First heard this on a Shangri-Las CD and it kinda freaked me out because it sounded so much like it had been recorded, if not at Hitsville in Detroit, at least another Detroit studio. Then I learned Robert Bateman had done this and I figured he must have indeed recorded the music in Detroit. Those drums, especially the booming sound of the bass drum sounds way too much like the Motown drums to have been recorded elsewhere. If this was done in New York, then this is one heck of magic trick to get that Detroit / Motown sound. At any rate, I really like the Shangri-Las on this.

It's funny, because in an old magazine interview, Mary Weiss had remarked about the differences in the Supremes' sound and the Shangri-Las and how each had their own distinct identity. She commented on how the Supremes wouldn't have been able to get away with "Leader Of The Pack" while the Shangri-Las wouldn't have been able to get away with trying to do their songs. If anything, I think the Shangri-Las would have brought something very unique to some of the Motown songs. From what I've read, they really got emotionally involved in some of those more dramatic tunes they recorded. This is a very good indication of how they'd sound at Motown.

https://youtu.be/fltVcMfeQLo

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