Earl Van Dyke - The Motown Sound: The Complete Albums & More (1963-70) [2CD]
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Two CD collection devoted to the works of Motown session keyboardist (and Funk Brother extraordinaire) Earl Van Dyke. Originally, some of the Hitsville studio musicians would be ''allowed'' to cut soulful Blues and Jazz tracks for the company's Workshop Jazz label, as long as they handled the regular gig, cutting hits on the Hitsville U.S.A. assembly line. By 1964, however, Workshop Jazz was dead. Motown made good on their promise, somewhat, giving Earl Van Dyke a rare opportunity in the spotlight by issuing in his name a single and a subsequent LP, That Motown Sound. Earl's artistic disappointment belies the gems contained within those vocal-less Motown hits and the additional bonus tracks from Motown's vaults that comprise Disc One of this set. Additional previously unheard nuggets can be found amongst the bonus tracks on Disc Two.

Sure, now The Funk Brothers, Motown Records’ legendary in-house band, are notable names to pop and soul aficionados, thanks in large part to 2002’s Standing in the Shadows of Motown documentary and its Grammy-winning soundtrack. But for nearly the entire golden age of the Detroit label, the group was kept away from the spotlight. Hip-o Select’s newest title collects, for the first time on CD, the sole exception to that rule.

In 1965, Motown quietly released That Motown Sound, an album credited to Earl Van Dyke and The Soul Brothers. It’s not hard to guess who makes up the group (though label founder Berry Gordy insisted on the name change from “funk” to “soul”), and the familiar hit songs played on the album, including “Come See About Me,” “My Girl” and “Money (That’s What I Want)” are in fact the original backing tracks with new keyboard overdubs by Van Dyke, the band’s main keyboardist.

Van Dyke and the band were recording more sides even while laying down some of the most notable grooves in pop history. Some, including “Soul Stomp” and “The Flick,” were released as singles on Motown’s Soul imprint; many were left in the fabled vaults. A 1970 live album, The Earl of Funk, saw the band run through live covers of Motown hits as well as tracks by Ben E. King, Jimmy Webb, The Meters and Sly and The Family Stone.


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Tracklist:
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CD1
01 - Nowhere To Run
02 - Come See About Me
03 - You're A Wonderful One
04 - How Sweet It Is
05 - My Girl
06 - All For You
07 - Too Many Fish In The Sea
08 - Try It Baby
09 - The Way You Do The Things You Do
10 - Can I Get A Witness
11 - Can You Jerk Like Me
12 - Money
13 - I Can't Help Myself
14 - Soul Stomp
15 - Hot 'N' Tot
16 - Mobile Lil The Dancing Witch
17 - He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'
18 - All Day All Night
19 - Opus And Funk
20 - Too Many Fish In The Sea
21 - Soul Stomp
22 - 6 By 6
23 - There Is No Greater Love
24 - The Flick
25 - You Name It

CD2
01 - Someday We'll Be Together
02 - Rainy Night In Georgia
03 - Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin
04 - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
05 - Wichita Lineman
06 - The Flick
07 - Cissy Strut
08 - Stand By Me
09 - My Cherie Amour
10 - Fuschia Moods
11 - The Stingray
12 - The Whip-A-Rang
13 - Runaway Child Running Wild
14 - Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got
15 - Fever In The Funk House
16 - Behold
17 - Greedy Green
18 - Up On Your Feet
19 - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
20 - Ode To Benny B

*2012 Motown / Hip-O Select / Universal | B0016212-02


Personnel:
Keyboards, Leader, Organ: Earl van Dyke
Group The Funk Brothers
Saxophone: Eli Fontaine
Tambourine, Vibes: Jack Ashford
Guitar: Robert White
Bass: Tony Newton
Drums: Bob Cousar
Bass: James Jamerson, Jr.
Drums: Uriel Jones
Congas, Percussion: Eddie "Bongo" Brown
Saxophone: George Benson
Drums: Benny Benjamin
Harmonica: Stevie Wonder




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