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This volume of Motown's Ultimate Collection series was especially welcome, as there was no box set on Martha & the Vandellas for serious fans to go to (there was Live Wire!, a now-deleted two-CD compilation of single A- and B-sides, but that's not quite the same thing). This disc put the group's 25 most important tracks, all of the pop and R&B hits plus the most significant B-sides and an album track or two, together in one place. What's more, it did it in what was then state-of-the-art sound, something that few Motown CDs had ever been able to boast of. Thus, the musical content is a given and then some, and the power of Martha Reeves' lead singing and the surrounding harmonies comes through as never before. It's most gratifying on some of the harder dance numbers, such as "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave" and "Dancing in the Street," to hear the gorgeously complex percussive mix of piano, bass, and drums (lots of drums) pounding away to their own rhythms within the overall beats of the songs -- the detail is there, without sacrificing any of the raw power of the songs and the mixes. Add to that decent annotation, discography, and musician information, and this is an essential part of any soul or '60s collection and, indeed, until Motown began reissuing Martha & the Vandellas albums in 2002 in England, the only way to get a significant chunk of their music with good sound.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - Holland-Dozier, Producer - The Funk Brothers, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Beard-Helton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford-Holmes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Beard-Helton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Cosby, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Jack Ashford, Percussion, Tambourine, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Gaye, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Bohannon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Willis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Jo Hunter, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert White, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Joe Hunter, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Conway, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas "Beans" Bowles, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Williams, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Messina, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Betty Kelly, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Funk Brothers, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Beard-Helton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., Composer - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Jack Ashford, Percussion, Tambourine, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Willis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Jo Hunter, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Van Dyke, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Robert White, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Benjamin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Betty Kelly, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Deke Richards, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Syreeta Wright, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Debbie Dean, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - Richard Morris, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jo Hunter, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - Phillip Jones, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gordy, ComposerLyricist - Allen Story, ComposerLyricist - Henry Cosby, Producer - Margaret Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Jean Brown, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Morris, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Cosby, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hinton, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Morris, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Deke Richards, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alphonso Mizell, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Corporation, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Perren, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Martha & The Vandellas, MainArtist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
This volume of Motown's Ultimate Collection series was especially welcome, as there was no box set on Martha & the Vandellas for serious fans to go to (there was Live Wire!, a now-deleted two-CD compilation of single A- and B-sides, but that's not quite the same thing). This disc put the group's 25 most important tracks, all of the pop and R&B hits plus the most significant B-sides and an album track or two, together in one place. What's more, it did it in what was then state-of-the-art sound, something that few Motown CDs had ever been able to boast of. Thus, the musical content is a given and then some, and the power of Martha Reeves' lead singing and the surrounding harmonies comes through as never before. It's most gratifying on some of the harder dance numbers, such as "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave" and "Dancing in the Street," to hear the gorgeously complex percussive mix of piano, bass, and drums (lots of drums) pounding away to their own rhythms within the overall beats of the songs -- the detail is there, without sacrificing any of the raw power of the songs and the mixes. Add to that decent annotation, discography, and musician information, and this is an essential part of any soul or '60s collection and, indeed, until Motown began reissuing Martha & the Vandellas albums in 2002 in England, the only way to get a significant chunk of their music with good sound.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:43
- Main artists: Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Motown
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1998 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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