Product Details

• Actors: Mary Wilson, The Temptations Review, Joe Billingslea's Contours, Bobby Rogers, Levi Stubbs
• Directors: T.J. Lubinsky
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Compilation, DVD, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Shout Factory
• DVD Release Date: January 30, 2007
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000LPR6EC
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #64,638 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Are You Ready For A Brand-New Beat?

The gritty urban environment, the burgeoning pride and drive of black Americans, and blues, soul and gospel influences combined to form the music coming out of Detroit in the early 1960s. The sounds of early Motown were hopeful and soulful and, above all, made you want to dance.

Motown: The Early Years -- a unique combination of vintage clips of the original legends and Featuring live performances of the current touring groups -- brings memories to life and will have you belting out the songs and dancing along. This music lives forever.

Performances:
Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves
(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Martha Reeves
Jimmy Mack - Martha Reeves
Nowhere To Run - Martha Reeves
Needle In A Hay Stack - The Velvelettes
Do You Love Me - Joe Billingslea's Contours
Just A Little Misunderstanding - Joe Billingslea's Contours
Get Ready - The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards
Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards
The Way You Do The Things You Do - The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards
My Girl - The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards
Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops
Bernadette - Four Tops
It's The Same Old Song - Four Tops
I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars False Advertising, March 14, 2007

By	C. Brashear "toddbstones" (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Even though it's described as "The Early Years", these are all recent performances. A rip off.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sad State of Affairs, March 13, 2007

By	Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This DVD shows a pretty sad state of affairs. The performers look (and sound) terrible and are way past their prime trying to party like its 1969 (Martha Reeves trying to squeeze in a 60s style dress is particularly pathetic). Imagine a senior citizens home giving a performance at the Apollo Theater and you get the idea.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good music is timless, March 17, 2007

By	M. Martinez "Collector" (Hawthorne CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was disapointed when I discovered that this was not footage from original performances. As I continued to watch I was really enjoying listening to the music it brought back many memories and the performances were well done. If you like Motown this is worth viewing.