VA - The Complete Motown Singles - Vol 12B: 1972 [5CD Remastered Box] (2013) Lossless

Appropriately enough for the final volume of Universal's monumental series The Complete Motown Singles, The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 12B: 1972 is filled with endings. The last single the Four Tops cut for Motown is here (they'd re-sign about a decade later), as is the last song Smokey Robinson made as a member of the Miracles, and elsewhere there are transitions: Diana Ross made her silver screen debut and Michael Jackson stepped away from the Jackson 5 with "Ben," his first solo single to reach number one. All this is part of the bigger story of Motown firmly establishing its headquarters in Los Angeles, severing its ties to Detroit. Much of this story was told in the accompanying box set, The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 12A, which chronicled the first half of the year. Vol. 12B covers the last six months of 1972, taking in 100 songs over the course of five CDs. It's certainly possible to hear the fracturing of the great Motown coalition, not only through the fading of '60s stars but hearing the label pursue such ventures as MoWest (the modern-minded Californian subsidiary opened once the label relocated to the Left Coast) and also the variety of odd pop pursuits, which amounted to odd hippie singles by Bobby Darin, Lesley Gore, and Frankie Valli, groups that rode Rare Earth's coattails, and attempts to cash in on such early-'70s trends as the horn-fueled Chicago or AM bubblegum pop -- and there's also a fair amount of new soul that sounded indebted to Holland-Dozier-Holland's work at their label, Invictus. Amidst all of this, Marvin Gaye did his blaxploitation soundtrack Trouble Man, the Temptations had their last great hit with "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," and Stevie Wonder hit his stride with Talking Book and "Superstition" and produced his ex-wife Syreeta Wright. No matter how strong these iconic hits are, there aren't a lot of them, especially when compared to the bounty on previous Complete Motown Singles boxes, but what makes this box compelling are those detours, bad ideas, one-shot wonders, and oddities. Sometimes a gem can be found among all these songs but what really matters is the cumulative effect, how the chaff combines with the classics to form a complete picture of Motown in 1972 and, in the process, the sound of soul and pop in that year. It's a shame that the series has to reach a conclusion -- the late '70s would've provided fascinating listening -- but this splintering does indeed suggest how the classic Motown era had drawn to a close.
TRACKLIST:

CD1
1. The Supremes - Your Wonderful Sweet Love (3:02)
2. The Supremes - The Wisdom of Time (3:13)
3. The Festivals - Green Grow the Lilacs (2:46)
4. The Festivals - So in Love (2:52)
5. The Festivals - Green Grow the Lilacs [Stereo Promo Version] (2:45)
6. Billy Proctor - What Is Black (3:19)
7. Billy Proctor - I Can Take It All (2:16)
8. Billy Proctor - What Is Black [Stereo Promo Version] (3:17)
9. Michael Jackson - Ben (2:44)
10. Michael Jackson - You Can Cry On My Shoulder (2:28)
11. Jermaine Jackson - That's How Love Goes (3:27)
12. Jermaine Jackson - I Lost My Love in the Big City (3:36)
13. Jerry Ross Symposium - Duck You Sucker (3:08)
14. Jerry Ross Symposium - It Happened On a Sunday Morning (2:56)
15. Four Tops - (It's the Way) Nature Planned It (3:40)
16. Four Tops - I'll Never Change (2:43)
17. Odyssey - Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love (3:37)
18. Odyssey - Broken Road (2:43)
19. Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - The Night (3:17)
20. Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - Sun Country (4:06)
21. Gladys Knight & the Pips - Daddy Could Swear, I Declare (3:44)
22. Gladys Knight & the Pips - Can't Give It Up No More (3:37)

CD2
1. Stevie Wonder - Keep On Running (3:17)
2. Stevie Wonder - Evil (3:34)
3. Michelle Aller - The Morning After (3:05)
4. Michelle Aller - Spend Some Time Together (1:53)
5. Michelle Aller - Just Not Gonna Make It (2:58)
6. Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - Walk On, Don't Look Back (2:56)
7. Edwin Starr - Who Is the Leader of the People (2:30)
8. Edwin Starr - Don't Tell Me I'm Crazy (2:38)
9. Edwin Starr - Who Is the Leader of the People [Stereo Promo Version] (2:20)
10. Bob Babbit - Gospel Truth (2:46)
11. Bob Babbit - Running Like a Rabbit (2:51)
12. Eddie Kendricks - If You Let Me (3:17)
13. Eddie Kendricks - Just Memories (5:52)
14. The Supremes - I Guess I'll Miss the Man (2:39)
15. The Supremes - Over and Over (3:17)
16. The Naturals - The Good Things (Where Was I When Love Came By) (3:09)
17. The Naturals - Me and My Brother (2:48)
18. The Naturals - The Good Things (Where Was I When Love Came By) [Stereo Promo Version] (3:12)
19. Syreeta - I Love Every Little Thing About You (3:43)
20. Syreeta - Black Maybe (4:14)

CD3
1. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone [Vocal] (6:58)
2. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone [Instrumental] (4:50)
3. The Jackson 5 - Corner of the Sky (3:40)
4. The Jackson 5 - To Know (3:22)
5. Rare Earth - Good Time Sally (2:54)
6. Rare Earth - Love Shines Down (3:39)
7. Valerie Simpson - Genius (3:36)
8. Valerie Simpson - Silly Wasn't I (2:10)
9. Valerie Simpson - I Believe I'm Gonna Take This Ride (3:03)
10. Thelma Houston - What If (2:58)
11. Thelma Houston - There Is a God (4:57)
12. The Undisputed Truth - Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing (Don't Say No) (3:36)
13. The Undisputed Truth - Girl You're Alright (2:56)
14. The Undisputed Truth - With a Little Help from My Friends (4:26)
15. The Undisputed Truth - Girl You're Alright [Stereo Promo Version] (2:57)
16. Lesley Gore - She Said That (3:30)
17. Lesley Gore - The Road I Walk (3:53)
18. The Crusaders - Spanish Harlem (4:05)
19. The Crusaders - Papa Hooper's Barrelhouse Groove (2:38)

CD4
1. Stevie Wonder - Superstition (4:09)
2. Stevie Wonder - You've Got It Bad Girl (4:58)
3. The Sisters Love - You've Got My Mind (3:45)
4. The Sisters Love - Try It You'll Like It (3:29)
5. Repairs - Songwriter (3:19)
6. Repairs - Fiddler (4:53)
7. Bobby Darin - Average People (3:40)
8. Bobby Darin - Something in Her Love (3:36)
9. Celebration - Since I Met You There's No Magic (3:25)
10. Celebration - The Circle Again (3:12)
11. G.C. Cameron & Willie Hutch - Come Get This Thang (2:41)
12. G.C. Cameron & Willie Hutch - My Woman (3:00)
13. Jermaine Jackson - Daddy's Home (3:05)
14. Jermaine Jackson - Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (3:09)
15. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Can't Stand to See You Cry (3:38)
16. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - With Your Love Came (3:19)
17. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Can't Stand to See You Cry [Stereo Promo Version] (3:38)
18. Bobby Darin - Happy (Love Theme from ''lady Sings the Blues'') (4:06)

CD5
1. Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man (3:58)
2. Marvin Gaye - Don't Mess with Mr. 'T' (2:44)
3. Jay & the Techniques - Robot Man (2:28)
4. Jay & the Techniques - I'll Be Here (2:22)
5. Martin & Finley - Long Life and Success to the Farmer (3:06)
6. Martin & Finley - Half Crazed (4:02)
7. Jerry Ross Symposium - Take It Out On Me (3:19)
8. Jerry Ross Symposium - It's the Same Old Love (3:20)
9. The Courtships - Love Ain't Love (Till You Give It to Somebody) (3:22)
10. The Courtships - Oops, It Just Slipped Out (3:11)
11. Rare Earth - We're Gonna Have a Good Time (3:26)
12. Rare Earth - Would You Like to Come Along (2:47)
13. Wolfe - Ballad of the Unloved (3:12)
14. Wolfe - Tale of Two Cities (4:39)
15. Puzzle - It's Not the Last Time (3:56)
16. Puzzle - On with the Show (2:47)
17. Diana Ross - Good Morning Heartache (2:21)
18. Diana Ross - God Bless the Child (2:44)
19. Marvin Gaye - I Want to Come Home for Christmas (3:32)
20. Marvin Gaye - Christmas in the City (3:18)
21. Gladys Knight & the Pips - Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) (4:20) :: ::

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