VA-The_Complete_Motown_Singles_Vol._11A_1971-5CD-(Remastered)-2008-MTD

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VA - The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 11A: 1971

Artist.....: VA
Title......: The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 11A: 1971
Label......: Hip-o Select/Motown Records

Store Date.: Nov-18-2008
Genre......: Soul

Encoder....: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Size.......: 404,7 MB


Track Listing:

     cd1

01 - The Jackson 5 - Mama's Pearl                    03:13
02 - The Jackson 5 - Darling Dear                    02:39
03 - Joe Hinton - Let's All Save The Children        03:47
04 - Joe Hinton - You Are Blue                       02:32
05 - Brass Monkey - Sweet Water                      02:52
06 - Brass Monkey - You Keep Me Hangin' On           03:47
07 - Chuck Jackson - Pet Names                       02:54
08 - Chuck Jackson - Is There Anything Love Can't Do 03:06
09 - The Temptations - Just My Imagination           03:55
     (Running Away With Me)
10 - The Temptations - You Make Your Own Heaven And  02:49
     Hell Right Here On Earth
11 - R. Dean Taylor - Ain't It A Sad Thing           02:29
12 - R. Dean Taylor - Back Street                    03:34
13 - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On                   03:55
14 - Marvin Gaye - God Is Love                       02:53
15 - The Undisputed Truth - Save My Love For A       03:55
     Rainy Day
16 - The Undisputed Truth - Since I've Lost You      03:23
17 - Ken Christie & The Sunday People - Don't Pay    02:41
     Me No Mind
18 - Ken Christie & The Sunday People - Listen To    04:11
     Your Soul
19 - David Ruffin & Jimmy Ruffin - Each Day Is A     03:15
     Lifetime
20 - David Ruffin & Jimmy Ruffin - Don't Stop        02:52
     Lovin' Me
21 - Kiki Dee - Love Makes The World Go 'round       02:47
22 - Kiki Dee - Jimmy                                03:22
23 - Kiki Dee - Love Makes The World Go 'round       02:48
     (Alternate Mix)

     cd2

01 - Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out              02:55
02 - Stevie Wonder - Never Dreamed You'd Leave In    02:54
     Summer
03 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame  03:08
     You At All
04 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - That Girl      03:00
05 - Eddie Kendricks - This Used To Be The Home Of   05:58
     Johnnie Mae
06 - Eddie Kendricks - It's So Hard For Me To Say    03:10
     Goodbye
07 - Eddie Kendricks - This Used To Be The Home Of   03:54
     Johnnie Mae (Long Promo Version)
08 - Sammy Davis Jr. - In My Own Lifetime            02:36
09 - Sammy Davis Jr. - I'll Begin Again              02:33
10 - Sammy Davis Jr. - In My Own Lifetime            02:37
     (Stereo Promo Version)
11 - The Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye           03:03
12 - The Jackson 5 - She's Good                      03:02
13 - R. Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane                 03:07
14 - R. Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane                 03:07
     (Stereo Promo Version)
15 - Gordon Staples & The Motown Strings - Strung    02:46
     Out
16 - Gordon Staples & The Motown Strings - Sounds    02:33
     Of The Zodiac
17 - Gordon Staples & The Motown Strings - Strung    03:17
     Out (Stereo Promo Version)
18 - Gordon Staples & The Motown Strings - Strung    02:59
     Out (Long Promo Version)
19 - Edwin Starr - Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On  03:09
20 - Edwin Starr - Cloud Nine                        03:23
21 - David Ruffin & Jimmy Ruffin - When My Love      02:51
     Hand Comes Down
22 - David Ruffin & Jimmy Ruffin - Steppin' On A     02:28
     Dream
23 - Letta - I Won't Weep No More                    02:46
24 - Letta - You Touched Me                          03:43
25 - Stevie Wonder - Never Dreamed You'd Leave In    02:53
     Summer (Stereo Promo Version)

     cd3

01 - Diana Ross - Reach Out I'll Be There            04:07
02 - Diana Ross - (They Long To Be) Close To You     03:49
03 - Diana Ross - Reach Out I'll Be There            05:04
     (Long Stereo Promo Version)
04 - Diana Ross - Reach Out I'll Be There            04:03
     (Short Stereo Promo Version)
05 - A.P.J. -                                        02:25
     (I've Given You) The Best Years Of My Life
06 - A.P.J. - It Takes A Man To Teach A Woman How    02:37
     To Love
07 - Stoney And Meatloaf - What You See Is What You  02:21
     Get
08 - Stoney And Meatloaf - Lady Be Mine              03:20
09 - Stoney And Meatloaf - What You See Is What You  02:22
     Get (Stereo Promo Version)
10 - The Supremes - Nathan Jones                     03:04
11 - The Supremes - Happy (Is A Bumpy Road)          03:08
12 - The Supremes - Nathan Jones                     03:02
     (Stereo Promo Version)
13 - Bobby Darin - Melodie                           02:50
14 - Bobby Darin - Someday We'll Be Together         02:58
15 - The Impact Of Brass - Never Can Say Goodbye     02:44
16 - The Impact Of Brass - So Far, So Good           03:38
17 - The Impact Of Brass - Never Can Say Goodbye     02:49
     (Stereo Promo Version)
18 - King Floyd - Heartaches                         02:40
19 - King Floyd - Together We Can Do Anything        02:25
20 - Diana Ross & The Jackson 5 - Feelin' Alright    02:17
21 - Diana Ross & Bill Cosby - Love Story            03:18
22 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Don't Want To Do   03:23
     Wrong
23 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Is There A Place     03:32
     (In His Heart For Me)
24 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Don't Want To Do   03:30
     Wrong (Stereo Promo Version)

     cd4

01 - The Supremes;four Tops - You Gotta Have Love    02:50
     In Your Heart
02 - The Supremes;four Tops - I'm Glad About It      03:18
03 - The Supremes;four Tops - You Gotta Have Love    02:30
     In Your Heart (Stereo Promo Version)
04 - The Undisputed Truth - Smiline Faces Sometimes  03:20
05 - The Undisputed Truth - You Got The Love I Need  03:04
06 - Ivy Jo - I'd Still Love You                     03:21
07 - Ivy Jo - I Can Feel The Pain                    02:45
08 - Ivy Jo - I'd Still Love You                     03:19
     (Stereo Promo Version)
09 - Four Tops - In These Changing Times             03:25
10 - Four Tops - Right Before My Eyes                03:09
11 - Diana Ross - Reach Out I'll Be There            04:03
     (Stereo Promo Version)
12 - The Crusaders - Pass The Plate                  02:44
13 - The Crusaders - Greasy Spoon                    02:50
14 - The Crusaders - Pass The Plate                  02:45
     (Stereo Promo Version)
15 - Hugh Masekela & The Union Of South Africa -     02:42
     Dyambo (Dee-Yambo) Weary Day Is Over
16 - Hugh Masekela & The Union Of South Africa -     04:04
     Shebeen
17 - Hugh Masekela & The Union Of South Africa -     02:53
     Dyambo (Dee-Yambo) Weary Day Is Over (Stereo Pro
18 - Arthur Adams - Uncle Tom                        03:58
19 - Arthur Adams - Mornin' Train                    02:46
20 - The Stylists - What Is Love                     03:31
21 - The Stylists - Where Did The Children Go        03:38
22 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Crazy About    02:54
     The La La La
23 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Oh, Baby Baby  02:36
     I Love You
24 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Crazy About    02:57
     The La La La (Stereo Promo Version)

     cd5

01 - Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)      02:31
02 - Marvin Gaye - Sad Tomorrows                     02:24
03 - Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)      02:31
     (Stereo Promo Version)
04 - Hearts Of Stone - If I Could Give You The World 03:05
05 - Hearts Of Stone - You Gotta Sacrifice           02:46
     (We Gotta Sacrifice)
06 - Hearts Of Stone - If I Could Give You The       03:05
     World (Stereo Promo Version)
07 - Ken Christie & The Sunday People - The          02:41
     Reverend John B. Daniels
08 - Ken Christie & The Sunday People - Jesus Is     02:52
     The Key
09 - Ken Christie & The Sunday People - The          03:02
     Reverend John B. Daniels (Stereo Promo Version)
10 - R. Dean Taylor - Candy Apple Red                03:37
11 - R. Dean Taylor - Woman Alive                    02:37
12 - R. Dean Taylor - Candy Apple Red                03:35
     (Stereo Promo Version)
13 - Rare Earth - I Just Want To Celebrate           02:53
14 - Rare Earth - The Seed                           03:29
15 - Rare Earth - I Just Want To Celebrate           02:55
     (Stereo Promo Version)
16 - The Jackson 5 - Maybe Tomorrow                  04:34
17 - The Jackson 5 - I Will Find A Way               03:01
18 - The Jackson 5 - Maybe Tomorrow                  04:34
     (Stereo Promo Version)
19 - Tom Clay - What The World Needs Nowabraham,     06:21
     Martin And John
20 - Tom Clay - The Victors                          04:35
21 - Tom Clay - What The World Needs Nowabraham,     05:25
     Martin And John (Short Promo Version)
22 - The Temptations - It's Summer                   02:53
23 - The Temptations - I'm The Exception To The Rule 03:25

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                                                     cd1: 73:39 cd2: 77:52 cd3: 75:26 cd4: 75:22 cd5: 78:51
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Berry Gordy moved Motown from Detroit to Los Angeles at the end of
1968 but, like an earthquake, not all of the aftershocks were felt
after the initial shift. It took a while for all the dust to
settle, for Motown to start feeling like it belonged to Hollywood
instead of the Motor City, for the label to get to the point where
the showbiz began to eclipse the soul, and that year was 1971.
That year, Gordy slowly started to recede from the day-to-day
operations of the label, choosing to pursue interests in film and
television, but Motown hardly shut down in his absence: they
churned out more 45s than ever, releasing so many singles in the
course of a single year that when it came time for Hip-O Select to
cover 1971 in their comprehensive The Complete Motown Singles
series, they had to split the year into two multi-disc box sets.
This, Vol. 11A, covers the first six months of 1971, six months
that had enough activity for a year -- a full six discs of
material, to be precise. The entirety of Motown's 1970 singles
output fit onto a six-disc set for Vol. 10, so it stands to reason
that 1971 either was an embarrassment of riches or found the label
stretching itself a little thin.

The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 11A: 1971 proves the latter to
be true, containing moments of blinding genius surrounded by
cinematic schmaltz and funky filler. Genius is none too strong a
word for the best music Motown produced in the first half of 1971,
especially the album that defined the year for the label and much
of pop music in general, Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. This was
the first Motown LP to be an artist-driven concept album, a
seismic shift within the label that is just as palpable when it's
sampled here by its two hit singles, "What's Going On" and "Mercy
Mercy Me (The Ecology)," as they sit respectively next to R. Dean
Taylor's AM pop and Hearts of Stone's bubblegum soul, two pieces
of agreeable fluff that have more to do with the label at large
than Marvin's two masterworks. Gaye was hardly the only artist
working at a peak during these six months: Stevie Wonder began to
enter his mature phase, rearranging the Beatles' "We Can Work It
Out," which was backed with the extraordinary "Never Dreamed You'd
Leave in Summer"; Smokey Robinson had the great "I Don't Blame You
at All"; the Jackson 5 had "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Mama's
Pearl"; Gladys Knight & the Pips had the slow-burner "I Don't Want
to Do Wrong"; the Temptations hit a high watermark with "Just My
Imagination (Running Away with Me)" while David Ruffin had a few
great singles that didn't quite take off; Rare Earth's "I Just
Want to Celebrate" was the peak of Motown's hippie rock; and the
Undisputed Truth's "Smiling Faces Sometimes" proved that it wasn't
just Motown's legacy acts that were turning out great music.

Nevertheless, it's those Marvin Gaye singles that point out the
gap between what Motown's artists were capable of achieving and
the product that the label was cranking out. Blinded by the stars
of Tinsel Town, the label signed up Sammy Davis, Jr. to cut a
single of show tunes, granted Bobby Darin the permission to
indulge in his soulman fantasies, and had Bill Cosby mug with
Diana Ross on Randy Newman's "Love Story" for Ross' TV variety
show -- and this splashy, schmaltzy sound isn't just heard here,
but throughout the lesser-known sides. Often, these justly
neglected 45s don't sound like singles buried in the back of some
dusty record store but rather incidental soundtrack music for a
forgotten television show. There are naturally exceptions to the
rule -- the great Chuck Jackson gamely struggles with the novelty
"Pet Names," Eddie Kendricks' melodramatic "This Used to Be the
Home of Johnnie Mae" has some symphonic force, Stoney & Meatloaf's
"What You See Is What You Get" is a terrific hippie blues-rock
number, and Arthur Adams' scrapped slow blues "Uncle Tom" has a
terrific flip, the insistent dance number "Morning Train" -- but
for the most part the lesser-known singles here are cornball
cultural artifacts, interesting for collectors and soul fanatics,
but they pale too easily next to the unadulterated brilliance of
the best music here.

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