RARE SUPREMES "FUNNY GIRL" VINYL LP - SIGNED BY DIANA, MARY & CINDY
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Dina Ross & The Supremes Sing & Perform “Funny Girl” (1968) - (Motown-MS672)
ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHS OF DIANA ROSS (full name), CINDY BIRDSONG (first name only) & MARY WILSON (first name only) where secured while I was in their presence.
CONDITION: Vinyl= Excellent, Cover=VG. , shows some wear and cracking of first cover flap.
Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl" is the thirteenth studio album released by Diana Ross & the Supremes on the Motown label, released in 1968. It is a cover album of songs from the Broadway musical Funny Girl. Motown had Ross and the Supremes cover the Funny Girl songs (several of which were to appear on their shelved 1965 album There's a Place for Us) to tie-in with the September release of the feature-film version of the musical. The LP was not a success, and, with a Billboard 200 peak of 150, ranks as the lowest-charting of the Diana Ross-led Supremes albums.
It was, however, praised by the composer, Jules Styne as one of the finest renditions of his score after the Broadway cast and movie soundtrack albums. Despite the commercial failure, fans celebrated the release, and the group performed a medley on the Ed Sullivan Show .
Diana continued to perform "Don't Rain on My Parade" and "My Man" (equally associated with Lady Day), at her solo concerts throughout the 70s
As this release is one of the only albums in the Supremes catalog never to be issued on compact disc, it remains one of the most in demand, often illegally duplicated.
