Motown 50th

[kevinsoulman]

am i behind the times or has any one else already put the list on here, marvins love starved heart twinned with frank wilson amongst others

kev

[kevinsoulman]

7" Singles Put Hitsville Back In The Groove For Motown50!

As part of Motown 50th Anniversary Universal are releasing 25 highly collectable limited edition numbered 7" vinyl singles featuring 50 classic Motown cuts for 2009!

The singles will be released chronologically in batches of five singles at a time, the first batch will be released internationally on 23rd February 2009.

KEY FEATURES:

• Limited to just 2000 copies each, the singles will be released chronologically in batches of five singles at a time.
  
• The first batch will be released in February 2009, with the following batches released in April, June, August and October 2009.
  
• Each release will come with a download code entitling fans to a free digital download of their purchase
  
• And the first release of each batch (= numbers 1, 6, 11, 16 & 21 below) will come with a specially designed Motown Spider / 45 single adaptor for the inner hole.
  

Price £4.99 each (subject to change)

>> 1st batch - 23rd February 2009

1. Barrett Strong - Money / Contours - Do You Love Me (incl. collectable Motown adaptor spider)

2. Mary Wells - My Guy / Carolyn Crawford - My Smile Is Just A Frown

3. Brenda Holloway - Just Look What You Have Done / Supremes - Love Is like An Itching In My Heart

4. Velvelettes - Lonely Lonely Girl / Marvelettes - I'll Keep Holding On

5. Four Tops - Something About You Baby / Temptations - Get Ready

>> 2nd batch - 27th April 2009

6. Marv Johnson - I'll Pick A Rose / Jimmy Ruffin - Gonna Give Her All The Love I Got (incl. collectable Motown adaptor spider)

7. Martha and the Vandellas - No One There / Gladys Knight - Help Me Make It Through The Night

8. Edwin Starr - My Weakness Is You / Chris Clark - Loves Gone Bad

9. Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces / Supremes - Nathan Jones

10. Michael Jackson - Ain't No Sunshine / J5 - The Love You Save

>> 3rd batch - 29th June 2009

11. Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting / Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (incl. collectable Motown adaptor spider)

12. Marvin Gaye and Tammi - You Ain't Living Until You're Loving / Marvin Gaye and Diana - My Mistake

13. Rick James - Super Freak / Teena Marie - I'm A Sucker For Your Love

14. Marvin Gaye - Love Starved Heart / Frank Wilson - Do I Love You

15. Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her / Shorty Long - Here Comes The Judge

>> 4th batch - 31st August 2009

16. Junior Walker - Walk In The Night / Miracles - Love Machine (incl. collectable Motown adaptor spider)

17. Smokey Robinson - Cruisin' / Charlene - Never Been To Me

18. Yvonne Fair - It Should Have Been Me / Frankie Valli - The Night

19. Miracles - Come Round Here / Tammi Terrell - Come On And See Me

20. Billy Eckstine - I Wonder Why / Barbara McNair - You're Gonna Love My Baby

>> 5th batch - 26th October 2009

21. Spinners - It's A Shame / Chuck Jackson - What Am I Gonna Do (incl. collectable Motown adaptor spider)

22. Isley Brothers - Tell Me It's Just A Rumour / Elgins - Put Yourself In My Place

23. R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me / David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love

24. Commodores - 3 Times A Lady / Lionel Richie - Truly

25. Supremes and Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me / Supremes and 4 Tops - You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart

here you go

kev

[pikeys dog]

Some cracking stuff there if you own a jukebox.

[De-to]

where will be the best place to get these from ??,

[Modernsoulsucks]

Well it looks bobbins to me as a Motown collector. Just think what they coulda done although Im assuming this is for the US market.

ROD

[FrankM]

Well it looks bobbins to me as a Motown collector. Just think what they coulda done although Im assuming this is for the US market.

ROD

No it's for the UK market and rather than put an unissued on vinyl track on the B side they've repeated what they did for the last batch of Motown 45s and that means mostly stuff that's already on vinyl and one crumb. Last time it was Chris Clark's version of Do i Love you

[Mick Holdsworth]

No it's for the UK market and rather than put an unissued on vinyl track on the B side they've repeated what they did for the last batch of Motown 45s and that means mostly stuff that's already on vinyl and one crumb. Last time it was Chris Clark's version of Do i Love you

What crumb??

(Sorry - forgot you couldn't get a legal Marvin Gaye aprt from the 90's limited issue - so yes, that is ONE crumb amongst 50)

Edited December 22, 2008 by sixtify

[Dave Thorley]

Personally I think they have missed the mark badly.

If they think to get sales they needed to put together a set of more commercial tracks so joe bublic will buy them. Wrong, as they don't buy wax records.

If they are aimed at collectors, most have these tracks and would rather have the originals and would be looking for tracks that they couldn't get any other way on wax ie un-released

Another example of how Motown over the recent years have lost touch with their market. IMHO

Dave

[Liljimmycrank]

What crumb??

(Sorry - forgot you couldn't get a legal Marvin Gaye aprt from the 90's limited issue - so yes, that is ONE crumb amongst 50)

Anyone got any info on the limited Marvin Gaye issue?

Think there were only 100 produced for some sort of promotional giveaway, and they fetch about £400+?

[Modernsoulsucks]

No it's for the UK market and rather than put an unissued on vinyl track on the B side they've repeated what they did for the last batch of Motown 45s and that means mostly stuff that's already on vinyl and one crumb. Last time it was Chris Clark's version of Do i Love you

I read the blurb and assumed "adaptor" meant "big hole" and therefore US.

No excuse really then. It reads like one of those ads for collectible figurines you find at the back of a weekend glossy pull-out.

Anyone know which genius is responsible? No one on here I hope.

Completely agree with Dave T. There are decent 45s there but those of interest to most of us are not that expensive anyway on original although difficult to find in Mintish condition sometimes. "Love starved heart" would be nice to have on a legit issue but why put Frank on the flip when I think it's still available with Chris Clark flip. Why not another Marvin track?

As for some of the other "classics" £4.99 is dearer than the original release. Surely car boot fairs can't be running out of "Three times a Lady" already?

ROD

[Bigsoulman]

Why not another Marvin track?

ROD

[Modernsoulsucks]

Why not another Marvin track?

ROD

How about "Hangin On"?, brilliant imo

Lenny

Lenny they could put out quite a few Marvin 45s such as Lonely Lover, My love for you, Sweet Thing, When I feel the need etc with enough other unissued tracks by him to go on the flips.

If like Harry Secombe, I ruled the World, we'd be well into the new 5001 series of previously unavailable Motown cuts.

ROD

Edited December 23, 2008 by modernsoulsucks

[De-to]

where will be the best place to get these from ??,

xmas bump on this one but having locally nowhere to order any of these 45s from where can i order any of these 45s from the net etc,???

[Guest Soultown andy]

I saw some of these on sale at hmv in bolton so would imagine you can buy em at any of there stores.

Edited December 24, 2008 by Soultown andy

[De-to]

I saw some of these on sale at hmv in bolton so would imagine you can buy em at any of there stores.

thanks andy...

[Guest WPaulVanDyk]

Sadly would like to have seen better placed music on these vinyl releases but there is at least 1 or 2 worth owning if you can't afford the original. I am assuming the Velvelettes original is worth up to £100.

[Modernsoulsucks]

I saw some of these on sale at hmv in bolton so would imagine you can buy em at any of there stores.

What they on Andy. Black TMG?

ROD

[Guest Ivor Jones]

What they on Andy. Black TMG?

ROD

I reckon no. 24 is the dogs bollocks eh Rod..........

I mean really, at the risk of repeating Dave Thorleys comments earlier,just who is this aimed at realistically ?

Like Dave said, any real record collectors will already have most of what they want from this little list and to think of the wealth of stuff they could have used is a real,real shame. These wont sell in any real quantities anyway and the Suits at Universal[or whoever runs Motown now] will just turn round and say"See i told you no one wanted records anymore"........

Sad state of affairs.

Now im off to check my Lionel Richie records

Ivor

[Guest Soultown andy]

What they on Andy. Black TMG?

ROD

Only saw the box set on display behind the counter rod,but i think ive seen some advertiseing with various blue red labels which is a bit bizzare.

[Guest vinylvixen]

Anyone know which genius is responsible? No one on here I hope.

ROD

Nope, got made redundant from Universal in March....so nothing to do wiv me guv

[Modernsoulsucks]

Only saw the box set on display behind the counter rod,but i think ive seen some advertiseing with various blue red labels which is a bit bizzare.

Im a bit confused now as altho you saw them for sale, supposedly first batch not available until Feb 2009. It wasn't just a promotional display then?

You also mentioned "box set" which is actually how I read the original blurb. It looked to me like they were to be sold as sets of 5 45s making £25 each roughly. I don't know if that's right but your reference to "box set" looks like that's the case.

I don't expect you to know for sure Andy but I wonder if anyone does. I mean it does also say £4.99 each which would suggest you could buy them individually.

Some thought has obviously been given to the NS market but more with an eye on sales I guess than to actually cater intelligently to that niche.

ROD

[kevinsoulman]

Im a bit confused now as altho you saw them for sale, supposedly first batch not available until Feb 2009. It wasn't just a promotional display then?

You also mentioned "box set" which is actually how I read the original blurb. It looked to me like they were to be sold as sets of 5 45s making £25 each roughly. I don't know if that's right but your reference to "box set" looks like that's the case.

I don't expect you to know for sure Andy but I wonder if anyone does. I mean it does also say £4.99 each which would suggest you could buy them individually.

Some thought has obviously been given to the NS market but more with an eye on sales I guess than to actually cater intelligently to that niche.

ROD

are these available now and where from, the first batch that is

kev