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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: ABC ... it's easy as 1,2,3 |
| Date | Fri, 04 Jul 2003 15:06:46 -0500 |
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> Other judgment calls I've made: I own a greatest-hits cassette by
>the Motown girl group that gave us "Dancing In the Street" and "Heat Wave"
>among others, on which the group is labeled "Martha Reeves and the
>Vandellas". Well, they're far better known as just "Martha and the
>Vandellas", so I file them under "M" rather than "R" in spite of the name on
>the cover. I'm certain that if Ms. Reeves had her druthers, she'd agree with
>me that she keeps better company with Chris Mars on one side and the
>Marvelettes on the other than she would with Lou Reed and the Regulators.
Most oldies DJ's and Motown fans in the USA use "Martha Reeves and the
Vandellas" because most of Motown's oldies compilations and reissues have used
her full name. Motown added "Reeves" somewhere around 1967-8, about the same
time they added "Diana Ross" to The Supremes records.
If I ever sorted out my record collection (which would take months - maybe
years) all my Four Seasons LP's would be filed together with or without with
Frankie Valli's name at the top. Then again I might file all my Beatles solo
records separately.
To me it's just a matter of personal preferance if you want to file solo and
offshoot albums with the groups main records.
Billy
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