What’s going on everyone? Hope you all had a good Jesus-mas and whatnot. Anyway. I did a new mix that’s 100% motown. It was for a Christmas present for my girlfriend’s mom, my mom, and my dad. I figured that in the 7+ years that I’ve been dj’ing, my parents have never heard anything I’ve dj’d, which is very sad. Sooooooooooooo I thought I’d whip this up for them all. To put it lightly, it’s the most aggravating mix that I’ve done to date – taking WAY too long and a LOT more effort than I originally anticipated to say the least. All being said, I thought it turned out pretty well.
Anyway, the tracklist:
1: Martha Reeves and The Vandellas – Heatwave
2: Marvin Gaye – Aint that peculiar
3: Kim Weston – Take me in your arms
4: Smokey Robinson – Mickey’s Monkey
5: Jimmy Soul – If you wanna be happy
6: Jackie Wilson – Your love keeps liftin me
7: Smokey Robinson – I Second that emotion
8: Marvin Gaye – What’s Goin On
9: The Temptations – My Girl
10: Diana Ross and the Supremes – Love child
11: The Temptations – I can’t get next to you
12: The Four Tops – Bernadette
13: Gladys Knight and The Pips – I heard it through the grapevine
14: The Four Tops – Reach Out and I’ll Be There
15: The Temptations – Aint too proud to beg
16: Jr. Walker and the All Stars – Shotgun
17: The Marvelettes – Please mr postman
18: Martha Reeves and the Vandellas – Dancing in the street
19: The Four Tops – It’s the same old song
20: The Supremes – Come see about me
21: Smokey Robinson – The Tears of a clown
22: Martha and the Vandellas – Nowhere to run
23: The Isley Brothers – This old heart of mine
24: Martha and the Vandellas – Jimmy Mack
25: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Tarell – Aint no mountain high enough
26: Stevie Wonder – Uptight (Everything’s All Right)
27: The Kingsman – Money (That’s What I Want)
28: The Velvelettes – He was really saying something
29: The Temptations – Get Ready
30: The Supremes – Where did our love go
31: The Elgins – Heaven must have sent you
32: Edwin Star – Stop her on sight
33: Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston – It Takes Two
34: Sam Cooke – Twistin the night away
35: The Contours – Do You Love Me
Download link: http://www.1217design.com/DJHelix-TheMotownSound.mp3
Length: 1:08:26@192kb/s
As always, enjoy, tell your friends, and let me know what you think!
-Helix
I only found this like a week ago and must have listened to it a dozen times. A couple of joints I’d never heard before like The Elgins one there which I’m loving!!
Never heard anybody do a Motown mixtape before, effing love this!! Tip top work yo!