MOTOWN 25:
YESTERDAY · TODAY · FOREVER
LEGENDARY MOTOWN 25 TV SPECIAL
PUBLIC TV STATIONS NATIONWIDE
ON FEBRUARY 28, 2015
MOTOWN: BIG HITS & MORE
EXCLUSIVE BOXED SET OF MOTOWN HITS
FEATURING PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED VERSIONS OF CLASSIC SONGS
Motown 25: Yesterday – Today – Forever, an updated version of the legendary Motown 25 TV Special, will premiere on most public television stations on February 28, 2015 at 8pm ET, then will repeat immediately following. TJ Lubinsky, executive producer and co-host of public television’s “My Music,” series has created a 7-CD set of original Motown Hits, classic album tracks and rarities to accompany the airing of this classic special.
Titled Motown: Big Hits & More, the boxed set is a compelling collection of not just “the same old songs,” but many of the radio hits, regional hits and flip side favorites from the Gordy, Soul and Tamla/Motown labels. “I had the chance to grow up from New Jersey to South Florida to Pennsylvania, so I heard Motown on the radio not only in the Garden State, but also in New York and especially in Philadelphia”, says Lubinsky. “This gave me a special taste for different flavors of classic Motown that each region of the country loved to hear on the radio.
"In putting together this unique 7-CD set, I wanted to create a unique package that featured all these great songs, including 25 new stereo mixes of classic songs," Lubinsky elaborates. "We had the extraordinary opportunity to go through the Motown archives and have access to the original tapes and sessions, going back to the original stages and pre-mixed stages of recording sessions done at Hitsville gave us so many amazing surprises. Most often the songs went much longer than the fades we are used to hearing – and sometimes even extra verses were uncovered, like Smokey Robinson and The Miracles ad-libbing the line, 'the tracks of my tears, I’ve been crying for years' which has never been heard before because it was on the original session tapes past the fade-out on the 45."
The entire CD collection will be available to members that pledge to public television stations during the February 28 national broadcast of Motown 25 (8pm ET, 7pm CT - check local listings), and at www.treasurycollection.com. Motown 25 is under license from Berry Gordy’s West Grand Media and jointly distributed by StarVista Entertainment and TJL for public television stations.
Track Lists: Motown: Big Hits & More 7-CD Set
CD #1
1. Money - Barrett Strong
2. Shop Around – The Miracles
3. Please Mr. Postman – The Marvelettes
4. The One Who Really Loves You – Mary Wells
5. Do You Love Me – The Contours
6. Stubborn Kinda Fella - Marvin Gaye
7. You Beat Me To The Punch – Mary Wells
8. Two Lovers - Mary Wells
9. You Really Got A Hold On Me – The Miracles
10. Come And Get These Memories - Martha & The Vandellas
11. Beachwood 4-5789 – The Marvelettes
12. Too Strong To Be Strung Along – The Marvelettes
13. Hitch Hike - Marvin Gaye
14. Fingertips, Pt. 2 - Stevie Wonder
15. A Breath Taking Guy – The Supremes
16. Mickey's Monkey – The Miracles - EXTENDED MIX
17. Heatwave - Martha & The Vandellas - EXTENDED MIX
18. Quicksand - Martha & The Vandellas
19. I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying – The Miracles
20. The Girl's Alright With Me – The Temptations
21. Contact On Love - Stevie Wonder
22. Leaving Here - Eddie Holland
CD#2
1. The Way You Do The Things You Do – The Temptations
2. I Want A Love I Can See – The Temptations
3. You're A Wonderful One – Marvin Gaye
4. In My Lonely Room - Martha & The Vandellas
5. Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
6. My Guy Mary Wells
7. Looking For The Right Guy – Kim Weston
8. I Like It Like - That Miracles
9. Dancing In The Street – Martha & The Vandellas
10. Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops
11. Would I Love You – The Miracles
12. How Sweet It Is - Marvin Gaye
13. Girl Why You Wanna Make Me Blue – The Temptations
14. Needle In A Haystack – The Velvelettes
15. Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes
16. Ask Any Girl – The Supremes
17. Without The One You Love – Four Tops
18. Since I Lost My Baby – The Temptations
19. You Lost The Sweetest Boy - Mary Wells
20. Sweet Thing – The Spinners
21. Baby Love – The Supremes
22. My Girl – The Temptations
CD #3
1. Come See About Me - The Supremes
2. Shotgun - Jr. Walker & His All Stars - EXTENDED MIX
3. Nowhere To Run - Martha & The Vandellas
4. Don't Look Back – The Temptations
5. I'll Be Doggone - Marvin Gaye
6. Ooh Baby Baby – The Miracles
7. Back In My Arms Again – The Supremes
8. I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
9. Tracks Of My Tears – The Miracles - EXTENDED MIX
10. A Fork In The Road - The Miracles
11. It's The Same Old Song - Four Tops
12. Nothing But Heartaches – The Supremes
13. Ain’t That Peculiar - Marvin Gaye - EXTENDED MIX
14. Take In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) - Kim Weston
15. My Baby – The Temptations
16. Everything Is Good About You – The Supremes
17. I Hear A Symphony – The Supremes
18. Uptight - Stevie Wonder - EXTENDED MIX
19. My World Is Empty Without You – The Supremes
20. Since I Lost My Baby – The Temptations
21. Put Yourself In My Place – The Elgins
22. Going To A Go-Go – The Miracles - EXTENDED MIX
CD #4
1. Get Ready - The Temptations - EXTENDED MIX
2. He Was Really Sayin' Something – The Velvelettes
3. This Old Heart Of Mine – The Isley Brothers - EXTENDED MIX
4. Ain't Too Proud To Beg – The Temptations
5. Truly Yours - Spinners
6. Shake Me, Wake Me - Four Tops
7. Whole Lot Of Shaking In My Heart – The Miracles
8. You Can't Hurry Love – The Supremes
9. I Guess I'll Always Love You – The Isley Brothers
10. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - Four Tops
11. What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin - EXTENDED MIX
12. Blowing In The Wind - Stevie Wonder - EXTENDED MIX
13. Reach Out, I'll Be There – Four Tops
14. You Keep Me Hanging On – The Supremes
15. Heaven Must Have Sent You Elgins - EXTENDED MIX
16. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep – The Temptations
17. All I Need – The Temptations
18. I'm Ready For Love - Martha & The Vandellas
19. Standing In The Shadows Of Love - Four Tops
20. Since You've Been Gone - Four Tops
21. (Come Round Here) I'm The One You Need Miracles
22. A Place In The Sun - Stevie Wonder - EXTENDED MIX
CD #5
1. Love Is Here And Now You're Gone – The Supremes
2. Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage – The Miracles - EXTENDED MIX
3. Jimmy Mack - Martha & The Vandellas - EXTENDED MIX
4. Don't Mess With Bill – The Marvelettes - EXTENDED MIX
5. Bernadette - Four Tops - EXTENDED MIX
6. I Got A Feeling - Four Tops
7. I'm Losing You – The Temptations
8. 7 Rooms Of Gloom - Four Tops - EXTENDED MIX
9. I'll Turn To Stone - Four Tops
10. I Was Made To Love Her – Stevie Wonder
11. More Love – Smokey Robinson & Miracles - EXTENDED MIX
12. You're My Everything – The Temptations
13. Your Precious Love - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terell
14. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terell
15. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips
16. I Wish It Would Rain – The Temptations - EXTENDED MIX
17. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
18. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye
19. I Second That Emotion – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - EXTENDED MIX
20. If You Can Want – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
21. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game – The Marvelettes - EXTENDED MIX
22. Reflections – Diana Ross & The Supremes
CD #6
1. Dance Party - Martha & The Vandellas
2. Jamie - Eddie Holland
3. Let Me Go The Right Way - Supremes
4. The Only One That I Love – The Miracles
5. Third Finger, Left Hand - Martha & The Vandellas - EXTENDED MIX
6. Forever - Marvin Gaye
7. The Impossible Dream – The Temptations
8. There's No Stopping Us Now – The Supremes
9. More, More, More Of Your Love - Miracles
10. Come On And See Me Tammi Terrell
11. I'm Still Loving You - Kim Weston
12. Keep On Loving Me - Frances Nero
13. S.O.S. (Stop Her On Site) – Edwin Starr
14. If My Heart Could Tell A Story - Edwin Starr
15. Behind A Painted Smile – The Isley Brothers
16. I've Passed This Way Before – Jimmy Ruffin
17. You'll Lose A Precious Love - Temptations
18. Loneliness Has Made Me Realize (It's You That I Need) - The Temptations
19. Just A Little Misunderstanding – The Contours
20. It's Easy To Fall In Love With A Guy Like You - Martha & The Vandellas
21. It's A Good Good Feeling – The Miracles - EXTENDED MIX
22. What's So Good About Goodbye – The Miracles
CD #7 (Motown 1970s)
1. Ball Of Confusion - Temptations
2. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
3. War - Edwin Starr
4. Stoned Love - The Supremes
5. I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth
6. It's A Shame - Spinners
7. If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips
8. I'll Be There - Jackson Five
9. Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson
10. Love Machine - Miracles
11. Brick House - Commodores
12. You And I - Rick James