Made ya look.....lol. Was just checking to see if there was an update from someone?
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Made ya look.....lol. Was just checking to see if there was an update from someone?
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i was gonna post an update i heard but now i won't! :p
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LOL.....awe come on..... :D
Would love Love Child,Let the Sunshine in,Cream of the Crop expanded with tracks in Chronological order ,then Disney just for the one DRATS song Chim CHIM chimeree i need to complete DRATS history ,cheers.
Yeah, they're weeks late on announcing it. Come on, guys!!!
Perhaps the delay in announcement means they are considering a physical release?
A girl can dare to dream.....
Can this alien/human hybrid dream too. Through out the known Universe there is great disappointment that UMG may release "Funny Girl" as a digital download only. The only Supremes' studio album to meet such a tragic fate. Surely in this day and age there could be at least a limited CD release, along with the download. If the download goes for $9.99 I would be happy to pay $19.99 for a physical release. Think about it UMG. Please. And until this matter is resolved I suggest you UMG folks stay away from Orion, those guys are really pissed. Just saying.:)
Too bad that Motown would not outsource this to Ace or one if the other "approved" vendors in recent years. We could have had a great product!!!!
Originally Posted by JohnnyB
A guy
can dare to dream also--I've been hoping the same thing! DON'T RAIN ON MY PARADE.HA.Cheers.
I agree. We were lucky enough to get "Partners" by Scherrie and Susaye; if that can be released as a physical product, certainly "Funny Girl" could be as well. I don't think there's a lot of "extras" from that recording time-frame, so even a single-disc, direct release would be better than digital-only. The expanded booklet alone [[with Supremes timeline) would be well worth the price.
I just played my CD-R of this album and enjoyed it as much as I did when It was originally released. Although I only play it every couple of years, if even that often, I would like to have it on a physical CD.
Go to 4:58 of this video
http://www.jump-in.com.au/show/morni...3396627017001/
Thanks George, Andy & Randy [[it even has a nice ring to it) .
Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform Funny Girl is scheduled for a cd release next month. Andy said on Nightflight that George Solomon had a lot to do with the then un-named release, that it was going to be fabulous and that they had just been given a release date.
J. Randy Taraborelli said in the video that he was also involved with the release and said that it was coming out on cd next month.
Thanks for the info!
Do you suppose CD means "physical" CD?
Good to get this information and looking forward to the release of Funny Girl. It'd be great if it was paired with 1 or 2 of the other concept LPs.
The interview with Taraborelli was good once he stopped promoting himself and actually talked about Diane.
Fantastic! I think Diana did a splendid job on "Sings and Performs "Funny Girl". I've lived off of a fairly decent sounding CDR made my one of the fans, but, now the real thing makes it to CD. Randy is an accomplished writer and I like several of his books. Thanks to Harry, George, Andy and Randy for fulfilling a dream for so many fans. Cannot wait......especially for the liner notes. Now if only they would add the wonderful Ed Sullivan medley as bonus video material like bonus video material is a trademark of the Sony Legacy reissues. But I'm grateful for the music regardless! I plan on buying several copies for my library.
I am very excited for this release. It's what the fans have been wanting for years! I always look so forward to the extensive liner notes and the never-seen-before pictures. I wonder if Mary was involved at all with this release?
This is the most wonderful news . I guess they really did listen to the fans who wanted a physical release. I was kind of sad that it was going to be a digital release only. I am now very excited.
Thank you kenneth; and YES, I agree vgalindo! Our voices were heard, honey!
I personally would like to thank Harry for his reconsideration of format; especially with the 50th Anniversary of the original "Funny Girl" just around the corner, this title by DRATS absolutely deserves a proper release. Thank you Harry!
And of course Andy and George and Randy for their time and love put into this most "supreme' product!
Andy said on facebook about an hour ago: Andy Skurow This is a digital only release, but there WILL BE A BOOKLET! Yes, I shouted that, because George Solomon is a genius for making one of our most beautiful packages ever! Now I'll stop talking because I'm waiting for next month's announcement.
so NO CD then ??? Just a crappy download!! If thats the only format then i won't be buying it.
Where does a download sit amongst the gorgeous previous Hipo Supremes releases on my shelves??
Physical CDs is what we collectors want!!
Christ if Scherrie & Susyaes Partners can get a physical CD release why can't the rest of DRATS albums.
Very disillusioned and somewhat disappointed
HipO has become a major disappointment. Follow the money....
I wish the people who represent them would cease leaking information. As said above, disappointment is now coupled with annoyance. Just because they were "great" once does not mean than fans don't now have the right to see them in a different light.
This is beyond disappointing! I have bought every Diana release over the years - all the HipO ones, every re-issue, every compilation - EVERYTHING!
But I am most certainly not going to by some digital download. I never have and I never, ever will. I COLLECT Diana Ross releases and have no interest in having some MP3 album on my computer [[or to burn on CD-R). I want an official CD release. If this is the future of how Diana/The Supremes releases are going to be handled in the future then I will pass.
BTW: I am 36 years old and I have been collecting music since I was a kid. I have over 200 Diana CD's and I am more than willing to buy at least 200 more. Just give the fans what they want - a strictly limited CD release can't be that hard to produce! Until then, sadly, no sale for me...
Can we take a step back and take a few deep breaths and try to find a silver lining here? At this point, we have gone quite a while without any Supremes releases period. The fact that we are getting, by all accounts, the poorest selling Supremes album issued in any format is a blessing because I'm fairly certain the higher ups at Universal have probably shot this album down for decades because it didn't sell. We've also been fortunate to have Andy, George, and Harry constantly trying to get us these releases out there or at least putting key tracks from them onto compilations to tide us over until we can get the real deal. I'm sure it can get very discouraging at times for them. The reality of today is that society as a whole is consuming music in a far different way than they once did. The only growth market left in physical media is now vinyl records. I prefer physical formats as much as the next guy but I have friends who say why take up space or money with music when you can just stream it. We can fight change but alas change is a constant thing in life. Now where is the silver lining? If this only comes out digitally perhaps we will later get it physically as part of something bigger and better. The long rumored box of the concept albums perhaps? It would be a perfect opportunity. My appeal would be to download the set, enjoy the digital booklet, get it printed on high gloss paper at Staples, burn a disc, and stick them in a jewel case and be patient. The guys always make it worth the wait to do so and the overall sales of Supremes product show the label the level of passion there is to keep getting things out of the vault. The bean counters read lack of sales as lack of interest in any format. Also, another country like Japan who put out Partners may note its sales success and issue it. Lets try being gracious that we are getting something long awaited and enjoy the positive aspects of that rather than dwell on not being able to hold it in our hands.....
I'm sorry, but I fail to see any positive aspects in a digital-only release. It means I won't buy it, simple as that. It's not just about the music - it's about collecting actual, official releases in full sound quality [[which MP3 is never going to be). This album is over 40 years old and I'm sure that most people that ever had any interest in it already own it on LP or as a bootleg.
Yes, the music market has sadly changed a lot. But the people that are most likely to actually buy physical releases are exactly people like me - fans of an artist that has been releasing music for decades and whose releases people have bought on physical formats for all that time. Trying to get the majority of the audience of an artist that has been releasing music for 50 years to all of a sudden go digital just isn't going to work. If they want to sell this, they need to release it on CD as well.
I get what you are saying Glenpwood - but I refuse to show my support to a "product" that just isn't what a lot of the fans want. Andy, George and Harry have done a wonderful job in the past and this is in no way directed at them. But until there are actual physical products released, I will pass. I just hope that the powers that make these decisions will rethink this new approach!
Glenpwood, I respect your opinion and well stated "case." However, I think we are only fooling ourselves to think/hope that if he get this album digitally, that may lead to getting if physically one day.
As I said above, just because HipO was once great does not limit our right to find its current iteration as disappointing and not responsive.
Motown should have licensed Funny Girl with the MANY, MANY other recent Japanese release. Go back and review the numerous artists in that major release of Motown material. Many if them have no where near the sales appeal [[ or even the name recognition) of Diana Toss and The Supremes!!! What a shame!!!