Motown Album Tracks Worthy Of A 45 Release In 2024

[Happy Feet]

For a while I've been thinking about the previous Motown box sets , there are still an awful lot of album tracks that I believe would still be worth a 45 release.on a single 45 issue or even a box set , Legitimately of course , so here's a couple to get things started what's yours ,

Gladys Knight & The Pips , He's My Kind Of Fellow / What Good Am I Without You .

Edwin Starr 24 hrs to find my baby / Time Is Passing By .

 

 

[Chalky]

Marvin Gaye “Bitter pill to swallow”

[STEFAN BURLAK]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIdLsv54d1E

Stevie Wonder / Love A GO GO

Edited April 20 by STEFAN BURLAK
addition

[Mark W]

Isley Brothers “ Seek and you shall find”

[Mickjay33]

Marvin Gaye Tear it on down 

Edited April 20 by Mickjay33

[Smudger]

 

[John Hart]

Edwin Starr  "I just wanted to Cry "  ; War and Peace Lp (and obscure German 45)

Marvin  Gaye  "This is my beloved"  ;   I wish it would rain  Lp

Marvin Gaye  "I m Gonna Give you Respect"  ;  European double Lp

Marvin Gaye  "Where Are we Going" ; 12 inch & very obscure Japanese45 

Chuck  Jackson    "Sin  Estar Tu No Brill El Sol" ; Arrives L p & very, very , obscure Argentine 45.

Sorry for cheating a bit ,  but  I feel all the best motown  stormers, have  come out via Universal and Richards Sevens. The last volume  5 of " Cellarfull" was poor ( Only Brenda Holloways "Without Love ,You lose a Good Feeling "worthy of plays out). All of  the tracks so far chosen are readily and cheaply available on CD or LP.  Great Post  ,Happy Feet . 

[Mark S]

Four Tops - Right before my eyes,  off the Changing times album 

[Kev Cane]

4 hours ago, Smudger said:

 

Awesome Smudger, the reason I bought this album  

[Soulagogo]

David Ruffin track is soul perfection 

[Ncfc]

Four Tops - How can i forget you. 

From Nature Planned it Lp

[Douglaschip]

Isn't the Four Tops 'Right before my eyes' on the flip of 'In these changing times' on a 45.

Great track anyway 

[6T's Mojoman]

Stevie Wonder - Pearl

Chuck Jackson or Gladys Knight & The Pips - Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone 

[Happy Feet]

11 minutes ago, 6T's Mojoman said:

Stevie Wonder - Pearl

Chuck Jackson or Gladys Knight & The Pips - Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone 

Gladys Knight & The Pips / Chuck Jackson , A N S S YvB G , Ladies first lol , but what a great pairing on a 45  great shout 

[Soul-slider]

59 minutes ago, Douglaschip said:

Isn't the Four Tops 'Right before my eyes' on the flip of 'In these changing times' on a 45.

Great track anyway 

Yes... 

[Soul-slider]

5 hours ago, John Hart said:

Edwin Starr  "I just wanted to Cry "  ; War and Peace Lp (and obscure German 45)

Marvin  Gaye  "This is my beloved"  ;   I wish it would rain  Lp

Marvin Gaye  "I m Gonna Give you Respect"  ;  European double Lp

Marvin Gaye  "Where Are we Going" ; 12 inch & very obscure Japanese45 

Chuck  Jackson    "Sin  Estar Tu No Brill El Sol" ; Arrives L p & very, very , obscure Argentine 45.

Sorry for cheating a bit ,  but  I feel all the best motown  stormers, have  come out via Universal and Richards Sevens. The last volume  5 of " Cellarfull" was poor ( Only Brenda Holloways "Without Love ,You lose a Good Feeling "worthy of plays out). All of  the tracks so far chosen are readily and cheaply available on CD or LP.  Great Post  ,Happy Feet . 

Do you mean 'Temptations' - This Is My Beloved (Wish It Would Rain LP)?

[Soul-slider]

Marvelettes - Your Love Can Save Me (Sophisticated Soul)

Stevie Wonder - I've Got You (My Cherie Amour)

Edwin Starr - I Can't Replace My Old Love (War & Peace)

Miracles - More, More, More Of Your Love (Away We A Go Go)

Tammi Terrell - Tears At The End Of A Love Affair (Tammi Terrell)

Temptations - I Gotta Find A Way (To Get You Back) (Cloud Nine, or another alternate version on 'Big Hits volume 7)

Marvin Gaye - So Long (That's The Way)

David Ruffin - I've Got A Need For You / Your Heartaches I Can Surely Heal (David)

Supremes - It's All Your Fault / Send Me No Flowers (25th Anniversary)

 

 

 

 

[STEFAN BURLAK]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-6cA-BiEXI

Another Stevie Wonder        " I'd Cry"

[STEFAN BURLAK]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moXnw1LGjeI

   "I'd Cry"    Also by CHUCK JACKSON         Both superb.

[Happy Feet]

27 minutes ago, STEFAN BURLAK said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moXnw1LGjeI

   "I'd Cry"    Also by CHUCK JACKSON         Both superb.

Superb , keep em coming , with the YouTube links , somebody in charge of the Motown catalogue might just stumble across this topic & realize what they've already missed and deserves a 45 release, without digging into the cellar .

[Dimples]

- Eddie Holland - Gotta have your love b/w True love will go a mighty long way (from his great "Eddie Holland" Motown LP 1962).

 

- Mary Wells - Drop in the bucket ("From the vaults" LP compilation).

- Hattie Littles - Love, trouble, heartaches and misery (CD only)

- Little Stevie Wonder - Wondering (popular Mod instro from "The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie" LP Tamla 1962)

 

Edited April 21 by Dimples

[Ian]

Love this  

 

[Simsy]

Temptations - Who you gonna run to.

 

Edited April 21 by Simsy
Title

[Headsy]

12 hours ago, Soul-slider said:

Marvelettes - Your Love Can Save Me (Sophisticated Soul)

Stevie Wonder - I've Got You (My Cherie Amour)

Edwin Starr - I Can't Replace My Old Love (War & Peace)

Miracles - More, More, More Of Your Love (Away We A Go Go)

Tammi Terrell - Tears At The End Of A Love Affair (Tammi Terrell)

Temptations - I Gotta Find A Way (To Get You Back) (Cloud Nine, or another alternate version on 'Big Hits volume 7)

Marvin Gaye - So Long (That's The Way)

David Ruffin - I've Got A Need For You / Your Heartaches I Can Surely Heal (David)

Supremes - It's All Your Fault / Send Me No Flowers (25th 

 

Edited April 21 by Headsy
Meant to say marvelettes is on a French ep

[Soul-slider]

Edwin Starr - Soul City (Open Your Arms To Me) -(25 Milles)

Marvelettes - The Truth's Outside My Door (In Full Bloom)

Edited April 21 by Soul-slider

[BrianB]

Loving the Stevie Wonder tracks on here. CD only, Motown Sings Motown Treasures,  Stevie's version of I Hear  Symphony is (to me) quite simply the best record ever made...

[Stateside]

TEMPTATIONS - I GOTTA KNOW NOW

STEVIE WONDER - LIGHT MY FIRE

CHUCK JACKSON - I CAN'T LET MY HEAVEN WALK AWAY

STEVIE WONDER - I CAN'T LET MY HEAVEN WALK AWAY

 

[Stateside]

DAVID RUFFIN - BLACKMAIL - UNRELEASED CD

 

[Tlscapital]

Although I love the Van Dykes (have their Bell LP too) I never could dig their rendition of this Temptations fabulous track from their best LP too... While most of the dancer tunes on this Tempts LP made it on 45 this one not and what a tune this is ! Every home should have one !

 

[Tobytyke]

3 minutes ago, Tlscapital said:

Although I love the Van Dykes (have their Bell LP too) I never could dig their rendition of this Temptations fabulous track from their best LP too... While most of the dancer tunes on this Tempts LP made it on 45 this one not and what a tune this is ! Every home should have one !

 

Love the Temptations,,Fantastic version...........but I must admit to preferring the Undisputed Truths take.

[Happy Feet]

6 minutes ago, Tobytyke said:

Love the Temptations,,Fantastic version...........but I must admit to preferring the Undisputed Truths take.

Great version but definitely got a 45 release ,,,

[Tlscapital]

2 minutes ago, Tobytyke said:

Love the Temptations,,Fantastic version...........but I must admit to preferring the Undisputed Truths take.

Not OG version  and exists as a 45  Still if one was to consider it being better if ever  it would be in another thread or forum even LOL Joke aside with all due respect to each its own evidently but this Tempts period although troubled some for the group with a hectic David is my favorite one. So I am partial too 

[Hambostein]

Why has nobody posted this yet ?
 Be Cool Be Calm (And Keep Yourself Together) from the Down to Earth LP
Has to be one of the most exciting tracks ever !!
Stevie Wonder - Be Cool etc.

[Happy Feet]

Here's 2 more Motown Album tracks from the "Win or Lose" Soul 4 real compilation,

Johnny Bristol , Tell Me How To Forget A True Love ,

David Ruffin , One Lucky Day I Found You .

[25miles]

 

[Geeselad]

Two From a Great sound track album by Willie;  might make a good double sider, played the first side of a couple of tine this year. 

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 22:23 by Geeselad

[Pigeon Thing]

...later on, but a great album track...

 

[Mal C]

Dynamic Superiors - I Don't Want To Be Lonely / I think on their Motown LP, might have been unreleased... anyhow its very good

 

[Mal C]

Other end of the scale, and apologies if somebody already put this up..

The Four Tops - Tea House in Chinatown & Gladys Knight & The Pips - Baby I Need your lovin from Silk n Soul...

 

[Alan T]

Major Lance - How My Love Goes - (Now Arriving Album 1978)

 

 

[Becket]

Four Tops- Don't turn away.
Kiki Dee - Love is a warm kind of sorrow,
Miracles - Don't say you love me.

 

Edited Friday at 07:50 by Becket

[Mal C]

10 hours ago, Alan T said:

Major Lance - How My Love Goes - (Now Arriving Album 1978)

 

 

A Killer track

[Bbrich]

Brenda Holloway reconsider................

[Tlscapital]

1 hour ago, Bbrich said:

Brenda Holloway reconsider................

Unissued !

[Motownsoulman]

Sweet Was The Love - The Four Tops.

In The Cool Of The Night - David Ruffin. 

Both unreleased until years after the original recordings, with the latter on A Cellar Full Of Motown Vol 4.

Something in the back of my mind tells me the former, although released on a compilation album around the turn of the century, was released as a 7 inch a few years ago, with Brenda Holloway - Think I've Over (Before You Break My Heart), aka Reconsider on the other side. Maybe someone can elaborate on that, right or wrong.

Edited Thursday at 16:01 by MotownSoulMan
Edit. Just done the due diligence, and yes, Reconsider/Sweet Was The Love was put out on a 7 inch, twice, but both are considered duds, judging by what Discogs says.

[Tlscapital]

Soul and then some... The Originals at their most soulful*****

 

[Motownsoulman]

On 30/04/2024 at 22:49, 25miles said:

 

Great song, though I  must admit, The Isley Brothers version is more to my taste.

[Motownsoulman]

One song worthy of a re-release would be this. 

[Chalky]

The album has had a mention but don't think this track has, one of his best for Motown IMO

 

[Happy Feet]

I don't think we've had anything from the Supremes yet , always thought this is worth a spin or a 45