Motown Studio A

[pm0501]

Once you've been in this studio, you hear Motown songs (up to 1972) in a whole new light. Standing on the spot where the hits of the early years were recorded makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up! Awesome!

[DeHavenBand]

The last time I went there it was like going home.....the part that they saved as a time capsule for Marvin.....I thought....this isn't a time capsule it's my Grandma's living room...since she had passed several years earlier I decided it might be time to get some new furniture........maaaaaan what happened to music that made one feel something wes

[dadduorp]

The Hallowed Halls -- man, if walls could talk, what stories and memories they'd share.

But they sure could sing.

[EnuffsedTV101]

Yeah on a DIRT FLOOR... They didn't have it concreted until later. LEGENDS standing in the shadow's. If you knew this then thumb's up let other's know. Funk Brother's

[prophetspider]

i went there last october 10 dollar tour around.40 year motown fan. mind blowin 2 hour trip into my past. reccomended. i will return.podgeit@aol.com superb memoirs

[prophetspider]

i went there last october 10 dollar tour around.40 year motown fan. mind blowin 2 hour trip into my past. reccomended. i will return.

[Caveman1006]

motown forever

[simon4186]

I LOVE MOTOWN!

[midiman51]

Although, some great records were made in Los Angeles, the true Motown sound was left behind in this room and with the original Funk Brothers. Holland-Dozier-Holland, Smokey, Norman Whitfield, and Mickey Stevenson produced some amazing sessions with that familiar "popping" snare, those ringing tom fills, and Jack Ashford's vibes with live strings. Studio A's impact on pop music is monumental. Thanks for posting this video.

[videoportfolio]

"Los Angeles Motown" is an oxymoron. They devolved their sound into garbage like El DeBarge.

[mjjcng8958]

@videoportfolio excuse you el debarge is not garbage. 

[vidform]

Do you have footage of the inside of their Los Angeles Motown studio? In the early 1970s, they moved to California and evolved their sound to continue being competitive in music. This helped to produce hits for them in the mid and late '70s.

[videoportfolio]

Basically, yes. It was the dirt floor garage of a small house that Berry Gordy bought by borrowing money from his family fund. He lived upstairs, and they had offices in the front of the main floor.

[madFlam1]

did they just build a studio in their mum's house?

[richie649]

the least they could do is set the drums up properly.

[solowen]

great video.....too bad berry gordy sold out and moved the company to los angeles with no warning for the funk brothers and other session musicians.

[Virpatrick]

Thanks so much for uploading this treasure! ♪

[Pllm30]

A great place! Thanks Berry Gordy for the vision. 

[olflatop]

Kinda sad to see it sitting so still and lifeless. But I guess that's for the best for posterity. It's good that it's being preserved.

[TheRodrigoaquino]

i love it!

[DennisVernier]

I like the video. I was just there this afternoon. Great stuff!

[Redcar43]

I just went there last week really enjoyed it.

[bartkruizenga]

What's the name of the song?

[fennessy1980]

@bartkruizenga

I hate to say it, but I think the "song" is a load of Apple loops thrown together. Soul!!

[battou66488]

@fennessy1980 SPOILER ALERT: they're all from the rhythm section jam packs

[srercrcr]

Who was in that big picture on the wall?

[videoportfolio]

Berry Gordy with Diana - and then some of the Funks in the background, including Jamerson.

[sjf1966]

I'm from the area. Can't beleive I haven't made time to get over there yet!

[ReVox777]

Yeah what a shame I can't believe too! But do not judge yourself to hard, you've been busy going to Burger kings and McDonalds...:))))))

[OSCALETRAINGUY]

great video! id never get there..thanks for taking me..A+A+A+A+ Mo Town FAn In Canada...

[ericteed]

its tooo funny how evrybody is so tense about them drums.hehehehehe.thats hysterikl.

[megegre]

Won't get "That Great Gretsch Sound" with that Incredibly Incomprehensible Setup"..Somebody PLEASE straighten up that tom and cymbal..Must have been break time. Thanks for this tho..good to see.

[houseofchintz]

I have nightmares that I walk out on stage and my drums are set up like that.lol.

[reggie44]

When they tracked horns & strings, anything in the way usually got pushed aside (the snare throw-off would be left open, of course).

[Eddieb715]

it doesn't look like that anymore, they remodeled the museum to make it look like a show room. This is old and how it used to look like. Thanks for posting it up to see what it really looked liked

[STYLWALKER1]

i just went there myself. what u said is true except for some of the museum is remodeled, but not the main room. studio A still looks the same. very very little change in that room. i trully felt all there ghost in that room. enjoyed it a whole lot!!! plus born an raised there.

[crimsondynamoo]

Where'd you get those solo'd drum tracks?

[AtomicDopeDog]

i'm not sure but I think they are from garage band... :-D

[enriquesantamarias]

estuve ahi hace 3 años y es una de las mejores experiencias de mi vida, gracias por publicar este video!!! MOtown fan 4 ever!!

[angie4josh]

im gonna steal that hammond organ! LOL

[stokleysgirl]

It is really wonderful to see.

[actooon]

Fundament of the music history... from times when music was MUSIC! <3<3<3

[mewrth]

How I dream to even enter that room...

[annaleighclark]

You can! Museum's open to the public. Offers great, entertaining tours in what I consider hallowed ground.

[wdsa8d]

wat did they do to the kit?

[aarfeld]

A lot of mighty fine music was made in this room. I'm glad it's intact for people to see, unlike the studio at Stax which really isn't.

[chrisbrownluver10]

i went dere wit ma family and got 2 sing stop in da name of luv! I learned so much! I saw da michael jackson glove dat he donated 2 da museum

[Midnightgroover]

Who made this groove?!

WoW!

[raymaheux]

C'est un document important à mettre dans vos favoris.

[sgtpepper1138]

dang, they could at least make the drums look playable

[sgtpepper1138]

wish they could get the funding to have all the equipment restored to working order