Dance Party - Plak

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Martha Reeves started off her career in a similar way to that of Diana Ross and her Supremes. Both took up a job as secretary to Motown bosses and waited for an opportunity to appear with their band in front of the microphone. When Martha and the Vandellas at last began to climb up the career ladder, the glamourous image which Motown stipulated, which was so successful with the Supremes, didn’t quite fit Martha and her Vandellas. Reeves’s prominent voice was not suitable for singing gentle ballads, but it was all the better for belting out catchy dance tunes. Her music was all the rage in ghetto discos, and her records sold like hot cakes. The album "Dance Party", with its frenetic rhythms and characteristic rough sound was just what soul fans had been waiting for and almost everybody wanted it in their collection, especially since many of the numbers had already been successfully released as singles. The LP is rounded off with popular Motown numbers such as "Mickey’s Monkey" and "Hitch Hike" with the result that Martha and the Vandellas not only produced their most successful LP, but almost certainly their best dance album.<br /><br /> Production: Mickey Stevenson and Jo Hunter