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    I appreciate your point of view, and for those who claim they won't buy the 70's Supremes final sessions because there are no hits boo hoo for them they are not real supremes fans anyhow, because haven't they heard: 'I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING" was a hit #40 pop #25 r&b and #3 disco. i love all of the supremes singing and different lineups and the best are

    DIANA, MARY FLO
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    MARY, SHCERRIE, CINDY. "HE'S MY MAN" #1 DISCO SINGLE.

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    As far as I recall, "Somethings You Never Get Used To" was never performed on
    TV, neither was "The Composer",which was the lead off single from "Let The
    Sunshine In" album; that was a bad move:
    I agree - for a group that thrived on TV it's very odd that no broadcast performances of either of these underappreciated songs seem to exist...

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    I think the reason why there are no TV performances of those songs has to do with the songs themselves. I always loved "Some Things You Never Get Used To," but it never had smash hit written all over it like "Reflections" and "Love Child." Maybe Motown was waiting to see how well the song did on climbing the charts before scheduling a TV performance to push the sales higher. When the song stalled at #30 maybe they didn't see much hope to push it further. As for "The Composer," it was a song not worthy of being an A-side single. I think it's one of the worst Supremes singles ever and I don't think a TV performance would have helped the song. Motown certainly could have done better with releasing "I'll Set You Free," "You Gave Me Love," or "He's My Sunny Boy" in its place.

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    For the Supremes, Motown would generally schedule a tv appearance the DAY BEFORE a single's release, so that the hard core fans would give it a strong first week in sales[[There was no internet back then to alert the world to a new release); waiting till a record is in the Top Thirty and THEN scheduling a tv spot? I don't think so..

    and if they didn't think they were hits,they wouldn't release them in the first place, especially not while Ross was 'still in the group'.
    these 'flops'were both embarrassing stains on the legacy of a group that was competing with The Beatles for chart position through the 1960's...
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    Red face My World Is Empty live is fab

    This live performance coupled with the Ed Sullivan show on 2/19/66 are two of the best performance the supremes graced on the song "My world is emepty without you" flo is coming thru loud and clear. Also on this show the Supremes swaped songs with the Andrew Sisters and Flo is in the middle and leading the songs still sounding great in feb of 1966.




    Quote Originally Posted by luke View Post
    I do believe Mary and Andy S have been very clear Flo is on Reflections--I have never been able to hear her on Where did our love go but shes there too!! Ive never heard the above story either. I find it hard to believe Motown would bring back Flo so soon after all that happened. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDNmm6kpscIn You can sure hear Flo here--I guess thats why our Miss Ross stood right in front of her;--and cant hear Mary!

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    Quote Originally Posted by franjoy56 View Post
    This live performance coupled with the Ed Sullivan show on 2/19/66 are two of the best performance the supremes graced on the song "My world is emepty without you" flo is coming thru loud and clear. Also on this show the Supremes swaped songs with the Andrew Sisters and Flo is in the middle and leading the songs still sounding great in feb of 1966.
    Flo is on Where Did Our Love Go. This one of the times where they had Flo standing several feet from the microphone and Mary is up close. Flo might be a mere echo in the background, but she's there

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    Quote Originally Posted by franjoy56 View Post
    This live performance coupled with the Ed Sullivan show on 2/19/66 are two of the best performance the supremes graced on the song "My world is emepty without you" flo is coming thru loud and clear. Also on this show the Supremes swaped songs with the Andrew Sisters and Flo is in the middle and leading the songs still sounding great in feb of 1966.
    I'll have to disagree. Flo's mic is set very high and as a result it ruins the blend and makes for an awful sounding harmony as she sounds loud and gravelly. Harmony vocals should blend and background vocals should complement and enhance the song, not overwhelm it. So some fault goes to the sound tech for botching the mic check and some fault to Flo for not trying harder to blend her voice with Mary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bradsupremes View Post
    . Motown certainly could have done better with releasing "I'll Set You Free," "You Gave Me Love," or "He's My Sunny Boy" in its place.
    I agree with wholeheartedly about "I'll Set You Free" - a really great song that, if I remember correctly, was strongly considered as a single [[didn't Berry mix it himself several times or something?). As for "The Composer", I've always thought they might have been hoping the Smokey Robinson connection would help override the loss of HDH. I also think the title is not so good and "You Put A Song in My Heart" would have worked better [[and been a nice callback to "I Hear A Symphony" to boot). Regardless, I think the song has its charms but fully recognize that it's pretty slight when stacked up against other Supremes singles. As far as other songs to pull off the LET THE SUNSHINE IN LP as singles instead, I think "Hey Western Union Man" could have worked and I even have a soft spot for their cover of "Everyday People" and think Diana's vocal phrasing is especially strong there.

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    There's NO Harmony on My World Is Empty. But you are right about the tech person the backing mic should have been closer to Mary. If Fo could hear Mary she may not have felt she was blending with Mary.

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    i have every supremes hits cd. has anyone bought this? what did u think? sound? booklet? thanks david

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    Amazon's got it for $49.05. Can anyone beat that???

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    As I had a few extra bucks to spend, I sprang for the set and I'm glad I did. It is nice to have the singles in 1 collection. And a bonus to see a few new photos and several picture sleeves.
    However I do have a question for Andy Skurow or George Solomon.
    As you were revisting the essays from TCMS, I noticed that you correctly removed Dennis' name from the 'For Better Or Worse' paragraph.
    However, you did not correct the write-up for "A Place In The Sun'. It still lists Dennis, but I'm hearing Paul. Or, are my ears really that bad?!
    And once again, there is nothing written about 'I'm Glad I Got Somebody [[Like You Around)'.
    And which of the 6 takes of the Supremes Interview will we be hearing on "More Hits? The essay rules out takes 1 & 2.
    All in all, a great job in spite of a few glitches.
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    there is also nothing written about "I Guess I'll Always Love You" as the flip of "In And Out Of Love"..
    and as I pointed out here a while back, reference is made to no tv appearances in support of "Somethings You Never Get Used To" and "The Composer"...
    what sums it all up is in the notes for "Someday We'll Be Together"..."Berger told Gordy"it will be a Supremes record if we tell them it's a Supremes record"....
    'them' obviously being us!!!...lol
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    Originally each song annotation had to fit on one page of the booklet. It was often difficult to fit all the information because obviously some songs would have a more interesting story than others and would require more space. There were a few cases when the B-side info ended up being edited to simply…’this song was included on “More Hits By The Supremes”. Also, there were edits made that were out of our hands. Sometimes things were cut randomly just for spacing.
    I totally blew it with “A Place In The Sun” and honestly didn’t even notice it until it was mentioned here! Andy and I always laugh about these things [[Thank goodness we can laugh) because we try and try to make each one more perfect than the last and then there’s always something… We’ll keep trying!
    We used one of the last takes of the Supremes interview for “More Hits”. Either take 5 or 6. It’s really fun and much more animated than the released interview.
    Thanks for all the nice comments and the constructive ones as well!

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    thank YOU,George...for being FABULOUS!!

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    George, this collection is awesome and the packaging is beautifully done. My copy sits proudly on my coffee table for guests to see. Thank you for your work!

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    I'm listening to my copy now [[it arrived this morning) - just finished DISC ONE and am loving it! Beautiful packaging, great notes and incredible sound -kudos to all involved! I do have one question - did "Moonlight & Kisses" and/or "Thank You Darling" chart as hits overseas?

    Just wanted to add that "You Bring Back Memories" is really a great song - one of Diana's best and most assured early vocal performances in my book. I've always thought it was a hidden gem and hearing it again on this set only made me think it again...

    One more thing - is there anything to say about the 2 versions of "No Matter What Sign You Are"? We got some nice backstory about the 2 versions of "Love Child" and "I'm Livin' In Shame" in the notes but not NMWSYA so I'm just curious...
    Last edited by ejluther; 10-29-2011 at 06:47 PM. Reason: added comment about YBBM & NMWSYA

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    I received my copy of this great release several days ago [[ordered thru Amazon.com). I've pretty much read through the entire booklet. It's very well done and I'm glad I purchased it.

    Although, one thing that I noticed is that it is shown on Hip-o Select to be a Limited Edition of 7,000 copies. I couldn't find that my copy indicated it was a Limited Edition item. Was this an oversight? Everything I've ordered in the past stated that it was limited. Just wondering here.

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    Is there a good reason to buy it if we have the box set,anthology, etc etc? New pics? outstanding booklet?new info?

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    "No Matter What Sign You Are" was just one of the many singles that received several single mixes. It's just one of the few that actually had two different versions released, either commercially or as a promo. On THE COMPLETE MOTOWN SINGLES series some of the other promos were included but they sound so similar we didn't repeat them here as we didn't have the space. Disc three had a little more room and we thought "Livin' In Shame" and "NMWSYA" sounded significantly different enough to include. And of course the alternate "Love Child" has a completely different vocal.
    I wish it were a little more interesting but that pretty much sums it up!

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    Thanks for the info and all the great work, George!

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