The Complete Motown Software

What could go wrong?

Often a simple idea is much harder to actually get to market than coming up with the idea itself. Here are some of the roadblocks that I came across.

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The How's and Why's

Sometimes you just have to let it go. After years of disappointment with Microsoft,
The Internet and the confusion.

The Idea

A quick loading software that can search all the titles that were in the Motown greatest hits from the golden days

Design

The steps and what it took to get there. As well as the trial and error with various versions.

The OS Updates

As time kept passing so were versions of Windows. And often with caveats that were not even considered.

Ready To Launch

The big guys weighs their input. And the attempt to reinvent the wheel that I'd already completed.
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Artists And Labels

The missing details that can be a futile search

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Labels

Plus record labels that were either created or purchased by the Motown Corporation.

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Artists

Complete list of artists that have recorded on any of the affiliated Motown labels.

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Titles

Every Title, Side B, Color 45, and LP Tracklistings.

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Album Covers

All the Album Covers of US released LP's. Even some you didn't know existed. As well as many Stateside (UK) and Tamla-Motown (UK) covers.

A Complete Source

Can be used by Music Students or Vinyl Collectors

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Finding An Artist

Use the ARTIST button on left. Double click to see complete lists.

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Finding A Label

Use the LABEL button on left, or drop down on Discography

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Finding A Song Title

Use the EFT button. Simply enter part of title or start of title.

BUT WHY?

The concept was started over 20 years ago. And being a side project I did not make it a priority for others. Since it worked for me many years I have heard many requests to make it available for everyone. From there, ideas just kept coming and improvements meant sometimes starting from scratch

UNIQUE

Often I will hear. "You can find that info anywhere on the web. Sure, When starting that information was not available. And even today much of it is not substantiated by seeing or reading the actual label & LP's they are simply taking another's best guess

SOURCES

Is this an aggregator? Does it search other sites for information. That answer: No.
All the information in the software was manually researched even before the Internet became readily available and popular. Information was double and triple checked. Often with artists or contributors.

SPEED

Give yourself two days use, then compare it to future searches that you may have. Even finding an obscure album will sometimes flood you with unneeded or unrelated information that is not even useful. This slows you down. Especially if you are an eBay record collector and the clock is ticking.

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