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When the Marvelettes’ “Please Mr. Postman” climbed to the top of the pop charts in 1961, it was not only a hit record, it was the crossover hit an ambitious and feisty little independent label out of Detroit, Motown Records, needed. The rest is history -- Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, the Supremes, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson -- the Motown catalog is an endless treasure, and not the least of these is the wonderful recording legacy of the Marvelettes. Somehow the public wasn’t drawn to this fine singing trio quite as much as it was to the Supremes, but the quality and consistency of the Marvelettes' work at Motown proves that they were way more than just an opening act for the Diana Ross caravan. This four-CD set, the second multi-disc set in a series documenting the Marvelettes history at Motown (the first, 2009’s Forever: The Complete Motown Albums, Vol. 1, covered 1961 to 1965 and collected the group’s first six albums, plus singles, B-sides and rarities), compiles the group’s final four albums (1967’s The Marvelettes, 1968’s Sophisticated Soul, 1969’s In Full Bloom, and 1970’s The Return of the Marvelettes), along with non-LP singles, B-sides, and other rarities from the same time period, and documents the last chapter in this fine singing group’s Motown legacy -- a legacy that stands with any at the label. Without the Marvelettes, who knows what the history of Motown Records would have been like? Luckily, we don’t have to worry about it. Here’s why.
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William Weatherspoon, Producer - Robert Parker, ComposerLyricist - James Dean, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, A Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and Taurus Productions, LLC
William Weatherspoon, Producer - Van McCoy, ComposerLyricist - James Dean, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, A Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and Taurus Productions, LLC
William Weatherspoon, Producer - Norman Whitfield, ComposerLyricist - James Dean, Producer - R. Dean Taylor, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, Producer - Frank Wilson, ComposerLyricist - James Dean, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, Producer - William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, ComposerLyricist - James Dean, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Broadnax, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Bristol, ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Fuller Gordy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Robert Staunton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - James Dean, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Melvin Franklin, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Lena Manns, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, ComposerLyricist - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer - Valerie Simpson, Producer - James Dean, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Cato Weatherspoon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
NICKOLAS ASHFORD, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Jo Hunter, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - The Andantes, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Wanda Young, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Katherine Anderson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, Producer - Dean, ComposerLyricist - Barnes, ComposerLyricist - James Dean, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Cato Weatherspoon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - Ivy Jo Hunter, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - Richard Morris, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, A Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and Taurus Productions, LLC
William Weatherspoon, Producer - Van McCoy, ComposerLyricist - James Dean, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Lena Manns, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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William Weatherspoon, ComposerLyricist - Clay McMurray, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Stephen Bowden, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Dean, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Janie Bradford, ComposerLyricist - Raynard Miner, ComposerLyricist - Clay McMurray, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ben Raleigh, ComposerLyricist - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Clay McMurray, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Bob Halley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Janie Bradford, ComposerLyricist - Raynard Miner, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, ComposerLyricist - William Weatherspoon, ComposerLyricist - James Dean, ComposerLyricist - Clay McMurray, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, Producer - Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Dean, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - DAVID VAN DE PITTE, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, ComposerLyricist - Clay McMurray, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Stanley McMullen, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Dean, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, Author - Berry Gordy, Producer - James Dean, Author - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Stephen Bowden, Author
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Jo Hunter, ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Eugene Dozier, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ivy Jo Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Beatrice Verdi, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Walter W. Washington, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - James Anthony Dean, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Sheila Hutchinson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - David Joseph Van De Pitte, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ben Raleigh, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - Bob Halley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry Johnson, Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - DAVID VAN DE PITTE, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, Producer - Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - James Dean, Producer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - DAVID VAN DE PITTE, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Bristol, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - HARVEY FUQUA, ComposerLyricist - Robert Beavers, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry Johnson, Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Wade Marcus, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Marvelettes, MainArtist - DAVID VAN DE PITTE, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Cleveland, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Robert Rogers, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Marvelettes, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
When the Marvelettes’ “Please Mr. Postman” climbed to the top of the pop charts in 1961, it was not only a hit record, it was the crossover hit an ambitious and feisty little independent label out of Detroit, Motown Records, needed. The rest is history -- Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, the Supremes, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson -- the Motown catalog is an endless treasure, and not the least of these is the wonderful recording legacy of the Marvelettes. Somehow the public wasn’t drawn to this fine singing trio quite as much as it was to the Supremes, but the quality and consistency of the Marvelettes' work at Motown proves that they were way more than just an opening act for the Diana Ross caravan. This four-CD set, the second multi-disc set in a series documenting the Marvelettes history at Motown (the first, 2009’s Forever: The Complete Motown Albums, Vol. 1, covered 1961 to 1965 and collected the group’s first six albums, plus singles, B-sides and rarities), compiles the group’s final four albums (1967’s The Marvelettes, 1968’s Sophisticated Soul, 1969’s In Full Bloom, and 1970’s The Return of the Marvelettes), along with non-LP singles, B-sides, and other rarities from the same time period, and documents the last chapter in this fine singing group’s Motown legacy -- a legacy that stands with any at the label. Without the Marvelettes, who knows what the history of Motown Records would have been like? Luckily, we don’t have to worry about it. Here’s why.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 109 track(s)
- Total length: 05:08:49
- Main artists: The Marvelettes
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2011 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2011 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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