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Motorcity, the famed British record tag who's mission was to record new material with former Motown artists was formed in 1989 by producer Ian Levine who recorded former Motown star Kim Weston on his Hi-NRG Nightmare tag in 1987. The resulting , InchSignal Your Intention,Inch topped the UK Hi-NRG charts and impressed Motown fans in the US and Europe. Weston eventually brought other former Motown acts to the tag, including Mary Wells, the Velvelettes, Mary Wilson of the Supremes and Marv Johnson. By 1989, more than 60 former Motown artists joined ranks including hit songwriters Ivy Jo Hunter, Sylvia Moy and Johnny Bristol. By 1991, there were over 100 artists on the tag. The Best of Motorcity series spans 20 volumes, featuring 16 tracks per volume, a virtual Soul music library of outstanding vocal performances. All tracks have been newly remastered. Album Tracks 1. Hurt the One You Love - David Ruffin 2. Only Minutes Away - Freda Payne 3. All Around the Motor City - the Andantes 4. Got the Big City Blues - Billy Eckstine 5. The Man in My Life - Lynda Laurence 6. Getting Into Motion - the Marvelettes 7. From Head to Toe - Chris Clark 8. On Top of the World - J.J. Barnes 9. Which Way Do I Turn - Carolyn Crawford 10. More Love - the Fifth Dimention 11. Step Into My Shoes - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas 12. I've Never Found a Man - Hattie Littles 13. No Need to Explain - G.C. Cameron 14. Love Caught Me Out - Bettye Lavette 15. Love Fire - Syreeta 16. Detroit City - Earl Van Dyke
