I'm sorry to hear about the turmoil you went through! I would have loved hearing that aircheck and the jingles. I've come to realize, it's really like Russian Roulette as far as getting hit with copyright claims- I once had a Paul Petersen song that was up for several years, then out of the blue, it got hit with the copyright claim. Sometimes, you'll find something you got pegged for can get by on someone else's channel. I'm not sure how that works, but I'm glad you told me about your situation so that if I suddenly find this has been pulled down, I won't be surprised.

This isn't Carol. This was recorded in Detroit.

Lol! Sometimes I'm posting things in the middle of the night and it doesn't occur to me to mention it as well on Facebook. I gotta say, doing these, spending time assembling everything, it gives me a lot of time to really appreciate these artists, and I've been getting a deeper appreciation for Cal's approach to these songs. She's something of a Cool Cat; hers is the mastery of understated elegance, but with just enough of a tinge of the Blues. The one performance that is rather uncharacteristic is "Let Love Live" where she takes on a surprisingly tougher all-out delivery. There will be more of these mono/stereo deals for The Velvelettes on the horizon. And I have an idea for gathering and tying together the group's singles in a special playlist that I think you'll appreciate. But that's a little way off in the future...

@@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles I'll be there...waiting! :-)

There is a site called "Don't Forget The Motor City" that has writer, producer, recording information on every Motown recording you can think of. Here's all the details for "Fading Away": Fading Away (William Robinson-Robert Rogers-Warren Moore) published Jobete 01-Oct-65 The Temptations; recorded Hitsville, completed 11-Aug-65 ; produced by Smokey Robinson ; [lead Eddie Kendricks] www.dftmc.info/

If I'm going to listen to anybody else sing this song, Miss Tina Turner and Mr. Rod Stewart have to be the perfect choice! So now, I'm going to check out their version! ❤

Could be. I think the composer of these was Jodie Lyons who was one of the best and most creative composers/arrangers in the industry. There's a CD that talks about the history of PAMS and a section of it plays snippets of music that inspired a few jingles - one was a Ray Charles song - so it very well could be that some of the Hanna-Barbera cues may have influenced some jingles here.

Yes! I've always felt that was an astonishing record/song for the group. It's interesting that this is kind of part of a trilogy of similar, dark, harder-edged songs that came out around the same time: this one, "Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead" and Martha and the Vandellas' "You've Been In Love Too Long". But "I'll Keep Holding On" is a rather sinister piece of business. I agree with you - that this was given to the Marvelettes, even recorded twice with the 2nd music track flown to NY so Wanda could get those vocals done ASAP- the company apparently was high on getting this tune out on radio immediately. It also says William Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter saw that the group could handle something this mature and adult. Honestly, this is Wanda doing some serious stalking and she had to sound sexy doing it. I like that Stevenson and Hunter felt this was a record the group was ready for. And you make a great point - what other song at Motown covered this kind of ground? Except "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game" only, minus the hard rocking edge, and "The Stranger" - and interestingly, both by the Marvelettes.

@@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles Yes interesting this one had Wanda’s track recorded in NY. The Marvelettes always had a very live feel to their recordings and from the few videos out there, I’ve seen, Wanda had a really strong connection to the audience, like she’s singing right to you. And whomever she’s singing to in this one, she’s not going to let him get away⚡️. Thanks for the back ground info!

@@user-jk8xd3dc3g I always love talking about the Marvelettes and you had some excellent points!

Sorry about that, I think I know the one you're talking about. I did this way back before KZfaq was even a thing and it was pretty much just the cuts I liked best as opposed to being an all-encompassing thing. I listen to it now and I'm sure now if I had done this specifically as a KZfaq video, I probably would have every last bit of music in here.

Well, I'm sad to hear that, but I also know what you mean. Sometimes it's like that.

The Funk Brothers are nailing the intro and those strings are fantastic!

It has an interesting history. I like it but I had no idea it had been done before by another vocalist at Motown. Smokey did a really good job of retrofitting it and outfitting it with a few crucial overdubs. Paul definitely brought out every last bit of potential the song would ever have. The original singer, Mickey McCullers, just didn't seem able to perform in the studio and ended up giving a rather flatline performance on his recording of this. But the best rendition of this has to be Brenda Holloway's; and it's surprisingly good considering her version was done in California.

Yes I did. It's especially sad and heartbreaking because he had just announce his retirement. We've lost so many these last couple of weeks.

@@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles The Four Tops were a record-breaking(no pun intended) act in that they were formed in 1954(70 years ago) as *The Four Aims* and were the same line-up all through their history, Levi Stubbs(Stubbles), Renaldo Benson, Abdul 'Duke' Fakir and Lawrence Peyton(or is it Payton?). They adopted the "Four Tops" name just prior to joining Motown, though it could be *jokingly* said that they got their name from looking at the four caps from their beer bottles! (LOL)

@@thefools Oh wow! You got me laughing because now I can't tell either! I always thought she was singing "it's now and it's fun", especially since anything cool at that time was termed "It's NOW, baby!" But then again, it was also about "Love" at this time. Well I'm glad you pointed this out because I'm going to have to check it out on my home stereo with my headphones (yeah, I still got 'em)!

You're welcome! I love his music too. Amazing voice.

Yeah, the sound on this is something I always wondered about. The drums sound a bit "blunt." I'm wondering if the music was recorded first on Motown's 3-track machine, then bumped up to the 8-track machine later for this recording. Could be Benny on the drums- there is someone here who has an incredible ear for the Motown drummers' styles and I think he told me who it was on this some time ago. Hopefully, he'll chime in here.

The more you learn about Kim, the more you love her. Beautiful physically and as a person who didn't seem to place her stardom ahead of caring about the people of Detroit. I'm so glad you've found this one and are enjoying it. And I really appreciate the compliment on the image quality. Years ago, I'd see videos with weird, heavily-pixilated images and even pics with watermarks all over them. I wanted to honor these artists by showing them in the best possible way. Thank you again for watching, enjoying and the compliment.

@@user-ft8io6ml5z These are great times. This song and all of their hits have long been available on CDs. There was a recent CD put out that has all of their 70s album on one set, so now you really can get all of their music on CD. You probably can hear everything here on KZfaq as well.

@@Its_me12558 It's a fantastic record. I love the drumming and the Tempts sound so happy here! Motown was overflowing with so much quality material.

@@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles right on!

@@temptin_temptations I'm always knocked out by how even though the song wasn't as huge on the pop charts as Motown had hoped for, it ended up being one of their most famous and most requested songs. I'd love to have a "failure" like that!

@@user-bm9qs5rd5k Tellin' the truth!

@@theboyfromxtown I don't think there would have been any space for it as a single. Smokey had his sights on "Get Ready" as what he wanted for the next hit and Norman Whitfield was already prepared to pounce with the next single if "Get Ready" failed. By the time "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" ran its course, Norman was already working on the follow up so I'm understanding now why a lot of things that sounded good were shut out as singles. The marketplace would have been saturated.

@@temptin_temptations Just about everything on this album could have been a radio hit but there weren't months in a year for all of them. But wow! Yes, Eddie gave this one such grace and beauty. I had read somewhere that Norman was trying to produce a Smokey Robinson-type song with this one but it still sounds very original.

@@theboyfromxtown This, along with "Get Ready" is THE record that started it all for me. It was my parents' and I couldn't have been any older than 4 but I must have really responded to it because I somehow got hold of it and literally, never gave it back. That would have been in '70. I still have THAT 45. I didn't know anything about A and B sides, I just played both- but "Fading Away " was almost mystical to my young ears and it was down to Eddie's ethereal vocals and those strings on the middle eight. The curly-cues at the end...My, My, My!

Unfortunately, there's no mono mix available except for the vinyl LP. Apparently my stereo receiver cut out while I was recording this and I didn't catch it.

@@temptin_temptations This one is so bluesy, I always picture someone listening to this like at 3am on those nights when you're sad and can't sleep. Paul nailed it.

Yep, I've got that one too. These are fantastic collections because pretty much everything you heard was good, even if you don't know the artist.

@@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles I remember her playing it a lot in the early 70s when I was a kid. She went to the Motortown revues in New York in the early 60s.

You're very welcome! It's always great to find others into these jingles!

Ha ha, this is when I usually work on uploading, just before I go to bed. Also when I do laundry, which i'm doing now lol!

@@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles 🥱😵‍💫

Thanks you Dyo! Just think, you get to see the sights of (1960s) Portland, Oregon without leaving your house, ha ha! Hope you have a great weekend!

@@SarasotaLBK He did so many good records. I don't think he ever did a bad record. One of his records, "I Think I Found A Love" I played so much the record turned grey!

As I said before, you will be disappointed if you get the S264.

Right, that's exactly what I put in the description as well as the pinned comment - the stereo mix heard here IS from the S264 vinyl LP. The site "Don't Forget The Motor City" lists only an electronically channeled stereo mix on the "16 Original Hits" album, which I have as well as the CD of the album, which I used the first time. Then I got the S264 to use , which is listed on the DFTMC database as "stereo" - and while the album does have a slightly different sound from the other sources, I'm guessing the album is still electronically processed. But it's included here for everyone's consideration.

I think you covered 'em all very well! Usually I like to provide pictures of these DJs in these videos, but sometimes, there is so little to go on, even with literally weeks of searching every resource I've got - in this case though, I think I was going on pure fumes at 4a.m. that I just opted to NOT search for 9 DJs (lol) I would like to know who Mr. C is though!

@@calvinguile1315 I have a confession: I used to just lay on the floor staring at Flo's expression on the album cover as the album played. I mean, Mary and Diana are pretty and awesome and beautiful but Flo was next-level. Her expression here is like a mix of angelic serenity yet there is a Detroit Fierceness there too. I think that's why I'm still drawn to this image - because who else could mix angelic with Fierceness and make it look so right?

@@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles absolutely!