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Coincidentally, today’s Motown program coincides with the time period we are covering during our Wednesday ‘American Hit Radio’ program.
The Spring of ...read more
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Our 45th episode covering every Motown 45 RPM A-side kicks off at the start of 1969, and a label hell bent on reinventing itself as relevant to its time as ...read more
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For all the struggling that we spoke of regarding Motown’s near-fanatical attempt to stay on top after the departure of the Holland-Dozier-Holland team, ...read more
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Our 43rd episode covering every Motown 45 RPM A-Side finds the label in recovery mode, doing their best to deal with the absence of their ace songwriting ...read more
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The year 1968 was not Motown’s strongest year, as can be determined by this show. That’s not to say that the music is bad (it isn’t), but only that the ...read more
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The late ’60 were a trying time for the Motor City, and its namesake record label seemed ill equipped to deal with the upheavals that surrounded it. At a ...read more
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Our 40th program dedicated to playing every single Motown 45 RPM ‘A’ side finds us in the Spring of 1968, an era when the label struggled to maintain its ...read more
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The ever-upward arc that could be said to define Motown’s popularity (and the quality of its output) began to level off in 1968.
All over the world, ...read more
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If it’s Friday, it must be time for Motown….
For our 38th episode, covering all Motown singles (and we obviously do mean ALL of them…) we cover the ...read more
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By now, I guess it would be an understatement to say that we’ve covered a considerable amount of Motown material. In some ways, this show is significantly ...read more
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