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Martha Reeves certainly has come a long way since her days as an A&R assistant at Motown, crafting hit after hit and helping mold the powerhouse Motown sound of the '60s. But what's surprising is that there's really not that many greatest-hits compilations that are both thorough and readily available to discover just how deep the Reeves & the Vandellas catalog truly is. Thankfully, Gold corrects that and then some. Under the steady hand of Motown superhero and Universal executive Harry Weinger, the Motown catalog, which has been long weathered over time, is starting to shine impeccably, and this two-disc, 42-song offering is concrete proof. Gold works its way through their career in chronological fashion, but wastes no time in offering the best of the bunch with "Heatwave" as the third track. All of the other biggest hits are here and then some, and kudos for the inclusion of "There He Is (At My Door)," the B-side to their most well-known single, "Dancing in the Street," as well as the Frank Wilson-penned "It's Easy to Fall in Love (With a Guy Like You)," originally found on the excellent Cellarful of Motown! anthology. The second disc wanes on the Motown stompers a bit, but there's plenty of soulful delights to appease even the most stringent of connoisseurs. Also a pleasant surprise is the inclusion of later '70s material recorded post-Motown at Arista and MCA, including Martha's solo works as well as her cover of Van Morrison's "Wild Night." Overall, it's a great starting point for the casual listener and probably the most reasonable and thorough anthology on the market and most likely one of the best compilations for the Vandellas that will ever be assembled.
© Rob Theakston /TiVo
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William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Motown Records, A Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and Taurus Productions, LLC
Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - Holland-Dozier, Producer - The Funk Brothers, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Beard-Helton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - The Funk Brothers, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Beard-Helton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Motown Records, A Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and Taurus Productions, LLC
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Cosby, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Jack Ashford, Percussion, Tambourine, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Gaye, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - George Bohannon, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Willis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Jo Hunter, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert White, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Joe Hunter, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Conway, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas "Beans" Bowles, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Williams, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Messina, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Betty Kelly, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Freddie Gorman, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer - Brian Holland, Producer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Funk Brothers, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Beard-Helton, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Jack Ashford, Percussion, Tambourine, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Willis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ivy Jo Hunter, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Van Dyke, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Robert White, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Benjamin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Betty Kelly, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - Phillip Jones, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jo Hunter, Producer
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Martha & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Four Tops, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Martha & The Vandellas, MainArtist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., Composer - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Wilson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Morris, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Martha & The Vandellas, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Producer - Martha Reeves, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Betty Kelly, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - Richard Morris, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Morris, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Lois Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Rosalind Ashford, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gordy, ComposerLyricist - Allen Story, ComposerLyricist - Henry Cosby, Producer - Margaret Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Billie Jean Brown, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Morris, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Deke Richards, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Syreeta Wright, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Debbie Dean, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Morris, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Morris, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Rose Moy, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gordy, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Allen Story, ComposerLyricist - Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - Martha Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Lois Reeves, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sandra Tilley, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Cosby, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hinton, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ernie Shelby, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Deke Richards, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alphonso Mizell, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Corporation, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Perren, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - The Andantes, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gordy, Producer - Allen Story, ComposerLyricist - Paul Riser, Producer - Lawrence Brown, Producer - Horgay Gordy, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist - Lawrence Howard Brown, ComposerLyricist - David Van dePitte, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - NICKOLAS ASHFORD, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Valerie Simpson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
J.J. Johnson, Conductor, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves & The Sweet Things, MainArtist - Gilbert Moses III, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Geffen Records
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, ComposerLyricist - JOE SIMON, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Geffen Records
Richard Perry, Producer - VAN MORRISON, ComposerLyricist - Martha Reeves, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Geffen Records
Album review
Martha Reeves certainly has come a long way since her days as an A&R assistant at Motown, crafting hit after hit and helping mold the powerhouse Motown sound of the '60s. But what's surprising is that there's really not that many greatest-hits compilations that are both thorough and readily available to discover just how deep the Reeves & the Vandellas catalog truly is. Thankfully, Gold corrects that and then some. Under the steady hand of Motown superhero and Universal executive Harry Weinger, the Motown catalog, which has been long weathered over time, is starting to shine impeccably, and this two-disc, 42-song offering is concrete proof. Gold works its way through their career in chronological fashion, but wastes no time in offering the best of the bunch with "Heatwave" as the third track. All of the other biggest hits are here and then some, and kudos for the inclusion of "There He Is (At My Door)," the B-side to their most well-known single, "Dancing in the Street," as well as the Frank Wilson-penned "It's Easy to Fall in Love (With a Guy Like You)," originally found on the excellent Cellarful of Motown! anthology. The second disc wanes on the Motown stompers a bit, but there's plenty of soulful delights to appease even the most stringent of connoisseurs. Also a pleasant surprise is the inclusion of later '70s material recorded post-Motown at Arista and MCA, including Martha's solo works as well as her cover of Van Morrison's "Wild Night." Overall, it's a great starting point for the casual listener and probably the most reasonable and thorough anthology on the market and most likely one of the best compilations for the Vandellas that will ever be assembled.
© Rob Theakston /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 42 track(s)
- Total length: 02:01:40
- Main artists: Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hip-O
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2006 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2006 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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