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LEGENDARY MOTOWN DIVA~BRAVO KIM WESTON!!!

Bradly Briggs | TOLUCA LAKE, CALIFORNIA | 06/07/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

""A Thrill A Moment" is what this great legendary Motown Diva is for the lucky listener of this peerless collection of classic performances! Kim Weston technically is the greatest singer from the classic Motown Years but for some strange reason was not properly promoted although she is the duet partner with Marvin Gaye in the timeless classic "It Takes Two" which should have made Kim Weston a household name but maybe being married to the Vice President of Motown Records was a drawback as big ego's must have been raging when her husband decided to leave Barry Gordy and Motown Records...this great singer went on to record many classic recordings but seemed to be blackballed from the industry and her great work received no airplay. Without radio support a singer becomes lost and this was even true in the great musical sixties as Kim kept on recording masterworks that even to this day have not been released on compact disc and this is a sad commentary for the music industry which should have build it's house on talent and today would have been much stronger and probably would not have suffered major closures such as Tower Records...but thankfully from the British we have this incredible and brilliant double-disc delight with Kim Weston in prime form from her classic Motown days! Filled with many of the greatest burning tracks from those tremendous and wondrous Motown years, this is a magical musical feast for fans of this great fiery singer and fans of the Classic Sixties Motown years so do not miss out while this incredible Import Collection of masterful performances is available...soulful singing just does not get better than this and thank you Kim Weston!!! You are a truly incredible singer and performer and please come out wherever you are...talent like yours is needed today more than ever!!!"

Kim Weston

J. A. Gordon | 02/23/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Kim was, is and will always be my favorite female singer. A fan for decades, I was extremely pleased with this anthology, which shows her inimitable honey-toned voice off to best advantage. Sure, not all of her Motown highlights are there, but the tracks included (and there are many) are nothing short of remarkable -- like the lady herself!"

A Motown Great gets her due - at last

P. G. James | London | 02/09/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In my opinion Kim Weston was the most talented and versalite of all the Motown divas. She was that rare singer, male or female, who was equally at home with dance-floor fillers as she was with big, powerful ballads and the more jazz inflected numbers and all those styles are generously represented on this 48 track, 2 CD compilation. It's now a given that Motown badly mis-managed Kim Weston's recording career during her time with them in the 60s and this is borne out by the remarkably high quality of many of the 34 tracks that didn't see the light of day at the time and which get their first official release here. Believe me, 'You Can Do It', 'Fancy Meeting You Here' and 'Your Wonderful Sweet, Sweet Love' are as good or even better than her most famous tracks, 'Take me in your Arms (Rock me a little while)' and 'Helpless'. Other absolute gems that make this compilation a must for all Motown fans are 'You hit Me where it hurt Me', 'I don't know if I'm coming or Going', 'Marionette', 'Where am I Going', 'Any Girl in Love (Knows what I'm going through) and 'Drop in the Bucket'. Even on the weaker material she is always very listenable and never less than totally convincing. It's been a long time coming but at last we have a compilation that does Kim Weston's time at Motown justice"