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

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

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

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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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Album titlle: On The Detroit Beat - Motor City Soul UK Style 1963-67 (CD)
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Label Ace Records
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EAN: 0029667093422
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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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