Complete Motown Singles 8: 1968 [Box set, Limited Edition]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 20, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 6
• 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: B000X9B7RI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,200 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The latest installment, November 24, 2007

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Jim Z "music aficionado" - See all my reviews
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Just finished listening to 1968. 6 discs , 144 songs , 6 hours , 47 minutes and 28 seconds. We are now at 43 discs , 1,106 songs , over 50 hours for volumes 1-8 , with four more to go. If you've read the other reviews , you know how impressed I am with this whole series. EVERY Motown single (A & B side), from each year 1959-1972 (the Detroit years), being released in 12 lovingly-assembled cd box sets, to be completed by 2009 (the 50th anniversary of Motown). You'll hear old faves as well as things you never heard before....but be forewarned , once you hear one set , you will want to hear it all. 1968 is a great place to start.Go ahead, PUT THIS IN YOUR CART!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Another don't miss package!!, July 12, 2009

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William G. Ratcliffe "wearevinyl" (Lawrenceville, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
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Presented here is another volume in the acclaimed 'Complete Motown Singles' series. 1968, despite the lawsuits, bitching, group member changes, etc., was probably the best year so far for the company. It's 45 release/chart action ratio was 75%, an unheard of amount for singles that would hit the top 100 charts.
This is also the year where Stevie Wonder would continue his hitmaking streak, as with Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, where both released superb albums that year as well, but single-wise, superb.
1968 also marked a year where The Supremes began to have a problems going in the Top 10. Among the obvious, there were new artists that tried, but didn't make their mark, like Chuck Jackson, one of my favorite artists, but was under-utilized at Motown.
Again, the quality is superb, and again, if you have purchased the previous volumes, it would make perfect sense to pick this one up, before they are all gone, as these are limited in pressing.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good music to have for all!, February 28, 2009

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This review is from: The Complete Motown Singles - Vol. 8: 1968 (MP3 Download)

The hits from 1968 are here: "For Once In My Life" by Stevie Wonder, "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye, "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, among others, but what is fascinating to me is the other stuff on the set, such as some early recordings by Rita Wright. She would later be renamed Syreeta Wright, and co-write with Stevie Wonder, Lulu Mae Hardaway (Stevie's mom), and Lee Garrett the classic "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours", but that song will come out in 1970. She would also marry (and divorce) Stevie Wonder, but all of that will happen in the next 2-6 years.

The first song she had with Motown, "I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You", would later find more success with Diana Ross, but she gave the song a fine, elegant polish for her version.

Gladys Knight & The Pips keep on going strong with the leftover songs that Motown saddled them with usually, but Ms. Knight as always, gives it her best in the singles that were released in 1968, especially "The End Of Our Road".

Looking at the roster that Motown had back in the 1960's, it was like having the two best teams in a sport on the same roster, with the second tier singers (Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Spinners, and Edwin Starr) were just as good as the Four Tops, Supremes, Marvin Gaye, or Stevie Wonder. You had to fight to get noticed by Berry Gordy, and the history of how "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" was released, twice, is a revelation in itself.

Anyway, this collection is worth spending the $$ for.