Mary Wilson at the Lonodn Palladium 1978

[tamlaUK]

Does anyone have info regarding Mary's solo engagement at the London Palladium from 1978? What was her set list? Who was her backing vocalists? What did she wear?

Does anyone have an audio copy of this show? Or of Mary's US debut from 1979?

Cheers

[marv2]

Does anyone have info regarding Mary's solo engagement at the London Palladium from 1978? What was her set list? Who was her backing vocalists? What did she wear?

Does anyone have an audio copy of this show? Or of Mary's US debut from 1979?

Cheers

Tamla, I've heard the audio of the Palladium show and seen video of her entire concert debut in 1979 at "New York, New York".

It's been a while but for the London show I remember Mary singing "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" and "The Happening" backed by Karen Jackson and Kaaren Ragland. They sounded VERY good!

[rod_rick]

Does anyone have info regarding Mary's solo engagement at the London Palladium from 1978? What was her set list? Who was her backing vocalists? What did she wear?

Does anyone have an audio copy of this show? Or of Mary's US debut from 1979?

Cheers

Mary's solo show at the London Palladium was very good I have it on tape. She sang the songs Marv mention along with Stoned Love, Best Thing That Ever Happend to Me, Driving Wheel, Let Yourself Go, You're What's Missing In My Life, Don't Let My Tear Drops Bother You, and other's. Supremes song was 80% of her set list, and she did a good job on each number. As for her debut show I have that on cd as well and because I am a Mary Wilson fan, I will not pass that along to anyone, because imo it wasn't very good, but the Palladium was excellent imo

[ivyfield]

Bone of contention here. The show was billed as The Supremes [[or Mary Wilson & The Supremes) when she had clearly left the group just the year before with a show at a bigger theatre just down the road! The billing was what put idea's into the deluded Ragland's head. She shows agents the publicity photo when exclaiming 'I AM a Supreme'! as well as a lot of other stuff.

[tamlaUK]

[QUOTE=rod_rick;138010]Mary's solo show at the London Palladium was very good I have it on tape. She sang the songs Marv mention along with Stoned Love, Best Thing That Ever Happend to Me, Driving Wheel, Let Yourself Go, You're What's Missing In My Life, Don't Let My Tear Drops Bother You, and other's. Supremes song was 80% of her set list, and she did a good job on each number.

Any chance of being able to upload any clips?

[luke]

rod--was Diana on that tape,singing with Mary? Ivw always wondered how shed sound singing some of Gladys' stuff!

[marv2]

rod--was Diana on that tape,singing with Mary? Ivw always wondered how shed sound singing some of Gladys' stuff!

Luke, here's a small example of Mary singing Glady's stuff:

[rod_rick]

[QUOTE=tamlaUK;138058]

Mary's solo show at the London Palladium was very good I have it on tape. She sang the songs Marv mention along with Stoned Love, Best Thing That Ever Happend to Me, Driving Wheel, Let Yourself Go, You're What's Missing In My Life, Don't Let My Tear Drops Bother You, and other's. Supremes song was 80% of her set list, and she did a good job on each number.

Any chance of being able to upload any clips?

I'll see what I can do. It's an audio only.

[rod_rick]

Bone of contention here. The show was billed as The Supremes [[or Mary Wilson & The Supremes) when she had clearly left the group just the year before with a show at a bigger theatre just down the road! The billing was what put idea's into the deluded Ragland's head. She shows agents the publicity photo when exclaiming 'I AM a Supreme'! as well as a lot of other stuff.

On the tape I have they are anounced as The Supreme, Mary Wilson with Karen Jackson and Karen Ragland. Don't know what the promo stuff or marquee said. I thought that billing was okay.

[luke]

Thanks Marv.

[supremester]

This is my second fave Gladys cut ever and I hated Jean on it, but..........Yikes! She sounds great on it and looks great. [[Please don't tell anyone I said that.)

Luke, here's a small example of Mary singing Glady's stuff:

[marybrewster]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Supremes...item35c313291b

This may be of interest to you, tamlaUK.

ivyfield; it looks as though Mary was billed as "The Supremes' Mary Wilson with Karen and Kaaren", not as "The Supremes" or "Mary Wilson and the Supremes".

[stopinthenameoflove]

Well spotted marybrewster! I think that billing is worth keeping in mind in future discussions!

[stephanie]

I have seen this clip before and I didnt think that anyone could sing this as well as Ms Knight!
Mary Wilson is stellar here and I think she should do more Gladys material. I dont want Supremester to have a cow though.....LOL ! He may start to like Mary! I wont tell anyone [[shhhh).

[markdtiller]

I have two different audio recordings on CD of Mary's debut show [[one with better sound that has Diana in audience who sings briefly). Gloria Scott and Karen Jackson are the backing vocalists. Comes with original Eula poster artwork. I can swop for a copy of Mary's 78 London Palladium concert, which I don't have.

[smark21]

I thought the Mary solo show Diana attended was the 1979 show at club New York New York in NYC?

[markdtiller]

Yes that's what I'm saying.

[skooldem1]

Part of, if not all of Mary's show in NYC was on youtube a few years back. I tried searching for it and it is no longer there.

[tamlaUK]

[QUOTE=rod_rick;138115]

I'll see what I can do. It's an audio only.

Thanks, it will be appreciated

[marybrewster]

Well spotted marybrewster! I think that billing is worth keeping in mind in future discussions!

Thank you.

You can't change history when the proof is in black and white.

[marybrewster]

Here is another advert from Mary Wilson in the UK in 1978; this time at the New Roxy Theatre [[I apologize, I don't know how to post a pic, but here is the link

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mary-Wilson-...item51a24d8288

Here she is billed as "The Supremes' Mary Wilson with Karen Jackson also Kaaren Ragland".

Still haven't seen anything billed as "The Supremes" or "Mary Wilson and the Supremes".

[theboyfromxtown]

I attended that show in Harlesden and bought a [[rather tacky looking) concert programme. Correct me if I'm wrong but all major UK fans were there as this was Mary's first visit to the UK after the finale at the Drury Lane theatre.

[johnny_raven]

The first time I saw Mary was at The Sands Casino in Atlantic City on Oct. 1, 1983. The ad in the newspaper had her billed as "Mary Wilson & The Supremes" [[The "Supremes" being Karen Jackson & Robin Alexander)