Various Artists - Summer on the Beach / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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. Summer on the Beach focuses on rare tracks from the Motorcity vaults featuring Louvain Demps, the Marvelettes, Edwin Starr, Billy Eckstine and more. All tracks have been newly remastered.