{"id":975495,"date":"2020-03-06T07:22:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T14:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=963376"},"modified":"2020-03-06T07:22:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T14:22:41","slug":"motowns-great-march-on-washington-lp-gets-first-ever-digital-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/motowns-great-march-on-washington-lp-gets-first-ever-digital-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Motown\u2019s \u2018Great March on Washington\u2019 LP Gets First-Ever Digital Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5979833a.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/motown-records\/\" id=\"auto-tag_motown-records\" data-tag=\"motown-records\">Motown Records<\/a>\u2019 1963 audio document of the March on Washington, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/martin-luther-king-jr\/\" id=\"auto-tag_martin-luther-king-jr\" data-tag=\"martin-luther-king-jr\">Martin Luther King Jr<\/a>.\u2019s \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech, has been released digitally for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Recorded on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on August 23rd, 1963, <em>The Great March on Washington<\/em> also contains speeches by civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph, UAW president Walter Reuther, NAACP\u2019s Roy Wilkins and March organizer Whitney Young. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>The Great March on Washington<\/em>, which the label rush-released in October 1963, also boasts Motown artist Liz Lands\u2019 performance of the civil rights anthem \u201cWe Shall Overcome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/smEqnnklfYs?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe are privileged and honored to be entrusted by the MLK estate to oversee the release of his historic speech,\u201d Universal Music president Bruce Resnikoff said in a statement. \u201cAs the long-time custodians of the Motown catalog and its legacy, we will ensure that the recordings of Dr. King will be available in the highest quality. We have gone back to the original source tapes to digitally remaster this release, and the clarity of Dr. King\u2019s voice brings his message to today\u2019s audience in a remarkable way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to the document\u2019s digital debut, Motown President and EVP of Capitol Music Group Ethiopia Habtemariam also spoke to Elvis Mitchell about MLK\u2019s partnership with Motown founder Berry Gordy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZhnxdQAcXqs?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><em>The Great March on Washington<\/em> Tracklist<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. A. Philip Randolph (7:17)<br \/>2. Walter Reuther (6:50)<br \/>3. Roy Wilkins (10:29)<br \/>4. Liz Lands \u2013 \u201cWe Shall Overcome\u201d (3:31)<br \/>5. Whitney M. Young, Jr. (6:59)<br \/>6. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (18:19)<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rolling Stone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/motown-great-march-on-washington-martin-luther-king-digital-release-963376\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motown Records\u2019 1963 audio document of the March on Washington, featuring Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech, has been released digitally for the first time. Recorded on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on August 23rd, 1963, The Great March on Washington also contains speeches by civil rights activist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-975495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-30 21:55:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=975495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=975495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=975495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}