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Wow. I did not realize that on this date [[January 14th) last year it was the 50th Anniversary that Diana performed for the last time with the Supremes. I don't recall a big thing being made of this day last year, not even here. Did we?
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i'm guessing we had a post going about it. usually do. this date and then the june 12 farewell with Mary
I wonder how much interaction Jean and Diana had prior to this? M and C had been recording with her for several sessions, so they certainly knew each other by that point. But Jean and Diana?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/this-day-in-history-jan-14
Headline, with picture, yesterday
Nice. They made it the most important thing that happened on that day :DQuote:
Originally Posted by jobeterob
I have a question. I just listened to Love Child from this recording and I could swear that isn't Mary and Cindy on the backing vocals. Am I imagining this Did Motown doctor these tracks?
Check the 4827 threads on SDF about that, lol.
supposedly Diana was helping jean to learn the complex and effervescent style of the supremes lolQuote:
Originally Posted by marybrewster
at least according to the press release
Thanks! I'll check it out
not sure what you're hearing but it sounds like them to me. Although i do get it that throughout the Farewell album, the sound varies on tracks. sometimes M and C are much more present in the mix. My guess is that the pieces were recorded over multiple shows and nights and then pieced together.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobbyC
the other explanation [[and totally speculating here) is that either they didn't do LC at these shows, they only did once or twice and the recording sucked or some reason they reached back to a prior live show and used that recording.
also according to Deke, Mary was VERY... playful, shall we say? lol He said she was in rare form that final night. I'm guessing she was ad libbing like crazy, making some tongue-in-cheek snide comments, etc. You can hear a little of that but i'm pretty sure they snipped nearly all of this out.
I couldn't find the archived thread. Sup--I could be way off on this. I can usually pick out Mary's voice. I just listened to Impossible Dream from this album, and I can clearly hear Mary.
yeah there are times on Farewell where Cindy is very audible too. Like i said, could be from a different Farewell show or maybe another show altogether. but it's clearly a live stage performance [[as opposed to tv performance) and so M and C have to be there
I guess what I was asking was maybe Motown added voices later. Stranger things have happened
Wasn't this album recorded over a ten day span at the frontier hotel
I believe the engagement was 10 days but the album was recorded over three nights.Quote:
Originally Posted by daviddh
Sounds like this calls for an expanded edition! I’ve always meant to get this album out and play it again. I think it had a very limited CD release at one time, may be a Japanese issue? I was never real fond of the album. The one side that was devoted to the “hair“ medley to me was too long and I generally skipped that side. But I might come to appreciate it more hearing it again.
It’d be nice to get the original album remastered as well as perhaps the full final show without the edits and backing vocal enhancements that were added to it if any.
Uh, huh. And did Diana call on Flo for some added Supreme advice too?:pQuote:
Originally Posted by sup_fan
Yeah, two voices behind Diana and they both belong to Mary and Cindy. Also proof- as far as I'm concerned- that going with the Andantes on "Love Child" was probably the better move, unless it was going to be Mary and Cindy with the Andantes for some added effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by sup_fan
I'm guessing any plans for a future EE is further down the list, but agree this would make an excellent one because surely there's more to include from the final shows, assuming that there were any additional numbers not included in the original release.Quote:
Originally Posted by kenneth
It did have a US release. It was re-titled Captured Live on Stage! It was a 2 CD release.Quote:
Originally Posted by kenneth
Also, the exclamation point was in the title of the CD, I wasn’t yelling. Lol
Ha! I suppose they were exchanging makeup tips too.Quote:
Originally Posted by sup_fan
I also imagine a lot of Dom was flowing backstage before the show. Liquid courage?Quote:
Originally Posted by sup_fan
No I think it was Tony Tina Turner and Delcina Wilson. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by RanRan79
it would great to hear the unedited final night! mary's ad libs and commentsQuote:
Originally Posted by kenneth
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Originally Posted by milven
I really wish a DVD of this show could get released.
going off of what we've heard, yes. Mary talks about drinking champagne with Cindy in the dressing room. Randy and some of the other authors also state this.Quote:
Originally Posted by marybrewster
Deke was very diplomatic with his discussion of the gig. lol Trying to remember specifically but he did acknowledge that there was considerable stress and pressure on EVERYONE. tension was high. again, he kept it very politically correct but stated that Mary was doing a LOT of goofing off on stage and comments and digs. The impression was that there might have been some particular digs - nothing too blatant that the audience or media would gasp. but she was definitely not just being the "sexy one" in the background. Deke made no mention of what specifically was said or anything. just that it made a HUGE challenge as he was trying to piece things together
Delcina Wilson: "Cindy!! Consider your waistline!!!" LOL
It would have been very easy for Mary and Cindy to think the end of the career was close. And then surprisingly, many thanks to Jean, they did pretty well for a couple years
Deke wrote the following a while back, and Blackguy reposted it a subsequent thread about FAREWELL.
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Diana Ross & The Supremes - Farewell:
I actually recorded the last 3 days, which was 5 or 6 shows. Putting that together was just short of a nightmare. I'd have one night when the girls did a great version of one of the songs, but then Mary would come off with a little 'sharply edged' quip or 2, and I'd have to get it out and then there would be a hole. So I would have to take bits and pieces from another take. If that wasn't bad enough, the audience was different and the applause was different, so I would have to go back to the first take and take the applause from a different part of the show that matched. It was crazy.
Then there was the night I had to run from the back of the room through the patrons to get backstage to stop Diana. I had just found out the announcer was late and Shelly Berger was on his way to the Casino. So, Bless her heart, Diana had decided it would be a good idea if she introduced herself. WHAT!!! I almost had a heart attack I got backstage just as Diana came out of her dressing room and a stage hand was handing her the microphone. I quickly intercepted the pass. Diana innocently thought it would be 'cool'. I just wasn't going to let her do that. Superstars DON'T introduce themselves. Sorry Di, but it would NOT have been 'cool'. Now, that was a close call.
I came so close to taking "Age Of Aquarius" out of the LP all together. If there weren't so many stars who decided to sing with Diana, I would have. However, I had to personally go to each one who got up and sang and get their permission to use their sequence on the LP. So I had to make separate tapes of each one's sequence, and get them to sign a waiver. There were more stars that performed with Diana, than you hear on the LP. Unfortunately, they didn't like the way they sounded, so they opted out, some even changed their mind at the last minute. That made putting together a final version of 'Aquarius', a serious challenge.
Then, there was the real finale: The Last Night. Mary was feeling no pain, and was in rare form as she offered up a nice collection of one liners in response to Diana's on stage dialog. Cindy, occasionally offered giggles of support whenever Mary came off with a real 'zinger'. Most of Mary's 'one liners', were little sharply barbed jabs at Diana. I soon realized I was in 'their' [[the girls) world now. It was not my place to say anything. They were going to say whatever they wanted to say, however they wanted to say it. I was just along for the ride. I'm just glad I decided to record those extra shows.
Nevertheless, for me, It was a labor of love. It was a night for the history books. It was a great time to be alive; a great time for all those people who were lucky enough to be at the Frontier in Las Vegas on January 14, 1970, when Diana Ross And The Supremes performed together for the very last time.
**Things that were said that night reflect 2 things, in my mind at least; 1) In some ways, I wouldn't doubt the girls felt Diana was about to become a Diva, and leave her "roots" behind, and 2) I'm sure there were years and years of things that were never said. So, after a little of the ol' bubbly, they just popped out.
**I have to agree with you about "Aquarius". I wish I left it off myself. It worked visually, but is tough to listen to. I know it seems to go on forever. I opened a can of worms with that one.
**As far as the Video, I don't recall coordinating anything with DCP. If Dick Clark DID shoot any footage, it was arranged independently. This is one CD, I definitely would NOT like to see an EXPANDED version get released. [[smile)
**[Celebs who didn’t give their permission to be included] Gawd, the only one I can recall right this minute is Hugh O'Brian. There were 6 or 7 altogether. Well, I don't blame them. A few couldn't carry a tune and one didn't even know the song, and a couple were a little 'toasted'. Afterall, the drinks and Champagne was flowing freely that night.
Wow-great info. Mary was being a bad, bad girl! "Forget the F'ing routine!!!"
Thanks for reposting that.
I agree that Aquarius is painful and I too do not want an Extended CD of this performance.
the Aquarius segment hasn't ever really bothered me. of course i rarely listen to it so there's that. lol and god - i certainly wouldn't just play it in the background of a dinner party or with random friends lol.
i think Aquarius on Farewell works better than the skit segments do on GIT.
Wilson unprofessional, likkered up, snarky and jealous of Diana? I'm shocked.
Checking to see if Mary ever had a DUI...Quote:
Originally Posted by PeaceNHarmony
Please calm down, everybody. I am sloppy drunk right now, so I can't point the finger
LOL. Too funny!Quote:
Originally Posted by BobbyC
You are probably in a better place than the rest of us Bobby!Quote:
Originally Posted by BobbyC
4 Supremes on one stage,,,,it would be a long time before that would happen again.
A truly iconic moment for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by captainjames
YES, I think the next time was when Flo joined the Supremes and then maybe Barbara joined the in Detroit. At least those are the only 3 times I remember.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebrock