Motown: The History

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Motown – In the Beginning (1959–1963)
2▶CD: Motown – Mid‐Sixties Volume One – The Dream (1963–1964)
3▶CD: Motown – Mid‐Sixties Volume Two – Family Affair (1964–1965)
4▶CD: Motown – Mid‐Sixties Volume Three – Movin’ On Up (1965)
5▶CD: Motown – Mid‐Sixties Volume Four – Here to Stay (1965–1966)
6▶CD: Motown – Late‐Sixties Volume One – The Happening (1966–1967)
7▶CD: Motown – Late‐Sixties Volume Two – Changing Times (1967–1968)
8▶CD: Motown – Late‐Sixties Volume Three – a New Direction (1968–1969)
9▶CD: Motown – Early Seventies Volume One – Funky Psychedelia (1970)
10▶CD: Motown – Early Seventies Volume Two – Silk ’n’ Soul (1970–1971)
11▶CD: Motown – Early Seventies Volume Three – Musical Revolution (1971–1972)
12▶CD: Motown – Mid Seventies Volume One – Boogie Down (1973–1974)
13▶CD: Motown – Mid Seventies Volume Two – A Quiet Storm (1974–1975)
14▶CD: Motown – Late Seventies Volume One – On the Upside (1976–1978)
15▶CD: Motown – Late Seventies Volume Two – Cruisin’ (1978–1979)
16▶CD: Motown – Early Eighties Volume One – Behind the Groove (1980–1981)
17▶CD: Motown – Early Eighties Volume Two – Endless Love (1981–1982)
18▼CD: Motown – Mid Eighties Volume One – All Night Long (1983–1984)
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Candy Man (vocal)
Mary Jane Girls4:24
2Touch the Sky
Smokey Robinson3:59
3Love on My Mind Tonight
recording of:
Love On My Mind Tonight
writer:
Peter Beckett (lead singer of Player)
The Temptations4:04
4All Night Long
Mary Jane Girls3:53
5Ladies Choice (vocal)
Stone City Band4:01
6Baby I Will
Michael Lovesmith3:46
7Cold Blooded
Rick James4:31
8Blow the House Down
Junior Walker4:00
9Boys
Mary Jane Girls3:47
10Ebony Eyes
Rick James with Smokey Robinson4:01
11Time Will Reveal
recording engineer and mixer:
Barney Perkins
associate producer:
Bobby DeBarge (funk/R&B musician)
producer:
Eldra DeBarge (El DeBarge)
strings [string] arranger:
Benjamin Wright, Jr.
arranger:
El DeBarge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1983) and UMG Recordings, Inc. FP (in 2021)
mixed at:
Kendun Recorders in Burbank, California, United States
recording of:
Time Will Reveal
writer:
Bobby DeBarge (funk/R&B musician), Bunny DeBarge (R&B/soul singer/songwriter, a/k/a Etterlene Jordan), El DeBarge and Janelle Robinson
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
DeBarge4:13
12I Just Can’t Walk Away
synthesizer programming:
John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay)
executive producer:
Berry Gordy
producer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
strings arranger:
Jeremy Lubbock
arranger:
John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay)
cover recording of:
I Just Can’t Walk Away
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
recording of:
I Just Can’t Walk Away
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team)
Four Tops4:21
13(You’re My) Aphrodisiac
Dennis Edwards4:03
14Somebody’s Watching Me
producer:
Curtis Anthony Nolen and Rockwell (R & B – “Somebody’s Watching Me”)
background vocals:
Jermaine Jackson (soul/pop singer, of Jackson 5)
guest vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1983)
part of:
VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 20)
recording of:
Somebody’s Watching Me
lyricist and composer:
Rockwell (R & B – “Somebody’s Watching Me”)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher) and Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.)
Rockwell3.853:52
15Sail Away
recording of:
Sail Away
writer:
Angelo Bond (R&B singer, active in the 1970s, songwriter and producer) and Norman Whitfield, Jr.
publisher:
Golden Touch Music and Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.)
The Temptations4:19
16Love Me in a Special Way
DeBarge3:55
17Don’t Look Any Further
Dennis Edwards featuring Siedah Garrett4:05
18Close to Me
Bobby King featuring Alfie Silas3:58
19Farewell My Summer Love
recording of:
Farewell My Summer Love
lyricist and composer:
Keni St. Lewis
publisher:
Jobete Music Ltd
Michael Jackson4:24
19▶CD: Motown – Mid Eighties Volume Two – Rhythm of the Night (1984–1985)
20▶CD: Motown – Late Eighties Volume One – One Heartbeat (1986–1988)
21▶CD: Motown – Late Eighties Volume Two – A New Era (1988–1989)