Motown Treasures

Hey guys. I haven't posted for a while. I was locked away in a mental sanitarium facility called America.
SeriouslyThis past friday, I purchased 6 cds from Dusty Goove . im out about $80 but , I found some gems that I put off buying for some time.
Marv Johnson's Anthology, Patrice Holloway Anthology " love Desire " and two more Kent Anthology issues. The Spinners2 time around Anthology   and part 2 Of The Contours featuring Dennis Edward's 65 - 68.
I'm loving it. How did I miss these two?

This is new to me as well. Ytube seems to be the only channel where you can find these rarities. Most of them on scratchy old 45s. It's ok. We know we won't find them elsewhere.

Hi MC Motown. Sorry about mispelling your name. Its not Mike it's McMotown.😊

Well guys, since we brought up the Temptation's Mellow Mood. I will say that it was beautifully produced as far as orchestration go' s. The Temptations displayed a surprising amount of magic to these standards, especially Paul and David. To me David and and the Temptations cover of What now my love was outstanding. It recieved a lot of air play on R& B stations and everybody went crazy over it. Loved it.
I really want to know who' s idea it was to include I' m ready for love on here? It certainly didn't put me in a Mellow mood. It was a good LP but not even compatible to The 4 Tops Hello Broadway LP that still has yet to debut on CD.
I have  sampled the digital release of the tops Broadway LP. I was pleasantly surprised to find the complete original track of Make someone happy In tack. There was an extra spoken word verse by Levi inclued there.
I didn't know about this till now. As the song fades Levi comments" the world can be so cold". It was edited out of the original release. I suppose Motown didn't want any type of political messages included on the their songs. After all Berry wanted to appeal to the main stream cross over market.

Omg . It almost is shout!  The irony is, the same title with a similar sound was recorded by the Isley Brothers on the Soul on the Rocks LP. I wonder if the later version is a dramatic re- work by Norman. He was good at doing that with his material.

Hi John, Thank you.
Now I'm seeing a lot of past post that I missed. I don't have a problem with responding to post. I can locate the reply icon.
I still have an issue with finding the post icon. I thought it would be at the top of the page to the right. My eyes are getting worse with age . I need a microscope to read the tiny print. One topic on the 4 Tops, featured vedios of their past appearances on the Mike Douglas show. There where options to click( like) on FB or twitter but no options to post a comment on Motown Treasures. Forgive my ignorance but I must be missing something regarding format???.

John, since you threw a left curve by including Rumor as a cover, I think I'll throw one too. I love their version of That's the way love is. Gladys knight & P covered it , Marvin had the big hit on it ,but The Isley's was much more superior. I thought their covers of Nowhere to run and Stop in the name of love were a nice try but no where near the quality of the original versions.Put yourself in my place is one of those HDH songs that comes across as suttle and innocent. If you think about it's message ,it is as deep as Come See about me. CSAM wasn't just about missing a lover but one could interpret it as checking up on a friend's loneliness &  depression problem. Put yourself in my place really sounded the same by any Motown artist. They re- cycled the same track backing 3 times instead of creating a new level of individual identity for each artist that covered it. I Hear a symphony wasn't particularly one of my fave Supremes songs.
. I didn't hate it , I just thought it was bland compared to things recorded the previous year. With that set in my mind, at first I wasn't even interested in a cover version of that  song by of all people the "Twist&Shout" Isley Brothers. Unimaginable! I played it one time. Then again. It started to really grow on me the more I played it. What got me hooked was the sweet string arrangement. I love how the orchestra fades out near the end and just allows the heavenly strings to take the track out. Lovely. I don't want to even compare The Isleys with Kim Weston. I do think if HDH would've arranged Take me in your arms and Rock me for The Isley's ,it would've come across the same way that Stop in the Name of love/ Nowhere to run ended up for them. That said. When The Isleys covered Take me in your Arms it was arranged & produced by Ivy Jo Hunter and Mickey Stevenson. Wow, what a difference in production makes. They brought out the energy that Ron Isley was famous for. Those plucking guitars were moving as fast as the high energy bongos. This is what you're supposed to do when you try to cover Kim's song. In my book Kim is a separate entity from The Isley's cover as The Isleys creative team had come up with a new song that sounds dramatically different from the original. Not just different or even  better but Damn good.

John, If we're talking about Motown songs in general that would be impossible for me , their are just too many. Since you Listed this track from The Isley's Soul on the Rocks, I think I'll chose one from that stellar set. Got to have you back just blew me away with it's High-energy. No pun on the group by that name.