SPEAKERS CORNER LP TEST PRESSING 650: The SUPREMES sing H-D-H, 2011 NEVER PLAYED
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Background -
- This is a Speakers Corner LP TEST PRESSING!
- It comes in a plain jacket with no artwork.
- It has NEVER BEEN PLAYED, in mint condition.
- Inside the jacket there is an insert with information about the LP.
- The record labels are WHITE with "ONLY FOR PROMOTION" written on them.
- The dead wax around the record labels has the correct stamper information for this issue.
- Please note that the picture we have included with this listing is of a generic white jacket test pressing title. The actual item for sale is in a BLACK jacket.
The Supremes were an American female singing group and the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and are, to date, America's most successful vocal group with 12 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Most of these hits were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland. At their peak in the mid-1960s, the Supremes rivaled the Beatles in worldwide popularity, and their success made it possible for future African American R&B and soul musicians to find mainstream success.
Founding members Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Betty McGlown, all from the Brewster-Douglass public housing project in Detroit, formed the Primettes as the sister act to the Primes (with Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks, who went on to form the Temptations). Barbara Martin replaced McGlown in 1960, and the group signed with Motown the following year as the Supremes. Martin left the act in early 1962, and Ross, Ballard, and Wilson carried on as a trio.
During the mid-1960s, the Supremes achieved mainstream success with Ross as lead singer. In 1967, Motown president Berry Gordy renamed the group Diana Ross & the Supremes, and replaced Ballard with Cindy Birdsong. Ross left to pursue a solo career in 1970 and was replaced by Jean Terrell, at which point the group's name reverted to the Supremes. After 1972, the lineup changed more frequently; Lynda Laurence, Scherrie Payne, and Susaye Greene all became members of the group during the mid-1970s. The Supremes disbanded in 1977 after 18 years.
The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland (issued in Europe as The Supremes Sing Motown) is the tenth studio album released by The Supremes for Motown in 1967. It includes the number-one hit singles "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone". As the title states: all songs on the album were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting team of Holland–Dozier–Holland. Most of the album was recorded during the spring and summer of 1966; however several songs date back to the summer of 1964. According to Motown data this LP sold over 1,525,000 copies in the USA alone.
Included alongside these songs are a handful of other originals, including "Remove This Doubt" and "You're Gone, But Always in My Heart", among others. Also present on the album are covers of H-D-H penned songs for Motown artists The Isley Brothers ("I Guess I'll Always Love You"), The Four Tops ("It's the Same Old Song", "I'll Turn to Stone"), and Martha and the Vandellas ("(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave”).
This was the group's final album fully overseen by the songwriting team of Holland–Dozier–Holland. Within months of this release, the trio would stage a work slowdown in protest to Motown CEO's Berry Gordy's business decisions. By the end of 1967, H-D-H had departed Motown, but not before producing four final Supremes singles ("The Happening", "Reflections", "In and Out of Love", and "Forever Came Today").
"You're Gone But Always In My Heart" had been the flip side of the Supremes' single "Come See About Me." It was scheduled for the album "More Hits By the Supremes" but removed and replaced by a remixed version of the single "Ask Any Girl" with thought of releasing it as a single again with the remix. The song title was changed because of royalty confusions with the standard "Always in My Heart." The versions of "Love Is In Our Hearts" are different on the monaural and stereo versions of the original LP. This is what the journalist Wayne Brasler (University of Chicago Lab Schools) was told by a Motown vice president. He also was told "Remove This Doubt" had been recorded around 1964.
The arrangements by the brothers Eddie and Brian Holland together with Lamont Dozier contributed enormously to the success of the Motown label. Eddie had worked together with Berry Gordy before the Detroit company was formed and reached the charts with Jamie in 1958. Shortly afterwards he retired from the stage and instead wrote lyrics and arranged songs for the company's singers and bands. Together with his partners who worked as composers and producers with great success in the background, he created the Motown Sound. During the years 1962-1967, no LP was released on the Motown label without the custody of the perfectionist trio.
This late and perhaps best album by the Supremes stands under the auspices of the songwriter whose music is brought to life with depth, groove and total commitment by the three female vocalists. Rhythmic impulsivity, lyrical singing and discrete melodies amalgamate to create an unmistakable sound and the unique character of this album. After this, the Supremes never produced anything with more soul.
Much of the “Motown Sound,” besides their crack Funk Brothers backing musicians, whose under-appreciated musicianship made the label’s singers’ music snap, crackle and pop, was the use of percussion instruments to bring the inner city and church onto the legendary Detroit hit machine.
Using tambourine, hand clapping, bells, and other inexpensive percussion backing, the vocals gave Motown their signature feel. I have heard numerous Supremes, Temptations, Four Tops, etc. albums, but seldom have I experienced the “in-studio” fidelity and intimate sparkle as I experienced when listening to the German audiophile label, Speakers Corner, re-pressing of The Supremes Sing Holland, Dozier, Holland. The brothers Holland and Lamont Dozier had their arrangements front and center on nearly all Motown issues between 1962-1967.
This 1967-issued LP was one of the last albums with the dream arranging team at the helm and later in mid-1967, Florence Ballard was replaced by Cindy Birdsong. In my opinion, a bit of the luster of the Supremes was lost with Ballard’s exit and the Holland-Dozier-Holland teams’ departure as the main composers and arrangers for the group.
This tribute to the architects of the Supreme’s success is first rate. It includes major best sellers like “You Keep Me Hanging On,” “Love is Like a Heat Wave,” “It’s the Same Old Song” and others, all made popular by label mates like The Four Tops and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. Diana Ross’ voice is at its sweetest and the sound stage is crystal clear with the percussion instruments bouncing around the listening room. Diana stops for short interludes talking the lyrics at various times before Mary and Florence and the instruments come back to the forefront.
You will never hear the Supremes sound any better than on audiophile vinyl singing HDH winning compositions. Search this one out...—Jeff Krow
This TEST PRESSING LP was made by SPEAKERS CORNER (Germany) // MOTOWN Records - this is a highly collectible title from their catalog, featuring -
The Supremes
LP title -
The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland
Performers on this title include -
- Diana Ross: lead vocals
Florence Ballard: background vocals
Mary Wilson: background vocals
The Andantes: background vocals
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier: producers
The Funk Brothers: instrumentation
Track Listing -
1. We're Off To See The Wizard 2. Over the Rainbow 3. The Jitterbug 4. The Merry Old Land of Oz 5. If I Only Had a Brain 6. Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead 7. My Shining Hour 8. Get Happy 9. Blues In The Night 10. Let's Fall In Love 11. That Old Black Magic - See more at: http://www.soundstagedirect.com/shorty-rogers-the-wizard-of-oz-180-gram-vinyl-records.shtml#sthash.H2xLwsgw.dpuf All songs written by Holland–Dozier–Holland and produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. "Mother You, Smother You" and "I'll Turn to Stone" were co-written by R. Dean Taylor.Side one
1. "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
2. "You're Gone, But Always in My Heart"
3. "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"
4. "Mother You, Smother You"
5. "I Guess I'll Always Love You"
6. "I'll Turn to Stone"
Side two
7. "It's the Same Old Song"
8. "Going Down for the Third Time"
9. "Love is in Our Hearts"
10. "Remove This Doubt"
11. "There's No Stopping Us Now"
12. "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave"
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The LP is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).
Don't let this rarity slip by!!!
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