The Ultimate Motown Collection [Import]

Jimmy Ruffin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 19, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: MSI:UNIVERSAL/MOTOWN
• ASIN: B0000V6SG4
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,844 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #18 in Music > Imports > R&B
  • #81 in Music > R&B > Motown

Track Listings

1. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

2. Gonna Give Her All The Love I Got (Single Version)

3. I've Passed This Way Before (Single Version)

4. Tomorrow's Tears (Single Version)

5. It's Wonderful (To Be Loved By You)

6. I'll Say Forever My Love (Single Version)

7. Farewell Is A Lonely Sound (Single Version)

8. Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby

9. Our Favorite Melody

10. You Gave Me Love

11. If You Will Let Me, I Know I Can (Single Version)

12. Take A Letter Maria

13. Just Before Love Ends

14. On The Way Out (On The Way In)

15. Maria (You Were The Only One) (Single Version)

16. Gathering Memories

17. Don't Take Away My Rose Colored Glasses

18. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

19. That's Me Lovin' You

20. Kickin' Stones

See all 48 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2003 compilation brings together 48 of the R&B vocalist's most famous & favorite songs remastered from the original Motown master tapes. Disc two is made up of rarities & includes 12 previously unreleased cuts, 'Half Of Your Love', 'In The Neighborhood', 'Love Is A Hurtin' Thing', 'Shake Hands With A Dreamer', 'I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)', 'More Than A Heart Can Stand', 'I Love The Way She Loves Me', 'I Pray You Still Love Me', 'East Side West Side', 'That's You Girl', 'Change Your Mind', & 'What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted' (Alternate Mix With Spoken Intro).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible, February 12, 2004

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This review is from: The Ultimate Motown Collection (Audio CD)

While Domestic Motown issues its umpteenth Supremes collection, over the ocean we get two C.D.s of Jimmy Ruffin, including a motherload of previously released music which is outstanding. This guy is listenable over the whole two C.D., a real natural and a talent who should have loomed much larger on the Motown horizon. You will love it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Jimmy Ruffin Collection Available!, May 17, 2005

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rollo (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Motown Collection (Audio CD)

Jimmy Ruffin was one of the greatest talents that motown had during the 60's. He could sing anything and make it musical. To be brief, many of the recordings in this collection have been out of print for years and cd collectors will charge you a fortune for any of these recordings as singles. The remastering is very good and most of the tracks are in stereo as they should be. One will hear some of the Funk Brothers finest performances backing Jimmy here. This collection is a bargain and the music is outstanding.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Collection sees a song my grandpa wrote released domestically for the first time., September 4, 2007

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P A Colloraffi "-----------------------------... (Blood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Motown Collection (Audio CD)

There's not much to say about the song selection that others haven't already covered. Simply put, it's excellent. One thing that made this essential for me, however, was the song "East Side West Side" which Ruffin recorded in 1966 as his intended follow-up to "What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted" but due to an argument with Berry Gordy, only ended up released in Australia until this was put together. My grandpa, Ron Welser, wrote the song with Terry Johnson, later of Flamingos fame. Further arrangements called for a third songwriting credit in the liner notes, but it's still all of my grandpa's lyrics there. I recommend listening to the entire collection, but why not that one first?