Motown Treasures

This tasty compilation is due for release on 18th September courtesy of Cherry Red.



It's definitely my kind of compilation and, although I already have most of the tracks on CD or Vinyl there are enough holes in "the collection" for me to splash out the £25 or so it will cost me.

Here is the tracklist ...

DISC ONE
1. Toby Lark - Shake A Hand 
2. Betty Wright - Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do
3. Baby Washington - I Can’t Afford To Lose Him 
4. Judy Clay – I Gotta Love Somebody’s Baby 
5. Baby Washington - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
6. Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles - Trustin' in You
7. Judy Clay – Savin’ It All For You 8. Dee Dee Warwick Backed By The Dixie Flyers - She Didn't Know (She Kept on Talking) 
9. Lorraine Ellison - You've Really Got a Hold on Me 
10. Dorothy Morrison – Rain 11. The Sweet Inspirations - Flash in the Pan 12. Carmen McRae With The Dixie Flyers - Just a Little Lovin'
13. Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers – Brand New Day
14. Little Sister – Somebody’s Watching You 
15. Dee Dee Warwick - Rescue Me 16. Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers - Catch Me I'm Falling
17. The Fuzz - I Love You for All Seasons 
18. Lulu With The Dixie Flyers – Goodbye My Love, Goodbye (Single Version)
19. Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem (Alternate Mix)
20. Barbara Lynn - Take Your Love and Run
21. Betty Wright - Clean up Woman
22. Labelle – Time & Love
23. Margie Alexander – Can I Be Your Main Thing
24. Pointer Sisters – Don’t Try To Take The Fifth
25. Barbara Lynn – (Daddy Hot Stuff) You’re Too Hot To Hold
26. Betty LaVette – You’ll Wake Up Wiser
27. Peggy Scott – Nobody’s Gonna Get Your Mama
 
DISC TWO
1. LaBelle - Moon Shadow (Album Version)
2. Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady
3. Pointer Sisters – Send Him Back
4. Tami Lynn - Ain't No Soul (Left in These Old Shoes)
5. Irma Thomas - A Song with No Name (aka Song for Jim)
6. Margie Joseph – It’s Growing
7. Barbara Lewis - I'm So Thankful
8. Betty Lavette – Your Turn To Cry
9. Lorraine Johnson – Can I Hold You To It
10. Sister Sledge - Mama Never Told Me
11. Roberta Flack - No Tears (In the End)
12. Jackie Moore - Both Ends Against the Middle
13. Vivian Reed – Save Your Love For Me
14. Mary Wells - Don’t Keep Me Hangin’ On
15. Bettye Swann – Kiss My Love Goodbye
16. Jackie Moore – Joe
17. Candi Staton - As Long as He Takes Care of Home
18. Mary Wells – Cancel My Subscription
19. Dionne Warwick - One Last Memory
20. Lorraine Ellison - No Relief
21. Dianne Steinberg – One More Time
22. Margie Joseph – Stay Still
 
DISC THREE
1. Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
2. Sister Sledge – Love Don’t You Go Through No Changes On Me
3. Dee Dee Bridgewater - He's Gone
4. Dionne Warwick - Move Me No Mountain
5. Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
6. Bettye Swann - I Want Sunday Back Again
7. Randy Crawford - Take It Away from Her (Put It on Me)
8. Roberta Flack - What a Woman Really Means
9. Tina Turner - Sometimes When We Touch
10. Etta James - Sweet Touch of Love
11. The Staples (a.k.a. The Staple Singers) - Unlock Your Mind
12. Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman
13. Gwen McCrae - All This Love That I'm Givin'
14. Dee Dee Bridgewater - Bad For Me
15. Chaka Khan - Some Love
16. Dee Edwards – Loving You Is All I Want To Do
17. Mavis Staples - Oh What a Feeling
18. Randy Crawford – I Hope You’ll Be Very Unhappy Without Me
19. Gwen McCrae – Keep The Fire Burning

Roger

I will keep a watch out for this one. I am just happy to see anything still coming out on CD these days.

Very cool cover with Dionne in the center