edwards " easier said than done "

jimmy ruffin " on the avenue "

marvelettes " because i love him "

stevie wonder " quality for quantity "

just a few too get your taste buds going all top draw

Great list and as mentioned would make a great CD. 

One I looked for on the list and is not there is  "A Tear From A Womans Eye". 

I can not remember who it is by. I think Richard Searling played it for a while in the early 80's.

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They don't come any better than these three Jimmy Dean and William Weatherspoon gems:

 

That's The Night That love Died      The Elgins

Take him Back If It Makes you Happy     The Contours

I'm Here Now That You Need Me         JJ Barnes

 

Well, unless you include Helen and Kay's wonderful, Breakaway.

 

I'd have loved to been a fly on the wall at the quality control meetings when these were turned down!

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I think by and large Motown's Quality Control got it right. Very few of these unreleased recordings are better than the universally known hits which sold millions and are regarded as stone bonking classics of their type. They may satisfy the obscurists and completists amongst us, but few represented a stellar leap in quality over what we regard as the quintessential Motown Sound.

 

I wonder if Marvin Gaye for instance regarded 'This Love Starved Heart of Mine' (which I personally love) as being better than some of his million sellers? Not at the time it was recorded in May 67 when it represented a type of sound he had finished exploring and was moving away from.

 

In fact - would we as Rare Soul fans and collectors even be bothered with such a track if it had been released, sold well and was widely available as a Tamla single for a tenner? Probably not.

 

All IMVHO etc etc...

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I think by and large Motown's Quality Control got it right. Very few of these unreleased recordings are better than the universally known hits which sold millions and are regarded as stone bonking classics of their type. They may satisfy the obscurists and completists amongst us, but few represented a stellar leap in quality over what we regard as the quintessential Motown Sound.

 

I wonder if Marvin Gaye for instance regarded 'This Love Starved Heart of Mine' (which I personally love) as being better than some of his million sellers? Not at the time it was recorded in May 67 when it represented a type of sound he had finished exploring and was moving away from.

 

In fact - would we as Rare Soul fans and collectors even be bothered with such a track if it had been released, sold well and was widely available as a Tamla single for a tenner? Probably not.

 

All IMVHO etc etc...

Probably some truth in that Sweeney, but, Angel Doll and Forever In My Heart by the Temps to my mind are incredible bits of Soul music, nothing to do with rarity as far as myself concerned, Smokey Robinson-Whatever makes you happy rightly seems to be getting venue play, £10 record, Edwin Starr-Running back and forth

Fantastic Four-Pinpoint it down/Feel like I,m falling in love again, two more examples of cheap Motown records getting venue spins, but some great points in there

 

Kev

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