Post by BeesNVMe on Jan 14, 2005 0:57:53 GMT -5
13 January 2005
Dear Hip-O Select Supporters, Clients, Enthusiasts, and Music Devotees,
New year, new-sletter, old project.
After years in the making, many late nights, intercontinental emails and parcels, interminable discussions, and at least a couple of blown deadlines, it's finally here. The jewel in the Hip-O Select crown. The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 1: 1959-1961.
To say it's been worth the wait is to damn it with faint praise.
Six compact discs. 155 tracks. Every single a- and b-side released by the Motown family of labels between 1959 and 1961. A real vinyl single replicating the original issue of Tamla 54027 [Barrett Strong's "Money" b/w "Oh I Apologize"(complete with typo)]. A 92-page booklet with rare photos, track-by-track notes, a pair of historical essays (one from Motown artist Mable John), and a foreword from Berry Gordy himself. All enclosed in a 78-style record "album."
Can you say "wow"? We can. We have.
Like the old infomercial goes, "If you were to collect these records, you'd spend thousands of dollars… if you could find them at all." Tamla 102, Eddie Holland's "Merry Go Round"? Try $300, right now, on a collectors' website. Motown 1000, The Satintones' "My Beloved"? Well, you'd have to ante up $276.91 for the original, no-strings version, and then another $350 for the subsequent issue with strings. We're almost up to a grand now, and that covers six of the 155 tracks. Tamla 54045, the Supremes' "Buttered Popcorn"? $332.29. Total so far: $1259.20. And a mere 147 tracks to go.
Most of these tunes, needless to say, have never been on compact disc. And when this edition sells out, they're gone. So let's do a little math: "Ich-i-bon #1" by Nick & The Jaguars was originally released in 1959. Its next release came 46 years later. So if you're a gambler, and wait too long to get The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 1: 1959-1961, you should be able to pick it up again in, um, 2051.
So order early, order often. And if you are feeling a little adventurous, stash away a spare copy for investment's sake. Tech stocks come and go, but Motown is always Motown.
There's lots more on the way, but not unless we get back to the vault. Happy New Year!
Cheers,
Hip-Ocrates
the vault is now open
Dear Hip-O Select Supporters, Clients, Enthusiasts, and Music Devotees,
New year, new-sletter, old project.
After years in the making, many late nights, intercontinental emails and parcels, interminable discussions, and at least a couple of blown deadlines, it's finally here. The jewel in the Hip-O Select crown. The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 1: 1959-1961.
To say it's been worth the wait is to damn it with faint praise.
Six compact discs. 155 tracks. Every single a- and b-side released by the Motown family of labels between 1959 and 1961. A real vinyl single replicating the original issue of Tamla 54027 [Barrett Strong's "Money" b/w "Oh I Apologize"(complete with typo)]. A 92-page booklet with rare photos, track-by-track notes, a pair of historical essays (one from Motown artist Mable John), and a foreword from Berry Gordy himself. All enclosed in a 78-style record "album."
Can you say "wow"? We can. We have.
Like the old infomercial goes, "If you were to collect these records, you'd spend thousands of dollars… if you could find them at all." Tamla 102, Eddie Holland's "Merry Go Round"? Try $300, right now, on a collectors' website. Motown 1000, The Satintones' "My Beloved"? Well, you'd have to ante up $276.91 for the original, no-strings version, and then another $350 for the subsequent issue with strings. We're almost up to a grand now, and that covers six of the 155 tracks. Tamla 54045, the Supremes' "Buttered Popcorn"? $332.29. Total so far: $1259.20. And a mere 147 tracks to go.
Most of these tunes, needless to say, have never been on compact disc. And when this edition sells out, they're gone. So let's do a little math: "Ich-i-bon #1" by Nick & The Jaguars was originally released in 1959. Its next release came 46 years later. So if you're a gambler, and wait too long to get The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 1: 1959-1961, you should be able to pick it up again in, um, 2051.
So order early, order often. And if you are feeling a little adventurous, stash away a spare copy for investment's sake. Tech stocks come and go, but Motown is always Motown.
There's lots more on the way, but not unless we get back to the vault. Happy New Year!
Cheers,
Hip-Ocrates
the vault is now open
;D
