The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 12A: 1972

Overview

Two songs into The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 12A: 1972, the Four Tops sing "L.A. (My Town)," an ode to the city that became Motown's new hometown in 1972. By the middle of the year, all Detroit operations closed and Motown now belonged to Los Angeles, and this five-disc box set chronicles the first six months of 1972, the time when Motown was in transition. Certainly, the 113 tracks here -- the uneven number of songs derives from the number of alternate mixes and promo versions -- showcase a label in the throes of change, its '60s superstars struggling to keep up with the times as the new groups never quite made waves. At this point in time, Motown's heavy hitters were Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and the Jackson 5, and these three are responsible for the instantly recognizable songs here: Marvin's "You're the Man," Stevie's "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)," and Michael Jackson's "Rockin' Robin." The lack of big hits surely would've been concerning to Motown in 1972, but this paucity of pop hits makes The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 12A a fascinating listen, as there are covers of familiar songs (the Undisputed Truth's original version of "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," Edwin Starr's cover of "Ball of Confusion"), an early single from the Commodores, Bobby Darin covering Randy Newman, attempts at both bubblegum and Latin-tinged funk rock in the vein of War, plus a bunch of stuff that would've seemed comfortable on Invictus, the label founded by former Motown hitmakers Holland-Dozier-Holland. All these contradictory styles, when combined with an increasingly slick production polish, makes this particular Motown box feel very much of its time; it evokes an era of polyester knits, long sideburns, fuzz guitars, show biz strings, and productions larger than the songs themselves. Much of the fun of this box is enjoying certain portions for their feel, while digging deep in others to find the handful of gems scattered throughout. There may be no question that the glory days of Motown were over, but hearing the label struggle to find footing in a new decade in a new town makes The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 12A: 1972 nearly as compelling a listen as the boxes that showcased the label's best years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/11/2013
Label:	Motown / Universal
UPC:	0602527044453
Rank:	101521

Tracks

Disc 1

1. A Simple Game  - Tony Clarke  -  Four Tops  - Arthur Greenslade  - Mike Pinder
2. L.A. (My Town)  -  Four Tops  - Jerry Long  - Sherlie Matthews  - Lawrence Payton  - Frank [Motown] Wilson
3. Our Favorite Melody  - Larry Brown  - George Gordy  - Paul Riser  - Jimmy Ruffin  - Allen Story  - David Van De Pitte
4. You Gave Me Love  - John Bristol  - Johnny Bristol  - Harvey Fuqua  - Marv Johnson  - Wade Marcus  - Jimmy Ruffin
5. A Breath Taking Guy  - Terry Johnson  -  Marvelettes  - Smokey Robinson  - David Van De Pitte
6. You're the One for Me Bobby  - Wade Marcus  -  Marvelettes  - Smokey Robinson
7. I'm Someone Who Cares  - H.B. Barnum  - Stephen Bowden  - John Bristol  - Johnny Bristol  - Julius Chambers  -  Originals  - David Van De Pitte
8. Once I Have You (I Will Never Let Go)  - Vincent DiMirco  - Clay McMurray  -  Originals  - Paul Riser
9. I'm Someone Who Cares [Stereo Promo Version]  - H.B. Barnum  - Stephen Bowden  - John Bristol  - Johnny Bristol  - Julius Chambers  -  Originals  - David Van De Pitte
10. Out in the Night  -  Blue Scepter  - Ian Stirling  - Dick Taylor
11. Gypsy Eyes  -  Blue Scepter  - Elmer Clawson  - Richard Haddad  - Gary Quackenbush  - Glenn Quackenbush  - John Richardson
12. Out in the Night [Stereo Promo Version]  -  Blue Scepter  - Ian Stirling  - Dick Taylor
13. What It Is  - Paul Riser  - Barrett Strong  -  Undisputed Truth  - Norman Whitfield
14. California Soul  - Nickolas Ashford  - Paul Riser  - Valerie Simpson  -  Undisputed Truth  - Norman Whitfield
15. Feel Like Givin' Up  - Eddie Kendricks  - Ronald Matlock  -  Posse  - Bill White
16. Take Somebody Like You  - Eddie Kendricks  - Ronald Matlock  -  Posse  - Bill White
17. Take a Look Around  - Tom Baird  - Barrett Strong  -  Temptations  - Norman Whitfield
18. Smooth Sailing (From Now On)  - Paul Riser  - Barrett Strong  -  Temptations  - Norman Whitfield
19. Take a Look Around [Stereo Promo Version]  - Tom Baird  - Barrett Strong  -  Temptations  - Norman Whitfield
20. I Want to Be Humble  - David Blumberg  -  Devastating Affair  - Harold Johnson  - Bob West  - Gregory Wright
21. My Place  - James Carmichael  - Hal Davis  -  Devastating Affair  - Mel Larson  - Jerry Marcellino
22. I Want to Be Humble [Stereo Promo Version]  - David Blumberg  -  Devastating Affair  - Harold Johnson  - Bob West  - Gregory Wright
23. Rockin' Robin  - James Carmichael  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Michael Jackson  - Mel Larson  - Jerry Marcellino  - Jimmie Thomas
24. Love Is Here and Now You're Gone  - James Carmichael  - Hal Davis  - Lamont Dozier  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Brian Holland  - Eddie Holland  - Michael Jackson

Disc 2

25. Can You Give Me Love with a Guarantee  - H.B. Barnum  - John Bristol  - Johnny Bristol  - Wade Brown  - David Jones  -  Knight  - Paul Riser
26. If You Gonna Leave (Just Leave)  - H.B. Barnum  -  Knight  - Clay McMurray  - Pam Sawyer
27. Can You Give Me Love with a Guarantee [Stereo Promo Version]  - H.B. Barnum  - John Bristol  - Johnny Bristol  - Wade Brown  - David Jones  -  Knight  - Paul Riser
28. Love Isn't Here (Like It Used to Be)  - Charles Calello  - Bob Gaudio  - Brit Gaudio  - Frankie Valli
29. Poor Fool  - David Blumberg  - Bob Gaudio  - Al Ruzicka  - Joe Scott  - Frankie Valli
30. Love Isn't Here (Like It Used to Be) [Second Pressing]  - Charles Calello  - Bob Gaudio  - Brit Gaudio  - Frankie Valli
31. Poor Fool [Second Pressing]  - David Blumberg  - Bob Gaudio  - Al Ruzicka  - Joe Scott  - Frankie Valli
32. Walk in the Night  - H.B. Barnum  - John Bristol  - Johnny Bristol  - Marilyn McLeod  - Willie Shorter  -  Walker
33. I Don't Want to Do Wrong  - H.B. Barnum  - John Bristol  - Johnny Bristol  - William Guest  - Gladys Knight  - Merald Knight  - Katherine Anderson Schaffner  - Willie Shorter  -  Walker
34. Take Me Clear from Here  - Vincent DiMirco  - Paul Riser  - Edwin Starr  - Norman Whitfield
35. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)  - Edwin Starr  - Barrett Strong  - Norman Whitfield
36. I'm Gonna Get You, Pt. II  - G.C. Cameron  -  Corporation  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Gene Page
37. I'm Gonna Get You, Pt. I  - G.C. Cameron  -  Corporation  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Gene Page
38. Help Me Make It Through the Night  - H.B. Barnum  - Johnny Bristol  -  Knight  - Kris Kristofferson
39. Mr. Fix-It Man  - David Blumberg  - Willie Hutch  -  Sisters Love  - Kathy Wakefield
40. You've Got to Make the Choice  - Willie Hutch  - Gene Page  -  Sisters Love
41. Taos New Mexico  - Tom Baird  - R. Dean Taylor  - David Van De Pitte
42. Shadow  - R. Dean Taylor
43. The Zoo (The Human Zoo)  -  Commodores  - Gloria Jones  - Pam Sawyer
44. I'm Looking for Love  - James Carmichael  -  Commodores  - Hal Davis  - Dino Fekaris  - Nick Zesses

Disc 3

45. What'd I Say  - Ray Charles  -  Rare Earth
46. Nice to Be with You  - Peter Hoorelbeke  - Ray Monette  - Mark Olson  -  Rare Earth
47. What'd I Say [Stereo Promo Version]  - Ray Charles  -  Rare Earth
48. Let Me Run Into Your Lonely Heart  - Leroy Fleming  - Eddie Kendricks  - David Leacraft  - Anita Poree  - Frank [Motown] Wilson
49. Eddie's Love  - Leonard Caston  - Eddie Kendricks  - Anita Poree  - Frank [Motown] Wilson
50. Eddie's Love [Promo Version]  - Leonard Caston  - Eddie Kendricks  - Anita Poree  - Frank [Motown] Wilson
51. Me and Bobby McGee  - Fred Foster  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Thelma Houston  - Kris Kristofferson  - Mel Larson  - Jerry Marcellino  - John Myles  - Gene Page
52. No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever  - James Carmichael  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Thelma Houston  - Mel Larson  - Jerry Marcellino  - Michael Masser  - Pam Sawyer
53. What It Is, What It Is  - David Blumberg  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Willie Hutch
54. You Are the Special One  - David Blumberg  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Willie Hutch
55. Little Bitty Pretty One  - Robert Byrd  - James Carmichael  - Berry Jr. Gordy  -  Jackson 5  - Mel Larson  - Jerry Marcellino
56. If I Have to Move a Mountain  -  Corporation  - Berry Jr. Gordy  -  Jackson 5  - Gene Page
57. Automatically Sunshine  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Paul Riser  - Smokey Robinson  -  Supremes
58. Precious Little Things  -  Moffett  - Paul Riser  - Smokey Robinson  -  Supremes  - Marvin Tarplin
59. It's the Same Old Love  - Gene Allan  - Tommy Bell  -  Courtship  - Gary Knight
60. Last Row, First Balcony  - Gene Allan  - Tommy Bell  -  Courtship  - Gary Knight
61. It's the Same Old Love [Stereo Promo Version]  - Gene Allan  - Tommy Bell  -  Courtship  - Gary Knight
62. Nihaa Shil Hozho [I Am Happy About You]  - Tom Bee  - Ralph Terrana  - Russ Terrana  - Mike Valvano  - David Van De Pitte  -  Xit
63. End?  - Tom Bee  - Ralph Terrana  - Russ Terrana  - Mike Valvano  - David Van De Pitte  -  Xit
64. Nihaa Shil Hozho [I Am Happy About You] [Stereo Promo Version]  - Tom Bee  - Ralph Terrana  - Russ Terrana  - Mike Valvano  - David Van De Pitte  -  Xit
65. I Can't Quit Your Love  - Leonard Caston  -  Four Tops  - Jerry Long  - Kathy Wakefield  - Frank [Motown] Wilson
66. Happy (Is a Bumpy Road)  -  Four Tops  - Jerry Long  - Pam Sawyer  - Frank [Motown] Wilson
67. I Can Make it Alone  - Vincent DiMirco  - Jerry Long  - Norman Whitfield
68. Come Clean  - Vincent DiMirco  - Jerry Long  - Norman Whitfield

Disc 4

69. Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)  - Malcolm Cecil  - Robert Margouleff  - Stevie Wonder
70. I Love Every Little Thing About You  - Malcolm Cecil  - Robert Margouleff  - Stevie Wonder
71. It's Too Much for Man to Take Too Long  - Carl Chapman  - Roy Dickson  -  Eric & the Vikings  - Robert Gordy  - Eryke McClinton  - David Van De Pitte  - Robert White
72. Time Don't Wait  - Carl Chapman  -  Eric & the Vikings  - Robert Gordy  - Eryke McClinton  - Phillip Taylor  - Robert White
73. It's Too Much for Man to Take Too Long [Stereo Promo Version]  - Carl Chapman  - Roy Dickson  -  Eric & the Vikings  - Robert Gordy  - Eryke McClinton  - David Van De Pitte  - Robert White
74. Long Way from Home  -  Howl the Good  - Gary Wright
75. Why Do You Cry  - Neil Faigenbaum  -  Howl the Good  - Ira "Wiley" Pack  - Gary Wright
76. Long Way from Home [Stereo Promo Version]  -  Howl the Good  - Gary Wright
77. You're the Man, Pt. 1  - Marvin Gaye  - Kenneth Stover
78. You're the Man, Pt. 2  - Marvin Gaye  - Kenneth Stover
79. I Wanna Be Where You Are  - James Carmichael  - Hal Davis  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Michael Jackson  - Arthur Ross  - Leon Ware
80. We've Got a Good Thing Going  -  Corporation  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Michael Jackson
81. We've Come too Far to End it Now  - H.B. Barnum  - John Bristol  - Johnny Bristol  - Wade Brown  - David Jones  -  Robinson
82. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone  - Barrett Strong  -  Undisputed Truth  - David Van De Pitte  - Norman Whitfield
83. Friendship Train  - Barrett Strong  -  Undisputed Truth  - Norman Whitfield
84. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone  - Barrett Strong  -  Undisputed Truth  - David Van De Pitte  - Norman Whitfield
85. Get Me Some Help  - Nelly Byl  - Haydn Harris  - Chris Holland  - Barry Shaw  -  T-Bone  - Daniel Vangarde
86. If Time Could Stand Still  - Haydn Harris  - Chris Holland  - Barry Shaw  -  T-Bone
87. Get Me Some Help [Stereo Promo Version]  - Nelly Byl  - Haydn Harris  - Chris Holland  - Barry Shaw  -  T-Bone  - Daniel Vangarde
88. Tear It Down  - Nickolas Ashford  -  Martha & the Vandellas  - Paul Riser  - Valerie Simpson
89. I Want You Back  -  Corporation  - Jerry Long  -  Martha & the Vandellas
90. Label Me Love  - H.B. Barnum  - James Dean  -  Different Shades of Brown  - John Glover  - Clay McMurray
91. Life's a Ball (While It Lasts)  - H.B. Barnum  -  Different Shades of Brown  - John Glover  - Clay McMurray  - Brenda Wayne

Disc 5

92. Mother Nature  - Dino Fekaris  - Paul Riser  -  Temptations  - Norman Whitfield  - Nick Zesses
93. Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me on  - Barrett Strong  -  Temptations  - Norman Whitfield
94. Mother Nature [Stereo Promo Version]  - Dino Fekaris  - Paul Riser  -  Temptations  - Norman Whitfield  - Nick Zesses
95. Sail Away  - Bobby Darin  - Jimmie Haskell  - Randy Newman  - Joe Porter
96. Hard Headed Woman  - Bobby Darin  - Jimmie Haskell  - Joe Porter  - Cat Stevens
97. I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You  - Nickolas Ashford  - James Carmichael  - Hal Davis  - Brian Holland  - Willie Hutch  - Suzee Ikeda  - Valerie Simpson
98. Mind, Body and Soul  - David Blumberg  - Hal Davis  - Ronald Dunbar  - Suzee Ikeda  -  Wayne
99. A Little More Trust  - Bobby Miller  - David Ruffin  - David Van De Pitte
100. A Day in the Life of a Working Man  - Henry Crosby  - Bobby Miller  - David Ruffin  - David Van De Pitte
101. A Little More Trust [Stereo Promo Version]  - Bobby Miller  - David Ruffin  - David Van De Pitte
102. Money (That's What I Want)  - Gil Askey  -  Blinky  - Janie Bradford  - Berry Jr. Gordy
103. For Your Precious Love  - Brooks Arthur  - Gil Askey  -  Blinky  - Richard Brooks  - Jerry Butler  - Berry Jr. Gordy
104. Groove Thang  - H.B. Barnum  - John Bristol  - Johnny Bristol  - Willie Shorter  -  Walker
105. Me and My Family  - H.B. Barnum  - John Bristol  - Johnny Bristol  - Gladys Knight  -  Walker
106. Lookin' Through the Windows  - James Carmichael  - Clifton Davis  - Hal Davis  - Berry Jr. Gordy  -  Jackson 5
107. Love Song  -  Corporation  - Berry Jr. Gordy  -  Jackson 5
108. Somebody Up There  -  Blackberries  - James Carmichael  - Dennis Lussier  - Sherlie Matthews  - Deke Richards
109. But I Love You More  -  Blackberries  - James Carmichael  - Sherlie Matthews  - Deke Richards  - Frank [Motown] Wilson
110. To Know You Is to Love You  - Malcolm Cecil  - Robert Margouleff  -  Syreeta  - Stevie Wonder  - Syreeta Wright
111. Happiness  - Malcolm Cecil  - Robert Margouleff  -  Syreeta  - Stevie Wonder  - Syreeta Wright
112. Somebody Oughta' Turn Your Head Around  - Johnny Caswell  -  Co-Creations Incorporated  - Bill Crawford  -  Crystal Mansion  - Ronnie Gentile  - Al Gorgoni  - Rick Morley  - Jerry Ross  - Sal Rota
113. Earth People  - Johnny Caswell  -  Crystal Mansion  - Ronnie Gentile  - Al Gorgoni  - Artie Kaplan  - Jerry Ross  - Sal Rota  - Dave White Tricker

Disc 6

114. Somebody Up There  -  Blackberries  - James Carmichael  - Dennis Lussier  - Sherlie Matthews  - Deke Richards
115. But I Love You More  -  Blackberries  - James Carmichael  - Sherlie Matthews  - Deke Richards  - Frank [Motown] Wilson

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Devastating Affair   Primary Artist
Eddie Kendricks   Primary Artist
Blue Scepter   Primary Artist
Posse   Primary Artist
T-Bone   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
The Courtship   Primary Artist
Suzee Ikeda   Primary Artist
Martha & the Vandellas   Primary Artist
Joan Decola   Primary Artist
The Temptations   Primary Artist
Xit   Primary Artist
Chris Holland   Primary Artist
Howl the Good   Primary Artist
Stevie Wonder   Primary Artist
Gladys Knight & the Pips   Primary Artist
The Different Shades of Brown   Primary Artist
Eric & the Vikings   Primary Artist
Frankie Valli   Primary Artist
David Ruffin   Primary Artist
Vincent DiMirco   Primary Artist
The Blackberries   Primary Artist
The Undisputed Truth   Primary Artist
Junior Walker & the All-Stars   Primary Artist
Marvin Gaye   Primary Artist
Rare Earth   Primary Artist
Rick Rowe   Primary Artist
The Marvelettes   Primary Artist
R. Dean Taylor   Primary Artist
Michael Jackson   Primary Artist
The Supremes   Primary Artist
Thelma Houston   Primary Artist
Willie Hutch   Primary Artist
Syreeta   Primary Artist
The Sisters Love   Primary Artist
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles   Primary Artist
Edwin Starr   Primary Artist
Blinky   Primary Artist
Bobby Darin   Primary Artist
The Four Tops   Primary Artist
The Jackson 5   Primary Artist
Jimmy Ruffin   Primary Artist
Crystal Mansion   Primary Artist
Commodores   Primary Artist
G.C. Cameron   Primary Artist
The Originals   Primary Artist
Frank Hooker   Ensemble
Calvin Charity   Ensemble
Jimi Dougans   Ensemble
James Johnson   Ensemble
David Leacraft   Ensemble
Jerry Long   Orchestra Director
Leroy Fleming   Ensemble
Wornell Jones   Ensemble
Paul Riser   Conductor,Orchestra Director
David Van De Pitte   Orchestra Director
Tom Baird   Orchestra Director

Technical Credits

Jon Kutner   Source Material
Larry Stephens   Source Material
Maty Wilson   Source Material
Mikel Toombs   Source Material
Mim Eichler   Source Material
Neil Faigenbaum   Composer
Neil Warwick   Source Material
Phillip Taylor   Composer
Reginald J. Bartlette   Source Material
Rick Morley   Composer
Roy Dickson   Composer
Steve Armitage   Source Material
Vickie Wright   Source Material
Mark Bego   Source Material
Al Quattrocchi   Art Direction
Eric McClinton   Composer
Susan Whitall   Liner Notes,Source Material
Ken Charmer   Source Material
Michel Ruppli   Source Material
Gene Allan   Composer,Producer,Composer
Larry Brown   Composer,Producer
Harriet Jacobs   Source Material
Sujata Murthy   Publicity
Bob McGrath   Source Material
Julius Chambers   Composer
Merald Knight   Composer
Richard Haddad   Composer
William Franklin Guest   Composer
Merald Woodrow Knight Jr.   Composer
Merald Knight Jr.   Composer
Johnny Caswell   Composer
Dave White Tricker   Composer,Producer
Frank Wilson   Composer,Producer
Tony Brown   Source Material
Robert Gaudio   Composer
Robert White   Arranger
Henry Crosby   Arranger
Joe Scott   Arranger
Mark Olson   Composer
John Bristol   Composer
Stephen Bowden   Composer
Ryan Null   Photo Coordination
Brit Gaudio   Composer
James Carmichael   Arranger
Jeff Smith   Art Direction
Pam Moffett   Composer
Steve Towne   Source Material
Eric Charge   Sheet Music
Willie Shorter   Arranger
Harold Johnson   Composer,Composer
Joyce Chambers   Composer
Jo Almeida   Photo Research
Jeff Bleiel   Source Material
Kenneth Stover   Composer
Jimmie Thomas   Composer
Wade Brown Jr.   Composer
Ed Novitsky   Source Material
James Dean   Composer
Weldon McDougal   Photography
John Abbey   Source Material
Johnny Bristol   Producer,Composer
Smokey Robinson   Composer,Producer,Source Material
Marilyn McLeod   Composer
Marvin Tarplin   Composer
Nick Zesses   Composer
Nickolas Ashford   Composer,Producer
Mike Pinder   Composer
David Leacraft   Arranger
Ian Stirling   Composer
Ronald Matlock   Composer
Bill White   Arranger
Bryan Brown   Source Material
Carl Chapman   Composer
Co-Creations Inc.   Producer
David A. Carson   Source Material
Debbie Burr   Source Material
Elmer Clawson   Composer
Ira "Wiley" Pack   Composer
John Richardson   Composer
John Swendon   Source Material
George Gordy   Composer,Producer
Gil Askey   Arranger,Producer
Norman Whitfield   Composer,Producer
Ray Monette   Composer
David Blumberg   Arranger
Jerry Long   Arranger
Katherine Anderson Schaffner   Composer
Nelly Byl   Composer
Brenda Wayne   Composer
John Glover   Composer
Ralph Terrana   Producer,Liner Notes,Photography,Source Material
David Jones Jr.   Composer
Sharon Davis   Source Material
Suzee Ikeda   Photography
Jasun Smith   Composer
Ira Pack   Composer
Jerry Ross   Executive Producer
Otis Williams   Source Material
Edyth Wayne   Composer
Gordon Frewin   Source Material
Don Waller   Source Material
Leroy Fleming   Arranger
Gary Knight   Composer,Producer
Sal Rota   Composer
Raynoma Gordy Singleton   Source Material
The Corporation   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Tony Clarke   Producer
Hal Davis   Composer,Producer
Gilles Petard   Photography
Hidle Brown Barnum   Arranger
Joe Porter   Producer
Sherlie Matthews   Composer,Producer
Marc Taylor   Source Material
G. Allan   Composer
Richard Brooks   Composer
Dennis Lussier   Composer
Russ Terrana   Producer,Liner Notes
Patricia Romanowski   Source Material
Gregory Wright   Composer
Eryke McClinton   Composer
Ronnie Gentile   Composer
Pete Rivera   Source Material
Harry Weinger   Text,Editing,Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Harvey Fuqua   Composer
Malcolm Cecil   Associate Producer
Keith Hughes   Producer,Source Material,Track Annotations
Daniel Vangarde   Composer
William Guest   Composer
Syreeta Wright   Composer
Paul Riser   Arranger
David Van De Pitte   Arranger
Artie Kaplan   Producer
Commodores   Arranger
G. Knight   Composer
Haydn Harris   Arranger,Composer,Producer
John A. Jackson   Source Material
Gloria Jones   Producer,Arranger,Composer
Curtis Ousley   Composer
Freddie Perren   Composer
Ellen Fitton   Digital Remastering
Gene Page   Arranger
Charles Calello   Arranger
David Ritz   Source Material
David Ruffin   Composer
Deke Richards   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Gary Wright   Composer,Producer
Cat Stevens   Composer
Leonard Caston   Composer
Weldon A. McDougal III   Photography,Source Material
Dick Jacobs   Source Material
Vincent DiMirco   Composer
David Jones   Composer
Wade Marcus   Arranger
Arthur Greenslade   Arranger
Arthur Ross   Composer
Tommy Bell   Arranger
Brooks Arthur   Composer
Tom Baird   Arranger
Michael Heatley   Source Material
Robert Margouleff   Associate Producer
Valerie Simpson   Composer,Producer
Dick Taylor   Composer
Dino Fekaris   Composer
Jimmie Haskell   Arranger
Ronald Dunbar   Composer
Kathy Wakefield   Composer
Martha Reeves   Source Material
Peter Hoorelbeke   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer,Producer
Jerry Butler   Composer
Jerry Marcellino   Composer,Producer
Rare Earth   Producer
Nelson George   Source Material
Barry Shaw   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Marv Johnson   Composer
R. Dean Taylor   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Mike Valvano   Composer,Producer
Randy Newman   Composer
Mel Larson   Composer,Producer
Al Slutsky   Source Material
Al DiOrio   Source Material
Bill Crawford   Composer
Gary Quackenbush   Composer
Glenn Quackenbush   Composer
Al Ruzicka   Composer
John Myles   Arranger
Michael Masser   Composer
Michael Jackson   Source Material
Anita Poree   Composer
Michele Horie   Art Direction,Production Manager
Tom Bee   Composer
Brian Holland   Composer
Al Gorgoni   Arranger
David Bianco   Source Material
David Cole   Source Material
Willie Hutch   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Arthur Brooks   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Pam Sawyer   Composer,Producer
Pamela Moffett   Composer
Spencer Leigh   Source Material
Allen Story   Composer
Terry Johnson   Producer
The Andantes   Source Material
Steve Lodder   Source Material
Gladys Knight   Composer,Source Material
Ray Charles   Composer
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Composer,Source Material,Executive Producer
Bob Gaudio   Composer,Producer
Bill Dahl   Source Material,Track Annotations
Bob West   Producer
Jimmy Ruffin   Composer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
Crystal Mansion   Producer
Barrett Strong   Composer
Christine Yarian   Composer
Alphonso Mizell   Composer
Andrew Skurow   Tape Research
Ben Edmonds   Source Material
Bobby Miller   Composer,Producer
Bill Randle   Source Material
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
Lawrence Payton   Producer
Clay McMurray   Composer,Producer
Fred Foster   Composer
Fonce Mizell   Composer
Clifton Davis   Composer
Eddie Kendricks   Composer,Producer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Janie Bradford   Composer
Catherine Schaffner   Composer
David Nathan   Source Material
Wade Brown   Composer
Robert Byrd   Composer
Robert Gordy   Composer,Producer
Leon Ware   Composer