tracks

Heat Wave
A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)
I Found A Girl
You'll Be Sorry Someday
Good Bye Cruel Love
Envious
I Want To Talk About You
So In Love
Laughing Boy
Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right
Sugar Cane Curtain
Dingbat Diller
It Should Have Been Me
Love Me All The Way
Locking Up My Heart [First Pressing]
Forever
Come And Get These Memories
Jealous Lover
My Heart Can't Take It No More
You Bring Back Memories
Late Freight
Mellow In Coli
I'mi See You Later
I Did
Bobbie
El Rig
I Did
Falling In Love With Love
The Interview (Summit Chanted Meeting)
Peaceful
My Baby Gave Me Another Chance
I'll Make It Up To You Somehow
Don't Let Her Be Your Baby
It Must Be Love
Oh Freddy
It Hurt Me Too
A Love She Can Count On
I Can Take A Hint
I Want A Love I Can See
The Further You Look, The Less You See
Pride And Joy
One Of These Days
Your Old Stand By
What Love Has Joined Together
Baby Shake
Brenda
Locking Up My Heart [Second Pressing]
Why Go Out Of Your Way
I'll Go Anywhere
Fingertips (Part 1) [First Pressing]
Fingertips (Part 2) [First Pressing]
First, You've Got To Recognize God
I'm Going Home
Fingertips (Part 2) [Second Pressing]
Fingertips (Part 1) [Second Pressing]
I'm Hooked
We're Only Young Once
Going Steady Anniversary
Pushing Up Daisies
Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do
I Won't Go Back
Pa (I Need A Car)
You Get Ugly
My Daily Prayer
A Breath Taking Guy
(The Man With The) Rock And Roll Banjo
What Goes Up Must Come Down
Come On Home
Who Wouldn't Love A Man Like That
Say You'll Never Let Me Go
Farewell My Love
May I Have This Dance
My Daddy Knows Best
Tie A String Around Your Finger
Heat Wave
A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)
Give God A Chance
Have You Any Time For Jesus
Mickey's Monkey
Whatever Makes You Happy
There He Goes
That's The Reason Why
I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues (Part 1) [Second Pressing]
Back To School Again
Pig Knuckles
Just Be Yourself
I Can't Help It, I Gotta Dance
You Lost The Sweetest Boy
What's So Easy For Two So Is Hard For One
Work Out Stevie, Work Out
Monkey Talk
Can I Get A Witness
I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
We Shall Overcome
Trouble In This Land
As Long As I Know He's Mine
He Won't Be True (Little Girl Blue)
I'm On The Outside Looking In
I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To
Just Loving You
Another Train Coming
Too Hurt To Cry, Too Much In Love To Say Goodbye
Come On Home
The Big Wheel
That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
Forget About Me
Devil In His Heart
When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
Standing At The Crossroads Of Love
I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying
Such Is Love, Such Is Life
Quicksand [First Pressing]
Darling, I Hum Our Song
Quicksand [Second Pressing]
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Christmas Everyday
May What He Lived For Live
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
Leaving Here
Stevie
(He Is) The Boy Of My Dreams

notes

Track-by-track annotations by Bill Dahl and Keith Hughes. Edited by Harry Weinger and Thane Tierney.

Bill Dahl of Chicago has written hundreds of album reviews, feature stories and various articles about music and musicians. He has been nominated for a Grammy(R) award for his notes to Ray Charles' <i>Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection</i>. With Weldon A. McDougal III, Dahl is the author of <i>Motown: The Golden Years</i>.

Keith Hughes of Wantage, England, is the author of <i>Don't Forget The Motor City</i>, a Motown discography, and has written articles for a variety of soul magazines. His research has appeared in several CD compilations.

<i>Billboard</i> chart information courtesy of BPI Communications Inc. and Joel Whitburn's Record Research Inc.

Discographical information courtesy of Motown Records Archive.

Primary Sources: The Hitsville Session Logbooks, The Motown Library Tape Filling Card Index, The Motown 45 RPM Record Label Files, The Jobete Music Company Catalog January, 1959-March 31, 1967.

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Digitally remastered from the original analog single masters by Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios-East.

With thanks to: All of the artists and Motown staffers who contributed their memories, and to the Motown Winners' Circle (Chris Jenner, John Lester, Andrew Skurow and Paul Nixon); Bill Levenson, Ritchie Hardin, Martin Hughes, Ron Murphy, Robert Pruter and Eric Charge.

Photos: Motown Records Archives except pgs. 17, 92: courtesy Linda Griner; Amos Milburn LP courtesy Show Time Music Archives (Toronto); Worshopp Jazz LPs courtesy Stu Hackel; Single labels courtesy Lars Nilsson.

Our gratitude to Berry Gordy, the Gordy family, the artists, musicians, engineers, writers, producers, arrangers, handclappers and footstompers at 2468 West Grand Boulevard.

(C) 2005 Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

Track 14.21 is in the public domain.
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Non-Release Notes

Edition limited to 7500 non-numbered limited edition copies.

Disc 1-5 corresponds to 11-15 in <a href=http://www.discogs.com/label/The+Complete+Motown+Singles>The Complete Motown Singles</a> serie.

All musician credits and additional backing vocals, production, engineering or songwriting credits taken from the track-by-track annotations and essays.

credits

Art Direction – Al Quattrocchi, Jeff Smith (17), Michele Horie, Vartan (4)
Compilation Producer – Harry Weinger
Design – Tornado Design
Executive-Producer – Pat Lawrence
Mastered By [Digitally Remastered] – Ellen Fitton
Other [Essay] – Craig Werner, Martha Reeves (As Told To Mark Bego)
Other [For Hip-o Select] – Thane Tierney
Other [Legal Clearance] – Andrea Canter
Photography By [Photo Coordinator] – Ryan Null
Producer [Associate Producer] – Keith Hughes
Production Manager – Monique McGuffin
Production Manager [Product Manager] – Heather Whitten

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