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One of the rarier Motown CDs ever

B. Margolis | Minneapolis, MN United States | 03/04/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This superb 1963 Marvelettes album was issued on CD in 1994 and boy, before you say "bam", it was deleted. The original 10 track album was quite a good period album, but, holy mackerel, "Knock On My Door", a 1964 unused singles track is just plain amazing.



Some background; the last 3 Marvelettes singles had not sold too well, and when they recorded "Knock On My Door" as a possible single, it did not make the grade. Instead, their "Too Many Fish In The Sea" was released a few months later, and became quite a big hit, although it should've been bigger. It's generally considered one of the best Motown singles of that middle-period.



This CD is usually going for big bucks these days...I'm sure happy I got my copy."