Just a little light relief.

Motown are a great label, no argument at all.

Let's be honest though they have also put out some real beasts!

My entry is:

Ray Odis - randy the newspaper boy on VIP!

closely followed by "small sad sam" by Bob Kayli.

Two truely awful records.

Just a little light relief.

Motown are a great label, no argument at all.

Let's be honest though they have also put out some real beasts!

My entry is:

Ray Odis - randy the newspaper boy on VIP!

closely followed by "small sad sam" by Bob Kayli.

Two truely awful records.

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Without a doubt

Charlene - "I've Never Been To Me"

and i have a copy if anyone wants it for a frisbee (came in a job lot)

QOF

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"Tune Up" - Junior Walker

More like "Puke Up"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a little light relief.

Motown are a great label, no argument at all.

Let's be honest though they have also put out some real beasts!

My entry is:

Ray Odis - randy the newspaper boy on VIP!

closely followed by "small sad sam" by Bob Kayli.

Two truely awful records.

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Funny feel like i done this one,pushin up daisys,forget who,V.I.P me thinks

Hang on Bill - Little lisa -- uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh

Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno...eeurgghh!!!

Can't pick one track...entire LP is sh*te!

When I was at school one girl was obsessed with it and kept insisting it was this LP that made her like soul...she didn't believe that THIS IS NOT SOUL!!

Edited April 13, 200520 yr by little miss sunshine

Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno...eeurgghh!!!

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Anything by M Jackson

I love "Tune Up" and I love Motown but there have been the occassional stinkers, such as:

Stevie Wonder "I Just Called To Say I love You"

Syreeta "Your Kiss Is Sweet" I really hate this song.

I love "Tune Up" and I love Motown but there have been the occassional stinkers, such as:

Stevie Wonder "I Just Called To Say I love You"

Syreeta "Your Kiss Is Sweet" I really hate this song.

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ther's no place like motown. what a bummer of a track

I would've said Rany the paperboy but you've already done that.

Isn't there some awful track about vampires out there some where?

Big O, you've got some truly awful Motown, name and shame.

No competition.

Michael Jackson-Farewell my summer love.

Gaz.

the worst has to be, all motown songs sang by the fat bloke in my local on karaoke night!

he's shite and he also smells of porky scratchings.........he aint no marvin!!

Bob Kayli also mentioned above. Had a novolty record by him, think it was called Oh Pearl.

Might be wrong though - anyone got an mp3.

It was a really bad record. From what I can remember he watches her drown!

I think I gave it away. Apparently its very collectable now!

Col.

Anything by diana dross.

I HATE Mary Wells - My Guy and Supremes - Baby Love.

I HATE Mary Wells - My Guy and Supremes - Baby Love. 

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WELL, I could NEVER quite dance to DR MARTIN LUTHER KING -THE GREAT

MARCH TO FREEDOM- LP on UK BLACK Tamla Motown....

But the man himself was awesome...........

Edited April 14, 200520 yr by The_Soul_Intention

Without a doubt

Charlene - "I've Never Been To Me"

and i have a copy if anyone wants it for a frisbee (came in a job lot)

QOF

XX

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I wonder what Charlene (or the songwriters) meant by this...? Is there a building or a town/city anywhere in the world called ME? Or is it M.E. (Medical Examiner..) like that TV series from the seventies, Quincy M.E. ?

Funny feel like i done this one,pushin up daisys,forget who,V.I.P me thinks 

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Credit where credits due! Just thought it deserved it's own thread!

Now for all you masochists out there!

mp3's of:

randy the newspaper boy - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012)

happy ghoul tide - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012) :angry:

WORST DOUBLE SIDER IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC?

small sad sam - Bob Kayli (Tamla 54051)

NICE BERRY GORDY PRODUCTION THIS!

ENJOY

Edited April 14, 200520 yr by okehgaz

Funny feel like i done this one,pushin up daisys,forget who,V.I.P me thinks 

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Credit where credits due! Just thought it deserved it's own thread!

Now for all you masochists out there!

mp3's of:

randy the newspaper boy - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012)

happy ghoul tide - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012) :angry:

WORST DOUBLE SIDER IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC?

small sad sam - Bob Kayli (Tamla 54051)

NICE BERRY GORDY PRODUCTION THIS!

ENJOY

Funny feel like i done this one,pushin up daisys,forget who,V.I.P me thinks 

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Credit where credits due! Just thought it deserved it's own thread!

Now for all you masochists out there!

mp3's of:

randy the newspaper boy - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012)

happy ghoul tide - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012) :angry:

WORST DOUBLE SIDER IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC?

small sad sam - Bob Kayli (Tamla 54051)

NICE BERRY GORDY PRODUCTION THIS!

ENJOY

Funny feel like i done this one,pushin up daisys,forget who,V.I.P me thinks 

link

Credit where credits due! Just thought it deserved it's own thread!

Now for all you masochists out there!

mp3's of:

randy the newspaper boy - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012)

happy ghoul tide - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012) :angry:

WORST DOUBLE SIDER IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC?

small sad sam - Bob Kayli (Tamla 54051)

NICE BERRY GORDY PRODUCTION THIS!

ENJOY

Funny feel like i done this one,pushin up daisys,forget who,V.I.P me thinks 

link

Credit where credits due! Just thought it deserved it's own thread!

Now for all you masochists out there!

mp3's of:

randy the newspaper boy - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012)

happy ghoul tide - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012) :angry:

WORST DOUBLE SIDER IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC?

small sad sam - Bob Kayli (Tamla 54051)

NICE BERRY GORDY PRODUCTION THIS!

ENJOY

Funny feel like i done this one,pushin up daisys,forget who,V.I.P me thinks 

link

Credit where credits due! Just thought it deserved it's own thread!

Now for all you masochists out there!

mp3's of:

randy the newspaper boy - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012)

happy ghoul tide - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012) :angry:

WORST DOUBLE SIDER IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC?

small sad sam - Bob Kayli (Tamla 54051)

NICE BERRY GORDY PRODUCTION THIS!

ENJOY

Heard it through the grapevine

Get Ready

Anything by M Jackson

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I HATE Mary Wells - My Guy and Supremes - Baby Love. 

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God I remember when I was conned into singing Karoke to that, something I want to remember to forget!!

God I remember when I was conned into singing Karoke to that, something I want to remember to forget!!

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In what way were you conned ? Can you reach the high notes ??

Driving along yesterday listening to the radio and it was played, "Indiana Wants Me" R Dean Taylor. Not the worst but terrible.

Paul

In what way were you conned ? Can you reach the high notes ??

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Long story, but basically few years back Randy said I should come and listen to his son Paul singing in the pub, didnt know I would be doing a duet!! Wouldnt be so bad if Paul wasn't so good!!

God I remember when I was conned into singing Karoke to that, something I want to remember to forget!!

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Ok I'll remind you to forget to remember it...!

small sad sam - Bob Kayli (Tamla 54051)

NICE BERRY GORDY PRODUCTION THIS!

The flipside to this, "Tie Me Tight", is fantastic IMO. I'd really like to have a copy if anyone's got one they don't need. Bob Kayli's real name was Robert Gordy, Berry's brother.

Anything by M Jackson

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Have you heard "We're Almost There" from 1975? Fantastic tune.

Anything by diana dross.

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Agree

Ben - Michael Jackson

Awful, awful record......

WOOF!

Ben - Michael Jackson

Awful, awful record......

WOOF!

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Isn't Ben in the Witness box today

Ok I'll remind you to forget to remember it...! 

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What was it I had to remember to forget - Ive forgotton!!

anyone remember 'I Love Your Smile' I think it was by Shanice, from the late 80s or early 90s. Janet Jackson knock off tune. Pretty sure that was on Motown.

hey - werent Boys 2 Men on Motown......hmmmm

Paul Peterson ' Your loves got me burning alive'.

If only.

Driving along yesterday listening to the radio and it was played, "Indiana Wants Me" R Dean Taylor.  Not the worst but terrible.

Paul

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Avoided reading this thread, because I thought it would just make me mad. I thought I could quite happily go to a niter that ONLY played some quality Motown. Then I thought of 'Indiana Wants Me', and decided to look.

Wow there are a few shockers.

I think I've got a tune by Sammy davis Jnr on Motown buried in the garden somewere. In fact I know I have.

Lionel Ritchie- dancing on the ceiling

He was on motown wasn't he?

Lionel Ritchie- dancing on the ceiling

He was on motown wasn't he?

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Dun know,but was on somefink though

Lionel Ritchie- dancing on the ceiling

He was on motown wasn't he?

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never tried dancing on the ceiling prefer a sprung wooden floor

"The Happening" by the Supremes is unforgiveable. So is "Rhythm of the Night" by DeBarge.

Was going to say Stevie 'I Just Called" and Charlene. What atrocities those are, too. You guys and gals beat me to those. "Happy Birthday" - tribute to MLK by Stevie Wonder is bad, too.

Don't forget about an LP on Gordy called Kagny and the Dirty Rats. It was a black guy and a white guy dressed like new wave homos, playing this high energy synth rock music. The "Last Dragon" soundtrack has a few stinkers, too.

In the 60s, I'll go with Bobby Breen on Motown, Hillsiders and Dorsey Burnette on Mel-O-Dy. "We Call It Fun" by the Headliners on V.I.P. is a bit disappointing, too. Recently I found an LP on Motown called "Gimmie Dat Ding" by the Ding Dongs from 1970. It's a photo of some hats and banjos sitting in a pile of peanuts.

Had the Twistin Kings LP on Tamla years ago but can't remember if it was good.

Glad somebody stuck up for Bob Kayli. "Tie Me Tight" is a really nice popcorn/northern r&b numer.

KTF

Jas

Glad somebody stuck up for Bob Kayli. "Tie Me Tight" is a really nice popcorn/northern r&b numer.

KTF

Jas

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Any chance of a sound file. I'm stuck with the one-sided demo!

Same as Joe Frazier..Backing track`s not bad but should have stuck to boxing and taking all that punishment to the ears.(Rather like his First Round Knockout did to us-punishment to the ears)..made him tone deaf...Oh! Am I in the wrong thread? Worst motown records? Oh Well!

"The Happening" by the Supremes is unforgiveable. So is "Rhythm of the Night" by DeBarge.

Was going to say Stevie 'I Just Called" and Charlene. What atrocities those are, too. You guys and gals beat me to those. "Happy Birthday"  - tribute to MLK by Stevie Wonder is bad, too.

Don't forget about an LP on Gordy called Kagny and the Dirty Rats. It was a black guy and a white guy dressed like new wave homos, playing this high energy synth rock music. The "Last Dragon" soundtrack has a few stinkers, too.

In the 60s, I'll go with Bobby Breen on Motown, Hillsiders and Dorsey Burnette on Mel-O-Dy. "We Call It Fun" by the Headliners on V.I.P. is a bit disappointing, too. Recently I found an LP on Motown called "Gimmie Dat Ding" by the Ding Dongs from 1970. It's a photo of some hats and banjos sitting in a pile of peanuts.

Had the Twistin Kings LP on Tamla years ago but can't remember if it was good.

Glad somebody stuck up for Bob Kayli. "Tie Me Tight" is a really nice popcorn/northern r&b numer.

KTF

Jas

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Twistin Kings,bet thats quiet good,didnt they make 1st US;TAMLA 45,as for the hillsiders etc;on mol-o-dy good C/W stuff,great voices and top production,got a few of them!.

Edited April 15, 200520 yr by kenneth aitchison

Credit where credits due! Just thought it deserved it's own thread!

Now for all you masochists out there!

mp3's of:

randy the newspaper boy - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012)  

happy ghoul tide              - Ray Oddis (VIP 25012) :angry:

WORST DOUBLE SIDER IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED MUSIC?

small sad sam - Bob Kayli (Tamla 54051)

NICE BERRY GORDY PRODUCTION THIS!

ENJOY

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Happy Ghoul tide. That's the one. didn't realise it was a double A'er.

Not sure whether to thank you for answering my question or curse you for reminding me how truly awful it was

frank wilson - should never have been released IMO

i hate stevie's chicken in the basket tunes....like happy birthday or i just called to say i love you

wot about that awful thing with paul mccartney which single handedly brought racial disharmony to an end (ebony&ivory) was that on motown? get me a bucket quick

Tony Martin "Talking To Your Picture"

Richard Anthony "Don't Know What To Do"

The Ones "You Haven't Seen My Love"

Abbey Tavern Singers "Dublin In The Green"

"Hello Dummy" by that vent act I can't remember!

The Ones "You Haven't Seen My Love"

I think the above is a great moody garage rock ballad with a haunting organ arrangement. Was originally issued on the obscure Fenton label, then picked up by Spirit, then Motown.