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| Motown: The Early Years | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 44973
Category: DVD
Actors: Mary Wilson, The Temptations Review, Joe Billingslea's Contours, Bobby Rogers, Levi Stubbs
Director: T.j. Lubinsky
Publisher: Shout Factory
Studio: Shout Factory
Brand: SONY GROUP
Label: Shout Factory
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Compilation, Dvd-video, Live, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 40 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 2666310397
UPC: 826663103977
EAN: 0826663103977
ASIN: B000LPR6EC
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Theatrical Release Date: August 6, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The gritty urban environment the burgeoning pride and drive of black Americans and blues soul and gospel influences combined to form the music coming out of Detroit in the early 1960s. The sounds of early Motown were hopeful and soulful and above all made you want to dance.Motown: The Early Years features some of Motown s greatest hits recorded live by current Motown touring groups. Motown: The Early Years was recorded at The Sands Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City New Jersey on March 15 and 16 2005.Songs: Dancing In The Street Heat Wave Jimmy Mack Nowhere To Run Needle In A Hay Stack Do You Love Me Just A Little Misunderstanding Get Ready Ain t Too Proud To Beg The Way You Do The Things You Do My Girl Baby I Need Your Loving Bernadette It's The Same Old Song I Can't Help MyselfRuntime: 40 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS Rating:NR UPC:826663103977 Manufacturer No:2666310397
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Motown Review September 24, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This DVD is one of the best products I have seen relating to the MoTown story.. It is entertaining and informative. I loved it!!!!!!!
 Rent first, to avoid the heartache!!! July 8, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I first saw this when it came on constantly on my local public broadcasting station and I really enjoyed it, but I wanted to be able to watch it without having to listen to someone try to beg me to donate money, especially since they would cut off several performances. So when it finally was available to buy in stores I was excited.
Boy was this a let down. First of all its only 40 minutes long, second a large chunk of the performances include archival footage of some of the original concerts were completely cutout. I was livid. Luckily I had rented this instead of buying it out right. So I'll just send the movie back, but this has definitely taught me a lesson, sometimes it is better to rent first even if you "saw" the program before that way you won't get ripped off.
Classic and Lovely June 13, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This DVD release of early Motown music features up beat Soul music performed by survivors of several groups. For a baby boomer this is my kind of music. For me, I'm glad this is not a release from the archives; they might be too poor in quality for my taste. Once again kudos to TJ Lubinsky and Shout Factory. The Disk does not have the DTS option however the 2.0 stereo choice gives me better sound than the 5.1 selection. My stereo setup has 7 speakers for a 7.1 setup. However because there are almost no disks released in 7.1 I'm using the 2 back surround speakers as parallel front speakers. This reproduces the front sound in the back. And then there are the 2 side surround speakers and the center, plus the subwoofer. Thus choosing 2 channel stereo on tne DVD player and then ProLogic 2 music on the Sony amplifier is just as good as DTS in this case. I love it. The one short coming of the DVD is that it's only 38.5 minutes long (not even 50 mins).
Okay, not great May 3, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
For those complaining that calling this "The Early Years" is misleading, reading the packaging or product descriptions should have clued you in that these are performances from the current acts. You should have been clued in when the bands have names like "Joe Billingslea's Contours" and "The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards."
The performances are decent for what they are...I was kind of confused by the audio on Martha Reeves' performances, which sounded very much like pre-recorded tracks as opposed to the other performers, who sound live. The Temptations Review actually sounds better than the current Temptations, and The Four Tops, even with a younger lead singer, still sound great.
If you can get this for less than $10, definitely pick it up. If not, only buy if you're a HUGE fan of all the songs.
 Good music is timless March 17, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I was disapointed when I discovered that this was not footage from original performances. As I continued to watch I was really enjoying listening to the music it brought back many memories and the performances were well done. If you like Motown this is worth viewing.
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