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Martha and the Vandellas Live!

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Martha and the Vandellas Live!
Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 1967
Recorded1967
Venue20 - Grand, Detroit, Michigan
GenreSoul
Length43:51
LabelGordy
Martha and the Vandellas chronology
Watchout!
(1966)
Martha and the Vandellas Live!
(1967)
Ridin' High
(1968)

Martha and the Vandellas Live! is a 1967 live album by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, recorded live at Detroit's Twenty Grand Club, and released on the Gordy label.[1] Among their legion of hits including "Heat Wave", "Jimmy Mack", "Nowhere to Run", "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)" and "Dancing in the Street", the group also covered a bit of Aretha Franklin in the medley of "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" and "Respect" and The Temptations' version of the standard "For Once in My Life".[2]

When it was announced that the group was going to appear at 20 Grand for three nights of recording, public response was so overwhelming that the management of the club was unable to handle reservations.[3]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Introduction" 0:05
2."I'm Ready for Love"Holland–Dozier–Holland2:35
3."Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone"2:40
4."For Once in My Life"
4:20
5."Love Is Like a Heat Wave"Holland–Dozier–Holland2:15
6."Nowhere to Run"Holland–Dozier–Holland2:25
7."My Baby Loves Me"5:35
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Found a Love"
2:42
2."Jimmy Mack"Holland–Dozier–Holland3:52
3."You've Been in Love Too Long"
3:00
4."Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)"Holland–Dozier–Holland3:12
5."Do Right Woman / Respect"Chips Moman; Dan Penn / Otis Redding2:58
6."Medley: Dancing in the Street, I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), Sweet Soul Music, Uptight (Everything's Alright)"Marvin Gaye; Stevenson; Hunter, Holland–Dozier–Holland, Sam Cooke; Arthur Conley; Redding, Stevie Wonder; Moy; Henry Cosby8:12

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Martha And The Vandellas (1967). Martha And The Vandellas Live! (Vinyl LP). 20 Grand, Detroit: Gordy. GLPS-925.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ Bianco, David (1988). "Hearts Of Stone". Heat Wave: The Motown Fact Book. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Pierian Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-56075-011-6.
  3. ^ Silverman, Mark, ed. (December 3, 1968). "Sendoff Will Present Martha and Vandellas". The Massachusetts Daily Collegian. Vol. 48, no. 5. University of Massachusetts. p. 3.