Tam La Motown

Maybe just a bit off topic for some but this is a hefty comprehensive collection that covers Donna's entire career output across 33 (yes 33) CDs. All for a tidy wedge- £170! Every album she released has been remastered and is included plus a number remixes 12" mixes and special guest appearances and live performances. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B083ZT9YFC/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_QqfoEbWWYKEZ5

Wigan Casino Top 20 Compiled by Russ Winstanley & Richard Searling. This chart was published in Record Mirror weekly for several months during 1975 From the Mecca of British Soul You've Come A Long Way Baby - Flower Shoppe Let Me Do It - The Bells Going To A Go·Go -The Sharonettes The Day My Heart Stood Still - Ollie Jackson I'm comlng home in The Morning - Lou Pride Cracking Up Over You - Tommy Hunt Get Out -Tommy Hunt Zola - King Errisson I Can't Help Myself - Johnny Ross and The Soul Explosion Send him Back -= The Pointer Sisters The Trip -Dave Mitchell and the screamers Runaway - The Chantells Spellbound - Tamiko .Jones Mine Exclusively - Fred Orchestra You Touched me - Judy Clay Can't Chance a breakup - Ike and Tina Trner Groovy Feeling -Tobbi Bowe She'll Come Running back - Mel Brittt Set My Heart At Ease - Nikki Farrow Breakaway (vocal and instrumental ) - Ernie Bush HOTTIPS Long Gone -Debbie Fleming Thumb A Ride - Earl Wright

The much heralded documentary "Hitsville The Making Of Motown" will be available from the 9th October on Blu Ray & DVD. Added by site Directed by Gabe and Ben Turner, Hitsville: The Making of Motown focuses on the period beginning with the birth of the company in Detroit in 1958 until its relocation to Los Angeles in the early 1970s. The story of Motown is told through interviews with the label's visionary founder, Berry Gordy, and many of its superstar artists and creative figures, as well as rare performances and behind-the-scenes footage unearthed from Motown s vaults and Gordy's personal archives.The doc is the first documentary about the iconic label with Gordy's participation.

The Story of Motown Songwriting Team Holland Dozier Holland. Available in Hardback 10th October 2019 Brian Holland, Edward Holland, and Lamont Dozier, known as Holland-Dozier-Holland or H-D-H, were the greatest songwriting team in American pop music history. Seventy of the songs they wrote reached the Billboard Top 40, with 15 of these reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. No other songwriting team or individual has come close to equaling, let alone surpassing, this record. They've been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. As tunesmiths for the legendary Motown Record Corporation, and for their own corporations, Invictus Records and Hot Wax Records, they wrote and produced hits for Diana Ross and the Supremes, including Baby Love, Stop! In the Name of Love, Where Did Our Love Go, You Keep Me Hangin' On, You Can't Hurry Love, I Hear a Symphony, Come See About Me, Back in My Arms Again and Reflections. Now the legendary composers are ready to reveal the inspirations and stories behind their chart-topping hits, providing millions of fans with the first complete history of their songwriting process, and detail the real-life experiences that led them to write each of their most famous tunes. They will also reveal their creative and intimate relationships with Motown's biggest stars. added by site Product details Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Omnibus Press (10 Oct. 2019) Language: English DAVE THOMPSON is the author of over 150 books, including co-written memoirs with New York Doll Sylvain Sylvain, Motown legends Brian and Eddie Holland (forthcoming), Hawkwind s Nik Turner, the Yardbirds Jim McCarty, Fairport Convention s Judy Dyble and more. A columnist for Goldmine magazine, his work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, Mojo, Record Collector and many other major publications. He has contributed to music documentaries produced by VH-1, A&E, the BBC and others. Born in the UK, Thompson is now a resident of Delaware, USA.