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“An Introduction to the Motown Elite.†Motown. The disc comes in a cardboard container rather than the customary “jewel box,†but the price is right: an amazing $4.99 at one local chain. That may well make this sampler for the label’s “9000†budget series the biggest bargain ever for the frequently gouged CD fan: a 57-minute survey of Motown hits, from the Miracles’ “Tears of a Clown†and the Jackson 5’s “I’ll Be There†to Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine†and the Temptations’ “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.†The sound is inconsistent due to the condition of some of the early tapes, but this is a sensational bargain nevertheless. Everything else in the series--which ranges from greatest-hits albums to such regular works as Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going Onâ€--retails for $9 to $10. ****
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