Hitsville USA, Vol. 1: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 (1992) (Reissued)

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Label: Universal Music Group
UPC: 00602517940857
Release Date: 1/13/2009
Buy.com Sku: 210477353
Item#: M4JN6K
Format:  CD


Song Listing
 
Disc 1
Song TitleSample
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. One Who Really Loves You, The ~ Mary Wells------
6. Do You Love Me ~ The Contours------
7. Beechwood 4 ~ The Marvelettes------
8. You Beat Me to the Punch------
9. Stubborn Kind of Fellow------
10. Two Lovers ~ Mary Wells------
11. You've Really Got a Hold on Me ~ The Miracles------
12. Come and Get These Memories ~ Martha Reeves & The Vandellas------
13. Pride and Joy ~ Marvin Gaye------
14. Fingertips, Pt. 2 [Live] ~ Stevie Wonder------
15. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave ~ Martha Reeves & The Vandellas------
16. Mickey's Monkey ~ The Miracles------
17. Leaving Here ~ Eddie Holland------
18. Way You Do the Things You Do, The ~ The Temptations------
19. My Guy ~ Mary Wells------
20. Devil With A Blue Dress On ~ Shorty Long------
21. Every Little Bit Hurts ~ Brenda Holloway------
22. Baby I Need Your Loving ~ The Four Tops------
23. Dancing in the Street ~ Martha Reeves & The Vandellas------
24. My Smile Is Just a Frown (Turned Upside Down) ~ Carolyn Crawford------
25. Needle in a Haystack ~ The Velvelettes------
26. Baby Love ~ The Supremes------
27. Come See About Me ~ The Supremes------
28. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ~ Marvin Gaye------
Disc 2
Song TitleSample
1. My Girl ~ The Temptations------
2. He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' ~ The Velvelettes------
3. Ask the Lonely ~ The Four Tops------
4. Shotgun ~ Junior Walker & the All------
5. Nowhere to Run ~ Martha Reeves & The Vandellas------
6. When I'm Gone ~ Brenda Holloway------
7. OOO Baby Baby ~ The Miracles------
8. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) ~ The Four Tops------
9. First I Look at the Purse ~ The Contours------
10. Tracks of My Tears, The ~ The Miracles------
11. It's the Same Old Song ~ The Four Tops------
12. Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things) ~ Martha Reeves & The Vandellas------
13. Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) ~ Kim Weston------
14. Uptight (Everything's Alright) ~ Stevie Wonder/S. Wonder------
15. Don't Mess With Bill ~ The Marvelettes------
16. Darling Baby ~ The Elgins------
17. This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You) ~ The Isley Brothers------
18. Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) ~ The Monitors------
19. Function at the Junction ~ Shorty Long------
20. (I'm A) Road Runner ~ Junior Walker & the All------
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) ~ Junior Walker & the All------
24. Love's 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------
Disc 3
Song TitleSample
1. Reach Out (I'll Be There) ~ The Four Tops------
2. (I Know) I'm Losing You ~ The Temptations------
3. Standing in the Shadows of Love ~ The Four Tops------
4. It Takes Two ~ Kim Weston/Marvin Gaye------
5. Hunter Gets Captured by the Game ~ The Marvelettes------
6. Jimmy Mack ~ Martha Reeves & The Vandellas------
7. Bernadette ~ The Four Tops------
8. Ain't No Mountain High Enough ~ Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell/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------
15. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing ~ Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell/Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell------
16. Love Child ~ The Supremes/Diana Ross------
17. For Once in My Life ~ Stevie Wonder------
18. Cloud Nine ~ The Temptations------
19. I Heard It Through the Grapevine ~ Marvin Gaye/M. Gaye------
20. Baby, Baby Don't Cry ~ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles------
21. Twenty ~ Five Miles ------
22. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) ~ David Ruffin------
23. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) ~ Junior Walker & the All------
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------
Disc 4
Song TitleSample
1. I Want You Back ~ The Jackson 5------
2. Bells, The ~ The Originals------
3. Get Ready ~ Rare Earth------
4. ABC ~ The Jackson 5------
5. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) ~ The Temptations------
6. Love You Save, The ~ 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) ~ The Four Tops------
12. I'll Be There ~ The Jackson 5------
13. Tears of a Clown, The ~ 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/Gladys Knight/Pips------
21. Smiling Faces Sometimes ~ The Undisputed Truth------
22. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) ~ Marvin Gaye------
23. I Just Want to Celebrate ~ Rare Earth------


 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
This 4-CD box set contains a 68-page booklet featuring artist biographies, track-by-track annotations, a historical Motown timeline, musician credits, rare photos and memorabilia from the Motown archives. Also included are essays by Harry Weinger, Janie Bradford, Larry Gabriel, Paul Grein, Elvis Mitchell, David Ritz, Leo Sacks, Allan "Dr. Licks" Slutsky and Adam White.
Engineers include: Mike McClain, Lawrence Horn, Robert Bateman.
Compilation producers: Cary E. Mansfield and Patti Drosins.
This is part of the Motown Master Series.
Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
Instead of following Stax/Volt's pattern and delivering an exhaustive box set containing all of their singles, Motown decided to limit their singles box, Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971, to four discs that concentrated on the hits. There are a handful of wonderful lesser-known songs here, such as the Contours' "First I Look at the Purse," but the main strength of the 103-track box is that it features all of the biggest songs from Motown's golden era in one place. Collectors could have used a more comprehensive set, and the box itself could have been packaged with a little more care (there are no artists listed on the back of the individual discs, only songs), but Hitsville USA stands as a definitive overview and introduction to one of the most groundbreaking labels in pop music history. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 11/03/1992
Original Release Date : 1992
Catalog ID : B001246902
Label : Motown Records
Number of Discs : 4
Runtime : 303m : 50s
Studio/Live : Mixed
Mono/Stereo : Mono
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00602517940857

 
Professional Reviews
Spin (p.109)
- "[The] holy grail presenting hits....[With] gospel-choir stompers, raw blues, and ghetto novelties..."

Entertainment Weekly (12/11/92, p.66)
- "...the finest Motown collection on the market..." - Rating: A

Q (2/93, p.89)
- 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...the face of popular music changed for good right here..."

Mojo (Publisher)
(p.111)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "It's the most informative and fascinating music document about the label's earliest days you'll ever need."

NME (Magazine)
(3/6/93, p.35)
- 9 - Excellent Plus - "...Strung end to end, it's over 250 minutes of the best jukebox you've ever heard, mastered properly so that it blasts out like it was made yesterday..."

  
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