Originally Posted by
thisoldheart
i just received the nicely packaged "50th anniversary singles collection. here is my question to you wonderful motown experts [[i am sadly a life long motown fanatic, but no expert!):
the written entry for the single "stop! i the name of love" says this: "diana, mary, and florence recorded the song but four days later the tune was recut with the andantes. this became the released version that received a grammy nomination for best contemporary rock & roll performance by a group. it lost to "flowers on the wall" by the statler brothers."
does this mean the 45 i bought in 6th grade has only ross and the andantes, ross with mary and flo augmented by the andantes, or did the grammy nominated version come from the version on either the mono or stereo version on "more hits by the supremes"???
so, my questions in a nutshell experts: who is singing on the 45, and if different than the mono or stereo l.p. version of "more hits" who sings on the album mono and/or stereo versions, if different???
... and a related question not specific to my "stop! in the name if love" question. why so damn many versions?! until i started reading the more carefully annotated notes on latter anthology releases, i never noticed that i was often listening to two different versions. i had most all motown singles and some albums in my grade school and high school buying days and listened to both the single and mono album versions until i had to buy another copy because i had wore a groove so deep the disc was unlististenable.
hope you all note i have tried to be as clear as i can in my questions because i felt the notes for the single i am asking about was ambiguous. if i not being clear enough, ask me what you need to know to clearly answer my question. god is in the details!
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