The Motown sound makes me think of my early childhood, growing up outside Chicago and discovering radios. There is an optimism in these sounds for a world that could have/should have, but didn't happen.
We hit some of the hits but featured a lot of previously unrealsed material from the literal basement vault of the early studio in Detroit. Stevie Wonder when he was 13, unissued tracks by the likes of The Velvelettes, Temptations, and on and on. Around the same time, across the pond, something similar was going on. Northern Soul and Blue Eyed Soul were driving scooters and parka clad Mods to a frenzy with the likes of Cyril Davis, Chris Farlowe and Chris Clark. Sometimes it's hard to tell which side of the ocean each recording came from, but in a way, that's the point.
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The Velvelettes
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Ain't No Place Like Motown
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a cellerful OF MOWTOWN: The Rarest Detroit Grooves
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Diana Ross The Supremes
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When The Lovelight Starts Shining Thru' His Eyes
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20 Mod Classics
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Martha Reeves The Vandellas
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Quicksand
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20 Mod Classics
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Frank Wilson
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My Sugar Baby
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a cellerful OF MOWTOWN: The Rarest Detroit Grooves
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Chris Clark
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Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
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a cellerful OF MOWTOWN: The Rarest Detroit Grooves
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Tamla Motown
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0
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The Just Brothers
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Sliced Tomatoes
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A Treasury of Northeren Soul
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Castle Pulse
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0
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Barbara McNair
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Baby A Go-Go
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Brenda Holloway
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All Your Love / Who You Gonna Run To
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A a cellerful OF MOWTOWN: The Rarest Detroit Grooves
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Tamla Motown
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0
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The Velvelettes
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He Was Really Saying Something
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20 Mod Classics
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Earl Van Dyke
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He Was Really Saying Something
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a cellerful OF MOWTOWN: The Rarest Detroit Grooves
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Father's Angels
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Bok To Bach
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A Treasury of Northeren Soul
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Castle Pulse
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0
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Chris Farlowe
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Moanin (Sitar version)
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Immediate Mod Box Set
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Immediate
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0
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Cyril Davis His RB All Stars
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Someday Baby
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Immediate Mod Box Set
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Immediate
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0
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Stevie Wonder
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Hey Harmonica Man
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20 Mod Classics
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Stevie Wonder
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Are You Sure Love Is The Name Of This Game
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a cellerful OF MOWTOWN: The Rarest Detroit Grooves
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Temptations
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Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
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20 Mod Classics
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Smokey Robinson The Miracles
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That's What Love Is Made Of
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20 Mod Classics
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Gladys Knight The Pips
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Here Are The Pieces Of My Broken Heart
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TOWN: The Rarest Detroit Grooves
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Tamla Motown
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0
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The Golden Apples Of The Sun
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The Monkey Time
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Immediate Mod Box Set
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Immediate
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0
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The Velvelettes
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Needle In A Haystack
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20 Mod Classics
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Marvelettes
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Too Many Fish In The Sea
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20 Mod Classics
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Tamla Motown
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0
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The Funk Brothers
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Tell Me It's Just A Rumor Baby
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a cellerful OF MOWTOWN: The Rarest Detroit Grooves
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Marvin Gaye
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Can I Get A Witness
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20 Mod Classics
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Martha Reeves The Vandellas
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Heatwave
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20 Mod Classics
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Kim Weston
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Don't Let Me Down
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TOWN: The Rarest Detroit Grooves
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Tamla Motown
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0
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The Monitors
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Don't Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today
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a cellerful OF MOWTOWN: The Rarest Detroit Grooves
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Tamla Motown
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0
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Sammy Ward
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Until You Came Along / Before It's Over
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a cellerful OF MOWTOWN: The Rarest Detroit Grooves
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Tamla Motown
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0
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