Apologies, shoo-be-doo, it looks as though my research was inadequate.
I'd been aware of rumours about cover art for "Breaking Through", some suggesting it resembled the artwork used on the Tops' Second Album, but had never come across physical evidence, so thought I was safe in saying the only such proof the project was planned was the "fake" Label Copy I mention in my notes.
Now I see the whole issue was discussed on SDF, with comments from Harry: see
http://soulfuldetroit.com/showthread...rough-question . Oh dear!
I notice the partial track list includes "I Can't Get You Out Of Mind". I can't find any record of the Tops cutting a song with that title in 1963, though they did have a small hit with "I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind" in 1974. I can't even find a "standard" tune with this title. Possibly the song intended was "I Can't Get You Out Of My Heart", a hit for Al Martino in 1959 - again, there's no record of the Tops cutting that song either.
It certainly looks as though the LP reached the planning stage, though obviously the inclusion of a non-existent track in the published list indicates that the appearance of this LP in Motown publicity was premature, to put it gently.
Keith
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