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None of them were released at the time, despite being prime examples of the sublime magic conjured up by Berry Gordy’s genius-like team of singers, writers, producers, arrangers, and musicians at that tiny little snakepit of a recording studio on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMotown\u003c\/strong\u003e authority Adam White’s album sleeve notes confirm just how productive that studio was. It often ran 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As a result, lots of the most sublime music ever made was somehow rejected for release. It would have stayed unknown and unloved in tape boxes if it had not been for detective work by Soul aficionados turned detectives. That’s Northern Soul power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMany were DJs and collectors tracking down cassette copies or acetates (some of them found in rubbish skips and about to be destroyed). Others, notably Paul Nixon, the founder of the CD series \u003cem\u003eA Cellarful Of Motown!\u003c\/em\u003e which inspired this album, badgered the Motown gatekeepers so much they were eventually granted access to the forbidden kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver recent years all the tracks contained here have been released—some bootlegged, some on legitimate seven-inch issues, some on CD, one download-only. The album proudly boasts debut vinyl release for some in the collection. All have been remastered and have never sounded better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarvin Gaye \u0026amp; Tammi Terrell\u003c\/strong\u003e - \"\u003cem\u003eTears At The End Of A Love Affair\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrenda Holloway\u003c\/strong\u003e - \"\u003cem\u003eThink It Over (Before You Break My Heart)\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJimmy Ruffin\u003c\/strong\u003e - \"\u003cem\u003eHe Who Picks A Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGladys Knight And The Pips\u003c\/strong\u003e - \"\u003cem\u003eIf You Ever Get Your Hands On Love\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Originals\u003c\/strong\u003e - \"\u003cem\u003eSuspicion\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara McNair\u003c\/strong\u003e - \"\u003cem\u003eBaby A Go-Go\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJ. J. 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