The Mowest label was handled by the west coast office of Motown and was active from 1971 until
1973. The Mowest label has the sun setting over the ocean at the top in orange, the middle ocean is
blue and the sand at the bottom is orange. The printing on the label is black, and "MOWEST" above the
center hole is white. The deejay label was white with black print, without the graphics.
We would appreciate any additions or corrections to this discography. Just send them to us via e-mail. Both Sides Now
Publications is an information web page. We are not a catalog, nor can we provide the records listed
below. We have no association with Mowest/Motown Records, which is currently owned by Universal
Music Group. Should you want to contact Universal, or should you be interested in acquiring albums
listed in this discography (which are all out of print), we suggest you see our Frequently Asked Questions page and Follow the
instructions found there. This story and discography are copyright 1998, 1999 by Mike Callahan.
MOWEST ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
Number - Title - Artist [Release Date] (Chart) Contents
MW-101L - Happiness - Lodi [10/72] I Hope I See It In My Own Lifetime/Most Of All/Here
To
Stay/Happiness/Spinning/2,000 Miles From Home//Decisions/I Like What You Take/My Dorene/Follow
The
Wind/Colors In The Sky
MW-102L - Thelma Houston - Thelma Houston [7/72] What If/There's No Such Thing
As
Love/Me And Bobby McGee/I'm Letting Go/Do Something About It//There Is A God/Black California/And
I
Never Did/Blackberries/And I Thought You Loved Me
MW-103L - What the World Needs Now Is Love - Tom Clay [7/71] (8-71, #92) What The
World
Needs Now Is Love-Abraham, Martin And John (S)/Whatever Happened To Love (S)/What's Goin' On
(S)/For
Years? (S)/The Victors (M)//Mac Arthur Park (S)/This Guy's In Love With You (S)/Baby I Need Your
Loving
(S)/Both Sides Now (S)/Bridge Over Troubled Water (S, actually mostly a mono recitation, with stereo
instrumentation at the end)
MW-104 - [Unissued]
MW-105 - Devastating Affair [Unissued]
MW-106 - Blackberries [Unissued]
MW-107 - 7th Son - G.C. Cameron [Unissued]
MW-108L - Chameleon - Frankie Valli & Four Seasons [5/72] A New Beginning
(Prelude)
(S)/Sun Country (S)/You're A Song (That I Can't Sing) (S)/The Night (S)/A New Beginning (S)//When
The
Morning Comes (S)/Poor Fool - Frankie Valli (S)/Touch The Rainchild (S)/Love Isn't There - Frankie Valli
(S)
MW-109 - With Love - Sisters Love [Unissued]
MW-110 - Commodores [Unissued]
MW-111 - Blinky [Unissued]
MW-112 - [Unissued]
MW-113 - Syreeta - Syreeta [6/72] (8-72, #185) I Love Every Little Thing About
You/Black
Maybe/Keep Him Like He Is/Happiness//She's Leaving Home/What Love Has Joined Together/How
Many
Days/Baby Don't You Let Me Lose This/To Know You Is To Love You
MW-114 - Frankie Valli [Unissued]
MW-115 - Odyssey - Odyssey [5/72] Home Of The Brave/Georgia Song/Country
Tune/Gossamer
Wings/Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love//Wondrous Castles/Battened Ships/Sunny California
Wo-
man/Black Top Island (Of the West)/Broken Road
MW-116 - [Unissued]
MW-117 - Someplace Else Now - Leslie Gore [7/72] For Me/The Road I Walk/Out Of
love/She
Said That/Don't Wanna Be One/Be My Life//Where Do You Go/What Did I Do Wrong/Someplace Else
Now/Mine/No Sad Songs/For You
MW-118L - Hollywood - Crusaders [7/72] Spanish Harlem/Try a Little
Harder/Hollywood/Do
Yourself A Favor//Cold Duck Eddie/Way Back Home/Papa Hooper's Barrelhouse Groove/Alekesam
MW-119 - Celebration - Celebration [7/72] Which Train You Ridin'/Lean On
Me/Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoobe, Doobedood'ndoo/The Circle Again/Are You Ready?//A
House Is
Not A Home/Poor Ol' Soul/Let Love Carry You Along/Since I Met You There's No Magic/Medley: You've
Got A
Friend-You're All I Need To Get By
MW-120 - Dazzle 'Em with Footwork - Martin & Finley [Unissued] Issued as Motown M6-
797S1.
MW-121 - Repairs - Repairs [11/72] Songwriter/Preacher/Time/Circus Song/Off My
Mind/Travis
Pickin' C//Lord Of The Mountains/Confessions/Fiddler/Nowhere/Fine And Gentle Lady/Timeline
MW-122 - Kubie - Kubie [Unissued]
MW-123 - Stacie - Stacie Johnson [Unissued] Changed to Motown M-776 and then
unreleased on
that label.
MW-124 - G.C. Cameron [Unissued]
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