Museum object · Record Albums
The Motown Story: The First Decade
1970
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Blue boxed set of five lps. Box has a large white square on the front, centered with a gold record in the middle. In the center of the record is text [THE/FIRST/DECADE] as well as the logo for the Motown Record Corporation with a large "M" and the name below [MOTOWN]. Above the white square is white text [LIMITED EDITION/THE MOWOWN STORY]. In the upper left corner is some small text [STEREO]. In the upper right corner is additional text [MS 5-726]. Below the white square are two (2) lines of white text [58 golden hits that made Motown history (sic) Live, in person interviews/with the artists that recorded them (sic) Presented, in a five volume set.]. On the PL side of the box lid, is a vertical line of white text [THE MOTOWN STORY/THE FIRST DECADE/VOLUME ONE THROUGH FIVE].
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Catalog reference: 2013.201.2a-f
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