Originally Posted by
johnjeb
I've always liked "Standing At The Crossroads Of Love". I don't think it would have been a hit single but it's certainly an enjoyable song. I love the background vocals very much. Diana's lead is a bit shrill in parts but almost adds to the mood of the song. [[Ironically, the only song on WDOLG that I never liked is "Ask Any Girl"!)
I had the mono album - actually all my Supremes albums were mono up through Sing HDH. When Greatest Hits was released in 1967 I heard the stereo versions on all the songs for the first time and noticed the differences right away. At first I thought it was just stereo separation then I noticed a couple were alternate vocals. On the stereo version of "Standing" Diana misses some lyrics at 2:03-2:06 approximately.
I always wondered why some songs were included on GH, such as B-Side "Standing", and some missing, such as A-Side "Breathtaking Guy" which was a Smokey Robinson written and produced single. I always thought it should have been included, especially since it was on the WDOLG album and a great song.
GH and Sing HDH were released when Motown and HDH were having their differences. We have since learned that these albums were possibly compiled with all HDH songs to soothe ruffled feathers, more or less. All the songs on GH were on singles, either A-sides or B-sides - a couple played on radio in regular rotation when released. All the songs on both albums are HDH, except "Mother You" on HDH is HDH & R Dean Taylor, "The Happening" on GH is HDH & DeVol, and "Everything Is Good About You" on GH is Eddie Holland & James Dean.
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