Motown Sound – The Sixties Albums

Motown Chartbusters Vol 4 1971 LP

Motown Sound albums were released in the sixties. One of the very best things about Motown in the sixties was that they issued LP’s with lots of their hit tracks on them. It was ideal for promoting there artists and for fans who could get lots and lots of great sounds relatively inexpensively.


Sneered at by 45 singles collectors at the time, these days these collections are very valuable on vinyl:

There were lots of compilations such as British Motown Chartbusters, Motown Magic etc., and even box sets like this USA release:

THE MOTOWN STORY 5 LP Box Set:

It has audio introductions and stories told by the artists.

Stateside issued Motown Live Tour recordings:

Also rare and hard to find CD collections keeps up the tradition: