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The Ultimate Collection [Original recording remastered, Import]

Marvelettes | Format: Audio CD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (12 Sep 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered, Import
  • Label: Import Music Services
  • ASIN: B000001AOF
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 63,010 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Please Mr. Postman
2. Playboy
3. So Long Baby
4. Beechwood 4-5789
5. Someday, Someway
6. Strange I Know
7. Too Strong to Be Strung Along
8. Twistin' Postman
9. Locking Up My Heart
10. Forever
11. My Daddy Knows Best
12. As Long As I Know He's Mine
13. He's A Good Guy
14. You're My Remedy
15. Too Many Fish in the Sea
16. I'll Keep Holding On
17. Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead
18. Don't Mess With Bill
19. You're the One
20. My Baby Must Be a Magician
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5.0 out of 5 stars Motown's first successful girl group 16 Nov 2002
By Peter Durward Harris #1 HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Before the Supremes or Martha and the Vandellas had any success, the Marvelettes were having big hits in America on a regular basis. The Supremes, who at that time had Florence Ballard as lead singer, didn't chart, while the Vandellas hadn't started then.

With two brilliant lead singers, Gladys Horton (particularly good at the powerhouse songs) and Wanda Young (softer, more seductive), they could do any R+B song with class and style.

After the Vandellas appeared on the scene, and the Supremes made Diana Ross their lead singer, the Marvelettes were markedly less successful despite continuing to make great records, although they did stage a mini-revival on the charts in 1967.

The standout tracks are Please Mr Postman (Motown's first American number one hit by anybody, later covered by the Beatles and the Carpenters, who had their biggest British hit with the song), Beechwood 4-5789 (also covered by the Carpenters) and When you're young and in love (one of those 1967 hits, and their only British hit). Britain was slow to catch Motown fever, missing out on their early hits, despite that Beatles cover.

I believe the Marvelettes are the most under-appreciated of all Motown's stars, but their music is as good as any of the others (who I also enjoy). If you like Motown's other stars, you will surely enjoy this collection.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Motown 3 May 2006
By Ian Phillips
Format:Audio CD
Before DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES became the biggest female act on Motown in 1964, there were The Marvelettes who put Motown on the map by securing the labels first NO.1 hit with the classic, PLEASE MR.POSTMAN which has been re-recorded by several artists and groups most notably being THE BEATLES and THE CARPENTERS.

GLADYS HORTON was the lead vocalalist on most of their recordings including on the sprinkling of hits they enjoyed eratically through the 60's such as PLAYBOY, BEACHWOOD - 45789. From 1967 onwards WANDA RODGERS took over on lead vocals and the group enjoyed further hits with THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED BY THE GAME and the divine WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE. All of these classic recordings can be found on this definitive compilation which represents all of their greatest hits, a few album cuts and other obscurities. Not all of the tracks are brilliant but the vast majority of the album is very good and well worth a listen! The Marvelettes were sadly one of Motowns most overlooked acts. Excellent compilation of a highly underated soul act that deserved far greater recognition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars If You Remember How to Twist 15 Jun 2012
By Stephanie DePue TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Back in those dim, distant 1960s. The Marvelettes were a girl group signed to Motown, the powerhouse of soul, in Detroit, Michigan. The Marvelettes were never to be the studio's biggest stars among girl groups, nor its favorites, though they did give it its first hit with the 1961 "Please Mr. Postman." Nor did they ever produce great solo stars, as legendarily did the more favored groups: The Supremes, with Diana Ross; The Pips, with Gladys Knight, and The Vandellas, with Martha Reeves. Still, this group had two good strong voices, each of whom could sing lead, in Gladys Horton and Wanda Young, and the group had a number of hits through the 1960's.

"Postman," "Playboy," "Twistin' Postman," and "Beechwood 4-5789," their earliest 60's hits, are generally considered the most bubblegum-girly. Although their sound, from the beginning, was always rougher, and tougher-rocking than many of the other girl groups. Later, the brilliant Smokey Robinson took them in hand, writing and producing for them, with additional material from the rest of Berry Gordon's top-flight stable: Holland-Dozier-Holland, Marvin Gaye, Ashford-Simpson, and Gordy himself. They became tougher, more uptempo rockers, more in the Motown mold, and had further hits such as "Don't Mess With Bill," and "Too Many Fish in the Sea." Still, it must be said, they were in hot competition with the rest of the Motown groups for the best material, and, as someone once said, it's hard to get the best material when someone else, Diana Ross in this case, is sleeping with the boss.

Never mind, all their hits are here, and the album's a must for fans of Motown, soul, or girl groups. Furthermore, you can still dance to them. A few years ago I saw the current Marvelettes in live concert outdoors, and there was a lot of dancing under the stars. If you remember how to twist?
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