The Motortown Revue Collection (Recorded Live)

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2005-08-26

Label: Hip-O Select

Packaged in a oversize book jacket (10"x14") each disc is housed in a sleeve that’s a mini of the original LP jacket with
40-page booklet, using most of the original artist bios and essays and photographs from the old tour programs and
a repro (17"x26") of an original tour poster is included

Tracks 1-1 to 1-12 originally released in mono only as Motown M609, May 1963
Charted June 1963, #47 Pop
Track 1-11 Includes elements of "Bring It On Home To Me", written by Sam Cooke

Tracks 2-1 to 2-17 originally released in mono only as Motown MT615, April 1964
Charted May 1964, #102 Pop

Tracks 3-1 to 3-13 originally released in mono as Tamla TM264, November 1965
Charted December 1965, #111 Pop
The LP was issued in "stereo" as Tamla TS-264, January 1966

There is only a mono mix of the album. The "stereo" release was electronically rechanneled from the mono mix tapes. This disc was remastered from the elements of the original European mono mixed-down tape reel that was used to create the edited mono LP master and its subsequent re-channeled stereo.

Tracks 4-1 to 4-16 originally released as Motown MS688, July 1969
Charted August 1969, #177 Pop
No producer credited
Subtitled:
Special Guest: The Temptations
Entire Show Backed by BOHANNON AND THE MOTOWN SOUND


Release credits page (pg. 38)
Digitally remastered from the original LP masters by Ellen Fitton

Photos: Motown Records Archives
Poster image courtesy of Pete Howard (mrposter@aol.com)

Hip-O Select thanks: Bruce Resnikoff, Jason Altman, Chris Butler, Harry Cole, Brit Davis, LaVon Freeman, David Lee, Glen Sanatar and Jerry Stine

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

Non-release notes
From Hip-O Select: CD Edition limited to 5000 non-numbered limitied edition copies.

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