Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart - Instrumental

[bhanlon]

I love this Band! Thank you Funk Brothers from a very grateful old musician.

[mmace63]

'One more like that and I'm through!'... 'These earphones is gar...!' (did they cut off Diana saying 'garbage?' lol!!

[alexk2501]

ALWAYS a favorite song, and this version is on the EXPANDED 2-cd soundtrack of STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN.

[sunnyles]

Anyone got a vinyl copy for sale ? or know where I can get one ?

appreciated les@soulnites.co.uk ;-)

[mowestjohn]

THE FUNK BROTHERS RULE

[studyinthesky]

For a young teenager in the mid-sixties in the UK this was a difficult record to get your head round. The world was awash with the British Invasion, headed by the Beatles and the Merseybeat Sound...

And yet there was this provocative, challenging sound from America which sank its teeth in you and shook you like you were a rag doll!

Jackboots and candy floss!

[giano56]

This embodies the Motown of the mid-60s makes me jump around

[smartypantsnancy]

Yes this is great x



[snare500m]

The Funk Brothers....the Best..of the best....classic....Benny Benjamin...classic four four pattern....sound like theres 2 bass guitars...?...and Kazoo...towards the end of the song....but Benny...leading pack here..super cool!!!

[edge78a]

Read a comment saying with all the technology available why can't we produce music like this today. These were artists,masters of their craft,dollars were not their

main interest,the music was, Aspirations and outlook were different back then and todays artists can't compete. Northern Soul man,England

[TheRmjr]

This is not a D. Ross smash hit as someone as stated in error.  It is when she was a part the best female vocal ever, The Supremes.

[TheShalasweet]

When I listen to these and other related tracks, i cannot help but believe that this is America at her best; such beauty and power is more expressive of the U.S.A. than anything that may spill from a politicians mouth.

[TheShalasweet]

STUNNING AND SERIOUSLY BAD ASS!

[Jonnydog1]

Where can you buy worn out LaBella's?

[securitycat11]

just listin to james rip them cords rip Bass man

[dvd1man]

Are there any known daily recording logs for Motown?

[tedmuss]

this gives me goosebumps!.....real music!

[hebneh]

When this song was first released in 1966, it was just one of many Motown hits, and I didn't pay much attention. And then, in about 1980, I rediscovered it. Since then, it's been a major favorite and I've listened to it thousands of times. And NOW, here's the instrumental background, for me to rediscover all over again!

Oooh, it's a burnin' sensation, far beyond imagination!

[Mej2102]

WARNING! this is really only worth listening to on days that end in 'Y'

[vase40]

i play this over and over and over gotta go press the replay button

[pebble1955]

This track, along with Tell me it's just a rumour (instrumental,) sum up THAT MOTOWN SOUND, absolute dynamite, as previously said it gets no better than this!

[DetroitLives313]

Love Mary and Florence purrring in the background and the grabbing the lyrics. Wonderful!

[DetroitLives313]

The Sound of Detroit..........YEAH!!!

[Jjonathanhart]

My favorite song by THE SUPREMES. They were the only female group that were just as famous as THE BEATLES, and icons for starting the MOTOWN sound.

[antoni7515]

yeah jamerson is the man, but if you listen to some of the northern soul records bass lines they are all inspired by his playing i reckon. but there are some amazing bass lines from these guys too in northern soul tunes that came after motown, but no one knows who the bass players were?!

[Jjonathanhart]

I like the harmony with the bass, brass and vibraphones. Your typical Motown sound. Martha & The Vandellas, Four Tops, Temptations and others have that same sound.

[oiyoumuppet]

Wanna Dance!

[oceanbound222]

@oiyoumuppet  HELL YES

[elvingtonred]

Many imitations but they don't come close!

[soulsupremeful]

Excellent tune!!

[theboyfromxtown]

This should be called the Harry Weinger and Andrew Skurow mix..

Didn't they do a fabulous job!

.....what I'm gonna doooooooo....

[hollidayevery]

THIS TRACK ROCKS SOOOOOOOOO HARD!!!

[MikeJ6129]

Earl Van Dyke would play the piano so hard that it would go out of tune.

[christheone8773]

ITS TRUE............once the Funk Brothers locked themselves into a groove, it took off like a runaway freight train!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oceanbound222]

Thilling music !!!!!!! Diana Ross sure did have the best solo smashes !!!

[irvingklaw57]

I love Diana complaining at the beginning.

[Eschatus2]

Why dosen't anyone make music like this anymore? What's the problem?

[motownfan3]

@Eschatus2 Plain and simple there is a lack of talent and sadly the school boards nation wide cut the music programs :(

Holland Dozier Holland were "ON FIRE " back in the 60's

[Eschatus2]

@motownfan3 Agree it's a lack of talent. But cuts in music education is recent. In the early 60s there weren't developed music programs in schools like in the 80s, 90s & 00s. I think innovation comes from depravity where everything isn't handed to you on silver platters. Where you have a hunger for music. Depravity forces the creative individual to be more innovative making do with virtually nothing; it forces ingenuity to create incredible things never heard or seen. Today there is mediocrity.

[Eschatus2]

@motownfan3 - And then when you hear today's dreary music, like by over-rated Alicia Keys with her boring, redundant, methodical and robotic percussions that sounds like it's coming out of one of those 1970s drum machines or one of those tacky keyboard organs with the drum beat feature, you just want to throw up.

[motownfan3]

@Eschatus2 You hit the nail on the head !! 100% correct !

[Eschatus2]

@motownfan3 - LOL! I answered my own question... thanks for inspiring me to do so. :)

[susej1able]

That's the essence of that Motown sound....that driving beat. Those guys could really create a great sound. Thanx for the post, good looking out.

[njezan1]

Ovo je isto čarobno.

[jdldtw]

Thanks for sharing this is great

[geoffdtom]

"Itching in my Heart" is easily The Supremes best track but take away Diana Ross' whiny nasal voice and you can then hear James Jamerson, the real hero of the piece properly. Its even better.

[hapzap13]

Polyrhythmic funk at it's best this the real pure funk !

[gw7sbo]

BRILLIANT!! The Funks at their very - very best. You can hear Jamerson there, deep in the snake-pit at Hitsville on the bass. It don't come any better, even with today's technology.

I've been looking for an instrumental (Funks) of Martha & the Vandellas' Jimmy Mac, but can't find it posted anywhere.

Can you help?

Regards and thanks for this post.

[stevie68a]

I dare anyone to listen to this and not want to dance.

So very superior to todays rap garbage......

[hapzap13]

PURE FUNK NO DOUBT !!!!

[zookat]

Amazing... Motown was pure magic!

[dj09492]

did you hear diana about the headphones. :) cute!

[stu0812]

Who was talking at the beginning?

[Kenteman]

@stu0812 One of the Holland brothers

[amusia111]

James Jamerson, the bass player on all the Motown sessions, was a genius. This song was produced by Holland/Dozier/Holland with two basses, low and high (I just read the Supremes book) and James is probably the low one. They get out of synch a few times, but in the mix it's just magic. Great job, a classic.

[riitade644]

Rock On!!!!! The best of Motown for sure!!!! These songs always sound great back then and now!!!

[canonet17]

Where did you find these instrumentals? When i was a kid in the early 1970s in the North and starting to hear some of the motown songs from the time and at house parties, I wanted to be a session musician.life changed somewhat and did nt make it . Anyway, thanks for sharing!

[daymude63]

the bass line is fantastic on this song. one of my favorite d. ross and supremes songs.

[SFAundergrad79]

gotta love that bass line....it made the song, just like the Saxaphone solo

[soulrongang]

This piece contains a holy grail, a magic element with soul - a four note/chord riff reaching for the next octave and taking you higher. The interplay of the minor chords plucks on your heart strings, brings your sadness to happiness.... maaaaaan... shouldn't analyze it, just feel it! This has it. My respect to the artists behind it.

[DetroitLives313]

Happy Music, Detroit Music......gone y'all !

[demodiscs]

Sends shivers down your spine!...Fantastic!!!

[thomasrealdance]

Yyeah!

[feeleffect]

Helped. Sorry just moving a little to fast today and without my glasses!!

[feeleffect]

Era that is. Also this was the music that heip started to break the racial tension in USA especially the incredibly highly racist south USA.

[Jobeterob]

One of their best and most underrated.

[motorcitymiguel]

No one can ever dublicate this stuff..No matter how much we try....

[canonet17]

great find! Where on earth did you find this?

[christheone8773]

When the Funk Brothers locked into this groove it was hellacious!!

[pekaydub]

Shame Diana and the Supremes got the credit and the true back bone lost out ( funk Bros) Was Berry Gordy a early Simon Cowell?? Controversial or what?

By the way james J felt every heartbeat

[SteveArpo]

Thanks for this trac sandfordway. Do you know are these tracks that have just crept out of the woodwork from producers and engineers, are they done electronically or are they being officially released?

[GHOSTWRITAJR]

damn Jamerson killed it on the bass

[tayishere202]

wow! this is Great

[adamr63]

I felt it.

Greatest recorded bass ever!

[SteveArpo]

Good comment. Check out, 'This Old Heart Of MIne' by Tammi Terrell. A Jmaerson masterpiece. Play the post of, 'BabyBollox' the one with the multi-coloured record deck. All the best.

[feeleffect]

The Supremes most underrated Hit!!

[DetroitLives313]

The Funk Brothers, Mary and Flo......hit y'all! LOL! They were all the best.

[alan49624]

Loved Every single note...Every Beat!! Love That Motown.

many Thanks.

[hollidayevery]

For anyone who doesn't remember, the Flo and Mary humming near the end was one of the Album version's background parts that was not used in the mix for the 45 single version...I always wondered why....it's a great part...so much fun...THIS SONG SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MONSTER HIT! IT IS SUCM A MAJOR JAM!!!

[saddamsalaugh]

I love the fact that motown was HUGE in England and the white orientated Yanks were all caught up with West Coast and Brit invasion. Keep the faith

[feeleffect]

@saddamsalaugh yes but Black America was hook on Motown more than England,TRUST ME, I lived in that ere. Every Black family (almost) had piles of motown 45's and Lps in their stash. They were the PRIDE of Black America!!!

[saddamsalaugh]

Sorry my friend I guess my comment was more aimed at white Americans. Here in England the white working class related to motor city tunes in a big way . When west coast and british pyschadelia started coming in Motown was the music of choice for mant woking class guys. especialy in the north. Peace to you and happy Christmas from a very snowy London.

[christheone8773]

this tune was actually recorded on June 23, 1965 but wasn't released by Motown until April 8, 1966 - it peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May of 1966-

[tpg911]

That is a Baritone Sax played in a low note.

[TheRmjr]

Simply awesome!!!

[trilogypart3]

That's not a kazoo... it's a baritone sax playing behind the girls humming.

[chj1950]

IT GETS NO BETTER THAN THIS!

[stage7]

I Only wish that whomever had NOT applied modern-day compression technology to this recording which does NOT allow for the kick and the PUNCH of the music the way the original did! It's a bit muddy and watered down from the original 'PUNCH' of the song! I YEARN for THAT!

[Eschatus2]

Totally awesome! Thanks for posting all these great Funk Bros. instrumentals. Now one can alas appreciate the musical composition in clarity with all its fine syncopations and instruments, not to belittle the incredible voice tracks of the Supremes and the lyrics by B. Holland/L. Dozier/E. Holland, Jr. in any way.

[stencil62]

Wow!

[cottagechskitty]

For those wondering what I"m talking about, the kazoo starts at 2:45

[Risimif]

That's no Kazoo. And Jack Ashford also couldn't have played it, because at the same time he's playing the vibraphone.

What you think is a kazoo are simply the girls humming.

[Umskiddy]

or 'Dooing'

[GarudaStudio]

The liner notes for the "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" soundtrack this mix came from says it's a celeste double by a kazoo. No one knows who was playing it.

Jack Ashford was playing the tambourine, Jack Brokensea is playing the vibes.

[cottagechskitty]

@Risimif No its a kazoo. Standing in the Shadows of Motown IDs it as a kazoo as does a couple of biographies of Ross.

[HaliB75]

@cottagechskitty It's an alto or baritone sax. Not a Kazoo.

[delacortexxx]

Sounds like humming, not a kazoo.

[DetroitD60]

These are my folks! Detroit ROCKS!!!

[Motownbrother]

@DetroitD60 Yes they are. These were the days when the Good Humor guy rode a tricycle down the street.

[RodneySandersTV]

OMG! I didn't know that this exsisted!!

[Largo3point0]

Sizzling!!!!!

[cottagechskitty]

The kazoo at the end always makes me laugh. And nobody knows who played it. My guess would be Jack Ashford, because he often played the "extra" instruments but I could be wrong. Best drum and bass combo in Motown history IMO

[tattbro]

Thanks for posting. Brilliant song. Being from Detroit I can remember when this came out in the 60's. It still sends shivers down my spine.

[venusclare]

Love instrumentals and this one is great!!!...Thanks..Ve

[cloud9dj]

No Funk Brothers, No Motown, No Northern........Nuff said. can't sit still lol KTF

[dagr382]

You need to be nailed down to sit still!

[dissotheref]

Brilliant !! Try listening to it without tapping your feet.. bet you can't !

[motownbaby]

Damn....that was FIYAH!!!!

[Bowie99]

unbelieveable good!

[DISCOVEGASGUY]

Love is ITCHING all over the place on this one. What a great track !

[saddamsalaugh]

was this version released ?

[zaggy3110]

It is on the the CD " Funk Brothers - Standing in the shadows of Motow" ( CD 2 Deluxe Edition)

[trilogypart3]

Thanks. I did a web search after my last post and found it. I'm clueless as to how that one slipped by me. On second thought... I'm just plain clueless. LOL

[trilogypart3]

Thanks for posting this. Definitely one of my all-time fav Supremes tunes. You'd be hard pressed to find a group of studio musicians as talented as the ones that played for Motown in the 60's. Someone should do a story on these guys. After all, they were behind some of the best music of all time.

[privatperson]

there is a documentary , "Standing in the shadows of Motown" its a DVD

[docludi]

I love this.

[BotMai]

That Motown band kicked major ass ... they were more than amazing!

[PJDooWop]

You're absolutely right. The Funk Brothers were incredible. A lot also has to do with "The Snake Pit" which was the studio they recorded in. That's where they got that brassy, nearly but not quite distorted, bassy feel.

[bronxbarbiedolla]

Thanx for the post -- great beats!

[jazzetc]

James Jamerson's simply the best bassman of all time. His great bass creates that itch.

[RancidoKaddy]

Great song!

[bonglewongle]

the sax really puts me in mind of jj barnes song sweet cherry.

[Jaynesoul]

From 2.43 is excellent

[Jaynesoul]

Vibraphone does it for me

[ThanksAl]

This comes from a great 2-disc set from Hip-O Records "standing in the shadows of Motown, Deluxe Edition" 440066365-2. Rocks my stereo regularly.

[Jaynesoul]

Thanks for that. I have just bought it off internet. XXX

[motown250]

brill

[Jaynesoul]

Listen to that Sax. Infact all of it is just the best. Could you please post it to me? Thanks for sharing.

[lordritchie]

James Jamerson and Benny Benjamin could do no wrong. Best one two punch of a rhythm section ever!

[bluenile048]

JJ and BB..........you are so right, this bass and drum combination is so nasty it hurts. Jam brothers jam.

[Jaynesoul]

Fantastic, makes me have goose pimples on my goose pimples. LOL

[kingofmotown]

Please send me that song!!!! It'a the jam.

[valzoom]

This has gone straight into my favoutires! Thank you for posting this tremendous instrumental Supremes song.

[pjpj311]

James Jamerson and his famous hook!!!

[queenmpa]

Nice instrumentals!! I love the supremes intrumentals!

[MOREHOUSE80]

NICE!!!

[frisco495]

Whoa!!! Where did you get this at? There is nothing even close to this unique sound today.

This went right to my favorites. Thanks for sharing.

[Individuell83]

ahh this is amazing =)

thx for posting

[bosskat57]

this absolutey rocks !

[Redcar43]

You Go James!!!!!!!!

[BotMai]

I just got bitten by some love bug.

[xwsftassell]

Brill.

[Motwnee]

The best ponding beat ever. Love it so much.

[iGuy101]

Great track, I love instrumentals

[sandfordway]

You've come to the right place then Guy. I like being able to hear the Funk Brothers clearly.