VA-The_Complete_Motown_Singles_Vol._7_1967-5CD-(Remastered)-2007-MTD

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VA - The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 7: 1967

Artist.....: VA
Title......: The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 7: 1967
Label......: Hip-o Select/Motown Records

Store Date.: Jul-31-2007
Genre......: Soul

Encoder....: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Size.......: 327,8 MB


Track Listing:

     cd1

01 - The Underdogs - Love's Gone Bad                 02:29
02 - The Underdogs - Mojo Hannah                     02:51
03 - The Supremes - Love Is Here And Now You're Gone 02:49
04 - The Supremes - There's No Stopping Us Now       03:03
05 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Pucker Up          03:17
     Buttercup
06 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Anyway You Wannta  02:40
07 - Shorty Long - Chantilly Lace                    02:30
08 - Shorty Long - Your Love Is Amazing              02:12
09 - Brenda Holloway - Till Johnny Comes             02:37
10 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Love I     02:58
     Saw In You Was Just A Mirage
11 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Come Spy With  02:58
     Me
12 - Martha & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack             02:54
13 - Martha & The Vandellas - Third Finger, Left     02:46
     Hand
14 - Stevie Wonder - Travlin' Man                    02:55
15 - Stevie Wonder - Hey Love                        02:55
16 - Four Tops - Bernadette (Promo Version)          03:02
17 - Four Tops - I Got A Feeling                     03:04
18 - Four Tops - Bernadette                          03:02
19 - Jimmy Ruffin - Gonna Give Her All The Love      02:41
     I've Got
20 - Jimmy Ruffin - World So Wide, Nowhere To Hide   02:49
     (From Your Heart)
21 - Chris Clark - I Want To Go Back There Again     02:42
22 - Chris Clark - I Love You                        02:31
23 - The Contours - It's So Hard Being A Loser       02:40
24 - The Contours - Your Love Grows More Precious    03:03
     Every Day

     cd2

01 - Brenda Holloway - Just Look What You've Done    02:54
02 - Brenda Holloway - Starting The Hurt All Over    02:28
     Again
03 - Barbara McNair - Here I Am Baby                 03:00
04 - Barbara McNair - My World Is Empty Without You  03:12
05 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Take Me In Your      02:56
     Arms And Love Me
06 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Do You Love Me Just  03:10
     A Little, Honey
07 - The Supremes - The Happening                    02:52
08 - The Supremes - All I Know About You             01:57
09 - The Isley Brothers - Got To Have You Back       02:48
10 - The Isley Brothers - Just Ain't Enough Love     02:15
11 - R. Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House    02:27
12 - R. Dean Taylor - Don't Fool Around              02:33
13 - San Remo Golden Strings - Festival Time         02:31
14 - San Remo Golden Strings - Joy Road              02:32
15 - Billy Eckstine - I Wonder Why (Nobody Loves Me) 02:40
16 - Billy Eckstine - I've Been Blessed              02:51
17 - The Marvelettes - When You're Young And In Love 02:40
18 - The Marvelettes - The Day You Take One          02:44
     (You Have To Take The Other)
19 - The Temptations - All I Need                    03:17
20 - The Temptations - Sorry Is A Sorry Word         02:29
21 - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No          02:29
     Mountain High Enough
22 - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Give A Little     02:49
     Love
23 - Four Tops - 7-Rooms Of Gloom                    02:33
24 - Four Tops - I'll Turn To Stone                  02:33

     cd3

01 - Paul Petersen - Chained                         02:21
02 - Paul Petersen - Don't Let It Happen To Us       03:10
03 - Paul Petersen - Chained (Alternate Mix)         02:21
04 - The Spinners - For All We Know                  02:56
05 - The Spinners - I Cross My Heart                 03:02
06 - Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her          02:39
07 - Stevie Wonder - Hold Me                         02:36
08 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - More Love      02:50
09 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Swept For You  03:01
     Baby
10 - The Elgins - It's Been A Long Long Time         02:58
     (A Long Time)
11 - The Elgins - I Understand My Man                03:07
12 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Everybody Needs Love 02:59
13 - Marvin Gaye - Your Unchanging Love              03:20
14 - Marvin Gaye - I'll Take Care Of You             02:51
15 - The Temptations - You're My Everything          03:12
16 - The Temptations - I've Been Good To You         03:01
17 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Ain't That The     02:59
     Truth
18 - Jimmy Ruffin - Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit   03:00
     Baby
19 - The Isley Brothers - That's The Way Love Is     02:21
20 - The Isley Brothers - One Too Many Heartaches    02:14

     cd4

01 - Diana Ross & The Supremes - Reflections         02:52
02 - Diana Ross & The Supremes - Going Down For The  02:32
     Third Time
03 - Martha & The Vandellas - Love Bug Leave My      02:12
     Heart Alone
04 - Martha & The Vandellas - One Way Out            02:34
05 - Barbara McNair - Steal Away Tonight             03:04
06 - Barbara McNair - For Once In My Life            03:00
07 - Brenda Holloway - You've Made Me So Very Happy  02:56
     (Promo Version)
08 - Brenda Holloway - I've Got To Find It           02:28
09 - Brenda Holloway - You've Made Me So Very Happy  02:54
10 - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Your Precious     03:01
     Love
11 - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Hold Me Oh My     02:42
     Darling
12 - Four Tops - You Keep Running Away               02:50
13 - Four Tops - If You Don't Want My Love           03:30
14 - Chris Clark - From Head To Toe                  02:45
15 - Chris Clark - The Beginning Of The End          02:45
16 - The Messengers - Window Shopping                02:48
17 - The Messengers - California Soul                02:56
18 - Barbara Randolph - I Got A Feeling              03:07
19 - Barbara Randolph - You Got Me Hurtin' All Over  02:34
20 - Stevie Wonder - I'm Wondering                   02:54
21 - Stevie Wonder - Every Time I See You I Go Wild  02:49
22 - Stevie Wonder - I'm Wondering (Alternate Mix)   02:54
23 - The Temptations -                               02:37
     (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Nee
24 - The Temptations - Don't Send Me Away            02:52

     cd5

01 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Heard It Through   02:55
     The Grapevine
02 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - It's Time To Go Now  02:40
03 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Heard It Through   02:54
     The Grapevine (Alternate Mix)
04 - Edwin Starr - I Want My Baby Back               02:39
05 - Edwin Starr - Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win   02:48
     Your Love
06 - Tammi Terrell - What A Good Man He Is           03:01
07 - Tammi Terrell - There Are Things                02:29
08 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That  02:41
     Emotion
09 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - You Must Be    02:35
     Love
10 - Diana Ross & The Supremes - In And Out Of Love  02:40
11 - Diana Ross & The Supremes - I Guess I'll        02:46
     Always Love You
12 - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Honey Chile     02:58
13 - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas  -  Show Me The   02:41
     Way
14 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Come See About Me  03:06
15 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Sweet Soul         02:59
16 - The Ones - You Haven't Seen My Love             03:20
17 - The Ones - Happy Day                            03:09
18 - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Two Can Have A    02:13
     Party
19 - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - If This World     02:22
     Were Mine
20 - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - If I Could Build  02:43
     My Whole World Around You
21 - The Marvelettes - My Baby Must Be A Magician    02:34
22 - The Marvelettes - I Need Someone                02:42
23 - The Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain          02:52
24 - The Temptations - I Truly, Truly Believe        02:47
     (Alternate Mix)
25 - The Temptations - I Truly, Truly Believe        02:45
26 - Marvin Gaye - You                               02:28
27 - Marvin Gaye - At Last (I Found A Love)          02:40
28 - Marvin Gaye - Change What You Can               02:38

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                                                     cd1: 67:28 cd2: 64:40 cd3: 56:58 cd4: 67:36 cd5: 77:05
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Listening to The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 6: 1966 was a
virtual party -- but there's nothing virtual about The Complete
Motown Singles, Vol. 7: 1967 at all; it's a nonstop, high-octane
party, with barely a bad track to be heard among its 120 songs
spread across five CDs. Just like in 1966, almost every single
that Motown released in 1967 made the charts, an amazing feat
that's a testament to the sharpness of the label's machine and the
astonishing quality of the music. And there is truly a dearth of
misfires here -- both a reflection of Motown's abandonment of
pursuing other markets and how even the newer acts were cutting
songs worthy of the superstars (indeed, they were sometimes covers
of the superstars, sometimes singing over the Funk Brothers
backing tracks as the label was searching for the best match to
bring the biggest hit). This, as it often is, is a result of
serendipitous timing, as the label's enduring stars almost all had
banner years, with the longtime producer/writer powerhouse of
Holland-Dozier-Holland having another great year, Norman Whitfield
beginning to rise, and Ashford & Simpson joining the team, penning
songs for Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, highlighted by "Ain't No
Mountain High Enough." Marvin & Tammi's hit is one of many major,
major hits here: the duo also had "Your Precious Love," Smokey
Robinson & the Miracles (now officially billed that way) had "I
Second That Emotion" and "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a
Mirage," the Supremes (now called Diana Ross & the Supremes) had
"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" and "Reflections," the Four
Tops had "Bernadette" and "Jimmy Mack," Stevie Wonder had "I Was
Made to Love Her," and Gladys Knight & the Pips entered the first
ranks of stars with "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," a Marvin
Gaye song that he didn't get released that year.

As always, the story of the year is only partially told in the big
hits -- true, it's a significant portion of the story, but how the
smaller hits and unheard gems fill out the spaces around the
anthems is always fascinating and revelatory on these boxes, and
in this case, it's tremendously entertaining. Signs of the time
begin to creep in -- that spacy echo that begins "Reflections" is
a mild acknowledgement of psychedelia also heard on "7 Rooms of
Gloom," but this is overshadowed by the increasing sophistication
of the productions and arrangements, giving this a richness that
is revealed with close listening -- something that needs to be
done, as the initial listens of these singles, from the As to the
Bs, is often just intoxicating in their excitement. And this
doesn't just apply to the hits -- it also applies to the singles
from Chris Clark (whose "From Head to Toe" is giddy fun), the
Marvelettes ("My Baby Must Be a Magician"), Barbara McNair, and
the wealth of great, underappreciated sides from the Isley
Brothers and the Spinners. All of this is so good that it seems
like everything was running smoothly at Motown, but behind the
scenes there was tension, reflected in how Diana and Smokey now
have their name above the title, but more significantly in how
Holland-Dozier-Holland left the label at the end of the year.
Listening to The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 7, all this strife
is never apparent: there is nothing but joy in these grooves, joy
that is eternal, exuberant, and permanent.

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