Complete Motown Singles 7: 1967 [Box set, Limited Edition]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 31, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set, Limited Edition
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Hip-O Select
• ASIN: B000SFYZBM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,564 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

It's the newest installment in the critically acclaimed, continuing series of every Motown single of the Detroit era. With 120 Tracks on five compact disks, this box set chronicles a pivotal year for "The Sound Of Young America." The story of Motown in 1967 is all here, over five disks. Included are rare cuts, promo only singles, and several surprising alternative mixes, from Stevie Wonder's "Im wondering" to the temptations' B-side, "I Truly, Truly believe," with a forgotten alternative lead vocal.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Motown Magic from '67, December 4, 2007

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Brian Evans (Calgary, Alberta, CANADA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Motown Singles 7: 1967 (Audio CD)

1967. I was 13 and my parents had given me a transistor radio for Christmas. I can remember taking that radio with me everywhere I went, listening intently for the local radio station (CHED) to play the Supremes "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone", which eventually became my favourite Supremes single of all time. Fortunately, the song had gone "Top Ten" so it was frequently played. Unfortunately, other than the Supremes and the Temptations, the station didn't play a lot of Motown, but my father had also given me an amazing old tube-type radio which picked up signals from stations south of the border. Especially at night, I could get my "fix" of Motown and more. I have purchased all of the "Complete Motown Singles" volumes (1 -6), and I have to say this is an amazing collection. Hip-O-Select has done a great job! The songs are wonderfully annotated in a beautiful bound "booklet" which is modeled after an old 78rpm record collector's book (my father had lots of these!). Each volume includes a faithfully recreated copy of a popular Motown 45rpm single from that year. The notes and trivia about every song in the collection make for some fascinating reading (until this collection, I had no idea that Motown had actually dabbled in County music!). One of the highlights for me was hearing the mono version of the Supremes "My World Is Empty Without You" (on Volume 5) for the first time on CD. Volume 7 represents (for me) the first year that I actually began to appreciate and pursue an interest in the Motown genre. After that, I realized I had a lot of "catching up" to do, as the company had already been in production for 8 years. This collection is a must-have for anyone who is a musical history buff, and volume 7 represents one of the peak years for Motown. If you are an avid Motown collector or just someone who wants to recall musical memories of 1967, then this volume is highly recommended.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only a Northern Song, August 8, 2008

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Moe Town (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Motown Singles 7: 1967 (Audio CD)

As other reviews have stated, the music, packaging and concept of this set is flawless. But the track-by-track notation is starting to get really annoying starting with the 1965 volume. Wasn't there an American writer able to handle this? I say this because the writer CONSTANTLY is putting the songs into the perspective of the British "Northern Soul" movement. WHO CARES! To American readers/listeners, that means nothing. Even though I have a vague idea of what that means, I don't care. I want the songs put into the proper context of their impact on release on the public, the artists' careers, and Motown, not what some goon collectors thought 10 or 20 years later.

If this set was a British release, I'd understand it. But it is really annoying. There has to be something more substantial or interesting to a Four Tops B-side than it later "became a Northern Soul dance floor monster".

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still classic after all these years, November 7, 2007

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Jim Z "music aficionado" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Motown Singles 7: 1967 (Audio CD)

Think about it...as I type this review , this material is 40 years old. Still classic after all these years. 5 discs , 120 songs , 5 hours , 33 minutes and 24 seconds. Through volumes 1-7 we now have 962 selections on 37 discs topping 43 hours. Four more volumes to go. It will be disappointing when it comes to an end. But , we will have ALL the Motown singles from the heyday years of 1959-1972. I can only imagine what it was like. You can hear it in these discs. All the passion , all the excitement. They had to know they were making history. History that is as alive and vibrant today as it was 40 years ago. Bring on the rest of the series !!!