So Stevie sez to me " Make sure you play some Motown at the Civic"

(PLUG ALERT Heywood Civic 5th of May, it' me Birthday doncherno)

Any road up, what do you reckon to these for about an hours worth

Money Supremes

I want my baby back Stevie Wonder

I gotta find a way Temptations

More,More of your love Smokey & Miracles

Good Rockin Jnr Walker

Come Back Baby Shorty Long

Share a little Love Isleys

Heartless Martha Reeeves

You got the love I need Undisputed Truth

My Baby Loves Me Martha Reeves (my favourite)

How can I say I'm sorry Jimmy Ruffin(my other favourite)

Ain't you glad you chose love Gladys Knight

Girl why do you wanna make me Blue Temptations

The Stranger Gladys Knight

Misery Supremes

My kinda fellow Gladys Knight

What more could a boy ask for Spinners

If you ever get your hands on love Gladys Knight

Shake & Fingerpop Jnr Walker

I just wanted to cry Edwin Starr

Don't bring back Memories 4 Tops

No one there Martha Reeves.

Think that'd keep the floor in motion??

Any comments, suggestions, substitutions --- feel free

Tony

Not for the chinstrokers, but to keep the dancefloor full.

Aint no mountain high enough.

Your gonna love my baby.

Little Darling.

Lonely, Lonely girl am I.

Helpless.

Back Street.

Something about you.

Heaven must have sent you.

I`m still loving you.

You`re not an ordinary girl.

Just look what you`ve done.

Thats my baby.

Suspicion.

Same old song.

Just a little misunderstanding.

Ask the lonely.

Over played or not they would do for me.

Aint no mountain high enough.

Your gonna love my baby.

There's two there that are well overdue for a rest IMHO .... whoever started playing Aint No Mountain again has got a lot to answer for

Can we replace them on the list wth Whole Lot of Shaking and Thrill A Moment please?

show me the way , martha reeves and the vandellas and ill keep holding on, marvelletts 2 top motown tunes in my book.

I totally disagree with the comments on " Aint No Mountain High Enough ".

In the last few months I have sold 3 of these on Canadian Tamla Motown, last one went for $31US

Keep playing it!!

Aint no mountain high enough.

Your gonna love my baby.

There's two there that are well overdue for a rest IMHO .... whoever started playing Aint No Mountain again has got a lot to answer for

Can we replace them on the list wth Whole Lot of Shaking and Thrill A Moment please?

agree bit girlie dont ya think aint no mountain that is.

And what about the 4 TOPS-Something about you. A total floorpacker is there ever was one.

The Trainee

Missed that Fenman mentioned it, so what about Edwin's My Weakness is You.

The Trainee

Here's a playlist from one of our Motown nights a few years back. Some right goodies in here, even though I say it myself. You'll notice the 'Ain't no mountain' was being hammered by us years ago and we're still playing now (coz it's one of my all time favs) - never ages.

My plays for the night included

Valerie Simpson - Sinner Man - Tamla LP

Bobby Taylor - I've been blessed - Soul

Ivy Jo - I can feel the pain - VIP

Vows - Tell me - VIP

Isley Brothers - Behind a painted smile - Tamla

Edwin Starr - Time - Tamla

Edwin Starr - My kind of woman - Ric Tic

Edwin Starr - Scots on Swingers - Ric Tic

Supreme's - Love is like an itching in my heart - Tamla

Supreme's - Going down for the third time

Jnr Walker - Last call - French Tamla

Four tops - Something about you - Tamla

Marvin Gaye - Love starved heart - Tamla

Marvin and Tammi - Ain't no mountain high enough - Tamla

Marvin Gaye - Lucky, lucky me - acetate

Kim Weston - Thrill a moment - Gordy

Kim Weston - Do like I do - Tamla

Barbara McNair - Forget you ever met me baby - Motown LP

Stevie Wonder - Angel Baby - Tamla LP

Bobby M featuring Jean Carne - Let's stay together - Gordy

Barbara McNair - You're gonna love my baby - Motown

Willie Hutch - Just another day - Motown

Dynamic Superiors - One nighter - Motown

Barbara Randolph - You got me hurting all over - Tamla

Fantastic Four - Can't stop looking for my baby - Ric Tic

Supremes - You've been so good to me - Motown

Temptations - The way you do the things you do - Gordy

Martha and Vandellas - Love guess who - Gordy

Martha and Vandellas - My baby loves me - Gordy

Four Tops - Shake me wake me - Tamla

Isleys - Who could ever doubt my love - Tamla

Edwin Starr - My kind of woman - Ric Tic

Stevie Wonder - Contract on love - 707 EP French

Martha Reeves - No one their - Motown

Mary Wells - My baby just cares for me - Motown LP

Gladys Knight - No one could love you more - Soul LP

Gladys Knight - Baby I need your loving - Motown LP

Tammi Terrell - Tears at the end of a love affair - Motown LP

David Ruffin - What you gave me - Motown LP

some good stuff, though not heard it all and what about Elgins - Stay in My Lonely Arms classic song

Jimmy Ruffin - He Who Picks a Rose also worth a play

Motown playlist

Isley Brothers Whispers

Martha Reeves Contract on Love

Martha Reeves Ive Been Blessed

4 tops Sweet was the Love

4 Tops Deep in the Pit of Your Heart

4 Tops Lost Without You

Tammi Terrell Got to find a way (to get my baby back)

Temptations AS ABOVE SAME RECORD SAME BACKING TRACK

Jr Walker Sweet Daddy Deacon

Jr Walker Sax Appeal

Jr Walker Feel so Good

Jr Walker Monkey Jump

Jr Walker Shake and Fingerpop

Velvelettes Lonely lonely Girl Am I

Velvelettes A bird in the hand

Velvelettes These Things Will Keep me loving You

Supremes Put Yourself in My Place(underplayed track)

Jimmy Ruffin I Gotta Let You Go

Brenda Holloway When Im Gone

Kim Weston Helpless

Kim Weston A Thrill a Moment

Funk Brothers Anything with a decent dancebeat

especially You Keep Me Hanging on and 24 hours of Loneliness

mix a couple of RnB trax like Good Rockin by Jr and Sooner you realise by Eldridge Holmes add a couple of club classics such as Do Unto Me amd Love is After me plus Breakout and finish with the modern trax of Love get love and be loved (Tony Fox) and end the session with Stay by the Temptations(Phoenix Rising cd ,but available on Demo 7 and 12" single (got a spare 12" if anyone wants one,cancelled order)

and a good night had by me if nothing else,

Morning Rupe

Edited April 29, 200619 yr by MAKEMVINYL

EXCELLENT topic

I just love that Motown beat

Stevie Wonder - Love A Go-Go

Marvine Gaye - So Long

are my all time faves

Absolute all time favourite Motown dancer is

Marv Johnson - I miss you baby (How I miss you)

Stonking record rarely heard (cue hordes of people saying "I play that at Haresfinch social club on the first Tuesday of every month...)

Cheap as owt.

Absolute all time favourite Motown dancer is

Marv Johnson - I miss you baby (How I miss you)

Stonking record rarely heard (cue hordes of people saying "I play that at Haresfinch social club on the first Tuesday of every month...)

Cheap as owt.

Nice

So Stevie sez to me " Make sure you play some Motown at the Civic"

(PLUG ALERT Heywood Civic 5th of May, it' me Birthday doncherno)

Any road up, what do you reckon to these for about an hours worth

Money Supremes

I want my baby back Stevie Wonder

I gotta find a way Temptations

More,More of your love Smokey & Miracles

Good Rockin Jnr Walker

Come Back Baby Shorty Long

Share a little Love Isleys

Heartless Martha Reeeves

You got the love I need Undisputed Truth

My Baby Loves Me Martha Reeves (my favourite)

How can I say I'm sorry Jimmy Ruffin(my other favourite)

Ain't you glad you chose love Gladys Knight

Girl why do you wanna make me Blue Temptations

The Stranger Gladys Knight

Misery Supremes

My kinda fellow Gladys Knight

What more could a boy ask for Spinners

If you ever get your hands on love Gladys Knight

Shake & Fingerpop Jnr Walker

I just wanted to cry Edwin Starr

Don't bring back Memories 4 Tops

No one there Martha Reeves.

Think that'd keep the floor in motion??

Any comments, suggestions, substitutions --- feel free

Tony

I was just making up a Motown CD today when i saw this thread, tracks wouldnt make a bad spot - IMO!!

FUNK BROS - ILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

SUPREMES - HES ALL I GOT

GLADYS KNIGHT - NOONE COULD LOVE YOU MORE

MARVIN GAYE - SUNNY

FUNK BROS - SWEET THING

MIRACLES - ITS A GOOD FEELING

SHORTY LONG - YOUR LOVE IS AMAZING

ISLEY BROS - MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE

BARBARA MCNAIR - IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME

JIMMY RUFFIN - EVERYBODY NEEDS LOVE

VELVELETTES - BIRD IN THE HAND

TAMMI TERRELL - COME ON & SEE ME

SPINNERS - TRULY YOURS

MARVIN GAYE - ITS MY BABY

CAROLYN CRAWFORD - MY SMILE IS JUST A FROWN

TAMMI TERRELL - THIS OLD HEART OF MINE

CHRIS CLARK - SOMETHINGS WRONG

VIRGIL HENRY - YOU AINT SAYING NOTHING NEW

VOWS - TELL ME

BRENDA HOLLOWAY - JUST LOOK WHAT YOUVE DONE

KIM WESTON - HELPLESS

TEMPTATIONS - LONELINESS MADE ME REALISE ITS YOU THAT I NEED

ALAN..

Edited April 29, 200619 yr by eamesy

Absolute all time favourite Motown dancer is

Marv Johnson - I miss you baby (How I miss you)

Stonking record rarely heard (cue hordes of people saying "I play that at Haresfinch social club on the first Tuesday of every month...)

Cheap as owt.

T:hats my fave motown tune

What no CONTOURS

Just a little misunderstanding

Baby hit and run

First i look at the purse

how about David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love, a bit more commercial perhaps, but I hadn't heard it for yonks when they played it at the Hemsby weekender. It filled the floor and sounded so good.

Aint no mountain high enough.

Your gonna love my baby.

There's two there that are well overdue for a rest IMHO .... whoever started playing Aint No Mountain again has got a lot to answer for

Can we replace them on the list wth Whole Lot of Shaking and Thrill A Moment please?

Hurrah for "Whole Lot Of Shaking" !!

I DJ'd with Jo Wallace at last years YKSoul all dayer in York, now I've been out of the way for a couple of years so when halfway through the set I looked at her next record I was shocked to see "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".

Are You Joking? (says I)

Watch the floor (says Jo)

Needless to say the floor filled in seconds as it started.

I had no idea this was or would get played, Imagine my surprise ..... as they say

I've got one finishing on ebay today anyway

Cheers

Paul

playing aint no mountain high enough must be a joke, or must be considered a joke from any respectfull rare soul fan

nice to hear some brave d.j at the last winsford play the Fantastic Four-Pin point it down-Soul, incidently other tunes by the same lad all had something that goes amiss these days, obscure, never or hardly played and top notch dancers to an all but empty dancefloor, i did six or severn consecutive moves, a rare thing outside the likes of butch/brown/hennegan/smith etc

Well done that man!

Who was it?

anyway look out for the above tune, you'll be amazed you never heard it before/or just how good you never remembered it!

Absolute all time favourite Motown dancer is

Marv Johnson - I miss you baby (How I miss you)

Stonking record rarely heard (cue hordes of people saying "I play that at Haresfinch social club on the first Tuesday of every month...)

Cheap as owt.

Cracking record.Also love Whole Lot of Shaking In My Heart.

Dave.

Fantastic Four-Pin point it down-Soul

Have gave this a spin many a time ... absolute corker of a record

Give the other side a spin too .... "Feel like i'm falling in love again" ... just great!

........ and all for around a tenner too .... FANTASTIC!

As far as Motown tunes go .... they don't get much better than this ....

How ANYONE can sit still to this is beyond me .... it's just great!

One i've been playing a few times recently, Temptations--Save My Love For A Rainy Day from the With A Lot O Soul album, brilliant!

Lenny

As far as Motown tunes go .... they don't get much better than this ....

How ANYONE can sit still to this is beyond me .... it's just great!

So many great tracks mentioned on this thread, definitely the Velvelettes best tune - IMO of course!!

The Temps version of Save My Love For A Rainy Day also cracking tune. I feel another Motown CD coming on!!

Alan

So many great tracks mentioned on this thread, definitely the Velvelettes best tune - IMO of course!!

Isn't Motown just great ... think it's about time this one started getting the recognition it deserves ...

A cracking piece of Detroit soul first .... Motown second ...

Very similar to the Gambrells "You Better Move" ...... just as good ... maybe even better ... imo of course

Absolute all time favourite Motown dancer is

Marv Johnson - I miss you baby (How I miss you)

Stonking record rarely heard (cue hordes of people saying "I play that at Haresfinch social club on the first Tuesday of every month...)

me too . I last heard it in Tony Smith's front room, which is much the same thing

Heard "aint no mountain..." on Sunday afternoon at Whitby weekender and thought it sounded great but assumed it was a one off.However having heard it a few times since it has worn a bit thin for me.

Considering theres loads of underplayed motown it seems a bit dull to be hammering the chart stuff particularly at Northern venues...Thought that was what Motown nights were for.

I also love Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself and Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of mine don't care if they so popular they are Northern classics and deserve a play all the time, just classics what can't be tired of play

Other classics

Stevie Wonder - Nothing's Too Good For My Baby

Isley Brothers - Stop in the Name Of Love

Diana Ross and the Supremes - Baby I Need Your Loving

Nobody seems to have mentioned my two favourites, both album tracks :-

Smokey Robinson & Miracles - My Baby Changes Like The Weather

Edwin Starr - 24Hrs To Find My Baby

Edited May 1, 200619 yr by B-side-B

playing aint no mountain high enough must be a joke, or must be considered a joke from any respectfull rare soul fan

nice to hear some brave d.j at the last winsford play the Fantastic Four-Pin point it down-Soul, incidently other tunes by the same lad all had something that goes amiss these days, obscure, never or hardly played and top notch dancers to an all but empty dancefloor, i did six or severn consecutive moves, a rare thing outside the likes of butch/brown/hennegan/smith etc

Well done that man!

Who was it?

anyway look out for the above tune, you'll be amazed you never heard it before/or just how good you never remembered it!

If you don't know how good 'Pinpoint it down' is, go listen to it on Soul Satisfaction 4 or 5 where I extol the virtues of this track...cheap as chips and a top tune....grab a copy now - it's in my box - it should be in yours I wasn't joking when I played 'Ain't no moutain' - it was a charity alldayer (which was HUGELY successful and one of the best organised events I've dj'd at) with many 'non rare soul' people there who were just out to support the cause..........so sue me Other Motown tunes.....

Isley Bros - alt. take of 'My Love'

Frances Nero - Fight Fire with Fire

Liz Lands - Midnight Johnny

LaBrenda Ben - Chaperone

Singing Sammy Ward & Sherri Taylor - Lover

Tommy Good - Baby, I miss you

Martha Reeves - Taking my love

David Ruffin - Rode past the place

Barbara McNair - Steal Away

Odyssey - Battered Ships/ Our Lives

I'm sure I'll think of some more...... Jo

Have gave this a spin many a time ... absolute corker of a record

Give the other side a spin too .... "Feel like i'm falling in love again" ... just great!

........ and all for around a tenner too .... FANTASTIC!

Thanks for reminding what the B side was, Joan.....the ol' grey matter is going I put this on Soul Satisfaction 3 or 4.....and then featured 'Pinpoint it down' on the following SS....so underrated - and you're right - FANTASTIC Jo

T:hats my fave motown tune

Mine too mate. And an Evertonian as well! You're clearly an absolute genius!

Another one - I first heard on a compilation Jo Wallace put together.

Then - The Four Tops.

Beautiful ballad, great lyrics.

Absolute all time favourite Motown dancer is

Marv Johnson - I miss you baby (How I miss you)

Stonking record rarely heard (cue hordes of people saying "I play that at Haresfinch social club on the first Tuesday of every month...)

Cheap as owt.

Mr BB....I have made a note..... As this is one of my fav tracks too, let's see what I can come up with on the next SS Jo

A great Motown record, dont know if any ones mentioned it, not really been taking much notice of this thread

___Freeman_Brothers___My_baby.mp3

playing aint no mountain high enough must be a joke, or must be considered a joke from any respectfull rare soul fan

nice to hear some brave d.j at the last winsford play the Fantastic Four-Pin point it down-Soul, incidently other tunes by the same lad all had something that goes amiss these days, obscure, never or hardly played and top notch dancers to an all but empty dancefloor, i did six or severn consecutive moves, a rare thing outside the likes of butch/brown/hennegan/smith etc

Well done that man!

Who was it?

anyway look out for the above tune, you'll be amazed you never heard it before/or just how good you never remembered it!

thats was myself glad you enjoyed what i played and thanks for the comments the idea was always to play something different that you don,t hear played that often, nice to meet you last night at the cricketers, and as joan said the other side is a little gem always a bonus when you buy something and turn it over and get two for the price of one

regards

dave lucas

how about David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love, a bit more commercial perhaps, but I hadn't heard it for yonks when they played it at the Hemsby weekender. It filled the floor and sounded so good.

Dave, even now, when I hear 'Walk Away From Love' , it still makes me go weak at the knees....just wonderful - good call Jo

playing aint no mountain high enough must be a joke, or must be considered a joke from any respectfull rare soul fan

nice to hear some brave d.j at the last winsford play the Fantastic Four-Pin point it down-Soul, incidently other tunes by the same lad all had something that goes amiss these days, obscure, never or hardly played and top notch dancers to an all but empty dancefloor, i did six or severn consecutive moves, a rare thing outside the likes of butch/brown/hennegan/smith etc

Well done that man!

Who was it?

FANTASTIC FOUR - PIN POINT IT DOWN, HAIRS ON THE BACK OF ME NECK ARE OFF AGAIN JUST THIINKING ABOUT IT,

THATS IT IM OFF TO GIVE IT A SPIN,

AH THATS BETTER

anyway look out for the above tune, you'll be amazed you never heard it before/or just how good you never remembered it!

good to see so many motown tracks mentioned, so i thought i would join in n list a few of my favourites

that i play when djin, n for myself

jimmy ruffin - dont feel sorry for me - miracle 1

labrenda ben - the chaperone - canadian tamla

billy eckstine - i wonder why - motown

carolyn crawford - forget about me / devil in his heart - motown

carolyn crawford - my smile is just a frown - motown

miracles - if your mother only knew - tamla

miracles - whatever makes you happy - tamla

jr walker - good rockin - harvey

brenda holloway - just look what yourve done - tamla

kim weston - a thrill a moment - gordy

edwin starr - i have faith in you - ric-tic

happy soulin

russ

martha reeves and vandellas,he doesnt love her anymore, other side of well known tune which i cant remember ! gordy label, pure class for about a fiver

martha reeves and vandellas,he doesnt love her anymore, other side of well known tune which i cant remember ! gordy label, pure class for about a fiver

B side of 'I'm Ready For Love'.....'He Doesn't Love Her' - excellent tune Jo

Note to self.

" Must get out more"-- Never realised how well loved the Fantastic four track is, only ever played for myself.

as to the rest, well I was only thinking about an hours worth or so, maybe next month.

All The Best

The Birthday Boy.( Well Thursday, but I'll take it)

Two of my favourite Motown tracks

Can't SeemTo Get You Out of My Mind - Four Tops

Lonely Lover - Marvin Gaye

Pure Class

Velvelettes These Things Will Keep me loving You

Wonderfull sound Absolute for any Motown playlist and IMO what soul music is all about!

hi, nobody mentioned, four tops , tea house in china town, top tune me thinks mr j.p.

Always playing motown, no matter what. So much good stuff to discover especially on albums.

My playlist:-

Marvelettes - Your cheating ways

Chuck Jackson - We'll find a way

Edwin Starr & Blinky - We'll find a way

Isley Brothers - It's out of the question

Supremes - You can't stop a girl in love

Temptations - I gotta know now

Temptations - Lonely world without your love

Teta Vega - I need you now

Isley Brothers - Why when love is gone

David Ruffin - I've lost everything I've ever loved

David Ruffin - Don't stop loving me

Four Tops - Until you love someone

Chris Clark - Until you love someone

Lollipops - Cheating is telling on you

Temptations - Save my love for a rainy day

Kim Weston - Gonna make it up to you ( boy did I wish this track was around in the 70's)

Oh I almost forgot - Ain't no mountain high enough - Funk Brothers - is fantastic, the more you listen to it the more you forget the vocals and appreciate what a fantastic backing track it is. Found it on a Motown Karaoke cd mis-titled as "Just my imagination" by the Temptations.