A Cellarful of Motown! is a series of compilation albums of Motown rarities, containing versions of known songs by alternative artists, as well as demos of songs that were not released at the time, but had been shelved for various reasons.
Compiled by Paul Nixon the series ran for 4 volumes before being cancelled by Universal Records. Some of them had failed to pass the selections by Motown executives, in other cases Motown's owner Berry Gordy had his personal reasons to withhold releases. Four examples out of many:
The series was revived for a fifth volume in September 2020, released by Universal subsidiary label Caroline Records.
| A Cellarful of Motown! Volume 1 | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Various |
| Cover: | A Cellarful of Motown Volume 1.jpg |
| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | – [2] |
| Genre: | Soul, funk |
| Label: | Motown |
| Next Title: | Volume 2 |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
Source: Classic Motown, Allmusic
| A Cellarful of Motown! Volume 2 | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Various |
| Cover: | A Cellarful of Motown Volume 2.jpg --> |
| Released: | [3] |
| Recorded: | – [4] |
| Genre: | Soul, funk |
| Label: | Motown |
| Prev Title: | Volume 1 |
| Prev Year: | 2002 |
| Next Title: | Volume 3 |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
Source: Discogs, Allmusic
| A Cellarful of Motown! Volume 3 | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Various |
| Cover: | A Cellarful of Motown Volume 3.jpg --> |
| Released: | [5] |
| Genre: | Soul, funk |
| Label: | Motown |
| Prev Title: | Volume 2 |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Volume 4 |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
Source: Discogs, Allmusic[6]
| A Cellarful of Motown! Volume 4 | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Various |
| Cover: | A Cellarful of Motown Volume 4.jpg --> |
| Released: | [7] |
| Recorded: | – [8] |
| Genre: | Soul, funk |
| Label: | Motown |
| Prev Title: | Volume 3 |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
Source: Soulsource, Allmusic[9]