Also, sansradio, no one who downloadeded the tracks from iTunes posted a review.
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Hi everyone, I checked in here and wanted to say how much I [[we) appreciate all the great comments on several of these threads. Andy and I will talk about the CD on John's Nightflight radio show on Tuesday the 2nd but I thought I'd answer a few questions I've seen here and elsewhere.
Kevin Reeves did re-EQ and make some minor changes to "Mickey's Monkey" and "It's Not Unusual" so they aren't exactly the same as on the Lost & Found set.
As we said in the liner notes, it's no secret that Florence missed recording sessions. We listed some of the tracks that are Mary and Marlene and it's obvious that "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" is Mary and Diana. Some are Mary and Marlene with additional Andantes added but Mary recorded all of the tracks on this set except the few that contain no back up vocals. The background vocals are a touchy subject and sometimes it's best to say less.
Honestly, we'd have to check again to see which tracks still have a Brenda Holloway demo lead. I know her vocal was erased on some of them. Probably most of them. We could check but the line "Brenda A Go-Go anyone" in the liner notes was just for fun.
The photos are really great and I wish they could all be full page pics. Yes, it would be nice to do a book and we've talked about it. The digital download of the booklet is much bigger ... about eight and a half by eleven. [[not trying to make you buy both ... just letting you know. :-)
The tour book is from 1966. The latest single listed in the book is "Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart." Many of you know there is another from 1967 and another from 1968 from the Diana Ross era. I hope we are able to use those as well.
I'm sure there are a few questions I've overlooked but a million thanks again to everyone. We can't believe it's really here after all these years. I hope it's a huge success so we can move on to the next!
Thanks George. It's already Amazon # 15 r & b cds but I don't see it listed yet on top 100 tho someone said it was there. It's already a success!! Any plans to release Itching as a single?
Great to see there's already 6 reviews posted on Amazon, from Philles/Gary and others from SDF. Keep it up, guys. Those reviews will spur sales, I am sure.
Mine just shipped yesterday but I'll definitely post a review as well.
It's great that this has the feeling of an "event." Can't wait to hear the show on Tuesday.
Wow, Luke, it would be great to do a single release of "Itching". I wonder if Universal would have any interest? I wish someone would use it in a movie.
I forgot to mention the stereo unedited mix of "You Can't Hurry Love" that is on the reel to reel master of A Go-Go. I wish we had used it in place of the stereo mix on the album since the edited mix has been out there so much. We planned on doing a brand new YCHL but ran out of space and time ... and heaven forbid we should delay the project any further! Plus, there was a new mix on the #1's and an alternate vocal mix on Lost & Found. We also found an alternate mono single mix that included the edited piece but it fades much sooner than the version we know. I think they made the right choice making the edit.
George,
thank you for stopping in as it is much appreciated. the entire team did great job and I cant wait until I get mine. I downloaded a copy as I couldn't wait. I know in the past these have been listed as either 5000 pr 10000 copies each. is this going to be the same.only a limited amount or has this changed.
I love the time line. thnanks for the info.
wonder if there was any thought to do a new mix on Baby I Need Your Lovin.
am I the only one who likes IN MY Lonely Room,kinda got the wall of sound working for it.
These Boots ,I was never fond of but now it sparks. great mix.
What The World Needs,...got what it needed with Kevin Reeves new mix. so nice.
Hes All I Got. could been a single.
with these new mixes I actually like A GO GO. you all converted me. I am a believer.
thank you all again.
let us know when this is SOLD OUT..time to start work on H/D/H
It's okay. I definitely prefer Martha and the Vandellas' version, which I love, and to me this one pales in comparison. I do think that it has a Wall of Sound thing going, but all the versions I've heard it seems the vocals [[both lead and background) aren't loud enough for my taste.
No, David, you’re not the only one who loves "In My Lonely Room". I love it, too. It will never replace Martha’s version, but, to me, it’s equally as good. When I wrote my first "Supremes A’ Go-Go" review [[under an existing thread titled, "It's Here, It's Glorious, I'm Speechless", I was so excited about the amazing sound quality and the energy level on CD 2, I had temporarily forgotten about the Bonus tracks tucked in at the end of CD 1. I’ve since corrected that in my follow-up review. Here’s what I said:
"In my above review, I forgot to mention that The "Supremes A' Go-Go" is one of the best Expanded issues that Motown has ever released. Every Bonus track has a higher-than-usual energy about it that keeps the pacing at an exciting level. It's almost as if the tracks were remixed [[although I'm sure they weren't). I also forgot to mention that The Supremes' version of Martha's "In My Lonely Room" sounds better than ever. I don't remember it ever sounding this good! I'm surprised that Motown didn't release it as a single. In closing, the two booklets make the set a treasure that every Motown fan should have in his/her prized Motown collection."
I have held off downloading this set. I was holding out for a physical copy since it's been so long since we've gotten one...and I've found a local store with a copy in stock! Heading over within the hour. Watch this space!
Hey George... any possibility of A Go Go on [pink] vinyl? UMe seems to like it a lot these days.
I am now another proud owner of a physical copy!!! I am beside myself with excitement about the packaging, the photos, the musical content...just everything. Can't wait to immerse myself! Yippee!!! A hearty thanks to George, Andy, Kevin and all our friends at Universal for this true labor of love.
George and Andy...
As far doing a brand new mix of YCHL and running out of time and space on A GO Go, I'm not surprised in the least. With all the outtakes and everything they recorded around this time, there was just so much to fit in on this one. Maybe doing a remix of YCHL could be in the cards for a latter expanded edition. Have been thinking that there are only 2 studio hits albums that will have different mono and stereo mixes [[H/D/H and Reflections). After that the last studio albums [[Love Child, Let The Sunshine In and Cream of The Crop) are all just stereo, so if you are still doing 2 disc sets for those, there might be room there for some other remixes. Plus when getting to Love Child era and later, there isn't much left in live recordings either. So have wondered if those expanded editions would be 2 discs or just 1 disc each. Since those albums didn't fare as well, maybe some remixes of something like YCHL would help boost the sales of those. Just an idea to consider.
a limited edition pink vinyl release would be well timed! I was proud to see the "first #1 album by a girl group"as the first thing in the promo video; that is one of the facts that I brought to the table..the other fact, which went unused, was that A Go Go was the first album to go to #1 on Billboard's mainstream 200 albums chart on the Motown label; the first Motown Corp. album to go to #1 on the mainstream chart was by Stevie Wonder on Tamla, "Fingertips" era, but Go Go was the first national pop #1 album on the Motown LABEL imprint...
O.k...o.k..i give in...ive had no choice but to give in to temptation and listen to the tracks posted on youtube as us folks here in the U.K have to wait a bit longer...O...M..G..where did those strings and everything else come from...this album was one of my least favourite by The Supremes but listening to the tracks posted im absolutely gobsmacked...its like im listening to a completely diff album...you guys Andy,George &Keith etc have certainly surpassed yourselves with this one ...if we never get another expanded edition in our lives we sure got the best from you guys..im just totally blown away.
"As we said in the liner notes, it's no secret that Florence missed recording sessions. We listed some of the tracks that are Mary and Marlene and it's obvious that "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" is Mary and Diana. Some are Mary and Marlene with additional Andantes added but Mary recorded all of the tracks on this set except the few that contain no back up vocals. The background vocals are a touchy subject and sometimes it's best to say less."
George, we all know that for all intents and purposes, Diana Ross was the act. We also all know that different backup singers were used throughout the Supremes years. Thus, it is NOT a big leap to document who sang backup on each of the songs. If a certain fan does not like the truth, and I cannot imagine why they wouldn't, at least the truth was historically documented.
I was hoping Diana or Berry would have done this in their autobiographies. They did not, and it is now the world needs historians to set the record straight.
I've been pretty disappointed with Amazon with this process so far. It has said preparing to ship for almost a week now. I broke down and just listened to a lot of the tracks on YouTube. Can't wait for Sing Hdh which I love and like even more than a go go. How about a fully unedited mix of You Keep Me Hanging including Flo's [[and Mary's) awesome backing vocals reinserted during the first verse?
Diana or Berry didn't have to clarify anything...The Supremes as an enity was DMF and Diana Ross & The Supremes was DMC..period! who was or wasn't on what record does not change who and what THE GROUP was at any given time.. "Michelle" and "Yesterday" was just Paul McCartney but the record went out as The Beatles..the top ten "Ballad Of john And Yoko" was just John and Paul in the studio but the record went out as The Beatles.. the hit B side "Old Brown Shoe" was just George Harrison but the record went out as The Beatles...the list goes on , and applies to other groups as well, but studio is studio and the existing group that actually performs for the public is just that; THE GROUP! everyone needs to get a grip on the realities of the music business, then, now and forever..
it always makes me laugh. I saw Fleetwood mac about 4 years ago and Christine mcvie did not do the tour ,for whatever reason. none said anything. no biggie.
but when it happens with the supremes ,it is headlines.
how many temptations has there been?
how many 4 seasons has franki valli sang with.
now I get it. I love the group myself but it is old news.
FYI. the supremes #1s is at #25 on ITunes while DR All The Great Hits drops to #173. NO A GO Go yet.darn
It makes me wonder why I should even bother sharing anything, at least Supremes-related. I know I shouldn't give in to such childishness, but I can't help feeling disheartened when I see things unnecessarily go down the plughole for no real reason at all.
My copy arrived today and no time was wasted! I played both discs in their full entirety and read both booklets and pored over all of the photos and detailed information as well! [[It would be silly not to immediately do so, considering how much we've complained about how long it was taking to come out!) It was worth the wait though, I'm so grateful it got to come out as a full tactile physical release on CD! And they didn't spare any expense in the packaging either, it matches the same quality as the previous deluxe expanded editions! I'm probably using too many "!'s" in this post--Haha!
There are so many fun alternate versions too. "Just A Little Misunderstanding" was the one Supremes song that I thought had the worst mastering previously [[the first released version from 25th Anniversary sounded like someone recorded it off of an old demagnatized Betamax video cassette!) I was waiting for a clearer version to come out, and now we finally have it--also with a fun cold ending [[those new extended/cold endings are always part of the fun of all of the Motown expanded editions!) And I also love the studio banter. It's always funny when a song goes on long and they're like "Okay, shouldn't this song be over by now?"--Haha!
Oh, yeah the only thing missing is an alternate "You Can't Hurry Love." Thanks George Solomon for mentioning the reason there wasn't one. That would've been cool having the unedited version in place of the edited version on the stereo album, but then you know people would complain it wasn't the original album configuration. I was imagining finally getting a new extended stereo version with the bass dropping out like it does in the beginning of the mono version--I'm sure you guys can find an excuse to include that on a future release... :)
Does anyone have any information about the digital booklet that comes with the digital version of this release? Does it have the reproduction of the tour program as well, or just the liner notes?
I can't get enough of this set. I first purchased A Go Go in 1993 and it was instantly one of my favorite Supremes' albums. As the years wore on and my Supremes/Motown album collection grew, A Go Go moved way down the ladder. I have found in recent years that I didn't appreciate the album the way I did when I first got it. The new release has rejuvenated my love for it. I'm not even about to begin to demand an HDH expanded so soon, but after listening to this it's going to be hard to keep my patience in check in the hopes that HDH comes sooner rather than later. A Go Go Expanded is the best overall original Supremes expanded edition in terms of what the producers were able to do with it. I can't imagine that Sing HDH Expanded won't be as good or better.
The Supremes Coke jingle "It's the Little Things" always sounded like it was recorded during the A Go Go timeline. Is that correct? And if so, I wonder why it wasn't included like the Coke jingles on More Hits.
I'm thinking it was more from the Reflections era. The one line "it's the little things that make difference" sounds pretty similar to the chorus of Reflections. But I really don't know.