Complete Motown Singles Vol 11B:1971(Limited Edition) (2009)

Product Summary Label: HIP-O SELECT/UMG UPC: 00602517876903 Release Date: 3/3/2009 Buy.com Sku: 210731460 Item#: M4KWL4 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Need Help? Order by Phone 1-800-800-0800 Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. That's The Way A Woman Is - The Messengers ~ Various Artists 2. In The Jungle - The Messengers ~ Various Artists 3. That's The Way A Woman Is [Stereo Promo Version] - The Messengers ~ Various Artists 4. Take Me Girl, I'm Ready - Jr. Walker & The All Stars ~ Various Artists 5. Right On Brothers And Sisters - Jr. Walker & The All Stars ~ Various Artists 6. Take Me Girl, I'm Ready - Jr. Walker & The All Stars ~ Various Artists 7. Keep Me - The Originals ~ Various Artists 8. Man Without Love, A - The Originals ~ Various Artists 9. Lo And Behold - David Ruffin/Jimmy Ruffin ~ Various Artists 10. Things We Have To Do, The - David Ruffin/Jimmy Ruffin ~ Various Artists 11. Lo And Behold [Stereo Promo] - David Ruffin/Jimmy Ruffin ~ Various Artists 12. You Can Come Right Back To Me - David Ruffin ~ Various Artists 13. Dinah - David Ruffin ~ Various Artists 14. It Takes All Kinds Of People - Stoney & Meatloaf ~ Various Artists 15. Way You Do The Things You Do, The - Stoney & Meatloaf ~ Various Artists 16. It Takes All Kinds Of People [Stereo Promo] - Stoney & Meatloaf ~ Various Artists 17. If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists 18. Think Of Me As Your Soldier - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists 19. Can I - Eddie Kendricks ~ Various Artists 20. I Did It All For You - Eddie Kendricks ~ Various Artists 21. Can I [Long Promo] - Eddie Kendricks ~ Various Artists 22. My Piece Of Heaven - The Rustix ~ Various Artists 23. Down, Down - The Rustix ~ Various Artists 24. My Piece Of Heaven [Stereo Promo] - The Rustix ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Surrrender - Diana Ross ~ Various Artists 2. I'm A Winner - Diana Ross ~ Various Artists 3. Can't It Wait Unitl Tomorrow - Valerie Simpson ~ Various Artists 4. Back To Nowhere - Valerie Simpson ~ Various Artists 5. Happiness - Lodi ~ Various Artists 6. I Hope I See It In My Lifetime - Lodi ~ Various Artists 7. Happiness [Stereo Promo] - Lodi ~ Various Artists 8. MacArthur Park (Part ll) - The Four Tops ~ Various Artists 10. Funky Rubber Band [Vocal] - Richard "Popcorn" Wylie ~ Various Artists 11. Funky Rubber Band [Instrumental] - Richard "Popcorn" Wylie ~ Various Artists 12. Funky Rubber Band [Vocal Stereo Promo] - Richard "Popcorn" Wylie ~ Various Artists 13. I'm Am Easy Rider - My Friends ~ Various Artists 14. Concrete And Clay - My Friends ~ Various Artists 15. I'm An Easy Rider [Stereo Promo] - My Friends ~ Various Artists 16. Who You Gonna Run To - Chuck Jackson ~ Various Artists 17. Forgive My Jealousy - Chuck Jackson ~ Various Artists 18. Act Like A Shotgun - G.C. Cameron ~ Various Artists 19. Girl I Really Love You - G.C. Cameron ~ Various Artists 20. Act Like A Shotgun [Stereo Promo] - G.C. Cameron ~ Various Artists 21. Walk Down The Path Of Freedom - Sunday Funnies ~ Various Artists 22. I'ts Just A Dream - Sunday Funnies ~ Various Artists 23. Walk Down The Path Of Freedom [Stereo Promo] - Sunday Funnies ~ Various Artists 24. Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Elgins ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists 2. Wholy Holy - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists 3. Touch - The Supremes ~ Various Artists 4. It's So Hard For Me To Say Goodbye - The Supremes ~ Various Artists 5. Touch [Stereo Promo Version] - The Supremes ~ Various Artists 6. Bless You - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ~ Various Artists 7. Hope I Don't Get My Heart Broke - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ~ Various Artists 8. Bless You [Stereo Promo] - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ~ Various Artists 9. Colour Combination - Jack Hammer ~ Various Artists 10. Swim - Jack Hammer ~ Various Artists 11. Colour Combination [Stereo Promo] - Jack Hammer ~ Various Artists 12. Got To Be There - Michael Jackson ~ Various Artists 13. Maria (You Were The Only One) - Michael Jackson ~ Various Artists 14. Got To Be There [Stereo Promo] - Michael Jackson ~ Various Artists 15. I'm Still Waiting - Diana Ross ~ Various Artists 16. Simple Thing Like Cry, A - Diana Ross ~ Various Artists 17. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Suzee Ikeda ~ Various Artists 18. Bah-Bah-Bah - Suzee Ikeda ~ Various Artists 19. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah [Stereo Promo] - Suzee Ikeda ~ Various Artists 20. Whatever Happened To Love - Tom Clay ~ Various Artists 21. Baby I Need Your Loving - Tom Clay ~ Various Artists 22. Whatever Happened To Love [Stereo Promo] - Tom Clay ~ Various Artists 23. When Sundown Comes - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ~ Various Artists 24. Flower Girl - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ~ Various Artists Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) - The Temptations ~ Various Artists 2. Gonna Keep On Tryin' Til I Win Your Love - The Temptations ~ Various Artists 3. Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) [Stereo Promo] - The Temptations ~ Various Artists 4. Satisfaction - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ~ Various Artists 5. Satisfaction [Alternate Mix] - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ~ Various Artists 6. We've Only Just Begun/I'll Be There - Tony & Carolyn ~ Various Artists 7. I Can Get Away From You (But I Can't Get Over You) - Tony & Carolyn ~ Various Artists 8. We've Only Just Begun/I'll Be There [Stereo Promo] - Tony & Carolyn ~ Various Artists 9. Hey Lordy - Bobby Taylor ~ Various Artists 10. Just A Little Bit Closer - Bobby Taylor ~ Various Artists 11. I Want To Go Back There Again - Thelma Houston ~ Various Artists 12. Pick Of The Week - Thelma Houston ~ Various Artists 13. I Want To Go Back There Again [Stereo Promo] - Thelma Houston ~ Various Artists 14. Hey Big Brother - Rare Earth ~ Various Artists 15. Under God's Light - Rare Earth ~ Various Artists 16. Hey Big Brother [Stereo Promo] - Rare Earth ~ Various Artists 17. Way Back Home [Vocal] - Jr. Walker & The All Stars ~ Various Artists 18. Way Back Home [Instrumental] - Jr. Walker & The All Stars ~ Various Artists 19. Way Back Home [Vocal Stereo Promo] - Jr. Walker & The All Stars ~ Various Artists 20. We All End Up In Boxes - The Rustix ~ Various Artists 21. We All End Up In Boxes [Stereo Promo] - The Rustix ~ Various Artists 22. I Can't Believe You're Really Leaving - Virgil Henry ~ Various Artists 23. You Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New - Virgil Henry ~ Various Artists 24. I Can't Believe You're Really Leaving [Stereo Promo] - Virgil Henry ~ Various Artists Disc 5 Song Title Sample 1. You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth - The Undisputed Truth ~ Various Artists 2. Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) - The Undisputed Truth ~ Various Artists 3. Make Me The Woman That You Go Home To - Gladys Knight & The Pips ~ Various Artists 4. It's All Over But The Shoutin' - Gladys Knight & The Pips ~ Various Artists 5. Sugar Daddy - The Jackson 5 ~ Various Artists 6. I'm So Happy - The Jackson 5 ~ Various Artists 7. Sugar Daddy [Stereo Promo] - The Jackson 5 ~ Various Artists 8. Simple Song Of Freedom - Bobby Darin (live) ~ Various Artists 9. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Bobby Darin (live) ~ Various Artists 10. Simple Song Of Freedom [Alternate Mix] - Bobby Darin ~ Various Artists 11. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight [Alternate Mix] - Bobby Darin ~ Various Artists 12. Greatest Man Who Ever Lived, The - Dave Prince ~ Various Artists 13. Child Is Waiting, A - Dave Prince ~ Various Artists 14. What Christmas Means To Me - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists 15. Bedtime For Toys - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists 16. What Christmas Means To Me [Stereo Promo] - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists 17. Floy Joy - The Supremes ~ Various Artists 18. This Is The Story - The Supremes ~ Various Artists 19. Floy Joy [Stereo Promo] - The Supremes ~ Various Artists 20. In And Out Of My Life - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ~ Various Artists 21. You Love Makes It All Worthwhile - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ~ Various Artists 22. In And Out Of My Life [Stereo Promo] - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ~ Various Artists 23. T.L.C. (Tender Loving Care) - P.J. ~ Various Artists 24. T.L.C. (Tender Loving Care) [Stereo Promo] - P.J. ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Audio Remasterer: Ellen Fitton. Liner Note Author: Scott Regan. The eleventh volume of Hip-O-Select's exhaustive survey of Motown's single releases is divided into two parts. This, the second in the series, is a mammoth five-CD set documenting Motown's output in the latter half of 1971, and captures the label as it made the transition from the Holland-Dozier-Holland masterminded pop opuses of the mid-`60s to a more progressive artist-directed aesthetic. This set includes remarkable solo releases from Motown heavy hitters like Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin, Marvin Gaye, and Diana Ross. Gaye's landmark "Inner City Blues," from WHAT'S GOIN' ON, may be the set's most familiar number, but attentive listeners will find particular delight in the wealth of forgotten gems on display here, including outstanding numbers from acts like The Originals, Valerie Simpson, and the unjustly overlooked deep soul powerhouse Virgil Henry. Picking up in July 1971, precisely where its predecessor left off, The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 11B runs through the back half of 1971, collecting all the singles released on Motown and its subsidiaries during these six months. 1971 was the first year split in two by the archivists at Hip-O Select, a move that makes sense given the slowly expanding length of the singles and the sheer number of releases (not to mention alternate mixes) the label churned out in 12 months. This set runs 120 songs over the course of five discs, with its companion weighing in at 119 songs on six discs, and an 11-disc box set for a single year is simply too much to digest at once. Of course, having 1971 cleaved in two doesn't necessarily make it easier to digest, nor does it quite camouflage a year that was transitional at best and confused at worst. Much of this muddle is down to shifting times and fashions, as Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder moved toward risky album-based projects, but R&B was getting funkier outside of Motown, and the label had a few worthy attempts to follow the flow, even if they didn't go far on the charts. Motown also had some stabs at interesting esoteric, almost psychedelic, soul, such as Jack Hammer's "Colour Combination," a rarity that fits in well with all the hippie rock and AM pop Motown's Rare Earth label churned out during these six months. There's more of this rock-oriented stuff here than one might initially think -- singles from Rare Earth themselves, but also Sunday Funnies (who came to Andrew Loog Oldham via Punch Andrews, wind up sounding like neither the Stones or Seger), a second single from Stoney & Meatloaf, and a brilliant piece of bubblegum by the Messengers called "That's the Way a Woman Is" that kicks off the set in a deceptive fashion. Or maybe it isn't quite so misleading to have this volume of The Complete Motown Singles open with such a sugary confection because it does indicate how thoroughly showbiz the label was in 1971, touching upon all manners of styles and trends. This was apparent on 11A, too, but the paucity of classic hits -- Marvin's "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)," Stevie Wonder's "If You Really Love Me," and Michael Jackson, already breaking away from his brothers just two years after their first hit, with "Got to Be There" -- winds up emphasizing all the oddities here, whether it's Tony & Carolyn's shameless Carpenters rip-off, Bobby Darin attempting protest folk about five years too late, LA DJ Tom Clay's smarmy recitation "Whatever Happened to Love" and the Rustix's thoroughly depressing "We All End Up In Boxes." Plenty of good stuff surrounds these often bewildering shots in the dark -- it's good to hear Smokey Robinson bring quiet storm to shape with "Satisfaction," Eddie Kendricks get real seductive with "Can I," Virgil Henry's rarity "I Can't Believe You're Really Leaving" is a deserved cult classic -- enough for the devoted to find this necessary (although even some of these listeners might find their patience tested by all the stereo promo mixes that don't sound all that different from the issued mix; yes, they're collector bait and part of the reason for this series to even exist, but less fanatical devotees may find themselves wishing these mixes were excised so they can see the forest for the trees) but the overall picture of 1971 that the two box sets paint is one of a label that was turning into an institution, getting so big it was losing sight of many of its strengths. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Producer: Keith Hughes (Compilation); Harry Weinger (Compilation); Pat Lawrence (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 03/03/2009 Original Release Date : 2009 Catalog ID : 1222702 Label : Hip-O Records Number of Discs : 5 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mono SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602517876903    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... 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