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Motown celebrate 50 years with new UK website
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 1 May 2009
I’m not sure I can cope with two Universal Music divisions celebrating their fiftieth anniversaries at the same time. But yes, amid all the celebrations for Island Records’ big 50, now my brain has to cope with the idea that Motown Records is marking its half century too. Which is interesting, because I think I always assumed Motown was quite a bit older than Island, I think because in my head Motown is older than it really is and Island younger.
Anyway, I’m telling you this because there’s a special website been set up to celebrate Motown’s anniversary, and it’s going to be selling a range of limited edition collectable releases, the first being a set of five limited edition 7″ singles featuring ten Motown classics from the likes of the Four Tops and the Supremes. Purchasers of the records will also get download codes enabling them to get digital versions of the tracks too.
The website also includes a wiki where Motown fans are encouraged to come and share their nerdy knowledge of the seminal label and all its many artists. All of this is at www.Motown50.co.uk
