Vinyl Album - Various Artists - In Loving Memory - Motown

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Various Artists
Title:	In Loving Memory
Label:	Motown
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	MT 642
Date:	Jun 1968
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	4 Own, 1 Wants
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Gladys Knight And The Pips	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	Arr. H. Fuqua	Rate
A2	Marvin Gaye	His Eye Is On The Sparrow	Arr. H Fuqua	Rate
A3	Diana Ross And The Supremes	He	J. Richards, R. Mullan	Rate
A4	The Temptations	The Lord's Prayer	A.H. Malotte	Rate
A5	Martha Reeves And The Vandellas	Were You There	Arr. H. Fuqua	Rate
A6	Stevie Wonder	Swing Low Sweet Chariot	Adapt. H. Fuqua	Rate
B1	Gladys Knight And The Pips	How Great Thou Art	S.K Hine	Rate
B2	Four Tops	Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen	Arr. H. Fuqua	Rate
B3	Smokey Robinson And The Miracles	Rock Of Ages	Arr. G. Fowler	Rate
B4	Voices Of Tabernacle	Steal Away	Arr. A.E. Bradford Jr.	Rate
B5	Voices Of Tabernacle	Never Grow Old	Arr. Aretha Franklin	Rate
B6	Harvey Fuqua	What Do You Choose	J. Nyx, H. Fuqua	Rate

Notes

a) H-1388-7 / W4RM-3806.
b) H-1389-7 / W4RM-3807.

Full album title on labels:
"In Loving Memory (Tribute To Mrs. Loucye G. Wakefield)".

Liner notes by Mr. Al Dunmore and Mrs. Regina O'Neal.
Released in Mono only.

A gospel memorial album for Berry Gordy's sister, Loucye Gordy Wakefield.
The record sleeve was filed for copyright on August 30, 1968.

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Bubba Ramone 17th Jan 2021		A previously unreleased stereo mix of "He" by the Supremes is available on the 2 CD set Diana Ross and the Supremes Anthology, released December 2001.



edlongus SUBS ● 29th Jul 2018		Audition Copy NOT FOR SALE Front cover variant and promo copy scans added. All tracks are Mono.



Motownjohnny 8th Jan 2017		Thanks Phil for the comments on the recording dates for some of the tracks. That goes some way to explaining why the delayed release, though I'm surprised the whole project seems to have taken so long to come to fruition - the release date was almost three full years following Loucye's passing. In 1995, the album was officially issued on a CD in the U.S.A. by Polygram - cat. no. 314 520 305-2. The front cover is once again as per the original vinyl release, with just the title "In Loving Memory" and no mention of song titles or artists. It doesn't seem to have been re-recorded in stereo so once again the original Mono tapes have been used.



PhilMH ● 7th Jan 2017		OK, thanks for that. The positioning of the border on the front makes me wonder whether the logo and titles were always intended to be at the top, and the first printing was a misprint. As for the delay, it would appear that the number was allocated before any tracks had even been recorded, with the Don't Forget The Motor City site showing that Marvin's "His Eye Is On The Sparrow" being completed in June 1966 and Gladys' "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" on 17th March 1967 - I haven't checked any other tracks yet. The LP doesn't seem to have been released in stereo, but "...Sparrow" was released in in a new stereo mix (done by Universal's Kevin Reeves) on the CD THE VERY BEST OF MARVIN GAYE in August 2001, so presumably it is possible to mix all the others to stereo too.



Motownjohnny 7th Jan 2017		I have a vinyl first pressing copy of this album. The cover is exactly as shown. There is no Motown label/logo and no song/artist listing at the top of the front cover. These were added to the later pressing. Check out the entry for MT-642 on the Both Sides Now Publications website. http://www.bsnpubs.com/motown/motown/motown.html



PhilMH ● 4th Jan 2017		The front cover here looks like the same as one on Discogs, and is odd in that it doesn't shown the Motown logo or the list of artists at the top, so is this really from the actual LP?



Motownjohnny 3rd Jan 2017		This album was conceived by Berry Gordy as a fitting tribute to his sister Loucye Gordy Wakefield, who died on 24 July 1965. Shortly after her death the album was allocated a catalogue number (MT-642), which fits in with the mid - late '65 timeline. However, it's release was not until September 1968. I've never discovered why the three year wait; so does anyone here know why it took so long to be released and if it was ever made available in stereo?

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USA - Motown - 1969