Motown CDs

In celebration of Motown's 50th anniversary, Motown releases 10 new compilations to add to the definitive collection series. Each “Definitive” disc contains: Original stereo recordings, digitally remastered Booklet with classic photos and extensive liner notes Feature...

In celebration of Motown's 50th anniversary, Motown releases 10 new compilations to add to the definitive collection series. Each “Definitive” disc contains: Original stereo recordings, digitally remastered Booklet with classic photos and extensive liner notes Feature...

Introducing Motown Love - the latest Motown compiIation celebrating 50 years of the iconic label. This wonderful collection is in the same format as the hugely successful Motown 50 compilation, which achieved gold certification in NZ and has now sold over 600k worldwide. It contains three disc...

This is a limited edition digipak. Personnel includes: Stevie Wonder (vocals, harmonica, piano, keyboards); George Benson (guitar, background vocals); Michael Sembello (guitar); Peter Kleinow (steel guitar); Dorothy Ashby (harp); Bobbi Humphrey (flute); Hank Redd (alto & tenor saxophones); Trevor...

Personnel includes: Stevie Wonder (vocals, harmonica, piano); Paul McCartney (vocals); Michael Jackson, Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, Jamil Raheem, Betty Wright, Kurt Carr Singers (background vocals).Producers: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Clarence Paul, William "Mickey" Stevenson, George Martin.Inc...

Seldom equalled and never surpassed, Muddy Waters changed the course of popular music. Beautifully remastered to capture Muddy's intoxicating power, this Rough Guide charts his early career in the Delta and pioneering time in Chicago. Comes with a bonus disc of Blues Legends featuring James Cott...

A true original with cult status, Robert Johnson was arguably the most influential bluesman of them all. Lovingly remastered to give exceptional clarity, this Rough Guide breathes new life into the work of a legend, who defined the blues and planted the seed of rock and roll.    Com...

Universal Music is celebrating the 50th anniversary of America's greatest record label and global music icon: MOTOWN. The Motown Sound went worldwide in the '60s, and that sound still resonates today. With more than 180 #1 songs and counting, Motown hits continue to appear in commercials, TV and ...

Recording information: 1959 - 1991.It's hard to go wrong with 40 tracks by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, especially when nearly all of them are deservedly canonized pop classics. The two-disc GOLD series does its usual outstanding job compiling and packaging the artist in question, and with mate...

Balancing raw power with shades of vulnerability, Gaye rose to the top of Motown's roster without the benefit of a supporting vocal group. Whether singing love songs or social commentary, Gaye's voice displays an earnestness and sincerity that are a soul singer's most potent weapons. Among these 47 ...

Collects together Willie's 2nd & 3rd album both which were recorded in 1958 plus 4 bonus tracks (Fever, Do Something for Me, All Around the World, Letter From My Darling). All Music guide states that Willie's influence can be heard/felt from greats like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, B.B. King, James...

This specially priced compilation CD features 14 of the best known songs from Michael and his brothers, a.k.a. The Jackson 5.

In celebration of Motown's 50th anniversary, Motown releases 10 new compilations to add to the definitive collection series. Each “Definitive” disc contains: Original stereo recordings, digitally remastered Booklet with classic photos and extensive liner notes Feature...

In celebration of Motown's 50th anniversary, Motown releases 10 new compilations to add to the definitive collection series. Each “Definitive” disc contains: Original stereo recordings, digitally remastered Booklet with classic photos and extensive liner notes Feature...

In celebration of Motown's 50th anniversary, Motown releases 10 new compilations to add to the definitive collection series. Each “Definitive” disc contains: Original stereo recordings, digitally remastered Booklet with classic photos and extensive liner notes Feature...

In celebration of Motown's 50th anniversary, Motown releases 10 new compilations to add to the definitive collection series. Each “Definitive” disc contains: Original stereo recordings, digitally remastered Booklet with classic photos and extensive liner notes Feature...

Personnel includes: Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Betty Wright, Angela Winbush, The O'Jays.All tracks have been digitally remastered.By the time HOTTER THAN JULY was released in 1980, Stevie Wonder had spent the '70s making his transition into adulthood by redefining pop music and winning widespre...

The first pressings of THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION included a bonus disc featuring rare tracks. Personnel includes: Lionel Richie (vocals); Diana Ross, Enrique Igelesias (vocals); Russ DeSalvo (guitar, synthesizer); Adam Philips, Cheili Minucci (guitar); Shane Keister (piano); Eric Kupper (keyboard...

The History of Rhythm & Blues series of CDs is a cross-label project that attempts to chronicle the rise of R&B from a historical perspective. Its aim is to demonstrate the breadth of new forms which arose from the fusion of the various styles and to showcase the most influential records whi...

Ember Records founder Jeffrey Kruger enlisted the help of leading music writer, and later editor of Blues & Soul magazine, John Abbey to seek out the best soul sounds, and the label maintained a steady stream of classy soul releases throughout the sixties and seventies. Some were big sellers, wh...

One of the world's greatest jazz singers, Billie Holiday is celebrated for the highly personal, intimate and emotional style that she brought to every note she recorded. Lovingly compiled and remastered, this special edition spanning her career includes a groundbreaking tribute to the original ...

Jewels In The Crown is a duets compilation album by American Soul singer Aretha Franklin. It was released in 2007 by Arista,[2] and comprises a combination of classic duets spanning Franklin's career, and two newly recorded duets with Fantasia and John Legend. It also contains two live duets, one fr...

One of the great R&B long-players of the '50s, Here's Larry Williams collects nearly all of the Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter's key work ("Bad Boy" and 1967's "Mercy Mercy Mercy" are the only truly essential tracks missing), and a bunch of smokin' obscurities besides. ...

Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from the R&B/Pop vocalist on one CD: Exciting Lloyd Price and Mr. Personality. These albums were recorded at the beginning of his career with ABC-Paramount; the label that issued his biggest smash hits. Both were recorded in absolutely bre...

For the first time ever, on the occasion of the group's 50th anniversary, every US single from the legendary Diana Ross & the Supremes is now in one package, the 3-CD box set featuring every A- and B-side from the very beginning to their triumphant farewell, when lead singer Diana Ross left for a so...

Putumayo’s newest release, Rhythm & Blues, features first generation soul legends and rising stars of the retro R&B revival. It’s the label’s first album exclusively dedicated to the genre. The 60s and 70s rhythm and blues of The Four Tops, Otis Redding and The Supremes, a...

The Temptations (R&B): Damon Harris, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Glenn Leonard, Louis Price, Ali Ollie Woodson, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams, Paul Williams, Richard Street, Ron Tyson, Terry Weeks, Theo Peoples, Barrington Henderson (vocals).Liner Note Author: Harry Weinger.Recording information...

Producers: Smokey Robinson, Norman Whitfield, Frank Wilson, Nickolas Ashford.Compilation producer: Harry Weinger.Recorded between 1964 & 1969. Includes liner notes by Leonard Pitts, Jr.Digitally remastered by Suha Gur and Kevin Reeves (Universal Music Studios East).This is part of MCA's 20th Century...

Includes liner notes by A. Scott Galloway.Digitally remastered by Jeff Willens (Universal Mastering Studios East).Composer: Smokey Robinson.If you only ever buy one Smokey Robinson album, this is the one to get. It features prime cuts, such as the immortal "Shop Around" and Robinson's solo "Just to ...

Liner Note Author: David Ritz.Recording information: 1969 - 1976.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.This is part of MCA's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series.

Wonderful soul from the Chicago scene of the 70s! Some great lesser-known gems by some of the biggest artists to bubble up on the Windy City scene of the 60s, represented here by some beautifully mature work! Most tracks are from the later Chi-Soul label, run by the mighty Carl Davis - but t...