You guys are bringing back old memories. A while back our firm was involved in a securitization transaction for Holland/Dozier/Holland, and afterwards one of the firms involved found a bunch of promo CDs in a warehouse of 24 or so of their greatest hits, by the original artists. Quite a collection of The Supremes, The Four Tops, etc. We listen to it often. My wife lived outside Detroit in the 60s, and we went to U of M 68-72, so I do remember CKLW too. What I miss most, and it started to go with the advent of album rock and FM stations, was the CKLW or WABC format of the 60s, where you could tune in and hear ALL types of music, be it Motown, West Coast sound, British invasion, on one station and all mixed together. Now everything seems categorized for the pop stations (alternative rock/classic rock/easy listening, etc,), and I think listeners are poorer for it. Agingears, that sounds like a terrific box set, thanks for the post.
True Confessions of a Soul Man
There seems to alot of interest in classical,jazz,and rock music. But are there any aging boomers that remember 60s soul music, a staple of AM radio that rivaled the british invasion?? My favorites were Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Supremes, Four Tops, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin. There were all types of sounds. I hope there are some experts out there that can identify each type the Memphis sound, The Philly sound (right Trelja?),etc. Opinions, favorite groups or songs, histories, etc.