A Family Affair: Motor City Roots - various artists compilation - funk/soul

 

The Anna Records Story

1-1 The Voicemasters*– Hope And Pray

1-2 The Voicemasters*– Oops I'm Sorry

1-3 The Voicemasters*– Needed (For Lovers Only)

1-4 The Voicemasters*– Needed

1-5 Paul Gayten– The Hunch

1-6 Paul Gayten– Hot Cross Buns

1-7 Johnny & Jackey– Let's Go To A Movie Baby

1-8 Johnny & Jackey– Lonely And Blue

1-9 Larry Darnell– I'll Get Along Somehow

1-10 Barrett Strong– Money (That's What I Want)

1-11 Barrett Strong– Oh I Apologize

1-12 Ty Hunter & The Voicemasters*– Everything About You

1-13 Herman Griffin & The Mello-Dees– Do You Want To See My Baby

1-14 Ruben Fort– So Good

1-15 Ruben Fort– I Feel It

1-16 Joe Tex– All I Could Do Was Cry Pt 1

1-17 Joe Tex– All I Could Do Was Cry Pt 2

1-18 Johnny & Jackey– Hoy Hoy

1-19 Johnny & Jackey– No One Else But You

1-20 The Cap-Tans– Tight Skirts And Crazy Sweaters

1-21 Ty Hunter & The Voicemasters*– Free

1-22 Ty Hunter & The Voicemasters*– Everytime

1-23 Joe Tex & The Vibrators– I'll Never Break Your Heart Pts 1 & 2

1-24 Lamont Anthony– Let's Talk It Over

1-25 Lamont Anthony– The Pop Eye

1-26 David Ruffin– I'm In Love

1-27 David Ruffin– One Of These Days

1-28 Joe Tex– Ain't I A Mess

1-29 Joe Tex– Baby You're Right

The Harvey Story

2-1 Eddie Burns– Orange Driver

2-2 Eddie Burns– Hard Hearted Woman

2-3 Junior Walker And The All Stars*– Twist Lackawanna

2-4 Junior Walker And The All Stars*– Willie's Blues

2-5 The Five Quails– It's Been A Long Time

2-6 The Five Quails– Get To School On Time

2-7 Eddie Burns– Mean And Evil

2-8 Eddie Burns– Thing To Do

The Tri Phi Story

2-9 The Spinners*– That's What Girls Are Made For

2-10 The Spinners*– Hebbie Jeebies

2-11 Johnny & Jackey– Carry Your Own Load

2-12 The Spinners*– Love (I'm So Glad) I Found You

2-13 The Spinners*– Sud Buster

2-14 Johnny & Jackey– Someday We'll Be Together

2-15 Shorty Long – Bad Willie

2-16 The Spinners*– What Did She Use

2-17 The Spinners*– Itching For My Baby

2-18 Harvey* and The Spinners*– She Loves Me So

2-19 Harvey* and The Spinners*– Whistling About You

2-20 The Merced Bluenotes*– Midnight Sesssion Pt 1

2-21 The Spinners*– I've Been Hurt

2-22 The Spinners*– I've Got Your Water Boiling, Baby (Gonna Cook Your Goose)

2-23 Shorty Long – I'll Be Here

2-24 Shorty Long – Too Smart

2-25 Johnny & Jackey– Do You See My Love For You Growing

2-26 Harvey*– Anyway You Wanta

2-27 Bobby Smith* and The Spinners*– She Don't Love Me

2-28 Bobby Smith* and The Spinners*– Too Young, Too Much, Too Soon

A Family Affair: Motor City Roots

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Gold

 

Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1973 as Martha Reeves & the Vandellas) were an American girl group formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1957. The group achieved fame in the 1960s as a major act for Motown Records. Formed by friends Annette Beard, Rosalind Ashford and Gloria Williams, Martha Reeves eventually joined the group, and she became its lead vocalist after Williams' departure in 1962. The group signed with Gordy Records, a subsidiary of Motown.

The group's hits included "Heat Wave" (1963), "Quicksand" (1963), "Dancing in the Street" (1964), "Nowhere to Run" (1965), "I'm Ready for Love" (1966), "Jimmy Mack" (1967) and "Honey Chile" (1967). Six of the group's songs reached the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and thirteen of their songs reached the top twenty on the US Billboard R&B singles chart, including two number ones. Selected members of the group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2013.

1-1 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– I'll Have To Let Him Go 3:05

1-2 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Come And Get These Memories 2:28

1-3 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave 3:45

1-4 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday) 2:32

1-5 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Quicksand 2:43

1-6 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Darling, I Hum Our Song 2:51

1-7 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Live Wire 2:36

1-8 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– In My Lonely Room 2:25

1-9 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Dancing In The Street 2:38

1-10 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– There He Is (At My Door) 2:33

1-11 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Wild One 2:44

1-12 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Nowhere To Run 2:57

1-13 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Motoring 2:46

1-14 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– You've Been In Love Too Long 2:57

1-15 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things) 2:52

1-16 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– My Baby Loves Me 3:10

1-17 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– What Am I Going To Do Without Your Love 2:50

1-18 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– I'm Ready For Love 2:56

1-19 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Third Finger, Left Hand 3:06

1-20 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– It's Easy To Fall In Love (With A Guy Like You) 2:26

2-01 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Jimmy Mack (Stereo Single Version) 3:10

2-02 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone 2:09

2-03 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– One Way Out 2:25

2-04 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Honey Chile 2:57

2-05 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Show Me The Way 2:41

2-06 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– I Promise To Wait My Love 2:04

2-07 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Forget Me Not 2:57

2-08 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing 2:42

2-09 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Sweet Darlin' 3:02

2-10 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– (We've Got) Honey Love 2:29

2-11 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Taking My Love (And Leaving Me) 2:49

2-12 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– I Should Be Proud 2:56

2-13 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Love, Guess Who 3:06

2-14 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– I Gotta Let You Go 2:24

2-15 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Bless You 3:03

2-16 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– In And Out Of My Life 2:56

2-17 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– Tear It On Down 3:25

2-18 Martha Reeves & The Sweet Things– Willie D 4:12

2-19 Martha Reeves– Power Of Love 3:23

2-20 Martha Reeves– Wild Night 3:27

2-21 Martha Reeves– Love Blind 3:41

2-22 Martha Reeves– Free Again 4:00

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Gold

The Soul Of Detroit - 75 Original Soul Gems From the Motown Vaults

 

1-1 The Contours– Do You Love Me

1-2 The Marvelettes– Beechwood 4-5789

1-3 Marvin Gaye– Stubborn Kind Of Fellow

1-4 The Miracles– You've Really Got A Hold On Me

1-5 The Supremes– (He's) Seventeen

1-6 Stevie Wonder– Contract On Love

1-7 Mary Wells– You Beat Me To The Punch

1-8 Temptations*– (You're My) Dream Come True

1-9 Eddie Holland*– You Deserve What You Got

1-10 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– I'll Have To Let Him Go

1-11 Gino Parks– Fire

1-12 Mike & The Modifiers– I Found Myself A Brand New Baby

1-13 Sammy Ward*– Big Joe Moe Singin'

1-14 Miracles*– What's So Good About Goodbye

1-15 The Supremes– Let Me Go The Right Way

1-16 Marvin Gaye– Mr. Sandman

1-17 Smokey Robinson And The Miracles*– Determination

1-18 The Downbeats – Request Of A Fool

1-19 The Marvelettes– Playboy

1-20 Stevie Wonder– I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It Blues (Pt.1)

1-21 The Temptations– Slow Down Heart

1-22 LaBrenda Ben & The Beljeans– The Chaperone

1-23 Mary Wells– Two Lovers

1-24 Eddie Holland*– If It's Love (It's Allright)

1-25 The Valadiers– Because I Love Her

2-1 Barrett Strong– Money, That's What I Want

2-2 The Contours– Move Mr. Man

2-3 The Marvelettes– Please Mr. Postman

2-4 The Supremes– Your Heart Belongs To Me

2-5 Marvin Gaye– I'm Yours, You're Mine

2-6 Miracles*– I'll Try Something New

2-7 The Temptations– Paradise

2-8 Mary Wells– The One Who Really Loves You

2-9 Stevie Wonder– Sunset

2-10 Eddie Holland*– If Cleopatra Took A Chance

2-11 Miracles*– Shop Around

2-12 The Marvelettes– All The Love I Got

2-13 Jimmy Ruffin– Heart

2-14 Debbie Dean– Everybody's Talking About My Baby

2-15 Lamont Dozier– Dearest One

2-16 The Miracles– Happy Landing

2-17 The Supremes– Time Changing Things

2-18 Stevie Wonder– I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It Blues (Pt.2)

2-19 Eddie Holland*– It's Not Too Late

2-20 Mary Wells– Operator

2-21 The Marvelettes– Too Strong To Be Strung Along

2-22 Marvin Gaye– Taking My Time

2-23 The Satintones– Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

2-24 Smokey Robinson And The Miracles*– That's The Way I Feel

2-25 Paul Gayten– The Hunch

3-1 Marv Johnson– Come To Me

3-2 Jimmy Ruffin– Don't Feel Sorry For Me

3-3 Marvin Gaye– Soldier's Plea

3-4 Eddie Holland*– What About Me

3-5 Gino Parks– For This I Thank You

3-6 The Contours– Snake Cherrie

3-7 The Marvelettes– Strange I Know

3-8 The Supremes– Buttered Popcorn

3-9 Mary Wells– I'm Gonna Stay

3-10 Lamont Dozier– Fortune Teller (Tell Me)

3-11 Stevie Wonder & Clarence Paul– Little Water Boy

3-12 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas– My Baby Won't Come Back

3-13 Marvin Gaye– Hitch Hike

3-14 Barrett Strong– Misery

3-15 Mike & The Modifiers– It's Too Bad

3-16 Miracles*– I've Been Good To You

3-17 Don McKenzie – Whoose Heart (Are You Gonna Break Now)

3-18 Eddie Holland*– Last Night I Had A Vision

3-19 Miracles*– You Never Miss A Good Thing

3-20 The Temptations– Isn't She Pretty

3-21 Mable John– Who Wouldn't Love A Man Like That

3-22 The Supremes– I Want A Guy

3-23 Mary Wells– Old Love (Let's Try It Again)

3-24 The Marvelettes– Someday, Someway

3-25 The Valadiers– While I'm Away

The Soul Of Detroit

The Sabre Records Story (Detroit, Michigan) - various artists...rock'n'roll, instrumental, garage

 

The Sabre Records Story collects 27 phenomenal slabs of Detroit-area instrumental and vocal rock ‘n’ roll from the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, featuring alternate takes, unreleased relics, and bona-fide hits like “What’s the Word” by the Thunder Rocks.

Sabre Records was founded in 1960 by the Thunder Rocks who were, by then, a household name in Detroit. Their first release was Sabre #100: “War Path" b/w "Restless" by--you guessed it--Thunder Rocks. The success of their first issue gave the band's signature phrase, “Ride the Rockin’ Rocket” new meaning: both Thunder Rocks and Sabre took off!

The fledgling label had little difficulty signing another of Detroit's more prominent groups for it’s next release: the Low Rocks. These two killer releases boosted the popularity of the label and its bands in the Great Lakes area. Soon Sabre added other incredible local acts to its roster, including the Valiants, Egyptians and Fred Farrah. The rest, as they say, is history.

1 Thunder Rocks– Rampage

2 Thunder Rocks– Shadow

3 Thunder Rocks– Oh, My Linda

4 Thunder Rocks– Hollywood Twist

5 Thunder Rocks– War Path

6 Thunder Rocks– Restless

7 The Valiants – Wild Party

8 The Valiants – Midnight Walk

9 Low Rocks– Blueberry Jam

10 Low Rocks– Midnight Tears

11 Thunder Rocks– What’s The Word

12 Thunder Rocks– Johnny Sax

13 Thunder Rocks– War Path

14 Thunder Rocks– Restless

15 Thunder Rocks– Bugle Rock

16 Fred Farrah with The Hitch Hikers and the Thunder Rocks– Settle Down

17 Fred Farrah with The Hitch Hikers and the Thunder Rocks– Wishing

18 Thunder Rocks– Hollywood Twist

19 Thunder Rocks– Speed Trap

20 Egyptians*– Twin Spin

21 Thunder Rocks– What’s The Word

22 Thunder Rocks– Forgotten

23 Thunder Rocks– Warpath

24 Thunder Rocks– The Wabash Dixie Doodle

25 Thunder Rocks– Sidewinder

26 Thunder Rocks– If I Had The Wings Of An Angel

27 The Valiants – Electric Ivory

The Sabre Records Story

Aretha Franklin 1942-2018 tribute to the Queen of Soul plus The Very Best of..Vols.1 & 2

Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter, civil rights activist, actress, and pianist. Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan where her father C. L. Franklin was minister. At age 18, she embarked on a secular career recording for Columbia Records. However, she achieved only modest success. Franklin found commercial success and acclaim after signing with Atlantic Records in 1966. Hit songs such as "Respect", "Chain of Fools", "Think", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", and "I Say a Little Prayer", propelled Franklin past her musical peers. By the end of the 1960s, Aretha Franklin had come to be known as "The Queen of Soul".

She continued to record acclaimed albums such as I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967), Lady Soul (1968), Spirit in the Dark (1970), Young, Gifted and Black (1972), Amazing Grace (1972), and Sparkle (1976) before experiencing problems with her record company. Franklin left Atlantic in 1979 and signed with Arista Records. She appeared in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers before releasing the successful albums Jump to It (1982), Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985), and Aretha (1986) on the Arista label. In 1998, Franklin returned to the top 40 with the Lauryn Hill-produced song "A Rose Is Still a Rose", later issuing the album of the same name, which went gold. That same year, Franklin earned international acclaim for her performance of "Nessun dorma" at the Grammy Awards, filling in at the last minute for Luciano Pavarotti, who had cancelled after the show had already begun. In 2015, she paid tribute to singer/songwriter and honoree Carole King by singing "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" at the Kennedy Center Honors.

Franklin recorded 112 charted singles on Billboard, including 77 Hot 100 entries, 17 top-ten pop singles, 100 R&B entries, and 20 number-one R&B singles, becoming the most charted female artist in history. Franklin's other well-known hits include "Rock Steady", "Call Me", "Ain't No Way", "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)", "Spanish Harlem", "Day Dreaming", "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", "Something He Can Feel", "Jump to It", "Freeway of Love", "Who's Zoomin' Who", and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (a duet with George Michael). She won 18 Grammy Awards, including the first eight awards given for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance from 1968 through to 1975, and she is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide.

Franklin received numerous honors throughout her career, including a 1987 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the first female performer to be inducted, the National Medal of Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was inducted to the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012.[6] Franklin is listed in two all-time lists by Rolling Stone magazine, including the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2008, she was ranked by Rolling Stone as the No. 1 greatest singer of all time.

The Very Best .. Vol.1

The Very Best .. Vol.2