what is the 3 best northern soul tracks that have come from the motown label in order of best first in your honest opinion,

mine are,

the contours - baby hit and run

marvin gaye - little darling

isley brothers - tell me its just a rumour baby .

i know the choice is massive and this post has probably been done before but im quite new to all this and just interested in the majority`s choice, have fun in remembering !!!!

Linda Griner - Good bye cruel love

Freeman Bros - my baby

No.1 at the moment is Jimmy Ruffin, I'll Never Let You Get Away. TMG 922

Only just found it, brilliant. Should be able to pick it up for a tenner.

Col.

Edited May 18, 200619 yr by Soulsmith

lots but three unreleased

Suspicion - Originals

Jealousy - Contours

Forever In My Heart - Temptations

Edited May 18, 200619 yr by chalky

lots but three unreleased

Suspicion - Originals

Was having trouble thinking of a third but thats done it

contours - just a little misunderstanding

marvin gaye love starved heard

four tops since youve been gone

Frances Nero - Keep on Lovin' Me

Marvin Gaye - Love Starved Heart

Marvin Gaye - When I Feel The Need

Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine

The Temptations - Girl Why You Wanna Make Me Blue?

The Four Tops - Bernadette

All stunning

Only 3 ? Tough choice, but for me:

MIRACLES - WHOLE LOT OF SHAKING GOING ON

MONITORS - SHARE A LITTLE LOVE WITH ME

BARBARA MCNAIR - IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME

Alan.

Isley Bros – This old heart of mine

Finest record ever made (Motown or otherwise)

Velvelettes– Let Love Live

Finest record never to have been made

Ivy ‘Jo’ Hunter – Desperate Situation

Finest record to never get further than the demo (tape)

((Thomasina Montgomery –“My love is alive way down in my heart although we are miles apart”

Finest ‘goose pimple making’ 6 seconds of music ever recorded

Patrick Gammon – Infatuation

Finest L.P. only Motown track

Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long

Finest Motown 12”))

Brenda Holloway A favor for a girl with a lovesick heart

Tammi Terrell All I do

Four Tops Tea house in china town

cheersPaul

Edited May 19, 200619 yr by soul45s

I Hear a Symphony - Stevie Wonder - Best record EVER made

This Old Heart of Mine - The Isleys

Love Starved Heart of Mine - Marvin Gaye

3 is too little to choose from, it could have been the top 50. How do we choose 3 from the vast array on offer?

I'm another Thid Old Heart of Mine fan. 'You're here for a day, gone for a week'.

Velvelettes - Lonely Lonely Girl

Martha - Nowhere To Run.

Cant believe I havent included any Marvin!

too many to choose but my 3 fav's are

Jimmy Ruffin - He Who Picks a Rose

Diana Ross and the Supremes - Just a Little Misunderstanding

hard to choose a 3rd i say Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of mine

Elgins - Stay in My Lonely Arms is a close one

Only 3?????

OK.

3 album tracks wot I give a battering to at Heywood.

Money - The Supremes

Ain't You Glad You Chose Love - Gladys Knight

I Want My Baby Back- Stevie Wonder

Tony

Marvellettes - 'Only Your Can Save Me'

Isleys - 'Tell Me Its Just Rumour'

Junior Walker - ' I Ain;'t Going Nowhere'

never tire of any of them

Lamont Dozier - Dearest one

Eddie Holland - I'm on the outside looking in

Temptations - Come On Back To Me Baby

Supremes - Stormy

Lamont Dozier - Dearest one

Eddie Holland - I'm on the outside looking in

Temptations - Come On Back To Me Baby

Supremes - Stormy

Hi all

I love loads of motown sounds

and a lot tend to be four tops or isley bros tunes

So Ive struggled so in no order

1.. If I were a carpenter Four tops

2.. I'll turn to stone Four tops

3.. farewell is a lonely sound ...Jimmy Ruffin

Isleys should be in there so Put yourself in my place

ARGH should have had 5 choices!

Mand

what is the 3 best northern soul tracks that have come from the motown label in order of best first in your honest opinion,

mine are,

the contours - baby hit and run

marvin gaye - little darling

isley brothers - tell me its just a rumour baby .

i know the choice is massive and this post has probably been done before but im quite new to all this and just interested in the majority`s choice, have fun in remembering !!!!

Great post. Keep the Motown alive.

You have to include Barbara Randolf as she did more for the Northern cause in the 60s than any other Motown artist. She was also a first class dj and a dedicated collector. She new what our music was all about.

Ask the experts for more details.

My three-

Tata Vega--I Need You Now. (70s Tamla)

Supremes--Back In My Arms Again.

Barbara Randolf--I Got A Feeling.

Best regards to everybody. Denis.

What no Kim Weston?

1. Kim Weston - I'm Still Loving You

2. Kim Weston - Helpless

3. The Contours - Just A Little Misunderstanding

All of the above to be let loose on the club members tonight!

Have to agree with Denis Barbara Randolph's I Got A Feeling is the ultimate Motown NS record for me. Love it by the Four Tops also.

Others are:

My Weakness Is You Edwin Starr

Can't Stop Looking For My Baby The Fantastic Four.

Can never understand how anyone into NS can dismisive of the best of Motown!

KTF.

Drew

hi all

1. EDWIN STARR - I HAVE FAITH IN YOU

2. MIRACLES - IF YOUR MOTHER ONLY KNEW

3. JIMMY RUFFIN - DONT FEEL SORRY FOR ME

happy soulin

russ

l.e.l soul club, st.ives, cambs. june 2nd 8 - 2am 1ST ANNIVERSARY see events

crying in the night the monitors

ask the lonely four tops

youre gonna love my baby barbara mcnair

heaven

Mr Ms DJ

Supremes - He's all I got (the best motown b side)

Kim Weston - Gonna make it up to you (the best unreleased track)

Temptations - I gotta find a way to get you back (best album track)

Stevie Wonder - Love A Go-Go

Marvin Gaye - So Long

Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Save Some Room In Your Heart For Me

Supremes - He's all I got (the best motown b side)

Kim Weston - Gonna make it up to you (the best unreleased track)

Temptations - I gotta find a way to get you back (best album track)

I totally agree with you... .Kim Weston's track is outstanding...so mine will have to be:

Tammi Terrell - Tears at the end of a love affair

Kim Weston - Gonna make it up to you

Kim Weston - I'm still loving you

Jo

1.Marvalettes - "That's how heartaches are made" (slow Northern perhaps)

2.Martha Reeves - "One way out"

3.Jnr. Walker - "(I'm a) Roadrunner" baby yeah!!!

Martin

I've always thought the best Detroit 60s dancer bar none to be "Uptight" by Stevie Wonder - if this was an unreleased Motown acetate, or one of 3 known copies on La Beat or some other minor label, we'd all be going mental for it.

2. Marvin Gaye's "Lonely Lover" or at a stretch his version of "Sunny"

3. Tammi Terrell's "Lone Lonely Town"

All the so-called 'pop' hits weren't too shabby by any stretch of the imagination either!

what is the 3 best northern soul tracks that have come from the motown label in order of best first in your honest opinion,

1) Vows - Tell Me - VIP

2) Ivy Jo - I Can Feel The Pain - VIP

3) Velvelettes - A Bird In The Hand - VIP

I likes VIP!

Steve

ANY 3 TRACKS BY

JUNIOR WALKER WITH A DANCE BEAT

EG;

1 Sweet Daddy Deacon -----------Album Home Cooking

2 Shake and Fingerpop

3 Sax Appeal --------------------------Album Sax Appeal

IMO

Edited May 20, 200619 yr by MAKEMVINYL

SHORTY LONG NIGHT FO LAST

SHORTY LONG FUNCTION AT THE JUNCTION

TEMPTATIONS AINT TO PROUD TO BEG

tooooooo many to choose.. i think i love them all! but 3 of my faves are

Brenda Holloway - When i'm gone

Temptations - Girl why you wanna make me blue

Isley Brothers - Why when the love is gone

Can`t believe no-one has included:

Marv Johnson - I Miss You

4 Tops - I Can`t Seem To Get You Out My Mind

Third one is lots.

I've always thought the best Detroit 60s dancer bar none to be "Uptight" by Stevie Wonder - if this was an unreleased Motown acetate, or one of 3 known copies on La Beat or some other minor label, we'd all be going mental for it.

Me too.

The intro to Uptight still, (30 years later), draws me to a dancefloor. My favourite Motown of all time. And I have a lot of it! For me it ranks as the modern day equivelent, (20th Century anyway), version of Beethoven, Schubert et al at their best). Powerful stuff!

Jamerson - Bom,.... Bom Bom Bom Bom Bom Bom.......Bom Bom Bom Bom Bom Bom...Bom Bom Bom Bom Bom Bom.............simplicity itself.......but fantastic!

Regards,

Dave

www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

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Edited May 21, 200619 yr by Simon T

Tammi Terrell - All i do is think about you

Marvin Gaye - When I feel the need

Barbara McNair - Your gonna love my baby

Not many on the Smokey Robinson and the mircales front but Going to a Go-Go is a classic.