The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 3: 1963
2005 Vinyl, 5x CD
2005 Vinyl, 5x CD Rock & Roll
Country Rock
Soul
Rhythm & Blues
Doo Wop
Gospel
Comedy
Hip-O Select, Motown
art direction Al Quattrocchi
art direction Jeff Smith
art direction Michele Horie
art direction Vartan
compilation producer Harry Weinger
design Tornado Design
executive-producer Pat Lawrence
mastered by [digitally remastered] Ellen Fitton
photography by [photo coordinator] Ryan Null
producer [associate producer] Keith Hughes
production manager Monique McGuffin
production manager [product manager] Heather Whitten
Record Company UMG Recordings, Inc.
Distributed By Universal Music Distribution
Phonographic Copyright (p) Motown Records
Copyright (c) Motown Records
Remastered At Universal Mastering Studio-East
Track-by-track annotations by Bill Dahl and Keith Hughes. Edited by Harry Weinger and Thane Tierney.
Bill Dahl of Chicago has written hundreds of album reviews, feature stories and various articles about music and musicians. He has been nominated for a Grammy(R) award for his notes to Ray Charles' Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection. With Weldon A. McDougal III, Dahl is the author of Motown: The Golden Years.
Keith Hughes of Wantage, England, is the author of Don't Forget The Motor City, a Motown discography, and has written articles for a variety of soul magazines. His research has appeared in several CD compilations.
Billboard chart information courtesy of BPI Communications Inc. and Joel Whitburn's Record Research Inc.
Discographical information courtesy of Motown Records Archive.
Primary Sources: The Hitsville Session Logbooks, The Motown Library Tape Filling Card Index, The Motown 45 RPM Record Label Files, The Jobete Music Company Catalog January, 1959-March 31, 1967.
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Digitally remastered from the original analog single masters by Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios-East.
With thanks to: All of the artists and Motown staffers who contributed their memories, and to the Motown Winners' Circle (Chris Jenner, John Lester, Andrew Skurow and Paul Nixon); Bill Levenson, Ritchie Hardin, Martin Hughes, Ron Murphy, Robert Pruter and Eric Charge.
Photos: Motown Records Archives except pgs. 17, 92: courtesy Linda Griner; Amos Milburn LP courtesy Show Time Music Archives (Toronto); Worshopp Jazz LPs courtesy Stu Hackel; Single labels courtesy Lars Nilsson.
Our gratitude to Berry Gordy, the Gordy family, the artists, musicians, engineers, writers, producers, arrangers, handclappers and footstompers at 2468 West Grand Boulevard.
(C) 2005 Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Track CD14-21 is in the public domain.
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Non-Release Notes
Edition limited to 7500 non-numbered limited edition copies.
Disc 1-5 corresponds to 11-15 in The Complete Motown Singles series.
All musician credits and additional backing vocals, production, engineering or songwriting credits taken from the track-by-track annotations and essays.
Barcode: 602498845691
art direction Jeff Smith
art direction Michele Horie
art direction Vartan
compilation producer Harry Weinger
design Tornado Design
executive-producer Pat Lawrence
mastered by [digitally remastered] Ellen Fitton
photography by [photo coordinator] Ryan Null
producer [associate producer] Keith Hughes
production manager Monique McGuffin
production manager [product manager] Heather Whitten
Record Company UMG Recordings, Inc.
Distributed By Universal Music Distribution
Phonographic Copyright (p) Motown Records
Copyright (c) Motown Records
Remastered At Universal Mastering Studio-East
Track-by-track annotations by Bill Dahl and Keith Hughes. Edited by Harry Weinger and Thane Tierney.
Bill Dahl of Chicago has written hundreds of album reviews, feature stories and various articles about music and musicians. He has been nominated for a Grammy(R) award for his notes to Ray Charles' Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection. With Weldon A. McDougal III, Dahl is the author of Motown: The Golden Years.
Keith Hughes of Wantage, England, is the author of Don't Forget The Motor City, a Motown discography, and has written articles for a variety of soul magazines. His research has appeared in several CD compilations.
Billboard chart information courtesy of BPI Communications Inc. and Joel Whitburn's Record Research Inc.
Discographical information courtesy of Motown Records Archive.
Primary Sources: The Hitsville Session Logbooks, The Motown Library Tape Filling Card Index, The Motown 45 RPM Record Label Files, The Jobete Music Company Catalog January, 1959-March 31, 1967.
________________________
Digitally remastered from the original analog single masters by Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios-East.
With thanks to: All of the artists and Motown staffers who contributed their memories, and to the Motown Winners' Circle (Chris Jenner, John Lester, Andrew Skurow and Paul Nixon); Bill Levenson, Ritchie Hardin, Martin Hughes, Ron Murphy, Robert Pruter and Eric Charge.
Photos: Motown Records Archives except pgs. 17, 92: courtesy Linda Griner; Amos Milburn LP courtesy Show Time Music Archives (Toronto); Worshopp Jazz LPs courtesy Stu Hackel; Single labels courtesy Lars Nilsson.
Our gratitude to Berry Gordy, the Gordy family, the artists, musicians, engineers, writers, producers, arrangers, handclappers and footstompers at 2468 West Grand Boulevard.
(C) 2005 Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Track CD14-21 is in the public domain.
________________________
Non-Release Notes
Edition limited to 7500 non-numbered limited edition copies.
Disc 1-5 corresponds to 11-15 in The Complete Motown Singles series.
All musician credits and additional backing vocals, production, engineering or songwriting credits taken from the track-by-track annotations and essays.
Barcode: 602498845691