Essential Collection

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Tracklist

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1Baby I Need Your Loving
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1964 (recordings) (number: 32) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 390)
recording of:
Baby I Need Your Loving
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
52:45
2Ask the Lonely
producer:
Ivy Jo Hunter and William "Mickey" Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
recording of:
Ask the Lonely
writer:
Ivy Jo Hunter and Mickey Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
2:48
3I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
instruments:
The Funk Brothers (in 1965)
strings:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (in 1965)
background vocals:
The Andantes (in 1965), Marlene Barrow (in 1965), Renaldo Benson (in 1965), Louvain Demps (in 1965), Abdul "Duke" Fakir (in 1965), Jackie Hicks (in 1965) and Lawrence Payton (in 1965)
lead vocals:
Levi Stubbs (in 1965)
recorded at:
Hitsville (Motown Records) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1965)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1965 (recordings) (number: 30), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 415) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 483)
recording of:
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (in 1965)
lyricist:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Stone Agate Music Division
3.52:46
4It’s the Same Old Song
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
It’s the Same Old Song
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
42:47
5Reach Out I’ll Be There
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1966)
recording of:
Reach Out, I’ll Be There
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
53:02
6Standing in the Shadows of Love
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1966)
recording of:
Standing in the Shadows of Love
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Jobete Music Ltd
52:39
7Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team)
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Agate Music Division
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部
2:44
8Bernadette
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
Bernadette
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team)
53:03
9Walk Away Renee
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1967)
cover recording of:
Walk Away Renée
writer:
Michael Brown (American singer-songwriter), Bob Calilli and Tony Sansone
publisher:
Alley Music Corp., Trio Music Company, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and Twin Tone (publisher) (in 1967)
42:45
10You Keep Running Away
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
recording of:
You Keep Running Away
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team)
2:51
11If I Were a Carpenter
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter)
cover recording of:
If I Were a Carpenter
lyricist and composer:
Tim Hardin
publisher:
Allen Stanton Productions and Faithful Virtue Music
2:52
12Still Water (Love)
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
recording of:
Still Water (Love)
writer:
Smokey Robinson and Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
3:14
13It’s All in the Game
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
cover recording of:
It’s All in the Game
lyricist:
Carl Sigman (in 1951)
composer:
Charles Dawes (in 1911)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Larry Spier Inc., Majorsongs Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Music Sales (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Remick Music, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company - do not use as release label)
is based on:
Melody in A major (instrumental)
2:53
14(It’s the Way) Nature Planned It
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
recording of:
(It's the Way) Nature Planned It
writer:
Pam Sawyer (British-born American lyricist and songwriter) and Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
3:40
15Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got) (album version)
producer:
Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
recording of:
Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
writer:
Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
lyrics quoted on:
Beware
3:06
16Keeper of the Castle (album version)
producer:
Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
recording of:
Keeper of the Castle
writer:
Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
3:00
17Are You Man Enough
producer:
Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
recording of:
Are You Man Enough
lyricist and composer:
Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
3:29
18Sweet Understanding Love
producer:
Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
recording of:
Sweet Understanding Love
writer:
Renaldo Benson, Val Benson and Ivy Jo Hunter
3:03
19One Chain Don’t Make No Prison3:32
20Midnight Flower
producer:
Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter (US songwriter & producer)
recording of:
Midnight Flower
writer:
Reginald Dozier and McKinley Jackson
3:34
21Catfish
producer:
Lawrence Payton
recording of:
Catfish
writer:
Richard Beasley, Fred Bridges, Richard Knight (soul music composer/songwriter) and Lawrence Payton
3:50
22When She Was My Girl
producer:
David Wolfert
recording of:
When She Was My Girl
writer:
Marc Blatte and Larry Gottlieb
publisher:
Jump Star Music Inc. and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
3:25
23I Just Can’t Walk Away
producer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team)
recording of:
I Just Can’t Walk Away
writer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) and Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team)
4:24
24I Believe in You and Me4:00