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As one of the first signees to the Motown label, a young Mary Wells helped define the early sound of the label that would change the tides of American music forever. Though she left the label at the peak of her popularity in late 1964, Wells wrote and recorded feverishly in her four short years at Hitsville U.S.A., leaving behind a vault of unreleased recordings along with her well-known chart-toppers. Enter Something New: Motown Lost & Found. This collection gathers together 47 tracks, about half of which are completely unreleased archival material and the other half are previously unreleased stereo mixes of songs that found release in various places over the years. The weighty collection shows that Mary's creative trajectory walked a remarkably similar path as that of the Motown label as a whole. The set begins with smooth and soulful post-doo wop numbers from 1961 recording sessions. The girl group soul of "Why Do You Want to Let Me Go" fades into a series of collaborations with Smokey Robinson like the happy-go-lucky calypso tinge of "To Lose You" and the smoky heartbreak of "My Heart Is Like a Clock." As the months burned on and Motown began to explode into worldwide popularity, Wells grew into the Motown sound. Tracks like "Have a Little Patience (And Wait)" feature backing vocals by the Supremes and capture the mixture of caffeinated soul and youthful rock & roll that Motown owned the trademark to. The same 1963 sessions yielded coulda-been-hits like "Free from Your Spell" and the spirited "Your Loss, My Gain," which later became a hit for Wells as "You Lost the Sweetest Boy." The set is rounded out by seven duets with Marvin Gaye and a host of standard tunes from the era when Berry Gordy was pushing his artists toward more adult material. Gordy's attempt to win over the fanfare (and larger expendable incomes) of the sophisticated supper club set resulted in some of the more questionable Motown material, and Wells' loungy standards are lacking when compared to the teenage kicks of the other material here. Even four tunes backed by the Four Tops can't completely save the dip in energy and vibe for the second half of Something New. That said, this collection will be a must for Motown completists, and soul fans will appreciate the spirit of fun and camaraderie captured in the earlier soul tracks.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
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Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Berry Gordy, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Berry Gordy, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Janie Bradford, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Berry Gordy, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - Mary Wells, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - William Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - Mary Wells, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Janie Bradford, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - Mary Wells, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Berry Gordy, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - Mary Wells, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald White, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronald White, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mary Wells, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvester Potts, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mary Wells, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvester Potts, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Bob Hamilton, Producer - Mike Valvano, ComposerLyricist - Robert Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - Betty Leshman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - The Temptations, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Supremes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Stevenson, Producer - Mary Wells, MainArtist - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mary Wells, MainArtist - Robert Hamilton, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mary Wells, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Riley Hampton, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Four Tops, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Temptations, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mary Wells, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Marvin Gaye, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Wells, MainArtist - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Wells, MainArtist - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Wells, MainArtist - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Anna Gordy Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mary Wells, MainArtist - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gordy, ComposerLyricist - Andre Williams, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Gaye, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sammy Cahn, Author - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Johnny Allen, ComposerLyricist - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer - Joe Marles, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mary Wells, MainArtist - Frederick Loewe, ComposerLyricist - Alan Jay Lerner, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer - Graeme Lyall, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dorcas Cochran, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Lionel Newman, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
FRANK LOESSER, Author - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Four Tops, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jule Styne, Composer - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Adolph Green, Author - Betty Comden, Author - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Sadie Vimmerstedt, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Mercer, Author - Victor Schertzinger, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Four Tops, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sammy Cahn, Author - Gene DePaul, Composer - Mary Wells, MainArtist - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - Sammy Fain, ComposerLyricist - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
ARTHUR FREED, ComposerLyricist - NACIO HERB BROWN, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Mary Wells, MainArtist - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mary Wells, MainArtist - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Harold Adamson, Author - William "Mickey" Stevenson, Producer
℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
As one of the first signees to the Motown label, a young Mary Wells helped define the early sound of the label that would change the tides of American music forever. Though she left the label at the peak of her popularity in late 1964, Wells wrote and recorded feverishly in her four short years at Hitsville U.S.A., leaving behind a vault of unreleased recordings along with her well-known chart-toppers. Enter Something New: Motown Lost & Found. This collection gathers together 47 tracks, about half of which are completely unreleased archival material and the other half are previously unreleased stereo mixes of songs that found release in various places over the years. The weighty collection shows that Mary's creative trajectory walked a remarkably similar path as that of the Motown label as a whole. The set begins with smooth and soulful post-doo wop numbers from 1961 recording sessions. The girl group soul of "Why Do You Want to Let Me Go" fades into a series of collaborations with Smokey Robinson like the happy-go-lucky calypso tinge of "To Lose You" and the smoky heartbreak of "My Heart Is Like a Clock." As the months burned on and Motown began to explode into worldwide popularity, Wells grew into the Motown sound. Tracks like "Have a Little Patience (And Wait)" feature backing vocals by the Supremes and capture the mixture of caffeinated soul and youthful rock & roll that Motown owned the trademark to. The same 1963 sessions yielded coulda-been-hits like "Free from Your Spell" and the spirited "Your Loss, My Gain," which later became a hit for Wells as "You Lost the Sweetest Boy." The set is rounded out by seven duets with Marvin Gaye and a host of standard tunes from the era when Berry Gordy was pushing his artists toward more adult material. Gordy's attempt to win over the fanfare (and larger expendable incomes) of the sophisticated supper club set resulted in some of the more questionable Motown material, and Wells' loungy standards are lacking when compared to the teenage kicks of the other material here. Even four tunes backed by the Four Tops can't completely save the dip in energy and vibe for the second half of Something New. That said, this collection will be a must for Motown completists, and soul fans will appreciate the spirit of fun and camaraderie captured in the earlier soul tracks.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 47 track(s)
- Total length: 02:09:31
- Main artists: Mary Wells
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Motown
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2012 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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