Martha Reeves & The Vandellas: Live Wire: The Singles 1962-1972 - Disc 1 of 2 CD Track Listing

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Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Live Wire: The Singles 1962-1972 - Disc 1 of 2 (1993)
Live Wire: The Singles 1962-1972 - Disc 1 of 2\nMartha Reeves & The Vandellas\n1993 Motown Record Company, LP\n\nOriginally Released September 7, 1993\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: This two-CD box set includes all of the top singles and many of the flip sides that Martha Reeves & the Vandellas cut for Motown. All the hits are here, of course; the collector will be especially interested in the B-sides and non-hit singles, many of which employed the songwriting talents of Motown regulars like Holland-Dozier-Holland and Mickey Stevenson. There's also the rare single (featuring Gloria Williamson on lead vocals) cut by the Vells in 1962, before Reeves took top billing and the group changed their name. Eight of these cuts have never been released on album before. Among the non-hits, there isn't anything to match "Heat Wave" or "Dancing in the Street," but Reeves' astonishingly powerful voice never falters. She was arguably Motown's most talented female singer, but the label's investment in her seemed to flag as the decade progressed. The later material lacks the distinction of her classic period, though the 1970 album track "I Should Be Proud" is a little-known (if somewhat heavy-handed) protest against the Vietnam War. -- Richie Unterberger\n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nSUPERIOR VANDELLA SOUND, May 25, 2004 \nReviewer: Scott Taylor "S.T." (WASHINGTON, DC) \nThe hits, the misses and the unrelesed jewels are all great on this set, however what really makes this release spectactacular is the the sound. This boxed set was mastered with love, baby and the sound is simply amazing. It supasses all the other boxed sets from this series. a must have! \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nALL the M&V you need...FOR DAYS!, September 27, 2003 \nReviewer: D.V. Lindner "D.V. Lindner" (King George, VA, USA) \nI can't possibly leave this one sitting here in Amazon-com a single day longer devoid of even the least praise. That's almost as much a shame as the fact that Motown hasn't kept this superb set in print. I see also that the track listings aren't posted as I write this, so let me address that first.\n\nThe set contains 43 selections on two discs, gloriously restored in pristine mono, and every major 'A' side of the groups' you can think of, I assure you, is here: Heat Wave, Dancing In The Street, Quicksand, Nowhere To Run, Jimmy Mack, Honey Chile, I'm Ready For Love - if you've read this far, you know this list. Even latter day sides that were, frankly, relative commercial stiffs are here: I Should Be Proud, Sweet Darling', Taking My Love And Leaving Me. What's new here is the instances where very rare 'B' sides that never (or almost never) made it to LP or CD are included. Remember 'Darling I Hum Our Song,' 'Never Leave Your Baby's Side,' 'A Tear For The Girl' and the unforgettable 'Third Finger, Left Hand'? They're here. The only items I found missing - and it's hardly a major complaint - were a couple of 'B's' like 'Old Love Let's Try It Again' and 'Dancing Slow.' But, without question, this is (was) the most satisfying collection of Martha & the Vandellas Motown EVER offered their fans. I bought it on August 1, 1994 and, for now, you have to settle for it used if you want it. I sure WOULD.\n\nBy a few weeks Steve Wonder beat Martha & the Vandellas to the Pop Top 10 first in the summer of 1963, the year I was nine. But between his "Fingertips" and their "Heat Wave" the beginning of my lifelong love of Motown was born. And I think I'm as 'brand loyal' a consumer as they come. Martha & Stevie had me well primed for when the Supremes, Four Tops & Temptations broke through big-time the following year. But I didn't leave anyone behind. It had no impact on me, for instance, to learn later that Vandellas' sides "Live Wire" & "In My Lonely Room" were poorer chart entries than "Heat Wave" and "Quicksand," which preceded them. All I needed to know is that they were Martha & the Vandellas records. For the rest of my life, I never left one of their 45s sitting in any record store if it was one I didn't have. That ought to give you a clue to my happiness when I learned about THIS lavish reissue of their work.\n\nThe 'cherry on top' here is the nicely detailed 20 page booklet included with a fine essay of the group's start to finish history by Fred Bronson of Billboard, great photos of the group, record labels and various Motown promotional posters. So what, if the shrink-wrap is off already and some somebody listened to the discs once or twice? If you loved Martha & her Vandellas, THIS is the indispensable set your collection needs. \n\nHalf.com Details \nContributing artists: The Four Tops \n\nAlbum Notes\nMartha Reeves & The Vandellas: Martha Reeves, Gloria Williamson (vocals), Rosalyn Ashford, Annette Sterling Beard, Betty Kelley, Lois Reeves, Sandra Tilley (background vocals).\nAdditional personnel includes: The Andantes, The Four Tops (background vocals).\nProducers: Berry Gordy (disc 1, track 1); Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier (disc 1, tracks 2, 5-11, 14, 17, 21, 22, disc 2, tracks 1, 3); William "Mickey" Stevenson (disc 1, tracks 3, 4, 12); William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter (disc 1, tracks 13, 15, 18, 20); William "Mickey" Stevenson, Clarence Paul, Ivy Jo Hunter (disc 1, track 16); Robert Staunton, Robert Walker (disc 1, track 19); Richard Morris (disc 2, tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9-11); Henry Cosby, Billie Jean Brown (disc 2, track 6); Deke Richards (disc 2, track 8); George Gordy (disc 2, track 12); Henry Cosby (disc 2, track 13); Clarence Paul (disc 2, track 14); Norman Whitfield (disc 2, track 15); Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy, Deke Richards (disc 2, tracks 16, 18); George Gordy, Lawrence Brown (disc 2, tracks 17, 20, 21); Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson (disc 2, track 19).\nCompilation producer: Cary E. Mansfield.\nIncludes liner notes by Fred Bronson.\nDigitally remastered by Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch (DigiPrep, Los Angeles, California).
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