The iconic music special, Motown 25: Yesterday-Today-Forever, will be released in new 1, 3 and 6-DVD sets on September 30 via Starvista and Time-Life.
Best known for the first performance by Michael Jackson of his moonwalk, the special also features songs from most of Motown’s biggest artists over the first twenty-five years along with guests like Linda Ronstadt, Jose Feliciano, Adam Ant and Billy Dee Williams. Richard Pryor hosted.
The special was taped at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on March 25, 1983 and aired on May 16, 1983 on NBC. It went on to win the George Foster Peabody Award and the Emmy for Best Variety Program.
For this new release, three different versions will be available with a variety of new material.
1-DVD Set
Extended version of Motown 25 with over 20 additional minutes not seen in the original broadcast; new 5.1 surround sound
Over an hour of bonus programming, including Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Making of Motown 25 and Part 1 of the Motown Performers Roundtable
3-DVD Set
3 DVDs in deluxe collector’s packaging
Extended version of Motown 25 with over 20 additional minutes not seen in the original broadcast; new 5.1 surround sound
Over six hours of hours of specially-created featurettes, in-depth interviews and more.
Marvin Gaye Rehearsal Footage
Four featurettes including: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Making of Motown 25, What’s Going On: Marvin Gaye, Reach Out I’ll Be There: The Temptations and Four Tops, Come and Get These Memories: Inside Hitsville
2-Part Motown Performers Roundtable; the Yesterday-Today-Forever Production Roundtable
Exclusive Interviews with: Suzanne de Passe, Don Mischer, Duke Fakir, Otis Williams, Claudette Robinson, Martha Reeves
6-DVD Set
6 DVDs in deluxe collector’s packaging, featuring a 48-page collector’s book and a copy of the Motown 25 Program; extended version of Motown 25 with over 20 additional minutes not seen in the original broadcast; new 5.1 surround sound
Fourteen hours of specially-created featurettes, in-depth interviews and more
Nine featurettes including: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Making of Motown 25, What’s Going On: Marvin Gaye, Reach Out I’ll Be There: The Temptations and Four Tops, Come and Get These Memories: Inside Hitsville, Dancing In The Street: History of Motown, You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me: The Miracles, My Guy: Smokey Robinson, I Heard it Through the Grapevine: Motown Sound, and Motown 25 Reboot: The 5.1 Surround Sound Mix
2-Part Motown Performers Roundtable featuring Smokey Robinson, Duke Fakir, Otis Williams and Suzanne de Passe; the Yesterday-Today-Forever Production Roundtable featuring de Passe, Suzanne Coston (Producer), Don Mischer (Director/Producer), David Goldberg (Executive in Charge of Production) and Buz Kohan (Head Writer) and a Songwriters Roundtable (1983)
Exclusive Interviews with: Suzanne de Passe, Don Mischer, Suzanne Coston, Duke Fakir, Otis Williams, Claudette Robsinon, Martha Reeves, Gloria Jones, Smokey Robinson, Ashford and Simpson, Adam Ant, Nelson George, Michael Lovesmith, Iris Gordy, Motown Records Songwriters/Producers Norman Whitfield and Holland Dozier Holland, Motown Executives including Shelly Berger, Russ Terrana (Engineer), Janie Bradford, Mickey Stevenson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (Songwriters/Producers), Motown 25 writers Buz Kohan, Ruth Robinson and Don Waller, David Goldberg, George Schlatter (George Schlatter Productions), Rick Ludwin (former Head of NBC Specials)
The 6-DVD set will be available exclusively through Motown25DVDs.com.
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