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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops ~ Various Artists |  |
| 2. I'm Losing You (I Know) - The Temptations ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Standing In The Shadows Of Love - The Four Tops ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Hunter Gets Captured By The Game, The - The Marvelettes ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Jimmy Mack - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Bernadette - The Four Tops ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. More Love - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips ~ Various Artists | |
| 11. I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ~ Various Artists | |
| 12. I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations ~ Various Artists | |
| 13. I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You - Rita Wright ~ Various Artists | |
| 14. Does Your Mama Know About Me -Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers ~ Various Artists | |
| 15. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell ~ Various Artists | |
| 16. Love Child - Diana Ross & The Supremes ~ Various Artists | |
| 17. For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists | |
| 18. Cloud Nine - The Temptations ~ Various Artists | |
| 19. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - M. Gaye ~ Various Artists | |
| 20. Baby, Baby Don't Cry - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ~ Various Artists | |
| 21. Twenty-Five Miles - Edwin Starr ~ Various Artists | |
| 22. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) - David Ruffin ~ Various Artists | |
| 23. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars ~ Various Artists | |
| 24. I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations ~ Various Artists | |
| 25. Baby I'm For Real - The Originals ~ Various Artists | |
| 26. Up The Ladder To The Roof - The Supremes ~ Various Artists | | Disc 4
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. I Want You Back - The Jackson 5 ~ Various Artists | |
| 2. Bells, The - The Originals ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Get Ready - Rare Earth ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. ABC - The Jackson 5 ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) - The Temptations ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Love You Save, The - The Jackson 5 ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. War - Edwin Starr ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. It's A Shame - The Spinners ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross & The Supremes ~ Various Artists | |
| 11. Still Water (Love) - The Four Tops ~ Various Artists | |
| 12. I'll Be There - The Jackson 5 ~ Various Artists | |
| 13. Tears Of A Clown, The - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ~ Various Artists | |
| 14. Stoned Love - The Supremes ~ Various Artists | |
| 15. If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips ~ Various Artists | |
| 16. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations ~ Various Artists | |
| 17. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists | |
| 18. Never Say Goodbye - The Jackson 5 ~ Various Artists | |
| 19. Nathan Jones - The Supremes ~ Various Artists | |
| 20. I Don't Want To Do Wrong - Gladys Knight/Pips ~ Various Artists | |
| 21. Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth ~ Various Artists | |
| 22. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists | |
| 23. I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth ~ Various Artists | |
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| 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. | | 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 |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 11/03/1992 | | Original Release Date : 1992 | | Catalog ID : 636 312 | | Label : Motown Records | | Number of Discs : 4 | | Runtime : 303m : 50s | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Mixed | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00737463631228 |
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| 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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