Tribute to the Girls would have been the perfect concept album for 1965. Girl Groups were on the way out with the
obvious exception of the Supremes [[and to a much lesser extent, Martha & the Vandellas and the Marvelettes). With the onslaught of the British Invasion and the rise of Bob Dylan and electric folk/rock, The Supremes were the standard bearers for the genre. A Tribute to the Girls would have made a statement.
Disney Classics would have worked very well in late 1967 as the group was riding the tremendous wave of the double-album Greatest Hits.
By 1968, after the departure of HDH, the group was more and more a showcase for Diana Ross, Funny Girl being an [[excellent) example. The group's studio albums and singles [[with the exception of Love Child) seemed to become second-priority. With Diana's expected departure, I don't think Motown would have seriously planned another show album.
I've said in another thread that the Touch album [[imo) was a departure for JMC. Time and Love by Laura Nyro fit well with songs like This Is The Story, Love It Came to Me This Time, Here Comes the Sunrise, Johnny Raven and Nathan Jones. 1971 was the year of Carole King's Tapestry and Joni Mitchell's Blue. JMC exploring the catalogs of the female [[and male) singer/songwriters would have been interesting. The Jimmy Webb album
could have been a perfect step in that direction.
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