!967 Photo: Motown Studio -- Supremes

This photo appeared in a Record World mag dated 12 Aug 67.
It was posted alongside an article about a Supremes & Tops show staged @ Forrest Hills NY on Sat 29th July 67.

TWO questions .... anyone know the date of the photo [[as it may have been Florence's last Motown studio session ... she was sent on 2 weeks official 'leave of absence' a few days after the Forrest Hills show and that was the end of her in the group) ... Was Florence actually on that Forrest Hills show ?

2ND Q .... did the documentary that was being filmed that day get released ... if so, under what title ??
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They were supposed to be recording "Mother You, Smother You " in that picture, so........it was before 1967.

1966...they were recording a segment for a special called the Anatomy of Pop.

Happy New Year Carlo.

[QUOTE=carlo;364735]1966...they were recording a segment for a special called the Anatomy of Pop.[/QUOTE

As many of us know, there was a special "Anatomy of Pop" which is now available on YouTube which featured the "studio" version of the Supremes singing "My World is Empty Without You." I didn't realize there was another Anatomy of Pop in the works which would feature this "Mother You, Smother You."

I don't recall where I first saw the "Mother You, Smother You" footage but it seems it may have been the Motown 40 special???

I could be wrong, but I seem to remember this clip from motown 40 was also in anatomy of pop? In addition to the my world is empty without you clip?

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Originally Posted by carlo

I could be wrong, but I seem to remember this clip from motown 40 was also in anatomy of pop? In addition to the my world is empty without you clip?

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Those were two different shows that came on in the sixties.

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Originally Posted by jsmith

This photo appeared in a Record World mag dated 12 Aug 67.
It was posted alongside an article about a Supremes & Tops show staged @ Forrest Hills NY on Sat 29th July 67.

TWO questions .... anyone know the date of the photo [[as it may have been Florence's last Motown studio session ... she was sent on 2 weeks official 'leave of absence' a few days after the Forrest Hills show and that was the end of her in the group) ... Was Florence actually on that Forrest Hills show ?

2ND Q .... did the documentary that was being filmed that day get released ... if so, under what title ??
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Flo's last show was at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas on July 1st, 1967. I believe the next engagement was at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, with Cindy.

Re the photo, as others have mentioned, it was during a mock recording session for MOTHER YOU, SMOTHER YOU. I'm not sure what the purpose of the documentary was, but it wasn't for THE ANATOMY OF POP. . The only place I've seen a clip of it was on the MOTOWN 40 documentary. There are also a couple of photos from the session in the Supremes' 1967 concert program.

So the 'studio session' was a mock up for a documentary, the footage shot for that documentary never having escaped from the video tape / film vaults. CHEERS.

I went to july 29t forest hill show after i heard all over t radio that florence ballard was no longer w t supremes it was cindy birdsong on that stage and t souvenior booklet they gave out was called an evening w diana toss and the supremes, t backing vocals were dramatically decreased mary was carry t background. I also went to t 66 show with flo in t lineup w stevie wonder snd temptations. And t 68 august show where they performed some things u never get used to in t ink spot gowns

That photo is from 1966 not 67

So if Flo had not made a mess the night she was fired, would she have finished out the flamingo engagement and then gracefully bow out and let Cindy take over?