And yet, in all these years, Universal has never gone back to remaster or remix the cd for better sound.
It is disappointing that they’ve never made this into a deluxe reissue to include the “Blue” LP.
It's shameful that this brilliant album has been relatively ignored. The fact that it was such a huge seller makes it all the more perplexing.
Maybe they're waiting for the big 5-0?
Universal hasn't seen an anniversary date they they haven't thrown out the window and ignored! They've missed every single one with regards to The Supremes & Diana Ross.
My memory is that there were many more consents required for this
But that being said, Universal hasn’t much interest anymore
If they had this would be a top of the list choice
Never cared for the soundtrack album. Too much movie dialogue. Such a waste of space. They should remove the dialogue, add the Blue tracks and call it LSTB deluxe, or LSTB the complete recordings. Not necessary, but they could also include a Blu-ray/DVD of Stolen Moments.
It's so true. They usually do this when they don't have enough musical material to fill up an album so they pad it with dialogue. Of course, when the "Lady" soundtrack came out it was a double LP so it certainly could have been a single LP without the dialogue. I find I rarely play such an album more than once or twice, unless I can skip all the dialogue portions easily.
They did the same with the second volumes of the soundtracks to "Titanic," "Gladiator," and I think "Braveheart." A cheesy marketing ploy, IMHO.
"Lady" could be restored with the musical score and songs on one CD, the original LP on a second CD, and "Blue" would be a great 3rd CD in what would be a magnificent set.
In the Netherlands, they released the soundtrack as single disc without the movie dialogue and called the album "Diana Ross sings the songs from Lady Sings the Blues."
Thanks for sharing Crazy He Calls Me. Surprised it didn't make Blue!!!!!!! I think there are a few more tracks left .
I didn't like the dialogue in the soundtrack but I was able to download some songs from iTunes without it
Was there any other out takes??
Just don't get Universal
I’ve never heard of this LP and would like to know more. Was the LP essentially the second disc of the American release? Were any of the edited songs released in full studio versions? As a child just discovering Diana Ross I liked the dialogue, but now I wish we had full uninterrupted versions of the songs on the first disc...
It was basically just the second disc of the US American release.
https://www.discogs.com/Diana-Ross-S...elease/7769849
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Come on universal ....release Crazy He Calls Me
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