Motown: The Musical [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

Audio Mixer: Frank Filipetti.Liner Note Author: Berry Gordy, Jr.Recording information: MSR Studios, NYC (04/21/2013-04/22/2013).Photographers: Joan Marcus; Andrew Eccles.Opening in April of 2013, Motown: The Musical is the Broadway adaptation of Motown founder Berry Gordy's autobiography, one stuffed with over 50 song segments from the legendary label's towering '60s glory days. Trying to contain the various vivid stories, personalities, and characters of Motown's early history in one compact musical would be hard enough, let alone trying to get into any of the music. Thusly, the original Broadway cast recording of Motown: The Musical is mostly a long string of medleys, grabbing truncated versions or seconds of hooks from classic Motown hits by everyone from the Supremes to the Jackson 5. In between the dizzyingly speedy mash-ups there are equally short snippets of dialogue alluding to the civil rights movement happening concurrently with Motown's rise to worldwide acclaim and the occa