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This four-CD boxed set covers every essential track that Smokey Robinson and the Miracles ever recorded, and then some -- at least a dozen never previously anthologized tracks are included here, among them the original single versions of "Way Over There" (unavailable elsewhere) and "Shop Around" (which had already been released locally in Detriot when Berry Gordy decided one night to get a session together, punch up the rhythm, and lay down a new version, which became the hit). Even better is the remastering, which runs circles around any previous edition of the Miracles' work, and the annotation -- including an essay by Claudette Robinson -- that gives credit to all of the participants, including the backup musicians who were seldom if ever mentioned during Motown's heyday. The Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Anthology is a fine collection, but this set is the definitive history, and irreplaceable for anyone who genuinely loves the group.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Carlo Tyran, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1958 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1960 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pete Moore, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Miracles, MainArtist - Marv Tarplin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Claudette Robinson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Rogers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1961 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1961 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1961 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - Riley Hampton, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1961 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist - Riley C. Hampton, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1961 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Producer - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist - Riley C. Hampton, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1961 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - Janie Bradford, ComposerLyricist - Richard Wylie, ComposerLyricist - Robert Bateman, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pete Moore, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Miracles, MainArtist - Marv Tarplin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Claudette Robinson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Rogers, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tyran Carlo, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1994 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - Berry Gordy, Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1994 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Ronald White, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Jones, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist - Robert Walker, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Staunton, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - Robert Rogers, Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist - Don Whited, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Robert Rogers, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist - Pete Moore, Vocal Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marv Tarplin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Claudette Robinson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Rogers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Warren Moore, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Rogers, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pete Moore, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Miracles, MainArtist - Marv Tarplin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Funk Brothers, Unknown, Other - Ronnie White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Claudette Robinson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Rogers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Miracles, MainArtist
℗ 1986 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, MainArtist - Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
This four-CD boxed set covers every essential track that Smokey Robinson and the Miracles ever recorded, and then some -- at least a dozen never previously anthologized tracks are included here, among them the original single versions of "Way Over There" (unavailable elsewhere) and "Shop Around" (which had already been released locally in Detriot when Berry Gordy decided one night to get a session together, punch up the rhythm, and lay down a new version, which became the hit). Even better is the remastering, which runs circles around any previous edition of the Miracles' work, and the annotation -- including an essay by Claudette Robinson -- that gives credit to all of the participants, including the backup musicians who were seldom if ever mentioned during Motown's heyday. The Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Anthology is a fine collection, but this set is the definitive history, and irreplaceable for anyone who genuinely loves the group.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 97 track(s)
- Total length: 04:49:10
- Main artists: The Miracles
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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