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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 !!!! :yes:

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Guest Matt Male

Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine

The Temptations - Girl Why You Wanna Make Me Blue?

The Four Tops - Bernadette

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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”))

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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?

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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!

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Guest WPaulVanDyk

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

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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 :wicked:

ARGH should have had 5 choices!

Mand :shades:

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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 !!!! :wicked:

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.

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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.

:wicked:

Drew

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Guest Mr Ms DJ

crying in the night the monitors

ask the lonely four tops

youre gonna love my baby barbara mcnair

heaven

Mr Ms DJ

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Guest vinylvixen

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)

:unsure:

I totally agree with you... :yes: .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

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Guest martinsbox

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

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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!

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Guest 50box

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.

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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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