Floy joy - lp

[jim aka jtigre99]

Well, the Supremes were not on television as much as they were when they had the first 2 albums and singles-they were on a number of shows singing Up The Ladder, Everybody's Got The Right and Stoned Love. By the time of the Touch LP and Nathan Jones and Touch, they were far more scarce and did not sing them on television. When Floy Joy was released they were not on television promoting the first 2 singles , although this is when Cindy was leaving and Lynda was coming on board. By the time they were on shows promoting Your Wonderful Sweet, Sweet Love it was the third single and interest was going as they had been less in the spotlight on tv as they had initially. I am not sure if the Smokey connection in the title would have helped. The previous LP Touch did not fare as well on the charts although both initial singles-Nathan Jones and Floy Joy hit the same number on the charts-16. I also think that when Lynda joined, it started the general public to become unfamiliar with who was in the group. People knew Mary had been there as an original member and knew Cindy Birdsong as she had been there since 1967. They were starting to become familiar with the new lead singer Jean Terrell even if she did not have the impact of Diana Ross. But, when Lynda joined the dynamic was original Supreme Mary with a lead singer people were still becoming familiar with and another new girl. I think this grouping, even though they were on television and quite talented, made people look and feel unfamiliar with the group. In Mary's book she said they were grand marshalls at a Holiday parade and she heard a DJ say where have they been and who is in the group,they all seemed to be new faces. Mary called and said she was still in the group and asked them to play Jimmy Webb, which they said they either weren't sent it or couldn't find it. That was more of the mindset of the general public by this time-Diana Ross was becoming an Oscar nominated film star, with a television special of her own in 1971 while the Supremes were not on television like in the past promoting Nathan Jones, Touch, Floy Joy and Automatically Sunshine and by the time they were back on they were now with a brand new unknown group member, a newer lead singer who was still catching on and Mary Wilson, the original member. Smokey's name on the album would not have been that much of a difference.

[sup_fan]

for some reason it seems that Summer of 71 is when the girls ran into headwinds. there was a lack of tv appearances, the Touch album and single bombed. Return of Mag 7 bombed.

And some irony there since they did that wonderful Central Park show in summer 71

As i've said a zillion times, the duets hampered them to some degree. But clearly something else was happening. it had been a year and a half since the lineup change. their new image at first of being these beautiful girls singing about peace and love had maybe run it's course. the public was ready for something new perhaps.

[franjoy56]

This is very true. The non promos of the singles nathan Jones floy joy which both should have charted higher in t states as they had in England, the chart failures and non promoti g of the album touch floy joy and t pictureless photo of t group on t Jimmy webb album and t failure of a sparkling lsst single bad weather put t nail in t coffin of t Jean Terrell led supremes