Originally Posted by
marybrewster
The LP "Meet the Supremes" was recorded October, 1960 - September, 1962.
Four singles were released:
1."I Want a Guy"
Released: March 9, 1961
2."Buttered Popcorn"
Released: July 21, 1961
3."Your Heart Belongs to Me"
Released: May 8, 1962
4."Let Me Go the Right Way"
Released: November 5, 1962
The LP itself was released on December 9, 1962.
In a game of why's and what if's:
Does anyone know the reasoning why there was such a large time frame between "I Want a Guy" being released and "LMGTRW" being released? It's basically two years. And how about the length of time [[almost a year) between "BP" and "YHBTM"?
One might easily surmise Mr. Gordy and Motown were searching for the right "sound" for the Supremes. But what were the Supremes doing in that one year, and two year period? Strictly recording? Performing?
Another question: do you suppose if "IWAG" or "BP" had been a "hit" that this release would have come out much sooner? I know things were different back in the 60's, but these days it seems that once an artist has a hit, an "LP" is released, and then other singles are released later. In this example, it's quite the opposite.
When it was released in 1962, the LP itself didn't even chart in the US. But it was re-released in 1964, and it DID chart in the UK. Any thoughts on why it didn't chart in the US? My assumption is that once the LP "Where Did Our Love Go?" was released [[and charted at Number 2), there was a push to put out "anything" Supremes. But yet even with new cover artwork, this debut LP STILL went no where. One would think it would have at least scraped the bottom of the US Billboard 200.
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