Martha & Vandellas-Heat Wave Live 1964

[74bomayemcfc]

lose the sceptic at the off and were laughing!....

[suportable]

Isn't this how the song originally sounded when it was first released in 1963 besides the live dialouge extras.It isn't too fast at all its the exact sound!

[harlestonz]

Very, very good, wonderful.

[WTU208]

was this Pinky and Perky...

[TonyPofNYC]

OMG...That girl must have been horse after that show...

[wkiernan]

Thrash soul! Dance til you drop.

[soulbrothersimon]

can you do this on a line input so we hear it better?

[w9x7cv3vg6]

the only live thing about this is the record itself lol

[wdsa8d]

i'm pretty sure this is the proper tempo from the performance. i've noticed martha speeds up the song on live performances. like her performance of "Come and Get These Memories" at the Apollo.

[motownbg]

to speed up the songs weren't actually martha's choice. the motown review was performed in one night with over 10 artists singing about 3-4 maybe 5 songs. so to make sure the concert didnt last three days all of the artists sped up some of their songs. the marvellettes did the same thing.

[saturnaspider]

You know, the live band could have played this at the same tempo but a lower key for ease of singing. The engineers may have then sped up the live recording to bring the key back up to match the original studio version. It just sounds way too fast here! This suggests that the studio version was recorded using varispeed where the track is recorded slower or played back slower for the singer and sped up for the final product to tighten the sound and raise pitch, giving a more exciting sound.

[stoneystag4eva]

You can tell its too fast, listen to her talking at the start. No human can talk that fast :|

[stargeo]

sounds faster

[loverats]

Definitely sounds like it's being played too fast!!

[PepperlandMcCartney]

beautiful! what ever happened to good music. it does sound alittle fast tho...

[diezmil70]

nowhwere to run is very fast

[ottawa1949]

what a great hit boy have we come along way from vynal long playing records but great just the same

[carmello2006]

i love it!!! You can hear all the harmonies

[acidtones1]

Classic song.

[escudjo]

Too fast tempo, Is something wrong?

[Individuell83]

No it's normal

this is on some supremes live songs too like on Let Me GO The Right Way the live version.

[live4motown]

Just needs a turntable with pitch control

[acidtones1]

My turntable does the same shit.

[MotownMaster]

cuz i do, i know some of the old motown artists and i go by what they tell me

[vinyljunkie72]

@MotownMaster the original vinyl is recorded in a more bass friendly E# wherethis is played in D.personally i think a lot of the motown revue were played in a higher key live to -1, increase the excitement of the live track, make it sound more 'vagas revue' and 2 the gear they were using just wouldnt cut it at the lower pitches,you'd lose the bass or live ,martha might've just been more comfortable in that key.

[vinyljunkie72]

@MotownMaster nice upload btw.

[parisrabone3]

bad recording.tell me why you think you know everything bout motown?! well you dont

[melissscolla]

hi,

I search since 1980 one album. I thınk ıt's name is " the greatest of 1964" all of hıt's motown rec. exp. martha reeves& vandellas " quicksand" and the coasters, I think "under the boardwalk" exct. so I search all inc. songs. because I didn't remember one of one songs that is my GREATEST one. please be helped FİND that. thanks.... melissscolla

[Ben606]

I have this album sealed

[mrrk]

I think your turntable or video is running too fast. Makes marthta's voce sound like minnie mouse

[ARRUB]

Ah great stuff! Always felt Martha and the Vandellas were never truly appreciated. Powerhouse performance!  Thank you for this!