Frances Maclin

I Remember Motown (eBook, ePUB)

When We Were Just Family

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The reason that I have chosen to write this book is to document the twenty-five years that I worked as Motowns tape library director and to recapture these memories that would otherwise be lost. This book is probably more for me than anyone else. However, I feel that any of my former Motown coworkers who read it will recapture many of their memories and perhaps go on to write their own personal book. I would encourage those who purchase my book to read it as though they were having a conversation with me. It is not written as a novel but as an expression of my time spent at Motown.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris US
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781499084467
• Artikelnr.: 52560579

Autorenporträt

Frances Levonia Maclin, before her employment at Motown, worked for the largest black-owned newspaper in Detroit known at that time as The Michigan Chronicle. She worked in the classified section and obtained the first ad (from the then well-known Woolworth Department Store) to be placed in a black newspaper. When she was an employee at Motown Records, she was affectionately known by her coworkers as Fran Heard Maclin. She worked for Motown Records for twenty-five years. During her time on staff, she was the tape librarian, later promoted to library director, where she had the oversight of thousands of recording tapes that were recorded at The Hitsville Studio, Golden World Studios, and The Motown Studio in Hollywood. These were the main studios where sessions were recorded; however, there were other studios used outside of the company as well. Frances had the awesome privilege of being a part of almost every hit that was produced at the three studios. She was the first one to handle a session reel after it came from the control room. Her job was to catalog and store the session reels and to dispense them back and forth to the engineer and producer until such time the songs were ready to be mixed and, finally, if selected, to be released. During her years in the tape library, many songs that passed through there went on to become number one hits in the marketplace-so many that it would take several pages to name them all. However, "My Girl" by The Temptations and "I Hear a Symphony" by The Supremes were two of her favorites that she cared for from infancy to maturity. Frances considered the tape library to be the bread and butter of the company. There was a lot involved in the duties of caring for the library. Many of the producers and engineers, whom she gave a hard time because they did not want to follow library rules (smile, Brian), probably appreciated the care and concern that she took to be sure that the tapes were properly logged. Upon retiring from Motown in 1986, Frances joined her husband, Charles, in full-time ministry. They have been married for thirty-seven years. They presently live in Birmingham, Alabama, with their pets, Sebastian and Samantha-cavalier king charles spaniels. Charles is the outreach director at The Life Church in Birmingham, formerly Word of Life Christian Center, whose founding pastors were Pastor Scott Webb and his wife, Phyllis, and is now pastored by Pastor Brandon and Abbe Ball. Frances served as bookstore manager there for thirteen years before joining her husband in the outreach department. Frances will begin work on her second book in the near future. This book will be about her Christian faith and her personal relationship with Jesus Christ.