Quote Originally Posted by sup_fan View Post
as for the discussion about "were the 70s sups getting the promotion they deserve" it might be less a discussion of motown abandoning the 70s sups and the fact that the brand of THE SUPREMES was frankly on a long, slow die.

yes, DRATS had some incredible successes. but there's clearly a significant and massive drop in the chart successes of DMF vs DMC. although motown was pushing DRATS everywhere, people are just not buying their records as much. this trend really didn't change in the 70s. yes for a year or two, the singles had more chart consistency. But the lps weren't doing much

it'll be interesting to see how the DR solo material compares. frankly i predict it'll reflect the DRATS era with some amazing peaks and then tons of nondescript chart activity.
Yes. I agree and have noted before the 'brand' was simply exhausted.