Quote Originally Posted by RanRan79 View Post
I don't think it was a mistake, but it is interesting to ponder what releasing Mountain first would have done for the momentum of her solo career. My final thought might be that it wouldn't have changed things much if the follow up singles were still the same.
Motown made a lot of mistakes with Diana, I feel. They wanted her to go full pop, she wanted to go full soul... shoot, when you get the deluxe edition of the album, you see where her thought process was at the time between 1969-72.

But yeah you're right, it probably wouldn't have changed much.