Greatest Hits from the Beginning

Infobox Album |
Name = Greatest Hits from the Beginning
Type = Greatest hits
Artist = The Miracles


Released = March 1965
Recorded = 1958-1964
Genre = Soul
Length =
Label = Tamla
TS2-254
Producer =
Reviews =
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Last album = "The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey"
(1963)
This album = "Greatest Hits from the Beginning"
(1965)
Next album = "Going To A Go-Go"
(1965)

"Greatest Hits from the Beginning" is a compilation double LP by The Miracles released in 1965. It covers most of the group's hits from their pre-1965 albums, such as "Shop Around", "Who's Loving You", "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" and "Mickey's Monkey" as well as the non-album singles from 1964 "I Like It Like That" and "That's What Love Is Made Of" with its B-side ballad "Would I Love You".

The compilation includes the group's early non-Motown singles in addition to their releases on Motown's Tamla label. "Got A Job" and "I Cry" were originally issued on End in 1958, while "Bad Girl" and "I Need a Change" were issued on Chess Records in 1959. "Bad Girl" was reissued by Motown the same year. The B-sides from all these four non-Motown singles are also included.

However, this is not a complete collection of the group's pre-1960 singles. The Miracles' second single, "Your Love (Is All I Need)", issued on Fury in 1958, is omitted, as is "It", which was originally issued on Argo. Other early charting singles missing are "Broken Hearted", "Ain't It Baby", "Mighty Good Lovin'", "You Can't Let The Boy Overpower The Man In You", and "Everybody's Got to Pay Some Dues".

Track listing

LP 1

ide One

# "Got a Job"
# "I Cry"
# "Mama Done Told Me"
# "(I Need Some) Money"
# "Bad Girl"

ide Two

# "I Love Your Baby"
# "I Need A Change"
# "All I Want Is You"
# "(You Can) Depend On Me"
# "Who's Lovin' You"

LP 2

ide One

# "That's What Love is Made Of"
# "Mickey's Monkey"
# "I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying"
# "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"
# "I Like It Like That"
# "A Love She Can Count On"

ide Two

# "Shop Around"
# "Way Over There"
# "I've Been Good To You"
# "Would I Love You"
# "I'll Try Something New"
# "What's So Good About Goodbye"

Personnel

* Smokey Robinson, Ronnie White, Bobby Rogers, Claudette Robinson: lead vocals
* Smokey Robinson, Ronnie White, Bobby Rogers, Warren "Pete" Moore, Claudette Robinson: background vocals
* Marv Tarplin: guitarist
* The Funk Brothers: instrumentation

Producers

* Berry Gordy, Jr., producer, Album executive producer
* William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr., producer, Album executive producer
* Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, producer