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Listen  3. Live Wire (Single Version)Martha & The Vandellas 2:37£0.69
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Listen10. If Your Heart Says YesThe Serenaders 2:46£0.69
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Listen19. Don't Be A CrybabyJoanne & The Triangles 2:29£0.69
Listen20. (You Can't Let The Boy Overpower) The Man In YouThe Miracles 2:54£0.69
Listen21. Heartbreak RoadThe Miracles 2:45£0.69
Listen22. Only YouSammy Turner 2:53£0.69
Listen23. Right NowSammy Turner 2:21£0.69
Listen24. Give Me A KissThe Hornets 2:37£0.69
Listen25. She's My BabyThe Hornets 2:12£0.69
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Listen  1. Can You Do itThe Contours 2:19£0.69
Listen  2. I'll Stand By YouThe Contours 2:13£0.69
Listen  3. Set Me FreeLee Alan 2:39£0.69
Listen  4. My Lady Bug Stay Away From That BeatleR. Dean Taylor 2:49£0.69
Listen  5. Poor GirlR. Dean Taylor 2:40£0.69
Listen  6. Like A NightmareThe Andantes 2:41£0.69
Listen  7. If You Were MineThe Andantes 2:54£0.69
Listen  8. Midnight JohnnyLiz Lands 2:42£0.69
Listen  9. Keep MeLiz Lands 2:46£0.69
Listen10. My GuyMary Wells 2:46£0.59
Listen11. Oh Little Boy (What Did You Do To Me)Mary Wells 2:38£0.89
Listen12. In My Lonely RoomMartha & The Vandellas 2:30£0.69
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Listen14. Devil With The Blue DressShorty Long 3:10£0.69
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Listen17. Land Of A Thousand BoysBrenda Holloway 3:00£0.69
Listen18. Bringin' In The GoldHoward Crockett 3:00£0.69
Listen19. I've Been A Long Time LeavingHoward Crockett 2:11£0.69
Listen20. Satisfied MindBruce Channel 2:40£0.69
Listen21. That's What's Happenin'Bruce Channel 2:42£0.69
Listen22. Once Upon A TimeMarvin Gaye 2:31£0.89
Listen23. What's The Matter With You BabyMarvin Gaye 2:21£0.69
Listen24. Just Ain't Enough LoveEddie Holland 2:26£0.69
Listen25. I'll Be In TroubleThe Temptations 2:45£0.69
Listen26. The Girl's Alright With MeThe Temptations 2:53£0.69


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Listen  1. Hey Harmonica Man (Single Version - Mono)Stevie Wonder 2:31£0.89
Listen  2. This Little GirlStevie Wonder 2:55£0.89
Listen  3. Little AcornDorsey Burnette 2:24£0.69
Listen  4. Cold As UsualDorsey Burnette 2:27£0.69
Listen  5. You're Just Like YouBobby Breen 2:15£0.69
Listen  6. Here Comes That HeartacheBobby Breen 1:57£0.69
Listen  7. Try It BabyMarvin Gaye 3:15£0.69
Listen  8. If My Heart Could SingMarvin Gaye 3:20£0.69
Listen  9. Hey Harmonica Man (second pressing)Stevie Wonder 2:39£0.89
Listen10. I Like It Like ThatThe Miracles 2:33£0.89
Listen11. You're So Fine And SweetThe Miracles 2:18£0.69
Listen12. You're My RemedyThe Marvelettes 3:03£0.69
Listen13. A Little Bit Of Sympathy, A Little Bit Of LoveThe Marvelettes 2:24£0.69
Listen14. Where Did Our Love GoThe Supremes 2:32£0.89
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Listen28. Candy To MeEddie Holland 2:24£0.69
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Listen  2. There He Is (At My Door)Martha & The Vandellas 2:28£0.69
Listen  3. Baby I Miss YouTommy Good 2:56£0.69
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Listen  5. My Smile Is Just A Frown (Turned Upside Down)Carolyn Crawford 3:00£0.69
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Listen  7. Looking For The Right GuyKim Weston 2:27£0.69
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Listen  9. Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)The Temptations 2:12£0.89
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Listen13. Satan's BluesJr. Walker And The All Stars 2:54£0.69
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Listen17. It's A Crying Shame (The Way You Treat A Good Man Like Me)Shorty Long 2:44£0.69
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Listen23. Baby Don't You Do ItMarvin Gaye 2:32£0.69
Listen24. Walk On The Wild SideMarvin Gaye 2:18£0.69
Listen25. Needle In A HaystackThe Velvelettes 2:30£0.89
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Listen  2. Ask Any GirlThe Supremes 3:01£0.89
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Listen  5. Soul StompEarl Van Dyke 2:31£0.69
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Listen  7. What Good Am I Without YouMarvin Gaye 2:52£0.89
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Listen10. Same Old StoryMickey McCullers 2:34£0.69
Listen11. Sweet ThingThe Detroit Spinners 2:40£0.69
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Listen13. Hello LoveThe Majestics 2:47£0.69
Listen14. The Further You Look, The Less You SeeThe Majestics 2:18£0.69
Listen15. Tonight's The NightThe Headliners 2:35£0.69
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Listen17. Too Many Fish In The SeaThe Marvelettes 2:26£0.69
Listen18. A Need For LoveThe Marvelettes 1:54£0.69
Listen19. Come See About Me (Single Version (Mono))The Supremes 2:39£0.89
Listen20. You're Gone (But Always In My Heart)The Supremes 2:26£0.69
Listen21. Pretty Little Angel (Single Version - Mono)Stevie Wonder 2:10£0.89
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Listen24. Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worthwhile)The Four Tops 2:53£0.89
Listen25. Love Has GoneThe Four Tops 2:50£0.69
Listen26. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)Marvin Gaye 2:57£0.89
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Listen28. A Little More LoveKim Weston 2:57£0.69
Listen29. Go Ahead And LaughKim Weston 2:58£0.69


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Listen  2. Dancing SlowMartha & The Vandellas 2:12£0.69
Listen  3. When Someone's Good To YouCarolyn Crawford 2:27£0.69
Listen  4. My HeartCarolyn Crawford 2:58£0.69
Listen  5. Can You Jerk Like MeThe Contours 2:27£0.69
Listen  6. That Day When She Needed MeThe Contours 2:30£0.69
Listen  7. Come On Do The JerkSmokey Robinson 2:44£0.69
Listen  8. Baby Don't You GoThe Miracles 2:56£0.69
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Listen10. Happy Ghoul TideRay Oddis 2:15£0.69
Listen11. Talkin' To Your PictureTony Martin 2:55£0.69
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Listen17. My GirlThe Temptations 2:54£0.89
Listen18. (Talkin' 'Bout) Nobody But My BabyThe Temptations 2:45£0.89
Listen19. Come See About MeChoker Campbell's Big Band 2:29£0.69
Listen20. Pride And JoyChoker Campbell's Big Band 2:44£0.69
Listen21. Put Me In Your PocketHoward Crockett 2:16£0.69
Listen22. The MilesHoward Crockett 2:19£0.69
Listen23. He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'The Velvelettes 2:30£0.89
Listen24. Throw A Farewell KissThe Velvelettes 2:27£0.69

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As with previous volumes, The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4: 1964 is a limited-edition set. Several of the songs contained on it are unavailable anywhere else; many had never been re-released on vinyl, let alone on compact disc. When the edition is sold out, it's gone for good, so act now.

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Hip-O Select presents the next volume in its acclaimed continuing series of every Motown single (A- and B- side) of the Detroit era. The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4: 1964, with 163 songs on six compact discs, focuses on the year the company becomes an international phenomenon: "My Guy," "Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby Love," "The Way You Do The Things You Do," "Dancing In The Street," "Every Little Bit Hurts," "Baby I Need Your Loving," "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" scale the charts... the Supremes, the Temptations, Martha & The Vandellas, Brenda Holloway and Marvin Gaye are everywhere... the Holland-Dozier-Holland writing and production team define "The Motown Sound"... Jr. Walker & The All Stars debut on the new Soul label; the veteran Four Tops get a hit; Miss Wells turns 21, and leaves. The Funk Brothers band is given a single release, with bandleader Earl Van Dyke's name on the label.

And yet... even as the Motown machine began to click founder Berry Gordy continued to hedge his bets: listen for odd novelties like the seasonal "Randy, The Newspaper Boy" by Ray Oddis, and "Set Me Free" by radio personality Lee Alan. Motown kept active its country label, Mel-O-Dy, from Gene Henslee's weeper "Shambles" to Howard Crockett's passable Johnny Cash impersonation on "My Lil's Run Off." There's even Bruce Channel, hot from his smash pop hit, "Hey! Baby," trying out a Snakepit groove on his R&B-country update of "Satisfied Mind." Marvin Gaye is given a long leash to test his jazz sensibilities. Sammy Ward has a last shot at the blues.

Every detail is here, in a package keeping with the series that also boasts an expanded 132-page booklet. The Supremes' first of three No. 1 hits that year, "Where Did Our Love Go" b/w "He Means The World To Me," is the true vinyl single in the box set's cover page. Inside, page after page features rare photographs. There are faithful reproductions of classic (and some not so classic) picture sleeves and record labels, some seen for the first time since they were first released.

Janie Bradford, a Motown songwriter who was the company's front desk receptionist that year, wrote an introductory essay for The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4. Her observations from behind that desk are poetic and often funny; she offers an insider's look at Motown climbing on a rocketship. Dr. Todd Boyd, a Detroit native and today the Katherine and Frank Price Endowed Chair for the Study of Race and Popular Culture at the USC School of Cinema-Television, is the author of this year's overview; he places Motown and the music in a broiling historical context that includes Cassius Clay (Muhammed Ali), the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, Malcolm X, Freedom Summer, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thanks to associate producer Keith Hughes and author Bill Dahl, each track gets a story, with the usual songwriters and producers, now with recording dates where available, and extraordinary research that has uncovered long-lost - or never before revealed - insights about the music and the people who made it.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Wells departs; Ross reigns 29 Sep 2008
By musiqluv - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This Vol. 4 box set features interesting facts about tracks & artists (including other working song titles & recording dates), singles scheduled for release, rare photos, and more. Here are just some worthy mentions:

- Opening essay by Janie Bradford
- "Thank You (For Loving Me All the Way)" may be Little Stevie Wonder's first recording in 1961.
- The Serenaders are the actual singers on "Say Say Baby", not the wrongly credited Creations.
- Smokey productions for Bobby Breen, Carolyn Crawford, Kim Weston ("My Guy" soundalike), Mickey McCullers aka McCullough, and The Contours.
- The Hornets. A-side "Give Me A Kiss" recorded as by Mike Varo (the little Italian footstomper heard on songs like "Where Did Our Love Go"); B-side "She's My Baby" recorded as by Mike & the Modifiers.
- "Set Me Free" by Lee Alan with help from "The Vendellas", Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye.
- R.Dean Taylor A&B-side produced by Holland & Dozier.
- The Andantes only single although the lead vocal, Ann Bogan who later joined The Marvelettes, wasn't a group member. Killer party song and killer ballad thanks to H-D-H.
- "Oh Little Boy (What Did You Do to Me)". Did you ever think Mary Wells hit that high note? It was actually Liz Lands.
- "When I'm Gone" (Motown 1061) and "Whisper You Love Me Boy" (Motown 1065) both scheduled for release after Mary Wells left the company.
- "Baby I Need Your Loving" originally assigned to Holland-Dozier as recording artists.
- Norman Whitfield finds his sound on tracks for Jimmy Ruffin, Marvelettes, and Velvelettes.
- Eddie Holland retires as an artist with what may be his best single. I love the versions of "If You Don't Want My Love" by him and by Martha Reeves!
- "Dancing In the Street" originally assigned to Marvin Gaye as a romantic ballad. No mention that it was intended for Kim Weston although written in her attic.
- Oma Heard was wrongfully credited as "Oma Page" duetting on the 4-CD Marvin Gaye box set in 1990.
- "Hello Love" recorded as by The Majestics, then later re-recording it as The Monitors.
- Soul 35007 single "Do the Pig"/"Thompin'" by the Merced Blue Notes isn't included.
- Single after single released by Howard Crockett and Dorsey Burnette but no Motown album.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
WARNING ABOUT SERIES AVAILABILITY 31 Jan 2009
By Tome Raider - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This entire series is amazing. I believe it will be completed at the publication of the 12th volume, and each volume has 5 or 6 discs. I am up to Volume 9, and I can't really say there has yet been a single weak song. And I have now discovered so many awesome Motown songs I had never even heard before! This truly is a treasure trove. Yes, some songs are better than others, but all the music from this amazing dozen-year Motown era is great. The British Invasion may have brought over the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and many others, but our American Motown is of equal or better historic significance. This music is just so consistently CLASSY it defies words. Elegance just pours out from each disc here, it is unprecedented and will never be equaled in the future.

I've been surprised to learn that there are styles of music other than soul on the Motown label. There is some very good country music as well. These discs also have a smattering of interviews and some other holiday-type nonsense which are very fun to hear and which puts the entire era in context.

The packaging for the entire series is the best I've ever seen. It is a little hard to hold the book open so you can pull out or put in the discs, but this is a minor struggle and it is well worth it. The discs are held tightly in place and are well protected, and the historical information about any particular song is readily accessible. The 45 disc which slots into the front cover is really an innovative and clever flourish, and it gives the volume's book a really nice upgrade.

Okay, here is the bummer, and it is a major one. If you are like me, you are going to want the entire series if you buy even a single volume. You will buy the first volume and you will immediately realize that it is a worthwhile investment to obtain the entire series. And who really wants to own only part of a series of anything? The cost of even one volume here is enough that you'll probably want the entire collection. Well, as I write this, in January of 2009, volume 6 is no longer available. Gone. Completely gone, except for some guy trying to sell copies for $2000 as an Amazon-affiliated seller. As good as this music is, I'm not going to spend $2000 on a single volume. Yes, I've searched eBay relentlessly for months, with no luck at all. Yes, I've searched the virtual catacombs of international online sellers, with no luck at all.

So, I'm already over a thousand bucks into this series and yet my collection is missing one of the best volumes (it covers 1966 when a lot of the talent was at their crescendos). I've twice emailed Hip-O Select Records, the publisher, and not heard a word back. I've called their customer service, and they were clueless and indifferent. The girl who answered the phone for them did not know a thing about the series. Basically what has happened, by proclaiming this as a "Limited Edition," is that they have created an inducement for various sellers to hoard the best volumes and then to gouge Motown fans later when the inventory held by legitimate sellers is gone. They then jack the price up into the stratosphere.

So, one can only hope that Hip-O Select does another run of these amazing Motown volumes. If you are a Motown fan, you will be astonished when you hear all the incredible treasures which this series contains.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
1964 Marathon 7 Nov 2007
By Jim Z - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
1964 is now the year. Motown is churning out hit after hit just like the automobile assembly lines in Detroit ! Could anyone imagine 163 songs , 7 hours , 7 minutes ? Well , here it is on 6 discs. If you have the other three , you are now officially over 24 hours of Motown singles. I LOVE Hip-O Select!!! This project is historic on so many levels. Be part of the history-----Buy these limited editions now !! The monetary and historical / sentimental value can only increase in the coming years.

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