Diana Ross & The Supremes - 'The Number 1’s'

 

Image from the 'Davey and Goliath Meet The Supremes' TV special.

The Supremes, the most commercially successful girl group in Pop Music history, were one of the jewels in Motown Records' artist stable.  Given wonderful material by the amazing songwriting and production team consisting of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland, aka 'Holland–Dozier–Holland', the group scored numerous number 1 Pop hits, as did singer Diana Ross when she left the group and went solo.  Motown's bright, modern and uptown image as a label had a lot to do with the way these ladies gracefully and elegantly presented themselves and took over a song.

Two dozen of the number one hits, both as The Supremes and Diana Ross' solo career, are collected here, including the timeless classics 'Come See About Me', 'You Can't Hurry Love', 'You Keep Me Hangin' On' and 'Stop! In the Name of Love'.  The album also features a bonus remix of 'You Keep Me Hangin' On'.  Several songs on this album are longer than the original versions.  The songs have all been remastered and remixed from the original master tapes, and the quality of the sound is much clearer than any collection before.  Having used the original elements from the original masters, the reissue production team of Andrew Skurow, Harry Weinger, Jeff Moskow, along with the remastering by Suha Gur, was able to attain new recordings, with much clearer sounds, heavier bass and noticeably higher volume levels of the background vocals. The vocals and instrumentation are let go on until the musicians stopped playing, and the girls finished singing, without fade-outs. These had never been heard before, being issued on this album.

Today's freeload is a very nice vinyl rip of the limited edition double 180gm vinyl LP pressing from my collection.

Side One.

The Supremes
1. Where Did Our Love Go
2. Baby Love
3. Come See About Me
4. Stop! In The Name Of Love
5. Back In My Arms Again
6. I Hear A Symphony
7. You Can’t Hurry Love

Side Two.
1. You Keep Me Hangin’ On
2. Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone
3. The Happening

Diana Ross & The Supremes
4. Reflections
5. Love Child
6. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – with The Temptations
7. Someday We’ll Be Together

Side Three.

The Supremes
1. Stoned Love

Diana Ross
2. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
3. Touch Me In The Morning
4. Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To?)
5. Love Hangover

Side Four.
1. The Boss
2. Upside Down
3. I’m Coming Out
4. Endless Love – with Lionel Ritchie

Bonus Track:
5. You Keep Me Hangin’ On – Almighty Mix Edit

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