Vinyl Album - Various Artists - The Big Wheels Of Motown - Motown

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Various Artists
Title:	The Big Wheels Of Motown
Label:	Motown
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	EMTV 12
Date:	Sep 1978
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	17 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	N. Whitfield, B. Strong	Rate
A2	Smokey Robinson And The Miracles	The Tears Of A Clown	H. Crosby, W. Robinson,s. Wonder	Rate
A3	Mary Wells	My Guy	W. Robinson	Rate
A4	Four Tops	I Can't Help Myself	B. Holland, L. Dozier, E. Holland	Rate
A5	The Temptations	Get Ready	W. Robinson	Rate
A6	Diana Ross	I'm Still Waiting	D. Richards	Rate
A7	Jackson 5	I Want You Back	The Corporation T.m.	Rate
A8	Martha Reeves And The Vandellas	Jimmy Mack	B. Holland, L. Dozier, E. Holland	Rate
A9	Stevie Wonder	Yester-me, Yester-you, Yester-day	R. Miller, B. Wells	Rate
A10	Diana Ross And The Supremes And The Temptations	I'm Gonna Make You Love Me	K. Gamble, J. Ross	Rate
B1	Four Tops	Reach Out, I'll Be There	B. Holland, L. Dozier, E. Holland	Rate
B2	Smokey Robinson And The Miracles	The Tracks Of My Tears	W. Robinson, W. Moore, W. Tarplin	Rate
B3	Supremes	Stoned Love	F. Wilson, Y. Samoht	Rate
B4	Stevie Wonder	For Once In My Life	R. Miller, O. Murden	Rate
B5	Marvin Gaye	Too Busy Thinking About My Baby	N. Whitfield, B. Strong, J. Bradford	Rate
B6	Gladys Knight And The Pips	Help Me Make It Through The Night	K. Kristofferson	Rate
B7	Jimmy Ruffin	What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted	P. Riser, J. Dean, W. Weatherspoon	Rate
B8	Isley Brothers	This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)	B. Holland, L. Dozier, E. Holland	Rate
B9	Martha Reeves And The Vandellas	Dancing In The Street	M. Gaye, W. Stevenson, I. Hunter	Rate
B10	Diana Ross And The Supremes	Where Did Our Love Go	B. Holland, L. Dozier, E. Holland	Rate

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Dead wax side 1, Mastered at Abbey Road-Nick
“Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd”

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specialk_63 18th Nov 2021		EMTV 2 is actually Glen Campbell - Glen Campbell's Twenty Golden Greats released in 1976: https://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/emtv2 Plus a few more to fill in the gaps: EMTV 4 The Beatles - The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl (1977) EMTV 5 Diana Ross & the Supremes - 20 Golden Greats (1977) EMTVS 6 Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats (2LP) (1977) EMTV 8 Buddy Holly & the Crickets - 20 Golden Greats (1978) EMTV 14 Neil Diamond - 20 Golden Greats (1978) EMTV 21 Diana Ross - 20 Golden Greats (1979)



mister_tmg 26th Jan 2018		Interesting that the labels state "Stereo": 'Jimmy Mack' is usually re-issued in mono. The original Martha Reeves (stereo) LP "Watchout" has a different version to that which was on the single. I'd assume it's that version included here, unless it's the single version in fake stereo. It runs about ten seconds shorter (2:44 rather than 2:53). In 2005, there was an "Extended Stereo Mix" released on CD (3:10), and in 2013, "50th Anniversary - The Singles Collection 1962-1972" created a new stereo mix of the single version (3:07). There seems to be some demand for this album to be re-issued on CD. My mum had it for years. I suppose you can recreate it by finding the tracks elsewhere.



getalife 3rd Feb 2014		Sounds right to me, thanks. Have now added the other side of cover and just notice on back of sleeve bottom right corner in very small print “Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd”



PhilMH 3rd Feb 2014		No worries, getalife, I have just found the date, it is September 1978. Date is taken from the discography in the back of Sharon Davis' 1988 book MOTOWN: THE HISTORY. The discography was compiled by Gordon frewin, who was Motown International label manager then, so presumably he got the date from company documentation. Have to wonder where the other sites got 1973 from, though (with Discogs, any old sh@t is possible!).



getalife 3rd Feb 2014		@PhilMH, no 4-digit on the back, click on back cover image for larger view, no hint for date. Just sorting the other side of inner sleeve.



PhilMH 3rd Feb 2014		Is there a 4-digit date code in the bottom right-hand corner of the back cover (e.g. 7801)? There usually is for UK EMI-distributed releases. Anyway, 1978 sounds about right, but I can get the date from a discography compiled by Motown's international label manager.



TopPopper 2nd Oct 2013		The Commodores album Natural High is pictured on the inner sleeve, and was released in 1978. Therefore the album can't be earlier than that. And we know it charted in 1978, so it can't be later either. Case closed, I'd say.



getalife 2nd Oct 2013		Added the inner sleeve which shows other albums advertised, this might help settle the date, I have checked all over the album and can not fine any year for it. Google had 991, Discog, Vinylsearcher and some on eBay saying 1973, but YankeeDisc list dispels them.



YankeeDisc SUBS 2nd Oct 2013		....an incomplete list of EMI "EMTV" series albums, starting 1976 with The Beach Boys, and continuing. Do not take the issue dates as gospel, I copied this list from discogs, but at least, it's a start. EMTV 1 The Beach Boys - 20 Golden Greats - 1976 EMTV 2 Various - Countdown Chartbusters Vol.1 ‎- 1979 EMTV 3 The Shadows - 20 Golden Greats - 1977 EMTV 7 George Mitchell Minstrels, with The Joe Loss Orchestra - 30 Golden Greats - 1977 EMTV 9 Nat King Cole 20 Golden Greats - 1978 EMTV 11 The Hollies, The 20 Golden Greats - 1978 EMTV 13 Various - Don't Walk, Boogie - 1978 EMTV 15 Cliff Richard And The Shadows - Thank You Very Much (Reunion Concert At The London Palladium) ‎1979 EMTV 16 Various - Country Life - 1979 EMTV 17 Various - A Monument To British Rock ‎- 1979 EMTV 19 Manfred Mann - Semi-Detached Suburban (20 Great Hits Of The Sixties) - 1979 EMTV 20 Various - The Last Dance - 1980 EMTV 22 Hot Chocolate 20 Hottest Hits ‎(LP, Comp) 1979 EMTV 23 Matt Monro - Heart Breakers - 20 Golden Greats From Matt Monro - 1980 EMTV 24 Suzi Quatro - Greatest Hits ‎ - 1980 EMTV 25 Deep Purple - Deepest Purple : The Very Best Of Deep Purple - 1980 EMTV 27 Cliff Richard - Love Songs - 1981 EMTV 30 Queen - Greatest Hits - 1981 EMTV 32 Various - Twenty With A Bullet - 1982 EMTV 33 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Plays The Queen Collection - 1982 EMTV 36 Olivia Newton-John - Greatest Hits - 1982 EMTV 40 Huddersfield Choral Society - The Hymns Album ‎- 1986 EMTV 41 Frank Sinatra - The Frank Sinatra Collection ‎- 1986 EMTV 42 Hot Chocolate - The Very Best Of Hot Chocolate - 1987 EMTV 43 Huddersfield Choral Society - The Carols Album - 1986 EMTV 44 Various - Unforgettable - 18 Classic Songs Of Love - 1988 EMTV 47 Various - Is This Love - 1989 EMTV 49 Various - It's Christmas - 1989 EMTV 52 Various - The Wild One - 1990 EMTV 54 Placido Domingo - Be My Love - 1989 EMTV 56 Various - The Best From The M.G.M. Musicals - 1990 EMTV 57 Various - Missing You (An Album Of Love) - 1991 EMTV 58 Various - Awesome!! - 1991 EMTV 60 Various - Sexual Healing - 1993 EMTV 61 Nat King Cole - Unforgettable - 1991 EMTV 67 Various - Smashie And Nicey Present Let's Rock ‎- 1992 EMTV 77 Various - Back To The 70's - 1993 EMTV 78 Various - Let's Go Disco ‎(2xLP, Comp, Gatefold) - 1993 EMTV 83 Judith Durham / The Seekers - A Carnival Of Hits ‎- 1994 There were some double album versions as well.... The idea of 'EMTV' series is that they were all television advertised, to catch all the would be punters at prime time viewing, and then they would go out and spend their shekels.......it worked.



carryonsidney 2nd Oct 2013		I have just had a look at various Motown references and can't find an earlier version of this, if it did exist it would have a TML or STML cat number....



nboldock 2nd Oct 2013		I got born in 1975, though I don't remember it. :-)



getalife 2nd Oct 2013		Have changed it to 1978, as I said the 70s are all a blurr, though I do remember getting married in 1975.



TopPopper 2nd Oct 2013		It's wrong, I'm sure. The EMTV catalogue numbers were for TV-advertised albums and this charted in the UK towards the end of 1978. It's almost certain that's when it was released, since it would have been the TV adverts which propelled it into the chart. Also, I note Discogs has the one before, EMTV 11, as 1978 - and the one after, EMTV 13 as 1978, so I think we have a pretty much confirmed year. As I said it is possible an earlier edition exists from 1973, but not this one with the EMTV number.



getalife 2nd Oct 2013		I was going by Discogs, it also mentions the run out Mastered at Abbey Road-Nick, or have they copy it from my details? The 70s are a blurr to me so happy to go with what you say, if correct.



TopPopper 2nd Oct 2013		This can't be 1973, since the blue Motown label wasn't introduced until 1976. In 1973, it was Tamla Motown with the black and silver labels. It's possible this is a re-issue of a 1973 LP, but I would be surprised if it was.



getalife 2nd Oct 2013		Thanks for Various Artists, don’t think I saw that option when adding the details, have now found out the year (1973)



nboldock 2nd Oct 2013		Yes :-)



TopPopper 2nd Oct 2013		Should it be Various Artists instead?



getalife 2nd Oct 2013		Which year please

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