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“These sets are superbly packaged, annotated and packed with all the detail any nerdy completist could ask for. Playing through the first two volumes is like watching a superb documentary film of a bunch of people trying to figure out a way to make money doing what they love.” –Ed Ward, Paste


By 1963, Berry Gordy and company were fine-tuning Motown’s sound. Jumping on the charts were Martha & The Vandellas, with “Come And Get These Memories” and “Heat Wave,” signaling the emergence of the writing/production team Holland-Dozier-Holland. “Little” Stevie Wonder was No.1 with the record-breaking “Fingertips (Part 2).” Mary Wells’ “You Lost The Sweetest Boy” and “What’s Easy For Two Is So Hard For One” turned out to be a double-sided hit. The Supremes (finally!) made their Top 40 chart debut.

All of these songs, and so many more, are included on this third volume of The Complete Motown Singles.

This five-CD set captures the hits and the misses during the label’s fifth year of existence. It features the A-side and B-side of every single released by Motown and its subsidiaries during the high-growth phase of Detroit’s entertainment juggernaut. Over the course of the set’s 119 tracks, you can hear The Chuck-A-Lucks and Jack Haney & “Nikiter” Armstrong with a couple of Cold War novelties, Martha & The Vandellas following one hit natural disaster (“Heat Wave”) with another (“Quicksand”), and an outstanding Holland-Dozier-Holland production (The Marvelettes’ “Locking Up My Heart”) that should have been a much bigger hit than it was. Leaving the fold were the Workshop Jazz, Divinity and Miracle labels; new to the company was the V.I.P. imprint.

The set is bound in a scaled-down 78-rpm-era “album,” with cardboard sleeves to hold each of the discs, and 92 pages of rare photos, detailed annotations and scholarly – as well as personal – liner notes. It also features a reproduction 45-rpm single from its era; in this case, it’s Martha & The Vandellas’ “(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave” b/w “A Love Like Yours (Don’t Come Knockin’ Every Day).” Martha Reeves contributes a personal essay to the set detailing the artist’s-eye-view of life in the label’s early years. Also included is an historical overview by author and scholar Craig Werner, and, as in previous volumes, copious track-by-track annotations painstakingly researched by noted authors and discographers Bill Dahl and Keith Hughes.

The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 3: 1963 is a limited-edition set. Most of the songs contained on it are unavailable anywhere else; many had never been re-released on vinyl, let alone on compact disc. When the edition is sold out, it’s gone for good, so act now.

Volume 3 is the third in a proposed 12-part series; Volume 4 will follow early in 2006.

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Motown Singles Vol. 3
Catalog #B000535202
Full Length Album Compact Disc
release date 9/26/2006
Classic Motown


Various Artists



tracks
Disc 1
1.  I Found A Girl
1.  I Found A Girl
2.  You'll Be Sorry Someday
2.  You'll Be Sorry Someday
3.  Goodbye Cruel Love
3.  Goodbye Cruel Love
4.  Envious
4.  Envious
5.  I Want To Talk About You
5.  I Want To Talk About You
6.  So In Love
6.  So In Love
7.  Laughing Boy [Single Version]
7.  Laughing Boy [Single Version]
8.  Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right [Single Version]
8.  Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right [Single Version]
9.  Sugar Cane Curtain
9.  Sugar Cane Curtain
10.  Dingbat Diller
10.  Dingbat Diller
11.  It Should Have Been Me
11.  It Should Have Been Me
12.  Love Me All The Way
12.  Love Me All The Way
13.  Locking Up My Heart [Single Version]
13.  Locking Up My Heart [Single Version]
14.  Forever [Single Version]
14.  Forever [Single Version]
15.  Come And Get These Memories ["16 Big Hits" Stereo Version]
15.  Come And Get These Memories ["16 Big Hits" Stereo Version]
16.  Jealous Lover [Single Version (Stereo)]
16.  Jealous Lover [Single Version (Stereo)]
17.  My Heart Can't Take It No More [Single Version (Mono)]
17.  My Heart Can't Take It No More [Single Version (Mono)]
18.  You Bring Back Memories
18.  You Bring Back Memories
19.  Late Freight
19.  Late Freight
20.  Mellow In Coli
20.  Mellow In Coli
21.  I'mi See You Later
21.  I'mi See You Later
22.  I Did
22.  I Did
Disc 2
1.  Bobbie
1.  Bobbie
2.  El Rig
2.  El Rig
3.  I Did
3.  I Did
4.  Falling In Love With Love
4.  Falling In Love With Love
5.  The Interview (Summit Chanted Meeting)
5.  The Interview (Summit Chanted Meeting)
6.  Peaceful
6.  Peaceful
7.  My Baby Gave Me Another Chance
7.  My Baby Gave Me Another Chance
8.  I'll Make It Up To You Somehow
8.  I'll Make It Up To You Somehow
9.  Don't Let Her Be Your Baby [Single Version]
9.  Don't Let Her Be Your Baby [Single Version]
10.  It Must Be Love [Single Version]
10.  It Must Be Love [Single Version]
11.  Oh Freddy
11.  Oh Freddy
12.  It Hurt Me Too
12.  It Hurt Me Too
13.  A Love She Can Count On [Album Version]
13.  A Love She Can Count On [Album Version]
14.  I Can Take A Hint [Alternate Stereo Mix]
14.  I Can Take A Hint [Alternate Stereo Mix]
15.  I Want A Love I Can See [Single Version (Mono)]
15.  I Want A Love I Can See [Single Version (Mono)]
16.  The Further You Look, The Less You See [Single Version (Mono)]
16.  The Further You Look, The Less You See [Single Version (Mono)]
17.  Pride And Joy [Album Version (Mono)]
17.  Pride And Joy [Album Version (Mono)]
18.  One Of These Days [Album Version (Stereo)]
18.  One Of These Days [Album Version (Stereo)]
19.  Your Old Stand By [Single Version]
19.  Your Old Stand By [Single Version]
20.  What Love Has Joined Together [Single Version]
20.  What Love Has Joined Together [Single Version]
21.  Baby Shake
21.  Baby Shake
22.  Brenda
22.  Brenda
23.  Locking Up My Heart [Second Pressing]
23.  Locking Up My Heart [Second Pressing]
24.  Why Go Out Of Your Way
24.  Why Go Out Of Your Way
25.  I'll Go Anywhere
25.  I'll Go Anywhere
Disc 3
1.  Fingertips, Part 1 [Single Version - Mono]
1.  Fingertips, Part 1 [Single Version - Mono]
2.  Fingertips, Part 2 [Single Version - Mono]
2.  Fingertips, Part 2 [Single Version - Mono]
3.  First, You've Got To Recognize God
3.  First, You've Got To Recognize God
4.  I'm Going Home
4.  I'm Going Home
5.  Fingertips, Part 2 [Second Pressing]
5.  Fingertips, Part 2 [Second Pressing]
6.  Fingertips, Part 1 [Second Pressing]
6.  Fingertips, Part 1 [Second Pressing]
7.  I'm Hooked
7.  I'm Hooked
8.  We're Only Young Once
8.  We're Only Young Once
9.  Going Steady Anniversary
9.  Going Steady Anniversary
10.  Pushing Up Daisies
10.  Pushing Up Daisies
11.  Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do
11.  Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do
12.  I Won't Go Back
12.  I Won't Go Back
13.  Pa, I Need A Car [Single Version]
13.  Pa, I Need A Car [Single Version]
14.  You Get Ugly [Single Version]
14.  You Get Ugly [Single Version]
15.  My Daily Prayer
15.  My Daily Prayer
16.  A Breathtaking Guy [Single Version (Mono)]
16.  A Breathtaking Guy [Single Version (Mono)]
17.  (The Man With The) Rock And Roll Banjo Band
17.  (The Man With The) Rock And Roll Banjo Band
18.  What Goes Up Must Come Down
18.  What Goes Up Must Come Down
19.  Come On Home
19.  Come On Home
20.  Who Wouldn't Love A Man Like That [1963 Single Version]
20.  Who Wouldn't Love A Man Like That [1963 Single Version]
21.  Say You'll Never Let Me Go [Single Version]
21.  Say You'll Never Let Me Go [Single Version]
22.  Farewell My Love [Album Version (Stereo)]
22.  Farewell My Love [Album Version (Stereo)]
23.  May I Have This Dance [Album Version]
23.  May I Have This Dance [Album Version]
24.  My Daddy Knows Best [Single Version]
24.  My Daddy Knows Best [Single Version]
25.  Tie A String Around Your Finger
25.  Tie A String Around Your Finger
Disc 4
1.  (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave ["16 Big Hits" Stereo Version]
1.  (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave ["16 Big Hits" Stereo Version]
2.  A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday) [Single Version]
2.  A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday) [Single Version]
3.  Give God A Chance
3.  Give God A Chance
4.  Have You Any Time For Jesus
4.  Have You Any Time For Jesus
5.  Mickey's Monkey [Single Version (Mono)]
5.  Mickey's Monkey [Single Version (Mono)]
6.  Whatever Makes You Happy [Album Version]
6.  Whatever Makes You Happy [Album Version]
7.  There He Goes [Single Version]
7.  There He Goes [Single Version]
8.  That's The Reason Why [Single Version]
8.  That's The Reason Why [Single Version]
9.  I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues Pt. 1 [Second Pressing]
9.  I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues Pt. 1 [Second Pressing]
10.  Back To School Again
10.  Back To School Again
11.  Pig Knuckles
11.  Pig Knuckles
12.  Just Be Yourself
12.  Just Be Yourself
13.  I Can't Help It, I Gotta Dance
13.  I Can't Help It, I Gotta Dance
14.  You Lost The Sweetest Boy [Single Version]
14.  You Lost The Sweetest Boy [Single Version]
15.  What's Easy For Two Is So Hard For One [Single Version]
15.  What's Easy For Two Is So Hard For One [Single Version]
16.  Work Out Stevie, Work Out [Single Version - Mono]
16.  Work Out Stevie, Work Out [Single Version - Mono]
17.  Monkey Talk [Single Version - Mono]
17.  Monkey Talk [Single Version - Mono]
18.  Can I Get A Witness [Single Version (Mono)]
18.  Can I Get A Witness [Single Version (Mono)]
19.  I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby ["16 Big Hits" Stereo Version]
19.  I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby ["16 Big Hits" Stereo Version]
20.  We Shall Overcome
20.  We Shall Overcome
21.  Trouble In This Land
21.  Trouble In This Land
22.  As Long As I Know He's Mine [Single Version]
22.  As Long As I Know He's Mine [Single Version]
23.  He Won't Be True (Little Girl Blue)
23.  He Won't Be True (Little Girl Blue)
24.  I'm On The Outside Looking In
24.  I'm On The Outside Looking In
25.  I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To
25.  I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To
Disc 5
1.  Just Loving You
1.  Just Loving You
2.  Another Train Coming
2.  Another Train Coming
3.  Too Hurt To Cry, Too Much In Love To Say Goodbye
3.  Too Hurt To Cry, Too Much In Love To Say Goodbye
4.  Come On Home
4.  Come On Home
5.  The Big Wheel
5.  The Big Wheel
6.  That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
6.  That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
7.  Forget About Me
7.  Forget About Me
8.  Devil In His Heart
8.  Devil In His Heart
9.  When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes [Single Version (Mono)]
9.  When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes [Single Version (Mono)]
10.  Standing At The Crossroads Of Love [Single Version]
10.  Standing At The Crossroads Of Love [Single Version]
11.  I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying [Single Version]
11.  I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying [Single Version]
12.  Such Is Love, Such Is Life
12.  Such Is Love, Such Is Life
13.  Quicksand ["16 Big Hits" Stereo Version]
13.  Quicksand ["16 Big Hits" Stereo Version]
14.  Darling, I Hum Our Song [Single Version]
14.  Darling, I Hum Our Song [Single Version]
15.  Quicksand [Second Pressing]
15.  Quicksand [Second Pressing]
16.  The Christmas Song
16.  The Christmas Song
17.  Christmas Everyday [Album Version]
17.  Christmas Everyday [Album Version]
18.  May What He Lived For Live
18.  May What He Lived For Live
19.  He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
19.  He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
20.  Leaving Here ["16 Big Hits" Stereo Version]
20.  Leaving Here ["16 Big Hits" Stereo Version]
21.  Stevie
21.  Stevie
22.  (He Is) The Boy Of My Dreams
22.  (He Is) The Boy Of My Dreams

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