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T.A.M.I. Show DVD gets UK release

Written by admin on February 27, 2011 – 10:26 pm -

The T.A.M.I. Show Collector's Edition DVD Finally, the excellent “T.A.M.I. Show” is out on DVD in the UK. The DVD was released in March 2010 in the US and was one of the best music DVD releases of the year.

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The Motown Sound: In Performance at the White House

Written by admin on February 24, 2011 – 9:27 am -

The President and First Lady will host a musical celebration of Black History Month and the legacy of Motown in the East Room of the White House tonight.

“The Motown Sound: In Performance at the White House” will be hosted by Jamie Foxx. Artists scheduled to perform include Smokey Robinson, John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Seal, Nick Jonas, Amber Riley, Natasha Bedingfield, Gloriana, Ledisi, Mark Salling and Jordin Sparks.

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Song of the Week #37 – “The Tracks of My Tears”

Written by admin on January 17, 2011 – 9:16 am -

This week’s Song of the Week is Smokey Robinson & The Miracles’ masterpiece “Tracks of My Tears.” The song was released on single in the US in July 1965, backed with “A Fork in the Road.”

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T.A.M.I. Show DVD – review

Written by admin on April 23, 2010 – 9:33 pm -

Harley Payette reviews the long awaited T.A.M.I. Show DVD, which is one of the “must have” music DVDs of 2010.

When I bought Shout Factory’s first ever issue of the legendary lost concert film The TAMI Show, my night was shot. I spent two hours watching the movie. Then there were another two plus hours soaking up the special features and replaying favorite moments. Then there was the trip to my CD collection to revisit the original recordings of all the great hits I had heard in the show.

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Motown around the World – The Classic Singles

Written by admin on April 20, 2010 – 7:03 am -

Motown collectors can now obtain all the label’s foreign language recordings on a 2-CD set from Hip-o Select.

With the Motown Records fan base spreading across Europe in the 1960s, the company decided that its major stars should perform foreign language versions of their hits to appeal to these markets. This new 2-CD set includes all 38 of these tracks from The Supremes, The Temptations, The Miracles, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Edwin Starr, Jimmy Ruffin, and the Velvelettes.

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