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(Ace Records) 24 tracks It may seem unbelievable in 2019 but there was a time when Motown was... more

Various: On The Detroit Beat - Motor City Soul UK Style 1963-67 (CD)

(Ace Records) 24 tracks

It may seem unbelievable in 2019 but there was a time when Motown was not a household name in the UK. Around 40 Motown singles were released here between 1959 and 1964, not one making a dent in our charts until Mary Wells scored a Top 10 hit with ‘My Guy’. After that Berry Gordy’s company began to slowly make a greater impression on British pop fans but even then a full three years went by before Motown’s flagship acts routinely made the UK Top 20.

However, all but ignored by the public at large, Motown songs quickly won a place in the collective heart of British beat merchants, particularly after the Beatles recorded three Motown songs on their second UK album. Soon it was open season on their catalogue, with all manner of artists coming up with covers of songs that had flopped for the original artists. The Motown sound was difficult to replicate, so most who covered the songs went their own way with them. Not all covers were musically successful but this new Ace project selects two dozen that were.

Most of our selections cover songs from Motown’s early years. Once the hits started coming regularly, there was little point in going up against the originals, so artists started to cover B-sides and singles that had not been issued here at the time. By 1967 there was virtually no point in trying to steal Motown’s thunder, and thus our compilation goes no further than that year. But there’s a lot of great stuff here that stands up well in comparison with the originals, and there are plenty of highlights to savour, from avowed Motown fan Dusty Springfield taking on an early Supremes classic to a certain Liverpool icon reminding us of her R&B roots as Swinging Cilla as she launches herself into Jr Walker’s ‘Shotgun’.

The singers might get the odd word wrong but their commitment to each song can’t be faulted. They may not have been able to replicate the Motown sound but they surely knew how to get “On The Detroit Beat”.

Tony Rounce

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Various - On The Detroit Beat - Motor City Soul UK Style 1963-67 (CD) CD 1
01 Mickey's Monkey The Hollies
02 As Long As I Know He's Mine Julie Grant
03 Money (That's What I Want) The Undertakers
04 I Want A Love I Can See John Leyton And The Leroys
05 Sweet Thing Georgie Fame
06 I'll Be Doggone Billy J Kramer And The Dakotas
07 Two Lovers Louise Cordet
09 You Really Got A Hold On Me Small Faces
10 The Way You Do The Things You Do Elkie Brooks
11 I Want To Go Back There Again Bill Kenwright And The Runaways
12 When The Lovelight Stars Shining Through His Eyes Dusty Springfield
13 One Of These Days Guy Darrell
14 (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave Beverly Jones With The Prestons
15 Number One In Your Heart Herbie Goins And The Night Timers
16 Every Little Bit Hurts Spencer Davis Group
17 Stubborn Kind Of Fellow The Roulettes
18 You're My Remedy Helen Shapiro
19 No Good Without You The Birds
20 My Smile Is Just A Frown (Turned Upside Down) Truly Smith
21 Never Leave Your Baby's Side Tony Jackson And The Vibrations
22 Let's Go Somewhere Beryl Marsden
23 In My Lonely Room The Action
24 Shotgun Cilla Black & Sounds Incorporated
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Tracklist
Various - On The Detroit Beat - Motor City Soul UK Style 1963-67 (CD) CD 1
01 Mickey's Monkey
02 As Long As I Know He's Mine
03 Money (That's What I Want)
04 I Want A Love I Can See
05 Sweet Thing
06 I'll Be Doggone
07 Two Lovers
09 You Really Got A Hold On Me
10 The Way You Do The Things You Do
11 I Want To Go Back There Again
12 When The Lovelight Stars Shining Through His Eyes
13 One Of These Days
14 (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave
15 Number One In Your Heart
16 Every Little Bit Hurts
17 Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
18 You're My Remedy
19 No Good Without You
20 My Smile Is Just A Frown (Turned Upside Down)
21 Never Leave Your Baby's Side
22 Let's Go Somewhere
23 In My Lonely Room
24 Shotgun