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Music : Motown Chartbusters Volume 2
by: Various Artists
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0731455414523 Label: Spectrum Manufacturer: Spectrum Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Spectrum Release Date: November 10, 1997 Running Time: 45 minutes Sales Rank: 1662 Studio: Spectrum |
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Disc 1:
- Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Nickolas Ashford, Tammi Terrell, Valerie Simpson, Marvin Gaye
- Reflections - Brian Holland, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Lamont Dozier
- If You Can Want - Smokey Robinson, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- You Keep Running Away - Brian Holland, Four Tops, Lamont Dozier
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) - Norman Whitfield, The Temptations
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips, Norman Whitfield
- I'm Wondering - Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder
- I've Passed This Way Before - James Dean, Jimmy Ruffin, William Weatherspoon
- Some Things You Never Get Used To - Diana Ross & The Supremes, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, The Andantes
- Gotta See Jane - R. Dean Taylor
- Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder
- You're My Everything - Norman Whitfield, The Temptations
- Honey Chile - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Richard Morris, The Andantes
- If I Were A Carpenter - Brian Holland, Four Tops, Lamont Dozier
- I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Al Cleveland
- If I Could Build My Whole World Around You - Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Tammi Terrell, Marvin Gaye
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- Motown Chartbusters Vol 4
- Motown Chartbusters Vol 5
- Motown Chartbusters Volume 6
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- Onward and UpwardAfter the runaway success of Volume 1, which made No 2 on the album chart, this Volume 2 followed less than a year later.
Volume 2 did not sell as well, but still made No 8. In spite of the growing popularity of Motown in Britain, and more airplay due to Radio 1 pumping out of millions of transistor radios, this one contained less British hits than Volume 1. I think that is because they songs were chosen from a shorter period than the first one.
My favorite here is Diana ... Read More
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- Volume 2 of 12 looks at 1967 and 1968Although Motown were really strong at this time, there are few big UK hits here. Reflections (Diana Ross and the Supremes) and If I were a carpenter (Four Tops) made the UK top ten, while Gotta see Jane (R Dean Taylor) made the UK top twenty. The remaining tracks here were only minor UK hits although some were huge hits in America.
Despite their limited impact on the UK charts at the time, many of these tracks are now regarded as classics and rightly so. Perhaps Brits weren't ready for them ... Read More
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