Various - The Motown Sound Volume 2 (1973)

From The Lost Record Covers Club

To my knowledge this series only had two volumes and both held some real gems.  This one includes songs from 1971 to 1973 which,  whilst most people point to the 60's, i see as a golden period for Motown.  This shows the new maturity of the artists, with tracks from Stevie Wonder's "Music of My Mind" Album; New sounds from ex-Temptations David Ruffin "Blood Donors Needed" and Eddie Kendricks "Girl You Need A Change Of Mind"; Syreeta "To Know You Is To Love You" and the first released songs of Valerie Simpson as a vocalist. The stand-out here has to be The Undisputed Truth's version of "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" - a Whitfield classic.  This isn't available on CD but as with all Motown, every song will be avalailable on numerous compilations including Greatest Hits packages.

Tamla Motown - STML11237