Fifty years of Motown, complete with logo, 191-song compilation boxed-set release
Fifty years of Motown has been packaged into a new 191-song boxed set and a logo commemorating five decades of dancing in the street. The art for the set, plastered across the front of the packaging, includes a photo of Detroit’s own Hitsville, U.S.A. on W. Grand Blvd.Excerpt:Universal Music will announce details next week for Motown’s anniversary showpiece, “Motown: The Complete #1s” — a 10-disc, 191-song boxed set to be released Dec. 8.The set’s masterstroke is its packaging, a replica of Motown’s old Hitsville, USA, headquarters in Detroit, as seen in product images obtained today by the Free Press. Included will be a photo book with an essay by Smokey Robinson.The track list features music by 50 artists and includes every Motown song to have hit No. 1 on assorted charts in the United States and elsewhere, starting with the Miracles’ 1961 song “Shop Around” through Erykah Badu’s 2000 hit “Bag Lady.”Read the entire article here.
Fifty years of Motown has been packaged into a new 191-song boxed set and
a logo commemorating five decades of dancing in the street. The art for
the set, plastered across the front of the packaging, includes a photo
of Detroit’s own Hitsville, U.S.A. on W. Grand Blvd.
Excerpt:
Universal
Music will announce details next week for Motown’s anniversary
showpiece, “Motown: The Complete #1s” — a 10-disc, 191-song boxed set
to be released Dec. 8.
The set’s masterstroke is its packaging,
a replica of Motown’s old Hitsville, USA, headquarters in Detroit, as
seen in product images obtained today by the Free Press. Included will
be a photo book with an essay by Smokey Robinson.
The track list
features music by 50 artists and includes every Motown song to have hit
No. 1 on assorted charts in the United States and elsewhere, starting
with the Miracles’ 1961 song “Shop Around” through Erykah Badu’s 2000
hit “Bag Lady.”
Read the entire article here.
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