Originally Posted by
jobucats
First of all, I do love both versions of "Funny Girl" with just the three ladies, and with the additional background vocals. Revisiting the expanded version and the booklet has angered me; yet has made me see the reason there are those folk with animosity toward Berry Gordy's obsession with Diana and her willingly going along with his antics.
Even Jule Styne, who wrote the music, worked in studio with the ladies, and wrote the liner notes was bothered that additional background vocals were added to the production before it's release. Seriously, this was a slap in Mary and Cindy's face. I wonder if they were given a copy of the tape with just their contribution? What it must have felt like to listen to it the first time to discover your vocals have been either deleted or cushioned with other background voices? Was the production any better with those additional background voices? Not to my ears.
This was way too obvious that this was a Diana Ross project and was released way too soon before her eventual exit.
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