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Complete Motown Singles Vol.11, The (CD)

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DISC 1 for Complete Motown Singles Vol.11, The (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Mama's Pearl - Jackson Five  
2   Darling Dear - Jackson Five  
3   Let's All Save The Children - Hinton, Joe  
4   You Are Blue - Hinton, Joe  
5   Sweet Water - Brass Monkey  
6   You Keep Me Hangin' On - Brass Monkey  
7   Pet Names - Jackson, Chuck  
8   Is There Anything Love Can't Do - Jackson, Chuck  
9   Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - Temptations  
10   You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth - Temptations  
11   Ain't It A Sad Thing - Taylor, R. Dean  
12   Back Street - Taylor, R. Dean  
13   What's Going On - Gaye, Marvin  
14   God Is Love - Gaye, Marvin  
15   Save My Love For A Rainy Day - Undisputed Truth  
16   Since I've Lost You - Undisputed Truth  
17   Don't Pay Me No Mind - Christie, Ken & The Sunday People  
18   Listen To Your Soul - Christie, Ken & The Sunday People  
19   Each Day Is A Lifetime - Ruffin, David  
20   Don't Stop Lovin' Me - Ruffin, David  
21   Love Makes The World Go Round - Dee, Kiki  
22   Jimmy - Dee, Kiki  
23   Love Makes The World Go Round (Alternate mix) - Dee, Kiki  
 
DISC 2 for Complete Motown Singles Vol.11, The (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   We Can Work It Out - Wonder, Stevie  
2   Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer - Wonder, Stevie  
3   I Don't Blame You At All - Robinson, Smokey & The Miracles  
4   That Girl - Robinson, Smokey & The Miracles  
5   This Used To Be The Home Of Johnnie Mae - Kendricks, Eddie  
6   It's So Hard For Me To Say Goodbye - Kendricks, Eddie  
7   This Used To Be The Home Of Johnnie Mae (short promo version) - Kendricks, Eddie  
8   In My Own Lifetime - Davis, Sammy Jr.  
9   I'll Begin Again - Davis, Sammy Jr.  
10   In My Own Lifetime (stereo promo version) - Davis, Sammy Jr.  
11   Never Can Say Goodbye - Jackson Five  
12   She's Good - Jackson Five  
13   Gotta See Jane - Taylor, R. Dean  
14   Gotta See Jane (stereo promo version) - Taylor, R. Dean  
15   Strung Out - Staples, Gordon & The Motown Strings  
16   Sounds Of The Zodiac - Staples, Gordon & The Motown Strings  
17   Strung Out (Stereo Promo version) - Staples, Gordon & The Motown Strings  
18   Strung Out (Long Promo version) - Staples, Gordon & The Motown Strings  
19   Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On - Starr, Edwin  
20   Cloud Nine - Starr, Edwin  
21   When My Love Hand Comes Down - Ruffin, David & Jimmy  
22   Steppin' On A Dream - Ruffin, David & Jimmy  
23   I Won't Weep No More - M'Bulu, Letta  
24   You Touched Me - M'Bulu, Letta  
25   Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer (Stereo Promo version) - Wonder, Stevie  
 
DISC 3 for Complete Motown Singles Vol.11, The (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Reach Out I'll Be There - Ross, Diana  
2   They Long To Be Close To You - Ross, Diana  
3   Reach Out I'll Be There (long stereo promo version) - Ross, Diana  
4   Reach Out I'll Be There (short stereo promo version) - Ross, Diana  
5   I've Given You The Best Years Of My Life - Croset, P.J.  
6   It Takes A Man To Teach A Woman How To Love - Croset, P.J.  
7   What You See Is What You Get - Stoney & Meat Loaf  
8   Lady Be Mine - Stoney & Meat Loaf  
9   What You See Is What You Get (stereo promo version) - Stoney & Meat Loaf  
10   Nathan Jones - Supremes  
11   Happy (Is A Bumpy Road) - Supremes  
12   Nathan Jones (stereo promo version) - Supremes  
13   Melodie - Darin, Bobby  
14   Someday We'll Be Together - Darin, Bobby  
15   Never Can Say Goodbye - Impact Of Brass  
16   So Far So Good - Impact Of Brass  
17   Never Can Say Goodbye (stereo promo version) - Impact Of Brass  
18   Heartaches - King Floyd  
19   Together We Can Do Anything - King Floyd  
20   Feelin' Alright - Ross, Diana & The Jackson 5  
21   Love Story - Ross, Diana & Bill Cosby  
22   I Don't Want To Do Wrong - Knight, Gladys & The Pips  
23   Is There A Place (In This Heart For Me) - Knight, Gladys & The Pips  
24   I Don't Want To Do Wrong (stereo promo version) - Knight, Gladys & The Pips  
 
DISC 4 for Complete Motown Singles Vol.11, The (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart - Supremes & Four Tops  
2   I'm Glad About It - Supremes & Four Tops  
3   You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart (stereo promo version) - Supremes & Four Tops  
4   Smiling Faces Sometimes - Undisputed Truth  
5   You Got The Love I Need - Undisputed Truth  
6   I'd Still Love You - Jo, Ivy  
7   I Can Feel The Pain - Jo, Ivy  
8   I'd Still Love You (stereo promo version) - Jo, Ivy  
9   In These Changing Times - Four Tops  
10   Right Before My Eyes - Four Tops  
11   Reach Out I'll Be There (mono promo version) - Ross, Diana  
12   Pass The Plate - Crusaders  
13   Greasy Spoon - Crusaders  
14   Pass The Plate (stereo promo version) - Crusaders  
15   Dyambo (Weary Day Is Over) - Masekela, Hugh & Union Of South Africa  
16   Shebeen - Masekela, Hugh & Union Of South Africa  
17   Dyambo (Weary Day Is Over) (stereo promo version) - Masekela, Hugh & Union Of South Africa  
18   Uncle Tom - Adams, Arthur K.  
19   Mornin' Train - Adams, Arthur K.  
20   What Is Love - Stylists  
21   Where Did The Children Go - Stylists  
22   Crazy About The La La La - Robinson, Smokey & The Miracles  
23   Oh Baby Baby I Love You - Robinson, Smokey & The Miracles  
24   Crazy About The La La La (stereo promo version) - Robinson, Smokey & The Miracles  
 
DISC 5 for Complete Motown Singles Vol.11, The (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Gaye, Marvin  
2   Sad Tomorrows - Gaye, Marvin  
3   Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (stereo promo version) - Gaye, Marvin  
4   If I Could Give You The World - Hearts Of Stone  
5   You Gotta Sacrifice (We Gotta Sacrifice) - Hearts Of Stone  
6   If I Could Give You The World (stereo promo version) - Hearts Of Stone  
7   Reverend John B Daniels, The - Christie, Ken & The Sunday People  
8   Jesus Is The Key - Christie, Ken & The Sunday People  
9   Reverend John B Daniels (Stereo Promo Version), The - Christie, Ken & The Sunday People  
10   Candy Apple Red - Taylor, R. Dean  
11   Woman Alive - Taylor, R. Dean  
12   Candy Apple Red (stereo promo version) - Taylor, R. Dean  
13   I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth  
14   Seed, The - Rare Earth  
15   I Just Want To Celebrate (stereo promo version) - Rare Earth  
16   Maybe Tomorrow - Jackson Five  
17   I Will Find A Way - Jackson Five  
18   Maybe Tomorrow (stereo promo version) - Jackson Five  
19   What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham Martin And John (medley) - Clay, Tom  
20   Victors, The - Clay, Tom  
21   What The World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham Martin And John (medley/short promo version) - Clay, Tom  
22   It's Summer - Temptations  
23   I'm The Exception To The Rule - Temptations  
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.67) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[With a] balance of honed funk and L.A. sparkle...[and] solid singles by the Temptations and the Jackson 5."

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Audio Remasterer: Ellen Fitton.
Arrangers: Jerry Long; Gene Page; Paul Riser; Tom Baird; David Van DePitte.

Album Description

Berry Gordy moved Motown from Detroit to Los Angeles at the end of 1968 but, like an earthquake, not all of the aftershocks were felt after the initial shift. It took a while for all the dust to settle, for Motown to start feeling like it belonged to Hollywood instead of the Motor City, for the label to get to the point where the showbiz began to eclipse the soul, and that year was 1971. That year, Gordy slowly started to recede from the day-to-day operations of the label, choosing to pursue interests in film and television, but Motown hardly shut down in his absence: they churned out more 45s than ever, releasing so many singles in the course of a single year that when it came time for Hip-O Select to cover 1971 in their comprehensive The Complete Motown Singles series, they had to split the year into two multi-disc box sets. This, Vol. 11A, covers the first six months of 1971, six months that had enough activity for a year -- a full six discs of material, to be precise. The entirety of Motown's 1970 singles output fit onto a six-disc set for Vol. 10, so it stands to reason that 1971 either was an embarrassment of riches or found the label stretching itself a little thin.
The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 11A: 1971 proves the latter to be true, containing moments of blinding genius surrounded by cinematic schmaltz and funky filler. Genius is none too strong a word for the best music Motown produced in the first half of 1971, especially the album that defined the year for the label and much of pop music in general, Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. This was the first Motown LP to be an artist-driven concept album, a seismic shift within the label that is just as palpable when it's sampled here by its two hit singles, "What's Going On" and "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)," as they sit respectively next to R. Dean Taylor's AM pop and Hearts of Stone's bubblegum soul, two pieces of agreeable fluff that have more to do with the label at large than Marvin's two masterworks. Gaye was hardly the only artist working at a peak during these six months: Stevie Wonder began to enter his mature phase, rearranging the Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," which was backed with the extraordinary "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer"; Smokey Robinson had the great "I Don't Blame You at All"; the Jackson 5 had "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Mama's Pearl"; Gladys Knight & the Pips had the slow-burner "I Don't Want to Do Wrong"; the Temptations hit a high watermark with "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" while David Ruffin had a few great singles that didn't quite take off; Rare Earth's "I Just Want to Celebrate" was the peak of Motown's hippie rock; and the Undisputed Truth's "Smiling Faces Sometimes" proved that it wasn't just Motown's legacy acts that were turning out great music.
Nevertheless, it's those Marvin Gaye singles that point out the gap between what Motown's artists were capable of achieving and the product that the label was cranking out. Blinded by the stars of Tinsel Town, the label signed up Sammy Davis, Jr. to cut a single of show tunes, granted Bobby Darin the permission to indulge in his soulman fantasies, and had Bill Cosby mug with Diana Ross on Randy Newman's "Love Story" for Ross' TV variety show -- and this splashy, schmaltzy sound isn't just heard here, but throughout the lesser-known sides. Often, these justly neglected 45s don't sound like singles buried in the back of some dusty record store but rather incidental soundtrack music for a forgotten television show. There are naturally exceptions to the rule -- the great Chuck Jackson gamely struggles with the novelty "Pet Names," Eddie Kendricks' melodramatic "This Used to Be the Home of Johnnie Mae" has some symphonic force, Stoney & Meatloaf's "What You See Is What You Get" is a terrific hippie blues-rock number, and Arthur Adams' scrapped slow blues "Uncle Tom" has a terrific flip, the insistent dance number "Morning Train" -- but for the most part the lesser-known singles here are cornball cultural artifacts, interesting for collectors and soul fanatics, but they pale too easily next to the unadulterated brilliance of the best music here. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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