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Motown Classics: Gold | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Motown
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
Buy New: $10.02
You Save: $9.96 (50%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 3263
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000312002
UPC: 602498632260
EAN: 0602498632260
ASIN: B0007OY474
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Money (That's What I Want) - Gordy, Berry | | • | Shop Around - Gordy, Berry | | • | Please Mr. Postman - Dobbins, Georgia | | • | Do You Love Me - Gordy, Berry | | • | You Beat Me to the Punch - Robinson, Smokey | | • | Fingertips, Pt. 2 - Paul, Clarence | | • | (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Holland, Brian | | • | My Guy - Robinson, Smokey | | • | Where Did Our Love Go - Holland, Brian | | • | Dancing in the Street - Stevenson, William | | • | How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) - Holland, Brian | | • | My Girl - Robinson, Smokey | | • | Shotgun - DeWalt, Autry | | • | Stop! In the Name of Love - Holland, Brian | | • | I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - Holland, Brian | | • | The Tracks of My Tears - Robinson, Smokey | | • | Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Cosby, Henry | | • | Going to a Go-Go - Robinson, Smokey | | • | Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Holland, Edward Jr. | | • | What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Weatherspoon, Willi |
Disc 2
| • | You Can't Hurry Love - Holland, Brian | | • | Reach Out (I'll Be There) - Holland, Brian | | • | Jimmy Mack - Holland, Brian | | • | Your Precious Love - Ashford, Nickolas | | • | I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Whitfield, Norman | | • | I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Whitfield, Norman | | • | My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) - Fuqua, Harvey | | • | I Can't Get Next to You - Whitfield, Norman | | • | I Want You Back - Perren, Freddie | | • | Someday We'll Be Together - Beavers, Jackey | | • | Up the Ladder to the Roof - DiMirco, Vincent | | • | Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) - Whitfield, Norman | | • | Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Wonder, Stevie | | • | It's a Shame - Garrett, Lee | | • | War - Whitfield, Norman | | • | The Tears of a Clown - Cosby, Henry | | • | What's Going On - Cleveland, Al | | • | Smiling Faces Sometimes - Whitfield, Norman | | • | Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - Whitfield, Norman | | • | Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) - Weatherly, Jim |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Remastered? May 2, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
There's a great selection of tunes, but they sound the same as they did on the radio 40 years ago. I fiddled with my stereo's tuners to make sure they were set properly, but couldn't get a crisp, clean sound.
motown magic December 27, 2007
This CD has all the songs you love. 2 discs for one low price. :)
Solid Gold with Motown Classics! November 16, 2007
If you love motown, this collection is a must have. It has all the favorites, with a great variety of artists.
A Treasure Chest Of Artists And Their Classic Cuts April 13, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Over the years Motown Records has repackaged its legendary artists and hits to varying degrees of commercial and critical success. And as with many labels it seemed at times that the retrospectives became more important to the company coffers than developing new talent or promoting new releases by existing artists.
Without investing in the pricey boxed CD sets, this collection is perhaps the best of the Motown bunch, with 40 songs that captures the true essence of what made the label great; artists who believed in their music, songs that told real stories and hooks that are as infectious today as they were when initially issued all those years ago.
Barrett Strong's Money (That's What I Want), the Four Tops' I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch), Going To A Go Go by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles and the Supremes' You Can't Hurry Love are great examples of complex themes that are wonderfully told within a commercial - Top 40 -radio format.
The juxtaposing of I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Gladys Knight & the Pips and Marvin Gaye is an especially nice touch. And though artists like Bruce Springsteen and Frankie Goes To Hollywood have recorded War, nothing beats the powerful vocals of Edwin Starr.
This is not a smorgasbord sampler that's tossed together with little thought; the two CDs are a treasure chest of legendary artists and the songs that defined a generation.
I heard it through the grapevine ... March 25, 2007
... that you might be considering this CD. Well, grab it! It pulls in lots of hits, even from the very beginning, you can hear how Motown seems to have started in a basement, to the empire it became.
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