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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0044006636528 Format: Soundtrack Label: Hip-O Records Manufacturer: Hip-O Records Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Hip-O Records Release Date: May 11, 2004 Sales Rank: 2357 Studio: Hip-O Records
Rating: - IF YOU PLAY BASS OR LOVE MUSIC BUY THIS 2 DISC CD NOW!
Being a music lover and an musician, this 2 disc set was too good to pass up. Growing up in the 60's & 70's, I always knew this music was more intricate underneath than it's beautiful heartfelt melodies would imply.
I played in many bands over the past 30+ years and I have been praised by many for my ability to improvise, but I'm glad in my younger days, I wasn't aware of what was going on underneath those Motown soulful vocals...if I had, I may have never touched my bass again! James Jamerson is the kind of bassist that makes even the best players feel humbled.
Rating: - Top rated, worth every penny
Music from the movie where the guys finally get their recognition. Feel good, sing along, and bonus tracks too!
Rating: - outstanding music
Present day music does not compare to the Motown sound. I want to say to the artist, backup singers, the writers and to those amazing mmembers of the " Funk Brothers " thank you for the music of my youth.
Robert Attwood
Rating: - Spotlight on a truly underappreciated Motown cornerstone
Sure, everybody's heard of the Supremes, the Temptations, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and Stevie Wonder. But few were aware of the Funk Brothers until the outstanding documentary Standing In The Shadows of Motown came out in 2002. The Funk Brothers were Motown's house band from 1959 to 1972, when the label relocated from Detroit to LA. Studio musicians weren't credited on Motown releases until 1971 (many other pioneering studio musicians and backup singers remain in the shadows of Motown), although the Funk Brothers' unique sound graced all of Motown's pivotal hits such as My Guy, Stevie Wonder's ... Read More
Rating: - Tons of great tracks updated with great contemporary signers - dosen't get much better than this...
Tons of great tracks updated with great contemporary signers - dosen't get much better than this...
