Tamla Motown: Big Hits & Hard To Find Classics, Volume 1

Liking this CD.I do have most of these tracks on Vinyl, but again, there are two or three that I do not have at all.This one has been mastered from the original tapes so the clarity is very good.Worth the money. Not the bog-standard Motown stuff you seem to find on every CD that bears the nameNow I am just waiting for one of these one star jokers to say that it sounds tinny or is that tinnie on their groovy equipment....Good one to be sure.

I liked the that l could have all the songs together and songs you dont often hear

Excellent opportunity to hear the worlds finest tambourine player - Jack Ashworth

LOVE REGGAE MUSIC GREW UP IN THAT ERA

would have liked more variation

love it

This, the first of four albums trawling the vaults of Detroit's most-famous label, sets the standard for the ones following on from it. The idea was to showcase the lesser-known artists of the label ignoring the likes of Wonder, Ross, Jackson, the Four Tops and the Temptations, which it does admirably well.As such it's a mixture of hits and more obscure tracks and the idea works really well, even down to the brief yet informative sleeve-notes.The biggest hits are undoubtedly "War" from the much-missed Edwin Starr, the (Motown/Detroit) Spinners' "It's A Shame", Jimmy Ruffin's anthemic "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted", the Elgins "Heaven Must Have Sent You" and the late, great David Ruffin with, to me, Van McCoy's finest moment as an accompanist, "Walk Away from Love" (I was lucky enough to secure one of the first copies of this as a DJ whilst at university in Manchester, wore it out and bought another one, and I consider this worth the price of the CD alone - never has the pain and angst of unrequited love been so personified on CD!)But the "supporting" acts are well-worth a listen to, with stand-out tracks from The Originals "Baby I'm for Real", Brenda Holloway with the original of the Blood, Sweat and Tears standard "You Made Me So Very Happy" and a Kim Weston track that shows she is far from "Helpless". Included here, too, is Rare Earth, Motown's attempt to win over the more rock-orientated psychadelic fans with their cover of the Temptations "Get Ready".All-in-all a fascinating detour from the main freeways of Motorcity and one that will have you playing it again and again, as well as whetting your appetite for the rest of the series.

Arrived quickly, good product

if you love REAL "old school", or REAL soul music, you'll love the songs on this CD.