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product_id: 17107888
title: "Lost Motown Album"
brand: "the fantastic 4"
price: "S$39"
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reviews_count: 13
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# Lost Motown Album

**Brand:** the fantastic 4
**Price:** S$39
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Lost Motown Album by the fantastic 4
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## Description

UK collection. Kent's latest dip into the Motown vaults will thrill all collectors of the company's late 60s/early 70s repertoire, particularly those who love the sounds of group soul. The Fantastic Four are revered by Motown fans. Their three-year stay with the label resulted in just a couple of issued 45s but the quartet was scheduled for an album release and recorded enough extra originally-unissued tracks to fill a second album. The Lost Motown Album presents the planned 1970 long player in Motown's plan for it's running order augmented with more than a dozen gems from the same period. A whopping 14 of these have never seen the light of day before.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Neglected Soul Vocal Group
  

*by D***D on Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2017*

Now, this is one very impressive "Lost" album of classic soul music, an album recorded back in 1971 but cancelled at the last minute by Motown. Hard to understand why they did that, because this wonderful, prime-time soul, on par with the output by more famous Motown male vocal groups such as the Temptations and the Four Tops.I'm a huge fan of 1960s and 1970s soul music, but I have to admit that I've never heard anything by The Fantastic Four before, at least not a full album of their songs. But I'm very impressed by the quality of the songs on this collection, which includes the original 12 songs from that lost album, titled "How Sweet He Is," plus 13 excellent bonus tracks too. Honestly, this is top notch soul. In fact, I hear a lot of similarities between the Four Tops and the Fantastic Four in both the voices and the arrangements.The CD comes with a 12-page booklet with liner notes by album compiler Tony Rounce, including a history of the group and thesewefully neglected recordings. The track listings include song times and songwriting credits. Another outstanding reissue from Kent and Ace Records!

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    FF and JJ
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2019*

A showcase for the bass player extraordinaire James Jamerson and his marvelous bass playing. The Fantastic Four give fine performances on this mix of original songs written specifically for them or later reassigned to them,  a cover of a Beatles' song, a cover of a Jerry Butler song and covers of Motown tunes. When Motown bought Golden World Records, it sounds as though the unique musical sound was not part of that deal. The Ric-Tic sound was similar in some ways and yet distinct from the Motown sound. The Motown sound and the Fantastic Four was not a good fit. The "Best of the Fantastic Four" a Motown release of their hits on the Ric-Tic label is an accurate representation of their best. "The Lost Motown Album" represents their best efforts to overcome mediocre song material. Berry Gordy must have sensed that and made a wise decision not to release it. A twelve page booklet contains detailed background information of track recording sessions, issue dates, the group, black/white photos of the group, color photos of Soul 45's and even photos of the master tapes box back cover.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Motown never gave them a bone.
  

*by R***Y on Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2016*

I always loved the F4. I liked the Temps too but I felt Motown put them on the back shelf. There was only 3-4 songs I didn't like and the last 5-6 songs were mixed or recorded in Mono and hate monophonic recordings, too narrow. One thing I notice, James Epps had a great voice and on his Ric Tic recordings and "Got to have your love", on Westbound. He was bought out front in the mix and stood out. These Motown recordings, it seems like they deliberately took the power out of his vocals and mixed him lower in the mixes. I didn't like that at all. It was like Motown didn't even try and kept then around so they wouldn't be a threat to the Temps. Motown never gave them a bone with any meat on it. Look what happened to the Spinners, with the right producer and songs.

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