Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

O, the Motown super stars - everyone knows who they are. This concert staged to celebrate twenty five years of the founding of Motown Records by Berry Gordy is just lovely. After reading several reviews I ordered the one disc version and it turns out it's all I need. And I've been wondering how I missed this release when it was first issued on VHS. The Four Tops, The Jackson Five, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Gladys Knight, they are all here. This disc offers two solid hours of entertainment. It is interspersed with archival footage that takes us back to the early years, and it is very well done. The video quality of the disc is very good. The audio offers both 5.1 stereo and 2 channel PCM stereo. Selecting 2 channel on the disc plus PCM audio on my Sony amplifier generates a richer (all speakers) sound than the 5.1 option.

i got this video as a birthday gift for my boyfriend. He is a huge Michael Jackson fan and i knew he would love to own this piece of music history. The seller i purchased it from was a personal owner it was not a rental. it came very quickly via ups and was packaged very well. the video was in the original box with very little wear on the corners. i didn't expect it to be perfect because after all it is a 20= year old tape. the video quality was excellent! there was no fuzziness or imperfections withe the picture or sound. my boyfriend was so surprised when i gave it to him. i never told him i only paid 25 bucks for it, ill let him think i spent a fortune so he can hook me up for my birthday :) overall im very satisfied and would purchase from this seller again.

Enjoy watching some of Motown good singer.

I'm so glad i purchased this DVD. All the major performances are on it and they are memories that will last a lifetime. Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk for the first time is regarded as the highlight of the dvd, but i enjoyed Smoky Robinson, the Temptations, 4 Tops, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes etc. just as much. It's definitely an item for the Motown music lover. I was going to buy the 6 disc dvd set , but decided after reading a previous review that this was all i needed. I really wasn't interested in the rehearsals and extra interviews. If you love the classic Motown music and artists this dvd is for you !

This set is an amazing set to buy only because not only it has great music but I'm 30 years old and I love the sounds of Motown. I grew up listening to it while my parents drove me everywhere as a little kid. This set has it all from the concert and bonus features to the booklet with all the information on it with beautiful pics and set lists and behind the scenes stuff. And a pamphlet letting u know the date of the concert and then some. This box set it well worth the money. Anyone who loves Motown u gotta get this deluxe set. It's a rare find. Glad I could find this. Thank you everyone who provided it and all the ones who made this set possible. You guys did an amazing job.

Motown 25 original May 16, 1983 NBC broadcast length: 95 minutes (aprox) (2 hour time slot minus commercials) Motown 25 original 1990 VHS (first time on home video) length: 128 minutes Motown 25 2014 DVD length: 124 minutes (not 130 as listed incorrectly on most web sites) Motown 25 2016 re-relase DVD length: 124 minutes (identical to the 2014 release). Disc 1 total length: 172:58 (same as the 2014 single disc edition - length on amazon listed as 150 minutes) The main program + featuretts. Disc 2 total length: 110:37 (note: disc 2 of the 3 disc Best Buy exclusive bonus content edition is 136:06. That additional 35 mins of content was taken from (and included on) disc 5 of the 6 disc box set. Rehearsal footage, featurette, interviews. Disc 3 total length: 182:55 - Reunion Roundtable, featuretts, interviews. Disc 4 total length: 184:16 - 1983 Songwriters Roundtable, featurette, interviews. Disc 5 total length: 139:52 - Rehearsal footage, featurettes, interviews. Disc 6 total length: 197:09 - Interviews 2016 and 2014 - 6 Disc Box Set total length: 987:47 (amazon and other web sites list the total length as 975 minutes). 2016 and 2014 - 3 Disc Edition total length: 466:30 (back of the DVD case lists total length as 458 minutes). 2014 - 3 Disc Best Buy Exclusive Edition total length: 492:05 (back of the DVD case lists total length as 491 minutes). I was led to believe from various web sites that this 2016 re-relase added additional content to the main Motown 25 program. This is incorrect. As you can see above, there is no difference between the original 2014 and 2016 re-release sets. In fact, while the back of the box set lists the date as 2016, the two individual 3 disc cases inside the box lists the date as 2014, meaning they just repurposed the 2014 set and put it in a box with a new date. The two included booklets are identical as well. (Note that the replica of the program given to attendees at the actual event is more of a pamphlet than a booklet). The previous review of the 2014 set by Allen Jackson lists all the important changes and omissions from the original broadcast and the fact that the DVD was shorter by 4 mins than the VHS. I saw the original broadcast, owned the VHS and then upgraded to the 2014 Best Buy 3 disc set. My decision to pick up the 2016 - 6 disc set was mainly the promise of additional material on the main program (20 extra mins. would have brought the program to 144 mins!) but as was the case in 2014, there is no additional material included. The other reason was to see the full length 1983 songwriters roundtable featurette on disc 4. Only seven minutes from this 68min segment were featured in the original broadcast and this was my favorite part of the show (besides the live performances). I figured that alone might be worth the price of admission. Is this set worth the extra cost? That depends on how much the great 68min songwriters roundtable is worth to you. The other featuretts and interviews that make up the remainder of discs 4-6 (total length 521:17) very in content and quality. Die hards are going to enjoy all the extra info. The average viewer, not so much. Overall, four stars just for the quality of the original program and the shear volume of extras. Finally, this special was taped, not filmed, meaning it would not benefit from a blu-ray release. The same reason why classic TV shows like The Dick Van Dyke Show and Love Lucy (shot on film) look so spectacular on blu-ray, while others like Married… With Children and SOAP (videotaped in SD) have not been released on blu-ray as there would be no visual benefit to such a release.

The purchase and delivery of Motown 25 was quick and received at least a week earlier I bought Motown 25 on video years ago but lost it so when I saw it available I jumped at the chance to buy it The box set I received was out of this world and the DVD quality and sound was pristine and clear. I am a very happy Customer Thank you Amazon

What a wonderful way to revive great memories..... The 25th Motown Anniversary reunited so many of the very talented artists, who made the 60's so special- Whether it was Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Diana Ross & The Supremes, or Michael Jackson & The Jackson Five, this celebration of their hits is still captivating, as Marvin Gaye sings "What's Goin On", The Tempatations perform "My Gal", and Michael Jackson dances his way into his iconic moonwalk..... This is a vivid reminder of why the music of Motown was so special to so many people!

This is great, I loved this and am really glad i got it. Michael Jackson was of course phenomenal, but it was great to see the performance with the Jackson 5 also, don't tend to see that much, and the end of the evening when they all get together on stage i love too, Michael is so lovely! But all the other performers were very good too!!. But I'm not sure what the first reveiwer means, cos Diana Ross is on the version i have.

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Great music... Excellent quality

Good product and service.

This is one of the BEST MOTOWN COLLECTION OF ARTISTS. That I have ever witnessed in one collection and in one DVD! This DVD was a gift from my wife for Christmas and we watched it on my laptop in bed during the holidays. I can't wait to play it on my large system with quad speakers in my "man cave"! Featuring performances from these artists in 1983 are: Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five! Michael Jackson in the video does his initial "moon walk"...the DVD is action packed! I highly recommend this DVD for any MOTOWN fan like me!