Motown Goes Funky

A neat duo of reissues is on the way later this month from Funkytown Grooves – two R&B women on Motown Records in the 1980s.

The label is prepping expanded reissues of Stacy Lattisaw’s Take Me All the Way (which spawned the Top 5 R&B and Dance hit “Nail It to the Wall”) and Set My Love in Motion, a 1981 LP by Syreeta Wright (the late ex-wife of Stevie Wonder). Each release will be accompanied by two 12″ single tracks each.

Pre-order links are here and here; track lists are after the jump.

Stacy Lattisaw, Take Me All the Way: Expanded Edition (originally released as Motown 6212 ML, 1986 – reissued Funkytown Grooves FTG-229, 2010)

1. Jump Into My Life
2. The Hard Way
3. Take Me All the Way
4. A Little Bit of Heaven
5. Longshot
6. Nail It to the Wall
7. Love Me Like the First Time
8. You Ain’t Leavin
9. Over the Top
10. One More Night
11. Jump Into My Life (12″ Dance Mix) (12″ A-side – Motown 4574MG, 1986)
12. Nail It to the Wall (12″ Version) (12″ A-side – Motown 4563MG, 1986)

Syreeta, Set My Love in Motion: Expanded Edition (originally released as Tamla T8-376M1, 1981 – reissued Funkytown Grooves FTG-230, 2010)

1. Quick Slick
2. Move It, Do It
3. You Set My Love in Motion
4. There’s Nothing Like a Woman in Love
5. Can’t Shake Your Love
6. I Must Be in Love
7. Wish Upon a Star
8. Out the Box
9. I Know the Way to Your Heart
10. I Love You
11. Can’t Shake Your Love (12″ Larry Levan Mix) (12″ A-side – Motown 4500MG, 1980)
12. Move It, Do It (12″ Instrumental) (12″ B-side – Motown 4500MG, 1980)