The Marvelettes helped put Motown on the map. They were there
at the beginning with the Miracles and Mary Wells. They had the
first single to make #1 on the pop charts with "Please Mr.Postman" I am a big Motown fan and the Marvelettes are my
favorite. In my opinion they were the girl group of all girl
groups. The Supremes were great but they were so polished
and commercial. A very good CD to buy is the Marvelettes
"Compact Command Performances" it is no longer available
but you can get it through Amazon used. Anyway this "Compact
Command Performances" has all their hits on it. This CD
20th century masters sounds excellent. It has 11 songs on
it and they are the best and the sound quality is like hearingthem in a whole new way. Motown overlooked the Marvelettes and put all input into the Supremes. The Marvelettes
fans love them and believe me I know one day they will be in
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame---we just have to be patient.
Songs like "Too Many Fish In the Sea", and "I'll Keep On
Holding On" are what the Motown sound was all about. "Don't
Mess With Bill" is a classic the vocals and production are
great--this is when Smokey Robinson took over the group.
I want to thank the Marvelettes for their wonderful music
and God bless all of them

This is one of the latest entries in the Millennium Collection series and as such, should be considered as a very basic introduction to the artist/group featured. With this release, however, even the most ardent fans (such as myself) will want to own this one! Yes, it is little more than a "greatest hits" collection, but there are some great surprises: a rare stereo mix of the fantastic pot-boiling "I'll Keep Holding On," an alternate mix of "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game," (with an added verse available previously only on the Anthology vinyl LP) and a slighty different mix of "When You're Young And In Love." The capper is a fantastic (and I do mean FANTASTIC) photo of the group featured on the back of the CD case. It's worth it to own this new release if only for this photo of these beautiful women. GRRRRRR! Thanks to these collections, many new fans will be added to the legions of already-present admirers.