This is Ace,s latest collection of 60s Motown magic from the company’s stable of fabulous female talent featuring many tracks previously available only as digital downloads, and six unreleased in any format. We lead off with ‘This Love I’ve Got’, a great belter originally assigned to Ivy Jo Hunter. His version hasn’t survived (if it was ever cut) but Martha & the Vandellas’ recording is sensational. The inst was a huge hit on the Northern Scene. The key changes are all “apparent”, edging the song upwards to keep the dance floor, the track fades in the same key in which it started.
After two singles on VIP, the Lewis Sisters’ recording career with Motown was effectively over, but they continued writing and cutting demos for the company ‘My World Is Crumbling’ was their penultimate effort. Theirs is the original version of a track now known as a Brenda Holloway classic, thanks to the appearance of her recording on the popular “A Cellarful Of Motownǃ” CD series.
‘Good Good Feeling’ is possibly the last of Brenda Holloway’s 100-plus Motown recordings, about three quarters of which languished in the vaults until relatively recent times. It’s clearly unfinished as strings were shown on the recording sheet, yet were not present on the tape, but nonetheless Brenda gives it her best. Following some anguish over her tracks being passed over so many times, she left the company in 1968 to concentrate on married life.
Mississippi-born blues singer Hattie Littles recorded over 40 sides for Motown, almost all of which were unissued at the time. Although she had only one release, she was a fixture at the company between 1962 and 1964, touring with the Spinners and Marvin Gaye when not busy recording. ‘When I Was In School’ is from the pen of Earl Johnson.
Singing actress Barbara McNair had been with Motown for nearly three years when she cut the only known version of ‘Watching A Plane In The Sky’, an early Tom Baird song. Her time there was coming to an end as she had released two LP,s and four 45,s, but hadn’t scored a hit, and her film career was beginning to take off. She would soon star as Sidney Poitier’s wife in "They Call Me Mr Tibbs!" and movie roles don’t come much higher profile than that.So the final album till the next in a quite stunning series!
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29 comments:
Thanks for More Motown Magic (Girls)!
Many thanks for More Motown Girls. I have a good good feling I will enjoy it!
Just the heck did you know it was my birthday today? Thanks, Bill Aers & AMM!
Many thanks Bill & AMM :)
Thanks AMM for outstanding series - hopefully Ace continues on.
Another very interesting review for this volume of Motown music. Please, I will be grateful for a particular review. Thanks.
Great series, many thanks for this review AMM
BigD
Great collection! Thanks for this good post!!
Great stuff AMM, thank you for the review.
many thx bill for a great review!
I didn't know there was a brand new release in this series. Thanks a lot for the review.
/Jumpstart
These are great comps, so many fine singers here.
Thank you AMM. I look forward to your site everyday. I don't want to miss a thing. Thank you AMM.
Always Appreciated AMM Thank You
great writing,AMM. Ace keeps finding the rare ones.
Just like the title good time feeling review gracias
what a lots of things they have in their vaults and you too AMM thanks!!
2021 version,wow many thanks amm.
Thanks for the Motown ladies reviews AMM appreciated
many thanks to Bill Aers and AMM
Nice review. Thanks!
Can't beat a bit of rediscovered Motown great Review All Music Man
Cheers Pedro
And this also is. Take care
Thanks bill and AMM for the great review
Can't get enough of these Motown Girls ... Thanks for review, P.
Wonderful motown music.
I'm much interested in reading the review for this one No hurry, AMM, after your break it will be fine !
Thanks in advance
Super Motown girls !!!
Yves
another Motown to look out for
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