Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Artist: Various Artists
Label: Motown
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 4


UPC: 737463631228
EAN: 0737463631228
ASIN: B000006NUW


Release Date: 1992-11-03

Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971


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Tracks:

  1. Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong
  2. Shop Around - The Miracles
  3. Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
  4. Jamie - Eddie Holland
  5. The One Who Really Loves You - Mary Wells
  6. Do You Love Me - The Contours
  7. Beechwood 4-5789 - The Marvelettes
  8. You Beat Me To The Punch - Mary Wells
  9. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow - Marvin Gaye
  10. Two Lovers - Mary Wells
  11. You've Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles
  12. Come and Get These Memories - Martha & the Vandellas
  13. Pride And Joy - Marvin Gaye
  14. Fingertips- Part 2 - Little Stevie Wonder
  15. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Martha & the Vandellas
  16. Mickey's Monkey - The Miracles
  17. Leaving Here - Eddie Holland
  18. The Way You Do The Things You Do - The Temptations
  19. My Guy - Mary Wells
  20. Devil With The Blue Dress - Shorty Long
  21. Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
  22. Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops
  23. Dancing in the Street - Martha & the Vandellas
  24. My Smile Is Just a Frown (Turned Upside Down) - Crawford, Carolyn
  25. Needle in a Haystack - Velvelettes
  26. Baby Love - Supremes
  27. Come See About Me - Supremes
  28. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) - Gaye, Marvin

Tracks:

  1. My Girl - The Temptations
  2. He Was Really Sayin Somethin' - The Velvelettes
  3. Ask The Lonely - Four Tops
  4. Shotgun - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
  5. Nowhere to Run - Martha & the Vandellas
  6. When I'm Gone - Brenda Holloway
  7. OOO Baby Baby - The Miracles
  8. I Can't Helf Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - Four Tops
  9. First I Look At The Purse - The Contours
  10. The Tracks Of My Tears - The Miracles
  11. It's The Same Old Song - Four Tops
  12. Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things) - Martha & the Vandellas
  13. Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) - Kim Weston
  14. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
  15. Don't Mess With Bill - The Marvelettes
  16. Darling Baby - The Elgins
  17. This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) - Isley Brothers
  18. Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) - The Monitors
  19. Function At The Junction - Shorty Long
  20. (I'm A) Roadrunner - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
  21. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations
  22. What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin
  23. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
  24. Love Gone Bad - Chris Clark
  25. You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
  26. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep - The Temptations
  27. Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Elgins

Tracks:

  1. Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops
  2. I'm Losing You - The Temptations
  3. Standing In The Shadows Of Love - Four Tops
  4. It Take Two - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
  5. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game - Marvelettes
  6. Jimmy Mack - Martha & The Vandellas
  7. Bernadette - Four Tops
  8. Ain't No Mountian High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  9. More Love - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
  10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips
  11. I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
  12. I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations
  13. I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You - Rita Wright
  14. Does Your Mama Know About Me - Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
  15. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrel
  16. Love Child - Diana Ross & The Supremes
  17. For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
  18. Cloud Nine - The Temptations
  19. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
  20. Baby, Baby Don't Cry - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
  21. Twenty-Five Miles - Edwin Starr
  22. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) - David Ruffin
  23. What Does It take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
  24. I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations
  25. Baby I'm For Real - The Originals
  26. Up The Ladder To The Roof - The Supremes

Tracks:

  1. I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
  2. The Bells - The Originals
  3. Gat Ready - Rare Earth
  4. ABC - The Jackson 5
  5. Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) - The Temptations
  6. The Love You Save - The Jackson 5
  7. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
  8. War - Edwin Starr
  9. It's A Shame - The Spinners
  10. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
  11. Still Water (Love) - Four Tops
  12. I'll Be There - The Jackson 5
  13. The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
  14. Stoned Love - The Supremes
  15. If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips
  16. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations
  17. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
  18. Never Can Say Goodbye - The Jackson 5
  19. Nathan Jones - The Supremes
  20. I Don't Want To Do Wrong - Gladys Knight & The Pips
  21. Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth
  22. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Mavin Gaye
  23. I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth

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Amazon.com

Motown did so many things well in the '60s and early '70s that this overview of the label's smashes (and some lesser-known classics) practically demands four CDs. It gets them, too, filling them with single mixes of more than 100 tracks. That the running order begins with Barrett Strong's statement of purpose "Money (That's What I Want)" and ends with Marvin Gaye's statement of concern "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" says a lot about how far the company moved in its golden decade--but no more so than what the same two cuts' differences in sound get across. The company was able to blend the smooth and the harsh in ways that few other pop entities have ever mastered, thereby getting over not only to the feet and the wallet, but to the heart. <I>--Rickey Wright</I>

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars MONO-TOWN.......2007-02-25

HITSVILLE USA is a box set that's clearly marked as a SINGLES COLLECTION-- that means these 104 tracks are in the original monaural sound. If you're looking for stereo mixes, this isn't the collection for you. That issue aside, the only real criticism of the album is one of programming-- songs tend to be clustered by artist or group. Perhaps a more thorough shuffle was in order.

Each CD jewel case is fronted with a repro of a Gordy Co. label, including one of the very first MOTOWNs, which was pale pink in color. The accompanying 68-page long box book is quite comprehensive. Recording dates for all songs and chart positions are given. There's lots of great photos; artists and groups are given a few pages of bio each. This HITSVILLE USA four-CD box set is fairly extensive, and about all you'd ever need in a compilation of MOTOWN 45s.

TOTAL RUNNING TIMES --
DISC ONE -- 76:10
DISC TWO -- 75:21
DISC THREE -- 77:09
DISC FOUR -- 74:10

5 out of 5 stars the sound of a young america.......2006-12-28

this was my true introduction to the music of motown and now i see why motown was great a lot of these song i frist heard by other artist but hearing the orginals has made appericate the motown sound so much more and i believe anyone who hears these songs will enjoy them for a lifetime and i know i am

4 out of 5 stars Longer Songs.......2006-12-09

The Songs on this are FANTASTIC! I Love Mono Recording. Everyone says that if it's stereo, it "sounds better". I think NOT! It Sounds alright. But, Hey, if you want longer mono versions of the music, without the unnecessary extensions, buy this. For example, Nowhere To Run on this box set-2:58.
Motown Box-Nowhere To Run-2:46-TWELVE SECONDS!There's A Big Difference there.
Also, With Dancing In The Street, my favorite part is on this, when Martha says "Yeah", at the end, on Motown Box, 4 seconds are 'remastered'. (frown)Therefore, it is'nt there. BUT, people, There are a few notable songs missing. Quicksand, By Martha & the Vandellas, Bye Bye Baby, By Mary Wells, Playboy, by the Marvelettes, When The Lovelight starts shining through His eyes, by the Supremes, Hitch Hike, By Marvin Gaye, and others, you know what I mean? So, overall, this is the better box to get.

5 out of 5 stars Pretty Much All You Need.......2006-10-17

There are so many good songs here, you can't go wrong. Don't let the whole 'mono' thing scare you away, either. With a decent stereo, these sound just fine. Just turn up the bass a little and crank it loud. I like about 80% of the songs in this collection, and for the price you can't go wrong; Nice booklet w/ lots of cool pictures included. With this collection, you'd only need to buy a handful of other discs to complete your Motown collection...

5 out of 5 stars This is the Motown sound!.......2006-08-11

What is Motown all about? The answer lies within the music of this rather impressive line-up of songs on "Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971." It's the story of how a gifted songwriter, Berry Gordy, Jr., makes his way on up the ladder of success spearheading one of if not the most successful
of all R&B-based record companies during the golden age of American popular music. Detroit, Michigan, known as the Motor City, gained yet another nickname: Hitsville USA. Everyone referred to it as Motown. In this collection, all of the well-known groups (The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Miracles, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jr. Walker & the All-Stars, The Jackson 5) are represented as well as the known solo artists (Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, Brenda Holloway). Included also are some wonderful one or two-shot wonders (Shorty Long, Brenda Holloway, Eddie Holland [of Motown's hit-making songwriting trio H-D-H], The Velvelettes, The Elgins, The Monitors, The Contours) and more. What's interesting about this set is that there are many of the well-known songs along with some songs that you probably just don't hear anymore or weren't that well-known. So you get your fair share of both like the Supremes' well-known "Baby Love" and Shorty Long's rare but wonderful "Function at the Junction." The downside of this set is nothing too alarming. Not all the artists' hit songs, big and small, are included and I think that's done so that other little-known-but-definitely-worth-discovering are given a chance at spin time, too; even some from the top artists, too. Think about it: if every single Motown record that made the charts was included, this collection would just balloon up, and there'd be no telling how far. So this is a very nice general overview of those first 12 and golden years of Motown. That's what this is all about: the general overview. Granted, if you want to investiagte further about a certain artist's music, there are numerous collections out there devoted just to them like the single "Ultimate Collection" CDs, or box collections of the artist. But, back to this one. Included within is a very nice 68-page booklet containing essays and phots of ALL the artists, plus musician credits, the track-by-track listing of the whole set, including original release date, label, and chart position.
In the middle of the book the different 45s are pictured all together on a two-page spread which was neat, and on the cover are the picture sleeves. It was an unusual move to put no artists and only songs on the back of the individual discs. The same goes for the back of the box. The paper inserts of the CD cases are record labels that have just the label name: Gordy, Soul, Motown, Tamla. Still, out of all the Motown best of various artists collections, this is the big one! It's great party music and dance music. People young and old will love this. The sound on here is terrific and powerful, but, yes, it is in mono. If you look in the back of the booklet, there is noted that the original single masters were used (the 45 RPM versions), so what does that tell you? Nevertheless, the sound is strong for 1992 remastering. Together, this set is living proof that Motown wasn't just a hit-making machine of a record-company, it was a feeling!

Music:

  1. Love Songs ~ The Isley Brothers
  2. My Way ~ Usher
  3. Fulfillingness' First Finale ~ Stevie Wonder
  4. Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby ~ Terence Trent d'Arby
  5. After Hours ~ Rahsaan Patterson
  6. Love Deluxe ~ Sade
  7. Love Story ~ Vivian Green
  8. Greatest Hits ~ Alexander O'Neal
  9. Divorcing Neo 2 Marry Soul ~ Jaguar Wright
  10. Voices ~ Gerald LeVert

Music

Music

Music CD

Valses ~ La Banda Sinaloense

Vol. 1 ~ Orquesta Arag%C3%B3n

No Me Cortes Las Alas ~ Los Yonic's

Time Alone Will Tell ~ Glenn Miller & the Army Air Forces Training Command Band

Farmer's Market ~ Wardell Gray

Quand Le Salsa Se Jazz ~ Saudade & Qjo

La Calle Es Tuya? ~ Estopa

La Fiebre ~ La Fiebre

Navidad con Banda ~ Various Artists

Directo ~ Soziedad Alkoholika