Bobby Darin - Motown Years 1970 to 1973

In the late 60s and early 70s Motown signed several well established acts but then sort of took their eye off the ball resulting in frustration. True that a lot was happening at once with the move to LA and entering the film industry with "Lady Sings The Blues". Nevertheless there were some fantastic tracks from artists such as Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Bobby Darin and to a lesser extent Sammy Davis Jr and Lesley Gore.

Thankfully, in the case of Bobby Darin, material that had long been vaulted has been made available over the years - mainly thanks to Joe Marchesse & co [[e.g. Andy Skurrow) who've made it possible for these tracks to see release on CD. The Real Gone CDs have wonderful liner notes as well and are well worth looking up. In particular, "Another Song On My Mind" includes a great resume of Darin's Motown career - much of this can still be seen on the Real Gone website -

https://theseconddisc.com/2011/02/16...-motown-years/

You can see the full CD artwork here -

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cookep...57668721459480

And here are the covers for Darin's Motown albums / CDs

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cookep...in/dateposted/

Please advise of any errors

BOBBY DARIN MOTOWN DISCOGRAPHY

Recorded - 6 February 1971 Live at The Desert Inn [[Renamed “Finally” but still unreleased at the time)

M1183 – 17 April 1971
A Melodie
B Someday We'll Be Together

M1193 – November 1971
A Simple Song Of Freedom
B I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

M1203 – 2 June 1972
A Sail Away
B Hard Headed Woman

M753 ALBUM AUGUST 1972 – Bobby Darin

M1212 – Promo 3 November 1972 [[withdrawn)
A Average People [[mono)
B Average People [[stereo)

M1212 – 3 November 1972 [[probably a bootleg)
A Average People
B Something In Her Love

M1217 – 20 November 1972
A Happy [[Love Theme From "Lady Sings The Blues")
B Something In Her Love

Bobby Darin died 20 December 1973

M813 ALBUM February 1974 – Darin 1936-1973

PR4 [[PROMO EP) - 1974
A1 If I Were A Carpenter
A2 Moritat [[Mack The Knife)
B1 Blue Monday
B2 Happy [[Love Theme From "Lady Sings The Blues")

MW3014 – 1974 [[UK & EU)
A Blue Monday
B Moritat [[Mack The Knife)

M5185 ALBUM July 1981 – Darin 1936–1973 re-issued with 5 tracks having different mixes.

MCD09070MD CD 1987 – Live At The Desert Inn [[first ever issue)

MOTD -5185 CD 1989 – Darin 1936–1973 first issue on CD.

3746351852 CD 1991 – Darin 1936-1973 CD re-issue

NTD-6509-2 CD 2005 – Live At The Desert Inn [[re-issue / remaster / 2 extra tracks “Work Song” and “Beyond The Sea”.

RGM-0440 2xCD 6 May 2016 – Another Song On My Mind [[Real Gone Music)

RGM-0714 CD 13 July 2018 – Go Ahead And Back Up [[Real one Music)

Thinking about FOREVER CAME TODAY and the decision to redo it years later with the J5 [just Brian Holland], did they or any part of them, revisit other songs of theirs at a later time.... particularly into the seventies or beyond ... after they had moved on from the Motown fold?

That FOREVER CAME TODAY was dusted off suggests to me that Holland felt like there was some unfinished business with that one.

Info from Cherry Red UK-

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: What Love Has Joined Together/A Pocket Full of Miracles/One Dozen Roses/Flying High Together, 2CD

Definitive 2CD remastered edition from SoulMusic Records/The Second Disc comprising four rare 1970-1972 albums and bonus tracks from Motown legends Smokey Robinson And The Miracles!
Two bonus tracks, ‘[You’ve Got Me] Looking Through the Eyes of Love’ and ‘Paper People’ also make their CD debut.


DISC ONE
WHAT LOVE HAS JOINED TOGETHER [Expanded Edition]
A POCKET FULL OF MIRACLES
1 What Love Has Joined Together
2 My Cherie Amour
3 If This World Were Mine
4 You’ve Made Me So Very Happy
5 This Guy’s In Love With You
6 And I Love Her
7 [You’ve Got Me] Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
8 Paper People
9 Flower Girl
10 Who’s Gonna Take The Blame
11 Darling Dear
12 You’ve Got The Love I Need
13 Get Ready
14 Bridge Over Troubled Water
15 Something/Something You Got
16 Point It Out
17 Don’t Take It So Hard
18 Backfire
19 The Reel Of Time
20 Wishful Thinking
DISC TWO
ONE DOZEN ROSES/ FLYING HIGH TOGETHER
1 When Sundown Comes
2 No Wonder Love’s A Wonder
3 The Tears Of A Clown
4 Satisfaction
5 Crazy About The La La La
6 Cecilia
7 I Don’t Blame You At All
8 That Girl
9 Faces
10 I Love You Dear
11 Oh Baby Baby I Love You
12 The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
13 I Can’t Stand To See You Cry
14 Theme From Love Story
15 We’ve Come Too Far To End It Now
16 Flying High Together
17 With Your Love Came
18 It Will Be Alright
19 Oh Girl [Album Version]
20 You Ain’t Livin’ Till You’re Lovin’



Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: What Love Has Joined Together/A Pocket Full of Miracles/One Dozen Roses/Flying High Together, 2CD - Cherry Red Records

From SoulTracks.com-

Legendary singer Jean Carne fully embraces her jazzy side on “Give It Up,” her new single on the Society Hill Record Label. Carne always brought an element of jazz to her vocals. She possesses a five-octave range, and her phrasing means that she could sing anything from standards to the material that Norman Connors or Gamble & Huff gave her back in the day. That’s when she made classics like “Valentine Love,” and “Don’t Let It Go To Your Head.”

The jazz stylings of this tune announce themselves early with a piano riff and saxophone solo dancing between the steady beat laid down by the acoustic bass and Carne’s scatting. Vocally, Carne’s phrasing and range remain impressive. She caresses the lyrics and takes a conversational tone as she encourages her potential love interest to ditch the hesitation and embrace taking the relationship to the next level.

Jazz is a very democratic art form that involves an ensemble of incredibly talented musicians who know how to make their individual statements in a way that contributes to making a singular piece of art. That can be heard in the how movements that would sound discordant in lesser hands synchronize together on “Give It Up.”

I thought I'd set up a new iTunes playlist for Motown songs and came up with the idea of including songs where a first name is mentioned. These spring to mind but would welcome input from members here please:

Brenda - Four Tops
Anna's song - Marvin Gaye
Don't mess with Bill - Marvelettes
Angie girl - Stevie Wonder

I reckon the playlist will feature a nice interesting mix of songs across many artists.

Thanks.

So they are this duo hired as a team at Motown in the sixties to write songs and produce. Yet when it comes time to record, Valerie puts out two LPs in her name only [Nick does not, nor do the two record any in tandem].
Then as soon as they leave Motown they are from then on a recording duo.

This strikes me as bizarre. Must be something to it.

Has Valerie Simpson ever written her memoirs [don't think so] ....and is there a chance for it to happen?