America-and Motown-were changing in '71, and this set takes you back to that volatile time. Here are every Motown hit and B-side from the first half of that year plus "religious-rock" experiments, a protest medley, songs by Sammy Davis Jr.. and Bobby Darin, the debut of Meat Loaf and more! Includes What's Going on Marvin Gaye; Never Can Say Goodbye Jackson 5; I Don't Want to Do Wrong Gladys Knight & the Pips; I Don't Blame You at All Smokey Robinson & the Miracles; We Can Work It Out Stevie Wonder; Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) Temptations; Nathan Jones Supremes; Smiling Faces Sometimes Undisputed Truth, and more.
9 Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - Whitfield, Norman
10 You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth - Whitfield, Norman
11 Ain't It a Sad Thing - Taylor, R. Dean
12 Back Street - Taylor, R. Dean
13 What's Going on - Cleveland, Al
14 God Is Love - Gaye, Marvin
15 Save My Love for a Rainy Day - Penzabene, Rodger
16 Since I've Lost You - Whitfield, Norman
17 Don't Pay Me No Mind - Beavers, Kenneth
18 Listen to Your Soul - Beavers, Kenneth
19 Each Day Is a Lifetime - Zesses, Nick
20 Don't Stop Lovin' Me - Browner, Duke
21 Love Makes the World Go 'Round - Jackson, Deon
22 Jimmy - Browner, Duke
23 Love Makes the World Go 'Round - Jackson, Deon
- Disc 2 -
1 We Can Work It Out - Lennon, John
2 Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer - Wonder, Stevie
3 I Don't Blame You at All - Robinson, William
4 That Girl - Cosby, Henry
5 This Used to Be the Home of Johnnie Mae - Caston, Leonard
6 It's So Hard for Me to Say Goodbye - Sawyer, Pamela
7 This Used to Be the Home of Johnnie Mae - Caston, Leonard
8 In My Own Lifetime - Harnick, Sheldon
9 I'll Begin Again - Bricusse, Leslie
10 In My Own Lifetime - Harnick, Sheldon
11 Never Can Say Goodbye - Davis, Clifton
12 She's Good - Perren, Freddie
13 Gotta See Jane - Holland, Edward JR
14 Gotta See Jane - Holland, Edward JR
15 Strung Out - Riser, Paul
16 Sounds of the Zodiac - Riser, Paul
17 Strung Out - Riser, Paul
18 Strung Out - Riser, Paul
19 Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me on - Whitfield, Norman
20 Cloud Nine - Whitfield, Norman
21 When My Love Hand Comes Down - Ware, Laverne Aka G
22 Steppin' on a Dream - Hinton, Joe
23 I Won't Weep No More - Semenya, Caiphus
24 You Touched Me - Semenya, Caiphus
25 Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer - Wonder, Stevie
- Disc 3 -
1 Reach Out I'll Be There - Holland, Brian
2 (They Long to Be) Close to You - Bacharach, Burt
3 Reach Out I'll Be There [Long Stereo Promo Version] - Holland, Brian
4 Reach Out I'll Be There [Short Stereo Promo Version] - Holland, Brian
5 (I've Given You) the Best Years of My Life - Fekaris, Dino
6 It Takes a Man to Teach a Woman How to Love - Riser, Paul
7 What You See Is What You Get - Valvano, Mike
8 Lady Be Mine - Campbell, Michael
9 What You See Is What You Get - Valvano, Mike
10 Nathan Jones - Wakefield, Kathy
11 Happy (Is a Bumpy Road) - Wilson, Frank
12 Nathan Jones - Wakefield, Kathy
13 Melodie - Richards, Deke
14 Someday We'll Be Together - Beavers, Jackey
15 Never Can Say Goodbye - Davis, Clifton
16 So Far, So Good - Cosby, Henry
17 Never Can Say Goodbye - Davis, Clifton
18 Heartaches - King Floyd
19 Together We Can Do Anything - King Floyd
20 Feelin' Alright - Mason, Dave
21 Love Story - Newman, Randy
22 I Don't Want to Do Wrong - Bristol, John
23 Is There a Place (In His Heart for Me) - McMurray, Clay
24 I Don't Want to Do Wrong - Bristol, John
- Disc 4 -
1 You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart - Zesses, Nick
2 I'm Glad About It - Ashford, Nickolas
3 You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart - Zesses, Nick
4 Smiling Faces Sometimes - Whitfield, Norman
5 You Got the Love I Need - Whitfield, Norman
6 I'd Still Love You - Hunter, Ivory Joe
7 I Can Feel the Pain - Hunter, Ivory Joe
8 I'd Still Love You - Hunter, Ivory Joe
9 In These Changing Times - Wilson, Frank
10 Right Before My Eyes - Wilson, Frank
11 Reach Out I'll Be There [Mono Promo Version] - Holland, Brian
12 Pass the Plate - Henderson, Wayne
13 Greasy Spoon - Hooper, Nesbert
14 Pass the Plate - Henderson, Wayne
15 Dyambo (De-Yambo) Weary Day Is Over - Semenya, Caiphus
16 Shebeen - Gwangwa, Jonas
17 Dyambo (De-Yambo) Weary Day Is Over - Semenya, Caiphus
18 Uncle Tom - Adams, Arthur
19 Mornin' Train - Adams, Arthur
20 What Is Love - Moore, Warren
21 Where Did the Children Go - Moore, Warren
22 Crazy About the la la la - Robinson, William
23 Oh Baby Baby I Love You - Cleveland, Al
24 Crazy About the la la la - Robinson, William
- Disc 5 -
1 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Gaye, Marvin
2 Sad Tomorrow - Gaye, Marvin
3 Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Gaye, Marvin
4 If I Could Give You the World - Lawson, Floyd
5 You Gotta Sacrifice (We Gotta Sacrifice) - Lawson, Floyd
6 If I Could Give You the World - Lawson, Floyd
7 The Reverend John B. Daniels - Beavers, Kenneth
8 Jesus Is the Key - Beavers, Kenneth
9 The Reverend John B. Daniels - Beavers, Kenneth
10 Candy Apple Red - Taylor, R. Dean
11 Woman Alive - Taylor, R. Dean
12 Candy Apple Red - Taylor, R. Dean
13 I Just Want to Celebrate - Zesses, Nick
14 The Seed - Hoorelbeke, Peter
15 I Just Want to Celebrate - Zesses, Nick
16 Maybe Tomorrow - Corporation
17 I Will Find a Way - Corporation
18 Maybe Tomorrow - Corporation
19 What the World Needs Now/Abraham, Martin and John - David, Hal
20 The Victors - Clay, Tom
21 What the World Needs Now/Abraham, Martin and John - David, Hal
22 It's Summer - Strong, Barrett
23 I'm the Exception to the Rule - Whitfield, Norman
America-and Motown-were changing in '71, and this set takes you back to that volatile time. Here are every Motown hit and B-side from the first half of that year plus "religious-rock" experiments, a protest medley, songs by Sammy Davis Jr.. and Bobby Darin, the debut of Meat Loaf and more! Includes What's Going on Marvin Gaye; Never Can Say Goodbye Jackson 5; I Don't Want to Do Wrong Gladys Knight & the Pips; I Don't Blame You at All Smokey Robinson & the Miracles; We Can Work It Out Stevie Wonder; Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) Temptations; Nathan Jones Supremes; Smiling Faces Sometimes Undisputed Truth, and more.
