Complete Motown Singles, Volume 4 [LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [CD] [BOX SET]

Gene Henslee (Author), The Serenaders (Author), The Marvelettes (Author), Bobby Breen (Author), Joanne & The Triangles (Author), Dorsey Burnette (Author), Kim Weston (Author), Howard Crockett (Author), R. Dean Taylor (Author), Various Artists (Author)

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 1968
• Number of Discs: 6
• Format: Limited Collector's Edition, Original recording remastered, CD, Box set
• 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
• Run Time: 410 minutes
• ASIN: B000ZET1HY
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #624,168 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

2006 6-disc, 173-track Hip-O Select/Motown Records box set that includes every Motown single from 1964 housed in 7"x8" hardbound case resembling a large pile of 45's and actually features a real Motown 45 single housed in the front cover. Also features a 132-page book detailing all the artists, their singles and the B-sides, as well as other pertinent information. Another fabulous package from Hip-O Select and number 4 in what one hopes will turn out to be a series of 20-some volumes (as of 2007, they have released Volume 8 through 1968).

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5.0 out of 5 stars What a rip off!, August 20, 2009

By	gameguide "hfstr" (S.F. Bay Area, CA USA) - See all my reviews

you don't have to spend $500 or $700 for this box set, simply go to the Hip - O Select site and buy it for $120. I am sure where these vendors got their pricing or why they are charging so much. The box set is not out of print.........yet

Ps: the box set, as all the others, is awesome!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wells departs; Ross reigns, October 30, 2008

By	musiqluv (Oxnard. CA USA) - See all my reviews

This Vol. 4 box set features interesting facts about tracks & artists (including other working song titles & recording dates), singles scheduled for release, rare photos, and more. Here are just some worthy mentions:

- Opening essay by Janie Bradford
- "Thank You (For Loving Me All the Way)" may be Little Stevie Wonder's first recording in 1961.
- The Serenaders are the actual singers on "Say Say Baby", not the wrongly credited Creations.
- Smokey productions for Bobby Breen, Carolyn Crawford, Kim Weston ("My Guy" soundalike), Mickey McCullers aka McCullough, and The Contours.
- The Hornets. A-side "Give Me A Kiss" recorded as by Mike Varo (the little Italian footstomper heard on songs like "Where Did Our Love Go"); B-side "She's My Baby" recorded as by Mike & the Modifiers.
- "Set Me Free" by Lee Alan with help from "The Vendellas", Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye.
- R.Dean Taylor A&B-side produced by Holland & Dozier.
- The Andantes only single although the lead vocal, Ann Bogan who later joined The Marvelettes, wasn't a group member. Killer party song and killer ballad thanks to H-D-H.
- "Oh Little Boy (What Did You Do to Me)". Did you ever think Mary Wells hit that high note? It was actually Liz Lands.
- "When I'm Gone" (Motown 1061) and "Whisper You Love Me Boy" (Motown 1065) both scheduled for release after Mary Wells left the company.
- "Baby I Need Your Loving" originally assigned to Holland-Dozier as recording artists.
- Norman Whitfield finds his sound on tracks for Jimmy Ruffin, Marvelettes, and Velvelettes.
- Eddie Holland retires as an artist with what may be his best single. I love the versions of "If You Don't Want My Love" by him and by Martha Reeves!
- "Dancing In the Street" originally assigned to Marvin Gaye as a romantic ballad. No mention that it was intended for Kim Weston although written in her attic.
- Oma Heard was wrongfully credited as "Oma Page" duetting on the 4-CD Marvin Gaye box set in 1990.
- "Hello Love" recorded as by The Majestics, then later re-recording it as The Monitors.
- Soul 35007 single "Do the Pig"/"Thompin'" by the Merced Blue Notes isn't included.
- Single after single released by Howard Crockett and Dorsey Burnette but no Motown album.