Name: Complete Motown Singles 9: 1969 / Various
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Complete Motown Singles 9

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Album: Complete Motown Singles 9: 1969 / Various
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Twenty Five Miles	More Info...	3:21
2)	Love Is My Destination	More Info...	2:53
3)	I'm Livin' In Shame	More Info...	3:03
4)	I'm So Glad I Got Somebody (Like You Around)	More Info...	3:38
5)	Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By	More Info...	2:25
6)	Satisfied Feelin'	More Info...	2:57
7)	We've Got A Way Out Love	More Info...	3:09
8)	You're The One	More Info...	3:11
9)	We've Got A Way Out Love Alternate Mix	More Info...	3:06
10)	My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)	More Info...	3:27
11)	I've Got To Find Myself A Brand New Baby	More Info...	2:56
12)	Muck-Arty-Park	More Info...	4:05
13)	Green Grow The Lilacs	More Info...	3:05
14)	I Don't Know Why Promo Version	More Info...	3:03
15)	My Cherie Amour	More Info...	2:54
16)	I Don't Know Why	More Info...	2:47
17)	Runaway Child, Running Wild	More Info...	4:46
18)	I Need Your Lovin'	More Info...	2:29
19)	Don't Mess With My Weekend	More Info...	2:40
20)	I Had A Dream	More Info...	3:41
21)	Ain't No Justice	More Info...	2:48
22)	Didn't You Know (You'd Have To Cry Sometime)	More Info...	3:34
23)	Keep An Eye	More Info...	2:35
	Disc 2
1)	I'll Try Something New	More Info...	2:25
2)	The Way You Do The Things You Do	More Info...	1:42
3)	Are You Lonely For Me Baby	More Info...	3:04
4)	Your Wonderful Love	More Info...	2:56
5)	Are You Lonely For Me Baby Alternate Long Version	More Info...	3:21
6)	I Feel Like I'm Falling In Love Again	More Info...	3:14
7)	Pin Point It Down	More Info...	3:05
8)	(We've Got) Honey Love	More Info...	2:40
9)	I'm In Love (And I Know It)	More Info...	2:31
10)	Runaway Child, Running Wild	More Info...	3:15
11)	Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got	More Info...	3:29
12)	For Better Or Worse	More Info...	2:55
13)	Don't Mess With Bill	More Info...	3:51
14)	The Composer	More Info...	2:54
15)	The Beginning Of The End	More Info...	2:28
16)	My Cup Runneth Over	More Info...	2:27
17)	Ask The Lonely	More Info...	2:56
18)	Too Busy Thinking About My Baby	More Info...	2:56
19)	Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)	More Info...	2:17
20)	What Is A Man	More Info...	2:34
21)	Don't Bring Back Memories	More Info...	2:58
22)	Cherie	More Info...	3:00
23)	Baby	More Info...	2:53
24)	What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)	More Info...	2:29
25)	Brainwasher	More Info...	2:54
	Disc 3
1)	Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down	More Info...	4:39
2)	Since I've Lost You	More Info...	2:40
3)	Just Ain't Enough Love	More Info...	2:18
4)	Green Grow The Lilacs	More Info...	2:43
5)	No Matter What Sign You Are	More Info...	2:55
6)	The Young Folks	More Info...	3:14
7)	No Matter What Sign You Are Alternate Mix	More Info...	2:57
8)	I'm Still A Struggling Man	More Info...	2:28
9)	Pretty Little Angel	More Info...	2:13
10)	The Nitty Gritty	More Info...	3:01
11)	Got Myself A Good Man	More Info...	3:08
12)	Doggone Right	More Info...	2:58
13)	Here I Go Again	More Info...	2:57
14)	Abraham, Martin, And John	More Info...	2:52
15)	Abraham, Martin, And John Alternate Mix	More Info...	2:59
16)	I've Lost Everything I've Ever Loved	More Info...	2:47
17)	We'll Have A Good Thing Going On	More Info...	2:36
18)	Stubborn Kind Of Fellow	More Info...	3:06
19)	Try It Baby	More Info...	3:48
20)	The Luney Landing	More Info...	2:24
21)	The Luney Take-Off	More Info...	1:18
22)	Oh, I've Been Blessed	More Info...	2:49
23)	It Should Have Been Me Loving Her	More Info...	2:58
24)	Cheatin' Is Telling On You	More Info...	2:41
25)	Need Your Love	More Info...	2:57
	Disc 4
1)	Oh How Happy	More Info...	2:45
2)	Ooo Baby Baby	More Info...	2:40
3)	My Spring Time	More Info...	2:32
4)	Suzie	More Info...	2:46
5)	My Girl Has Gone	More Info...	2:55
6)	I Can't Get Next To You	More Info...	2:54
7)	Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You)	More Info...	2:51
8)	That's The Way Love Is	More Info...	3:34
9)	Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win Your Love	More Info...	2:53
10)	Honey Come Back	More Info...	3:34
11)	What Am I Gonna Do Without You	More Info...	2:31
12)	Baby, I'm For Real	More Info...	3:18
13)	Moment Of Truth	More Info...	3:12
14)	Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)	More Info...	3:02
15)	Heartless	More Info...	3:03
16)	In Bed	More Info...	2:50
17)	Reality	More Info...	3:27
18)	The Weight	More Info...	3:02
19)	For Better Or Worse	More Info...	2:37
20)	A Whiter Shade Of Pale	More Info...	2:58
21)	When You Are Available	More Info...	2:48
22)	Just Another Lonely Night	More Info...	2:53
23)	Don't Care Why You Want Me (Long As You Want Me)	More Info...	3:11
24)	Midnight Cowboy	More Info...	2:43
25)	Green Grow The Lilacs	More Info...	2:51
	Disc 5
1)	That's How Heartaches Are Made	More Info...	2:58
2)	Rainy Mourning	More Info...	2:52
3)	Home On the Range (Everybody Needs A Home)	More Info...	3:17
4)	It's A Family Thang'	More Info...	2:10
5)	Mend This Generation	More Info...	2:57
6)	A Place In The Sun	More Info...	2:27
7)	Your Love	More Info...	2:22
8)	Never Had A Dream Come True	More Info...	3:05
9)	Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday	More Info...	3:05
10)	I'd Be A Fool Right Now	More Info...	2:53
11)	It's Private Tonight	More Info...	3:11
12)	Let's Make Some Love	More Info...	2:23
13)	These Eyes	More Info...	3:37
14)	I've Got To Find A Way To Win Maria Back	More Info...	3:10
15)	Friendship Train	More Info...	3:45
16)	Cloud Nine	More Info...	3:10
17)	In My Diary	More Info...	2:46
18)	(She's Gonna Love Me) At Sundown	More Info...	2:34
19)	I Want You Back	More Info...	3:00
20)	Who's Lovin' You	More Info...	4:21
21)	If You Will Let Me, I Know I Can	More Info...	3:01
22)	Farewell Is A Lonely Sound	More Info...	3:01
23)	Gonna Put It On Your Mind	More Info...	2:35
24)	Henry Blake	More Info...	2:42
	Disc 6
1)	Someday We'll Be Together	More Info...	3:26
2)	He's My Sunny Boy	More Info...	2:20
3)	Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me	More Info...	2:36
4)	The Key	More Info...	2:36
5)	Baby, I'll Get It	More Info...	2:38
6)	The Day My World Stood Still	More Info...	3:02
7)	What You Gave Me	More Info...	2:36
8)	How You Gonna Keep It (After You Get It)	More Info...	2:57
9)	Generation (Light Up The Sky)	More Info...	2:47
10)	Magic Key	More Info...	3:28
11)	I'm So Glad I Fell For You	More Info...	3:06
12)	I Pray Everyday You Won't Regret Loving Me	More Info...	3:06
13)	I'm So Glad I Fell For You Alternate Mix	More Info...	4:15
14)	Point It Out	More Info...	2:39
15)	Darling Dear	More Info...	3:12
16)	Point It Out Alternate Mix	More Info...	2:34
17)	Can We Talk To You? (For A Little While)	More Info...	2:17
18)	Love And Peace	More Info...	2:58
19)	Can't You Hear The Music Play	More Info...	2:17
20)	I Guess This Is Goodbye	More Info...	2:54
21)	I Will Never Love Another	More Info...	2:45
22)	Love Unto Me	More Info...	2:08
23)	How Can I Forget	More Info...	2:03
24)	Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got	More Info...	3:27
25)	Psychedelic Shack	More Info...	3:50
26)	That's The Way Love Is	More Info...	3:20

Album: Complete Motown Singles 9: 1969 / Various
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Twenty Five Miles	More Info...	3:21
2)	Love Is My Destination	More Info...	2:53
3)	I'm Livin' In Shame	More Info...	3:03
4)	I'm So Glad I Got Somebody (Like You Around)	More Info...	3:38
5)	Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By	More Info...	2:25
6)	Satisfied Feelin'	More Info...	2:57
7)	We've Got A Way Out Love	More Info...	3:09
8)	You're The One	More Info...	3:11
9)	We've Got A Way Out Love Alternate Mix	More Info...	3:06
10)	My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)	More Info...	3:27
11)	I've Got To Find Myself A Brand New Baby	More Info...	2:56
12)	Muck-Arty-Park	More Info...	4:05
13)	Green Grow The Lilacs	More Info...	3:05
14)	I Don't Know Why Promo Version	More Info...	3:03
15)	My Cherie Amour	More Info...	2:54
16)	I Don't Know Why	More Info...	2:47
17)	Runaway Child, Running Wild	More Info...	4:46
18)	I Need Your Lovin'	More Info...	2:29
19)	Don't Mess With My Weekend	More Info...	2:40
20)	I Had A Dream	More Info...	3:41
21)	Ain't No Justice	More Info...	2:48
22)	Didn't You Know (You'd Have To Cry Sometime)	More Info...	3:34
23)	Keep An Eye	More Info...	2:35
	Disc 2
1)	I'll Try Something New	More Info...	2:25
2)	The Way You Do The Things You Do	More Info...	1:42
3)	Are You Lonely For Me Baby	More Info...	3:04
4)	Your Wonderful Love	More Info...	2:56
5)	Are You Lonely For Me Baby Alternate Long Version	More Info...	3:21
6)	I Feel Like I'm Falling In Love Again	More Info...	3:14
7)	Pin Point It Down	More Info...	3:05
8)	(We've Got) Honey Love	More Info...	2:40
9)	I'm In Love (And I Know It)	More Info...	2:31
10)	Runaway Child, Running Wild	More Info...	3:15
11)	Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got	More Info...	3:29
12)	For Better Or Worse	More Info...	2:55
13)	Don't Mess With Bill	More Info...	3:51
14)	The Composer	More Info...	2:54
15)	The Beginning Of The End	More Info...	2:28
16)	My Cup Runneth Over	More Info...	2:27
17)	Ask The Lonely	More Info...	2:56
18)	Too Busy Thinking About My Baby	More Info...	2:56
19)	Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)	More Info...	2:17
20)	What Is A Man	More Info...	2:34
21)	Don't Bring Back Memories	More Info...	2:58
22)	Cherie	More Info...	3:00
23)	Baby	More Info...	2:53
24)	What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)	More Info...	2:29
25)	Brainwasher	More Info...	2:54
	Disc 3
1)	Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down	More Info...	4:39
2)	Since I've Lost You	More Info...	2:40
3)	Just Ain't Enough Love	More Info...	2:18
4)	Green Grow The Lilacs	More Info...	2:43
5)	No Matter What Sign You Are	More Info...	2:55
6)	The Young Folks	More Info...	3:14
7)	No Matter What Sign You Are Alternate Mix	More Info...	2:57
8)	I'm Still A Struggling Man	More Info...	2:28
9)	Pretty Little Angel	More Info...	2:13
10)	The Nitty Gritty	More Info...	3:01
11)	Got Myself A Good Man	More Info...	3:08
12)	Doggone Right	More Info...	2:58
13)	Here I Go Again	More Info...	2:57
14)	Abraham, Martin, And John	More Info...	2:52
15)	Abraham, Martin, And John Alternate Mix	More Info...	2:59
16)	I've Lost Everything I've Ever Loved	More Info...	2:47
17)	We'll Have A Good Thing Going On	More Info...	2:36
18)	Stubborn Kind Of Fellow	More Info...	3:06
19)	Try It Baby	More Info...	3:48
20)	The Luney Landing	More Info...	2:24
21)	The Luney Take-Off	More Info...	1:18
22)	Oh, I've Been Blessed	More Info...	2:49
23)	It Should Have Been Me Loving Her	More Info...	2:58
24)	Cheatin' Is Telling On You	More Info...	2:41
25)	Need Your Love	More Info...	2:57
	Disc 4
1)	Oh How Happy	More Info...	2:45
2)	Ooo Baby Baby	More Info...	2:40
3)	My Spring Time	More Info...	2:32
4)	Suzie	More Info...	2:46
5)	My Girl Has Gone	More Info...	2:55
6)	I Can't Get Next To You	More Info...	2:54
7)	Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You)	More Info...	2:51
8)	That's The Way Love Is	More Info...	3:34
9)	Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win Your Love	More Info...	2:53
10)	Honey Come Back	More Info...	3:34
11)	What Am I Gonna Do Without You	More Info...	2:31
12)	Baby, I'm For Real	More Info...	3:18
13)	Moment Of Truth	More Info...	3:12
14)	Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)	More Info...	3:02
15)	Heartless	More Info...	3:03
16)	In Bed	More Info...	2:50
17)	Reality	More Info...	3:27
18)	The Weight	More Info...	3:02
19)	For Better Or Worse	More Info...	2:37
20)	A Whiter Shade Of Pale	More Info...	2:58
21)	When You Are Available	More Info...	2:48
22)	Just Another Lonely Night	More Info...	2:53
23)	Don't Care Why You Want Me (Long As You Want Me)	More Info...	3:11
24)	Midnight Cowboy	More Info...	2:43
25)	Green Grow The Lilacs	More Info...	2:51
	Disc 5
1)	That's How Heartaches Are Made	More Info...	2:58
2)	Rainy Mourning	More Info...	2:52
3)	Home On the Range (Everybody Needs A Home)	More Info...	3:17
4)	It's A Family Thang'	More Info...	2:10
5)	Mend This Generation	More Info...	2:57
6)	A Place In The Sun	More Info...	2:27
7)	Your Love	More Info...	2:22
8)	Never Had A Dream Come True	More Info...	3:05
9)	Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday	More Info...	3:05
10)	I'd Be A Fool Right Now	More Info...	2:53
11)	It's Private Tonight	More Info...	3:11
12)	Let's Make Some Love	More Info...	2:23
13)	These Eyes	More Info...	3:37
14)	I've Got To Find A Way To Win Maria Back	More Info...	3:10
15)	Friendship Train	More Info...	3:45
16)	Cloud Nine	More Info...	3:10
17)	In My Diary	More Info...	2:46
18)	(She's Gonna Love Me) At Sundown	More Info...	2:34
19)	I Want You Back	More Info...	3:00
20)	Who's Lovin' You	More Info...	4:21
21)	If You Will Let Me, I Know I Can	More Info...	3:01
22)	Farewell Is A Lonely Sound	More Info...	3:01
23)	Gonna Put It On Your Mind	More Info...	2:35
24)	Henry Blake	More Info...	2:42
	Disc 6
1)	Someday We'll Be Together	More Info...	3:26
2)	He's My Sunny Boy	More Info...	2:20
3)	Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me	More Info...	2:36
4)	The Key	More Info...	2:36
5)	Baby, I'll Get It	More Info...	2:38
6)	The Day My World Stood Still	More Info...	3:02
7)	What You Gave Me	More Info...	2:36
8)	How You Gonna Keep It (After You Get It)	More Info...	2:57
9)	Generation (Light Up The Sky)	More Info...	2:47
10)	Magic Key	More Info...	3:28
11)	I'm So Glad I Fell For You	More Info...	3:06
12)	I Pray Everyday You Won't Regret Loving Me	More Info...	3:06
13)	I'm So Glad I Fell For You Alternate Mix	More Info...	4:15
14)	Point It Out	More Info...	2:39
15)	Darling Dear	More Info...	3:12
16)	Point It Out Alternate Mix	More Info...	2:34
17)	Can We Talk To You? (For A Little While)	More Info...	2:17
18)	Love And Peace	More Info...	2:58
19)	Can't You Hear The Music Play	More Info...	2:17
20)	I Guess This Is Goodbye	More Info...	2:54
21)	I Will Never Love Another	More Info...	2:45
22)	Love Unto Me	More Info...	2:08
23)	How Can I Forget	More Info...	2:03
24)	Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got	More Info...	3:27
25)	Psychedelic Shack	More Info...	3:50
26)	That's The Way Love Is	More Info...	3:20

Performer Notes

Adapter: Stu Gardner.
Personnel: Shorty Long (vocals, trumpet, piano).
Arrangers: Jerry Long; Willie Shorter; Robert White ; Gene Page; Jack Eschew; Frank Kavelin; Hidle Brown Barnum; Henry Cosby; Paul Riser; Stu Gardner; Tom Baird; Wade Marcus; Wayne Henderson .
A Diana Ross & the Supremes B-side in 1969 was called "The Beginning of the End," and it's hard not to think that the title applies to Motown in 1969, especially as depicted in the six-disc, 148-track box set The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 9: 1969. Berry Gordy uprooted Motown to Los Angeles at the end of 1968, a move that couldn't help but be seen as symbolic no matter what good business reasons there might have been behind it. It seemed that Gordy was abandoning Detroit in the wake of the 1967 Riots, leaving behind tumult in the Motor City and also severing ties with the label's roots, if not its history. It was ten years since the label's inception, and in that decade Motown rose from a scrappy independent to a label with so much success it was almost an institution, and what better way to cement its mainstream institutional success than by relocating to the heart of show biz? It made sense on paper even if it nevertheless had the byproduct of removing some of the label's soul, as it seemed as if its heart belonged in Detroit. But most cultural change is slow, not sudden, so it's not like 1969 saw the debut of a brand-new Motown: instead, it was the beginning of the label's third act, one that saw it broadening its borders and eventually leading to the artistic triumphs of Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye in the early '70s -- in other words, it was "the beginning of the end."
Within that fledgling ending were remnants of the very beginning, of course, sometimes remnants that appeared to be just a shade too self-conscious, as when Gordy had Detroit TV legend Soupy Sales cut a single, almost as a way to illustrate how Motown still had ties to its hometown even if the 45 itself was an ultra-bizarre "Macarthur Park" parody non-too subtly titled "Muck-Arty Park." And, of course, the label's leading lights remained the superstars from the '60s -- Diana Ross & the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Stevie Wonder. But even if the names are familiar, the sounds reflected the time, as the productions are studded with wah wah guitars, fuzztones, and elastic funk beats. The feeling of the era is reflected most glaringly in the very title of "Psychedelic Shack," but also in how Smokey Robinson & the Miracles sang Dion's "Abraham Martin & John," the elegiac undertones of the Supremes' "Someday We'll Be Together," and the smooth, lush tones of Wonder's "My Cherie Amour." These lush, soft tones are improbably echoed in, of all places, Jr. Walker's recordings; once the toughest, hardest of the Motown stable, he is also held under the sway of the softer sophistication of the new era Motown (quite fetchingly so on "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)") unlike Marvin Gaye, whose "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" has a bounciness to it that is the closest thing to a throwback to classic Motown among the hits in 1969. Even if the sound recalled earlier days, there's a sophistication within his writing and the production, just as there is in Stevie Wonder's "Yester Me, Yester You, Yesterday," which is one of his best moments.
Nevertheless, these kind of mammoth hits -- hits that turned into pop classics -- didn't dominate Motown's year; they were the exception, not the rule, as the label had its most uneven year since 1963. From 1964 through 1968, almost every single the label released turned into a hit of some magnitude, and their bench was so deep the records that didn't appear on the charts were nevertheless by and large terrific. In 1969, Motown had hits that weren't memorable, singles that were exercises in fashionable styles and sounds, singles that suggested that the label was chasing trends instead of setting the pace. Part of this was due to cultural shifts, part was due to shifts within Motown, as Gordy decided to attack the times head-on by opening up a rock label with Rare Earth and started distributing Chisa, the label of world music pioneer Hugh Masekela and his partner Stewart Levine. Such digressions do dilute the consistency of the listening experience on The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 9, making it compare unfavorably to the almost all-killer sets from 1966, 1967 and 1968. But even if there is more pop culture archaeology here than there has been on one of these sets since 1963, most of these records sound good as artifacts of 1969; on these also-rans the production is appealing, all that is lacking is good material. But amidst this middling material are some very good, even excellent, singles thanks to Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Norman Whitfield and Ashford & Simpson, who helped give this year many great moments. But what really defined the year for Motown is the debut of the Jackson 5, whose debut "I Want You Back"/"Who's Lovin' You" arrived at the end of the year. On this set, it appears toward the end of the set, following several discs of music that vacillate between the good to the pleasingly mediocre, so it sounds every bit as bracing and exciting as it did upon its original release. It's a hit that closed the door on Motown's period of doldrums and opened the doors to a new decade, while giving the label its biggest new stars in years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.83) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[M]any of the best moments here are romantic....[such as] saxman Junior Walker's magnificent Top Five ballad 'What Does It Take'..."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.121) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "The stories of Motown, pop music and the USA in 1969 are illuminated and inter-twined across six CDs."