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''Motown Chartbusters'' are a series of compilation albums first released by EMI under licence on the Tamla Motown label in Britain. In total, 12 editions were released in the UK between 1967 and 1982. Volumes 1 and 2 were originally called ''British Motown Chartbusters''; after this they used the title ''Motown Chartbusters''. ==Background== Early Motown Records releases in Britain were not on the Motown label, but were issued on the London, Fontana, Oriole and Stateside labels. Motown's first number 1 in Britain was "Baby Love" by the Supremes, released on EMI's Stateside label. "Where Did Our Love Go" by the Supremes, and "My Guy" by Mary Wells were amongst other big hits at the time, also on Stateside. The first release on the Tamla Motown label was "Stop In The Name Of Love" by the Supremes, in March 1965. By 1964, Motown had enough British hits under its belt for EMI to release a greatest hits album, ''A Collection of Tamla Motown Big Hits''.〔''A Collection of Tamla Motown Big Hits'' at Discogs.com]〕 Over the next few years, several more compilations were released, including six in the series ''16 Original Big Hits''.〔(''16 Original Big Hits vol.6'' )〕 In 1967, the label issued the first of the ''Motown Chartbusters'' series. Although the series mainly comprised hit singles by various Motown artists, they also included other recordings that had not been hits in Britain. Many significant single hits were excluded from the series. Later albums in the series failed to include any of the top ten singles achieved by Stevie Wonder, or any of his releases. Minor hits were sometimes included in place of bigger hits, most notably for the Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson. The original albums were made by EMI under licence from Motown. EMI also made 8-track recordings of the early releases. In total, 12 editions were released in the UK, spanning 15 years from 1967 to 1982. All 12 were Top 30 UK chart entries, the second volume of British Motown Chartbusters hit No. 8 in January 1970, in the same year Volume 3 spent six weeks at the No. 2 position, before reaching No. 1. In 1971 Volume 5 went to No. 2 and, in 1973, Volume 8 went to No. 9. The series was the most successful set of compilation albums in terms of sales until the release of the ''Now That's What I Call Music'' series began in the mid-1980s. A compilation album, ''Now That's What I Call Motown'' was released on the Universal Motown label. They were re-issued from 1997 by the budget label Spectrum. The clear differences between the two releases are the logos on the disc and cover: the original release has the Tamla Motown logo; the re-release has the Motown logo. After their success in the UK, Motown went on to release different variants in other counties such as the United States and Australia. There were also various other forms released on the same type of platform such as ''Motown Chartbusters'', ''150 Hits of Gold'' and boxed sets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Motown Chartbusters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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