By gdwms (67.97.33.143) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 11:13 am:

My appetite is whetted again for a book of
Motown and the main labels album covers.
I just checked out of the library a book of
45 rpm picture sleeves.It covers all genres of
music,including the picture sleeve for "My Girl"
with the Temptations looking so sharp.This book
could have front and back covers of the main,Motown,Tamla,Gordy,Soul & V.I.P.labels from
the first album recorded at Hitsville,to the last.
When I bought my first Motown LP's,I really enjoyed the inner sleeves,which displayed other
Lps out at that time.I would certainly lay down some $$$$ for a book like this.I know this has been discussed before,but I'm anxious.

By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 11:52 am:

THAT WOULD BE COOL,I HAVE SEEN MOTOWN LABELS IN OTHER BOOKS BUT NOT ONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR MOTOWN ITSELF,THERE ARE ALBUM JACKETS THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN YEAR PLUS ALOT THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN,A BOOK COVERING THAT WOULD BE GREAT!

By John Lester (62.49.61.57) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 12:02 pm:

Surely we can do it ourselves on soulful detroit...

All we need is a scanner and a knowledge of how to "Get Fancy"

By Edgar (200.46.132.185) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 12:06 pm:

It would also be great to have them on-line. Sometimes I need an album cover to upload on the site Rate Your Music - http://www.rateyourmusic.com. - and it's so hard to find some covers. Recently I searched and searched but could not find Stevie Wonder's "Tribute to Uncle Ray" and "Stevie At the Beach", not to mention Rose Banks' "Rose". Sometimes scans are posted on Ebay, but the quality is less than poor.
And a book would be just heaven.

By Common (209.2.55.172) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 12:19 pm:

Hello everyone,

I agree that there should be a book on Motown LP covers. Some of them were really nice, others were like "what was the artist department thinking". That would be interesting to read the concepts behind creating these covers.

Peace!

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 12:49 pm:

This is something I have wanted to do a long time. About ten years ago I was in contact with a publisher here in Sweden about a project like this. The idea was to publish my Motown/Detroit discography with a lot of pictures of all the different types of 45 sleeves, LP inner sleeves and album covers. That never happened. They were not interested enough. I have got hundreds, thousands of nice stuff to put in a book!

For instance� this is an album that was not released in the US



it was supposed to be Soul S6-742. It was released in a few European countries 1974. Clarence Paul produced the album and wrote tree songs on it. Stevie Wonder is playing harmonica solos on two tracks.

� and here�s another nice picture sleeve of a very young Eddie Holland



Lars

By Common (209.2.55.170) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 12:59 pm:

Lars: Wow! The one with Eddie Holland is a beauty! What a handsome he is! And the Jr Walker one is a real treat! Please keep them coming!

Peace!

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 01:09 pm:

Lars,
Once again, you amaze me with your collection. Please don't let me near your house - you'll need an order of protection to keep me away from your collection!

Common:
Eddie Holland was marketed as Motown's answer to Jackie Wilson because his range and style was similar to Mr. Excitement's (as well as his good looks & wardrobe!). His big hits were "Jamie" and "Leaving Here."
However, it was stage fright that kept Eddie from being a live performer so he, along with his brother Brian and best friend Lamont Dozier settled into songwriting and production.
The rest is history.
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Common (209.2.55.171) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 01:13 pm:

Hey KevGo:

I do recall reading about that story, I think it was in Nelson George's book. And you're right about Lars. The memorabilia he comes up with is astounding.

Peace!

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 01:47 pm:

Lars,
Thanks for the incredible scans. Feel free to continue.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 02:00 pm:

Common:
BG mentioned it in his book "To Be Loved" and Eddie himself said so in the Hitsville USA boxed set. That's where I got my information.
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Sly fan (64.169.107.208) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 02:30 pm:

LG: I am salivating over the Eddie Holland album, thats a sure beauty!! I didnt even know Mr.Holland recorded for Motown, I have the Invictus Releases but wow...

I hear you loud and clear KevGo!! LOL!! I have a nifty collection but that just takes the cake right there..Between LG and my good friend George who showed me a Carl Anderson album produced by Stevie Wonder...I have seen some good stuff this week. That Jr. Walker lp is pretty sweet too...what album is that? is that a uk/japan release?

Motown covers are awesome period, there should be a book on just the covers alone..especially the Stevie Wonder albums..The Temptations lp's in the early days are soooo clean.. Those cats were really decked out,esp with my main man David Ruffin with a cape and top hat!! Classic!!

By Vickie (198.81.26.231) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 02:31 pm:

I love looking at these old albums


Vickie

By Common (209.2.55.168) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 02:54 pm:

KevGo: Now that I think about it, it was Nelson's book. I don't have BG's yet but trying to get his book, maybe through some used bookstores in the city. Sometimes, ebay can be an expensive alternative.

Vickie: I love looking at the old LPs as well.

My favorite ones are Marvin & Tammi's "United"(of course!), Jimmmy & David's "I Am My Brother's Keeper"(both of them were such cute kids!), The Temptations Sing Smokey, Marvin's "I Want You", etc. I also enjoy looking at the inner sleeves to see the different Motown LP covers on the various labels. Very smart promotional tool by Motown I'd say.

Peace!

By Sly fan (64.169.107.208) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 02:58 pm:

LG: I read your post on the Jr. Walker lp..amazing!!

I have James Brown lp's that were released in the UK that have James doing Salsa!! Thats how much of a fan I am!! Its costly but worth it!! Good music has no price in my book...

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 03:12 pm:

Many thanks my friends for all kind words,

If you look close on this release from September 1979 you�ll see an album name and number�



� the "Love Man" album T8-369M1 by Marvin Gaye was supposed to be released late 1979. It was canned! Worldwide. Some of the tracks were later remixed, renamed and released on his last Tamla album "In Our Lifetime". This is the UK Tamla-Motown STML 12126 back cover I got from Gordon Frewin, he was then Motown Label Manager at EMI in London (the US cover I got from Motown US is on the wall in my working room at the radio station, in a nice frame!)

I even heard some of the album tracks outside the Wembley Arena late a dark autumn evening in London when I was there the same year for a radio interview with Stevie Wonder. Some Marvin Gaye hangarounds/managers took me inside a limousine and played songs from the �soon to be released Love Man� album� but the atmosphere became a bit to �scary� for me so I left. Took a cab to the city. They still owe me £20 I paid for that Marvin Gaye interview� I never saw them again� but it was very close I met Marvin!



Lars

By Sly fan (64.169.107.208) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 03:21 pm:

LG YOU ARE THE MAN!!! You have the LOVE MAN album!!! This made my day for real!! Sometimes I hate Motown for the fact that they some pretty stupid things in the U.S by not releasing certain lp's or shelving them....I would love to just touch the album!!

Here's my question...are these some of the same songs that are featured on the "In Our Lifetime" lp?? Such as "Funk Me".


You are the man LG!! Keep em coming!!

By Sly fan (64.169.107.208) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 03:21 pm:

correction: did some pretty stupid things..

By Sly fan (64.169.107.208) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 03:23 pm:

LG: just curious to know...what is the B-Side for "Ego" ?...I had to ask...

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 03:28 pm:

Sly,

B-side of "Ego" is "Ego... Instrumental"

Lars

By Common (209.2.55.169) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 03:30 pm:

LG: Ahhhhh, this is real nice!! If you can remember, what did you think of the tracks from this LP?

Peace!

By Sly fan (64.169.107.208) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 03:30 pm:

OH MY GOD!! NOT THE INSTRUMENTAL!! Now I gotta look for a 45 or 12 inch. Thanx LG.

By Sly fana (64.169.107.208) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 03:33 pm:

got it LG..in regards to "In Our Lifetime"...I got pretty excited and didnt read the whole thing..I still would love to hear the original mixes.

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 03:44 pm:

Common,

I am not the man to ask about Marvin Gaye! It�s like asking John Lester about The Velvelettes! I think almost everything Marvin does is outstanding! What I remember after hearing the tracks� I was impressed. I remember I called Gordon Frewin the day after asking for a tape, a test pressing, anything� I needed something to put inside my empty cover. I still do!

Lars

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 04:05 pm:

Here�s another Motown youngster� Steveland Morris, he also used his mother's maiden name Hardaway and father's surname Judkins as last name. Stevie Wonder on his debut release, with picture sleeve from may 1962, he has just turned 12. He is 11 on this picture.



As all my friends call me LG nowdays I think I go for that here to... I used Lars during the 60's & 70's...

LG

By Michael/cleoharvey (160.79.83.208) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 04:29 pm:

LG:

I just happened to go through this thread and was absolutely bowled over by what you have in your collection. Unbelieveable!! Love the Eddie Holland and Marvin Gaye covers. Thank you for sharing them with us.

By jan (217.8.173.55) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 05:58 pm:

some great motown sleeves but the worst has to be the isley brothers 'this ole heart of mine', any other nominations

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 06:03 pm:

Lars:
Wow...I have a film clip of Stevie singing "I Call It Pretty Music..." yet I don't know what show it was from (it looks like Shindig because there wer dancing girls & he was sitting on top of a platform).
Again, great cover...
Kevin Goins - KevGo

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 06:30 pm:

The first Motown superstar was also promoted by picture sleeves�



� many of the first Motown picture sleeves used the backside to promote albums.



This is the backside of the Mary Wells 45.

LG

By Fury13 (12.2.196.17) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 07:19 pm:

I used to have that Tamla Special #1 LP. Big early Motown hits along with a few rarities. Excellent! Wish I still had it.

By LaJolla (65.238.91.90) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 08:17 pm:

Along the same line of the albumn covers.....does anyone know where most of the Supremes album covers were photographed....Detroit? A Photography studio....which one? At Motown? Always wondered.

By Greg C. (207.103.134.219) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 09:48 pm:

I'm enjoying this thread immensely! keep the images coming.

The timeline history of Motown that frustrates me the most is the period when Andre Harrell was in charge. So many singles came out with albums to follow that never materialized. Valerie George, The Whitehead Brothers, LaDae, and Jason Weaver were but a few of many. The album covers were published in Billboard but the albums(CD's)never came out.

By SoniT (68.48.6.147) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 09:56 pm:

Whew, Marvin was fine!!!! He looks so sexy and smooth on that "Soulful Moods..." album cover. I love looking at old albums. It's funny how we take things for granted. Now that I mainly use my CD player, I have all my albums packed away in boxes. I need to take them out for old times sake.

By stephanie (64.63.221.169) on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 11:13 pm:

WOW this is great!!!! I do think a book like this should come out. One of my fave Motown covers is
The Diana Ross Touch Me in the Morning the Marvelettes Sophisticated Soul and the Innervisions album cover by Stevie....YES that Isley Bros This Old Heart of Mine was the worst album cover Motown ever put out..
Stephanie

By Greg C. (166.84.225.34) on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 07:58 am:

The Sophisticated Soul LP did have a great cover and the Marvelettes were always my favorite Motown group.

My favorite cover was the "Playboy" album cover. That was the ONLY cover that ever depicted all five Marvelettes. They were upstairs in little windows looking down a slick looking guy standing at a door which had a sign, "Marvelettes Not Home" hanging on the door knob with a piece of string. Classic!

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 11:13 am:

Favorite Motown album jackets:

The Jackson 5 - "Diana Ross Presents", "ABC", "Maybe Tomorrow"

Temptations - "Puzzle People", "Psychedelic Shack", "Sky's The Limit"

Supremes - "I Hear A Symphony", "Supremes A Go-Go", "Right On", "Floy Joy"

Four Tops - "Yesterday's Dreams", "Changing Times"

Smokey & The Miracles - "Cookin' With The Miracles", "Four In Blue", "Special Occasion"

Marvellettes - "Sophisticated Soul"

Martha & the Vandellas - "Natural Resources" (finally bought a copy at a flea market!), "Black Magic"

Stevie Wonder - all his 1970s albums starting with "Where I'm Coming From" to "Original Musiquarium"

Marvin Gaye - "MPG", "United" & "You're All I Need" (with Tammi), "What's Going On", "I Want You"

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Soul Sister (65.43.150.250) on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 11:41 am:

Favotite: Miracles "Going To A-Go-Go", for whats both on the inside & the outside!

By Soul Sister (65.43.150.250) on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 11:52 am:

There was an article in this mornings Cleveland Plaindealer newspaper on Album Cover Art. About it being a dying art form that the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame is breathing new life into, the Greatest Album Covers That Never Were features a dazzling array of fantasy album covers created by leading visual artists, the exibit runs Sept. 28.

By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 11:59 am:

FAVORITES..TEMPTIN TEMPTATIONS,THE MIRACLES GREATEST HITS FROM THE BEGINNING,MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS,COME AND GET THESE MEMORIES,ROADRUNNER,JR.WALKER,THE SUPREMES SING HOLLAND DOZIER HOLLAND,TWO LOVERS,MARY WELLS,THE MIRACLES,RENNASAINCE.

By Edgar (200.46.135.83) on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 05:00 pm:

Some favorites:
-I don't know if The Supremes' "Touch" album cover is good, but the photo is excellent.
-Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On", "I Want You".
-Stevie Wonder's "Innervisions"
-Jr. Walker's "Sax Appeal"
-Martha & the Vandellas' "Watchout!", "Black Magic"
-Syreeta's first album, "One To One", "The Spell"
-Diana Ross' first solo album, "Baby It's Me"
-The Temptations' "Masterpiece", "With a Lot of Soul"
-Marvelettes' "Sophisticated Soul"
-Eddie Kendricks' "People... Hold On"
-Thelma Houston's "Ready To Roll"
-Special "Kitsch Prize": Martha & the Vandellas' "Sugar N' Spice" ex aequo with Marvelettes' "Playboy". Runner-up: Supremes & Temptations' "Together".

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 05:18 pm:

Hi. My favorite LP covers are:

Chris Clark-Soul Sounds
Barbara McNair-Here I Am
Diana Ross & The Supremes-Sing Holland Dozier Holland, I hear a Symphony, Funny Girl, Cream of the Crop
Marvin Gaye-Pick one!
Tempts-Pick one!
Martha Reeves & the Vandellas-Ridin' High, Natural Resources & Sugar & Spice
Marvelettes-Sophiscated Soul
Tammit Terrell-The Irresistible Tammi Terrell
Smokey Robinson-What Love has joined together
Diana Ross & The Supremes & the Tempts-TCB
The Supremes-Touch, New Ways (the afro pix especially), Right on, The Supremes w/ He's my Man)
Diana Ross-Surrender, Everything is Everything, The Boss

By Keith Rylatt (217.137.89.33) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 12:28 pm:

Choker Campbell, Hits of the Sixties. The best ever. I also recall a great one from a German compilation, it had a map of SE Michigan on the front, this was 25 years ago however and John Lester bought it.....do you still have it old timer? Keith

By Uptight (24.55.6.144) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 09:25 pm:

-Choker Campbell "Hits of the Sixties" (Cool mixed media collage)
-The Supremes "Sing HDH" (Diana pouts!)
-I hear a Symphony (This one's kinda dreamy)
-Marvelettes' "Sophisticated Soul" and "The
Marvelettes (1967) (Great individual pics)
-Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta ('74)
-Diana Ross (1970, she looks like a waif on the front and looks glamorous on the back.)
-Diana Ross "Touch Me in The Morning" (Ross was pregant, and the overexposure of her in the pool made her look radiant.)
-Jackson Five "ABC" (For its collage), "Goin' Back To Indiana" (very cartoony & fun)
Motown Photographer Jim Britt shot some great LP covers in the 70's.
-Marvin Gaye "What's Goin' On?" (He looks so pensive in the rain.)
-Marvin Gaye "I Want You" (Great Ernie Barnes painting also used in opening theme for "Good Times TV sitcom.)

There's so many, I could be late for work, yikess!

-Christopher

By RD (63.188.32.243) on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 12:58 am:

I'm surprised nobody mentioned the Miracles' Mickey's Monkey album cover. Lil kids loved that one.

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 04:12 am:

I like the cover from the �I Wish It Would Rain� album because it was so different� and at the time �modern�.



� here�s a small part from an early album inner sleeve.



LG

By Uptight (24.55.6.144) on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 08:27 am:

TV producer George Schlatter was filming the Temptations in a skit for his "Laugh-In" TV show when the "I Wish It Would Rain" cover was shot.

By Wonder B (81.48.89.239) on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 09:16 am:

Very very interesting thread indeed...
I will try to contribute a little bit by sending these two LP scanned covers, pretty rare stuff as both of them were only reeased in Japan, the Jackson 5 Live in Japan LP and the Supremes Live In Japan LP...
{Jackson5Japan}

{SupremesLiveInJapanObi}

Wonder B

By Wonder B (81.48.89.239) on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 09:18 am:

Well it seems I haven't mastered the thing yet... LOL
LG help me out here as you seem to be a PC wiz... LOL
JUst want to post the pics from my hard drive...

Wonder B

By HW (68.37.216.164) on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 11:41 am:

Lars, this is exciting, please give me a shout:

harryweinger@yahoo.com

By ErikT.O. (64.228.108.14) on Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 03:31 pm:

Great thread! Hi WonderB, glad to see you here in soulfuldetroit! I had no idea about a J5 lp recorded in Japan! A couple of years ago I bought 'Stand', a Pickwick reissue of 'Going Back To Indianna' (thanks soulfuldetroiters who told me this at the time!)- anyhow, I once heard a great & really raw sounding live J5 lp in a record store but I didn't see the cover... I thought I'd found it but the song I thought I heard was a bass-heavy live version of ABC not on the 'Going Back To Indianna' so maybe this finally answers this question...
As for fave Motown covers, I want to mention 2 of mine I was surprised not to have seen mentioned in this thread- the Live In Paris lp (the lettering, the pics, etc) and the lp 'That Motown Sound' (which I was thrilled to have found recently for a fifth of what the boot cd cost me a while ago). I love 'em both & if I had a scanner I'd upload the 'Motown Sound' cover to this thread so we could all enjoy it...
A book of Motown covers would be great, I've see plenty of books of other lp covers. Is permission required to publish photos of lp covers? Is there a time limit on the neccessity of said permission? I'd be surprised, given the esoteric content of some of these books and the surely difficult process of finding applicable parties to authorize such releases. One could round out the book with foreign pressings (with significantly different covers) and the like.
Finally, I took a peek at a book I have called 'The Motown Album' (1990, St Martin's Press)- and there are very few album covers in there at all! Go figure...

By Tony B. (212.56.114.168) on Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 06:30 pm:

My brother-in-law Nigel just picked up a mint copy of "That Motown Sound" but he can't scan it at the moment. Perhaps someone who knows what he is doing could, which rules out Wonder B! And *who* let him in here anyway??? LOL

Our Nigel also recently bought a mint copy of the Ric-Tic LP on eBay, again the stereo version. I let him buy all the old vinyl (some of it off me) and I listen to the CD-Rs! Anybody got a scan of this album cover? ;-)

By Wonder B (81.248.163.47) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 09:46 am:

Hey Tony B watchout LOL LOL DO I know you from somewhere? LOL

I can scan... Yes I can LOL
In fact I did try to post those scanned covers and believe me I have some MOtown 45's pic sleeves that you would die for but even after reading the explanations on how to post those here I still messed up... just need the little trick and you'll see... someone just buy a box of Kleenex tissues cos' you'll be crying over what I want to show you LOL

Wonder B

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 05:49 pm:

Wonder B,

Here's a short scanning lesson for you to upload pictures on SD.

1. Scan.
2. Reduce the size of the image to 550 pixels or less. I use a program called ACDSee to do this.
3. Use the brightness/contrast/gamma section to make the picture as clear as possible.
4. Use sharpness if necessary.
5. Check out so the picture is smaller than 50k. (This is the hardest part!)
6. Read more in the �Get fancy� section.
7. Upload�

Here are some different designs of Motown 45 sleeves�

Tamla had a special design:



Motown also had a special design in the same style:



� This Motown sleeve was also made in blue�
�the below design is the most common and was used for many years. It was made in many different colors and many different albums were displayed:



�The Motown Story� was also promoted for many years:



This sleeve told customers to look for the Motown family of labels:



LG

By Wonder B (193.252.46.41) on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 02:29 pm:

LG, thanks a lot but I know how to scan although I didn't know that you had to limit the size of the pic to under 50k...
The thing is I haven't quite understood how to upload these pics (I have thousands of them) onto the forum here... I checked the Get Fancy guide but apparently I only came up with my text and the title of the pics in my mail... LOL

Ah fuhgget aboud it... LOL I will wait until my brother in law (computer wiz) comes over and helps me out... I think I am too old to understand this stuff LOL

Wonder B

By drlorne (216.26.218.8) on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 02:52 pm:

I see Harry wanted to contact LG, I hope Harry can do something with this idea. I'm sure there is a market for Motown Album covers. I would also like to see, the various labels from around the world. In Canada, for a while, motown was released on the label Tamla Motown, which was white with a black top with some blue and red. I always really liked that label, but was amazed when I actually saw "Motown" actually had a motown label, a Gordy labe, and Soul label etc.

By Fury13 (209.69.165.10) on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 03:12 pm:

Likewise, it's strange for us who grew up in the States to see the foreign-issue labels. The Motown, Tamla, Gordy, Soul and VIP label designs are part of our collective memory. Who doesn't remember repeatedly coming across those labels as we thumbed through the 45s in the record stores? Seems like the stores always mostly carried Motown products! And, I must have thrown away dozens of those printed 45 sleeves when I was a kid. All I wanted was the wax.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 03:40 pm:

The first time I saw the Tamla Motown logo was over 30 years ago - my neighbor had a UK copy of the Supremes Live On The Talk Of The Town album. The label (black background with the Tamla Motown logo in silver)looked like it was a classical album, not an R&B record. The label was definitely unique in its way.

As for the colorful labels we had in the USA, my friend Fury 13 said it best - they have become part of our collective memory.

Hey, Fury - I've got some old Motown sleeves if you want any....

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By LG Nilsson (213.89.29.129) on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 05:11 pm:

Here�s another slightly different single sleeve design from 1971



In the UK and Sweden this was the Tamla-Motown sleeve design for many years! In later years the color changed to gray/green, but it was the same layout.



� and also, many of the single releases had pic sleeves in the UK and Sweden but not in the USA. This is the Mary Wells Atco single with picture sleeve. It was released on Atlantic in Sweden.



� she was a beauty!

LG

By M.McLeanTech (66.218.60.161) on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 07:21 pm:

Here is a sleeve for a 45 that I thought was super hot at the time it was released. Berry seemed to be going off into a very different direction then he had been going with things like "Buy, buy Baby" with Mary Wells.

By Fury13 (209.69.165.10) on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 07:30 pm:

Never heard of Debbie Dean before... info on her, please. What kind of material did she sing?

By M.McLeanTech (66.218.60.161) on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 07:48 pm:

I am no expert, but I would describe it as a woman with a sex-kitten white voice (a little like Ann-Margaret) singing material written by the regular Motown songwriters and played by the Funk Brothers.

By Edgar (200.46.134.59) on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 12:52 am:

Only thing I know is that she wrote songs with Deke Richards ("I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing", for example.) There is another photo of Debbie with Deke and Martha, I think. Look for Deke's threads.

By David Meikle (81.130.211.124) on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:58 am:

I know you mean well Edgar but info from other sites should only come in thru links.

I will ask Ralph to delete this as we have had difficulties with this guy before (AH and other aliases).

Please type in the link Edgar as it is worth reading.

Thanks
David

By Davie Gordon (212.159.94.2) on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 05:36 am:

This one's becoming a bit of a handful to scroll thru - I'll set up Motown LP covers 2 as the
continuation thread

Davie