Post by Jonel on Aug 12, 2002 18:47:46 GMT -5
Motown will release Funk Brothers album
By Susan Whitall / The Detroit News
Three record companies were in the running to release the soundtrack album to the Funk Brothers movie, "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," and the winner is ... Motown.
It's a full circle for the Funk Brothers, who were Motown employees when they played on virtually every Motown release in the '60s. Motown is now Los Angeles-based and a division of Universal, but still has an enormous vault in New Jersey filled with tapes of released and unreleased material.
That was the deciding factor in picking Motown, producers say, because along with the songs from the movie, recorded in the winter of 2000 at the Royal Oak Theatre, the soundtrack album will also feature a few vintage Funk Brothers cuts.
The soundtrack will be released Sept. 24 on Hip-O/Motown, and the Detroit premiere of the film, distributed in the United States by Artisan Entertainment, is set for Nov. 15.
You can reach Susan Whitall at (313) 222-2156 or swhitall@detnews.com.
By Susan Whitall / The Detroit News
Three record companies were in the running to release the soundtrack album to the Funk Brothers movie, "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," and the winner is ... Motown.
It's a full circle for the Funk Brothers, who were Motown employees when they played on virtually every Motown release in the '60s. Motown is now Los Angeles-based and a division of Universal, but still has an enormous vault in New Jersey filled with tapes of released and unreleased material.
That was the deciding factor in picking Motown, producers say, because along with the songs from the movie, recorded in the winter of 2000 at the Royal Oak Theatre, the soundtrack album will also feature a few vintage Funk Brothers cuts.
The soundtrack will be released Sept. 24 on Hip-O/Motown, and the Detroit premiere of the film, distributed in the United States by Artisan Entertainment, is set for Nov. 15.
You can reach Susan Whitall at (313) 222-2156 or swhitall@detnews.com.
