The Supremes - More Hits by the Supremes [11/15]

Artist:

Supremes (The)

UPC:

602527843520

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Description:

Its title might lead one to think this was a compilation, but it wasn`t -- rather, More Hits by the Supremes is merely a valid presumption of its worth. It was also the original group`s third highest charting album of their five years on Motown, and came not a moment too soon. The Supremes were doing incredibly well as a singles act, but not since Where Did Our Love Go had any of their LPs done particularly well on the pop charts; even a well-intentioned Sam Cooke-tribute album recorded early in 1965, which ought to have done better, had only reached number 75 (though it had gotten to number five on the R&B LP charts). "Stop! In the Name of Love" and "Back in My Arms Again" helped drive the sales, but those singles had been out six and three months earlier at the time this album surfaced -- listeners were delighted to find those singles surrounded by their ethereal rendition of the ballad "Whisper You Love Me Boy" with its exquisitely harmonized middle chorus; the gently soulful, sing-song-y "The Only Time I`m Happy"; and the sweetly dramatic "He Holds His Own" (with a gorgeous and very prominent piano accompaniment). The material dated across six months of work, from late 1964 through the spring of 1965 (apart from "Ask Any Girl," the B-side of "Baby Love," which was cut in the spring of 1964), and showed that Motown could put a Supremes album together piecemeal around the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team and place the trio right up at the top reaches of the charts, in the company of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, et al. Its release also opened a floodgate of killer albums by the trio -- overlooking their 1965 LP of Christmas songs, they were destined to issue three more long-players that delighted audiences a dozen songs at a time over the next two years, which was a lot of good work. ~ Bruce Eder

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Ask Any Girl - (mono)
2. Nothing But Heartaches - (mono)
3. Mother Dear - (mono)
4. Stop! In the Name of Love - (mono)
5. Honey Boy - (mono)
6. Back in My Arms Again - (mono)
7. Whisper You Love Me Boy - (mono)
8. Only Time I`m Happy, The - (mono)
9. He Holds His Own - (mono)
10. Who Could Ever Doubt My Love - (mono)
11. (I`m So Glad) Heartaches Don`t Last Always - (mono)
12. I`m in Love Again - (mono)
13. Ask Any Girl
14. Nothing But Heartaches
15. Mother Dear
16. Stop! In the Name of Love
17. Honey Boy
18. Back in My Arms Again
19. Whisper You Love Me Boy
20. Only Time I`m Happy, The
21. He Holds His Own - (previously unreleased)
22. Who Could Ever Doubt My Love
23. (I`m So Glad) Heartaches Don`t Last Always
24. I`m in Love Again
25. Coca-Cola Commercials [Stereo Mixes] - (previously unreleased)
26. Supremes Interview [Alternate Version] - (previously unreleased, alternate take)

DISC 2:

1. Baby Love [Live at the Fox] - (previously unreleased, live)
2. Where Did Our Love Go [Live at the Fox] - (previously unreleased, live)
3. Come See About Me [Live at the Fox] - (previously unreleased, live)
4. Come into My Palace - (previously unreleased)
5. Oowee Baby - (previously unreleased)
6. Surfer Boy - (previously unreleased)
7. Beach Ball - (previously unreleased)
8. Stop! In the Name of Love [Version 1] - (previously unreleased)
9. Take Me Where You Go [Version 1 Without Strings] - (previously unreleased)
10. Back in My Arms Again [Alternate Vocal] - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
11. Too Hurt to Cry, Too in Love to Say Goodbye - (previously unreleased)
12. Whisper You Love Me Boy [Alternate Vocal] - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
13. Nothing But Heartaches [Alternate Vocal] - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
14. It`s All Your Fault [Version 2] - (previously unreleased)
15. Mother Dear [Version 2] - (previously unreleased)
16. Too Much a Little Too Soon - (previously unreleased)
17. He Holds His Own [Alternate Vocal] - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
18. Moonlight and Kisses
19. Baby, Baby, Wo Ist Unsere Liebe [Where Did Our Love Go]
20. Thank You Darlin, Thank You Baby
21. Jonny und Joe [Come See About Me]
22. Stop! In the Name of Love [Live in Paris] - (live)
23. Baby Love [Live in Paris] - (live)
24. Somewhere [Live in Paris] - (live)
25. You`re Nobody `Til Somebody Loves You [Live in Paris] - (previously unreleased, live)
26. Shake [Live in Paris] - (previously unreleased, live)

Album Information

Release Date:

11/15/2011

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Girl Groups

Label:

Hip-O Select

Producer:

George Solomon; Lamont Dozier; Andrew Skurow; Brian Holland

Catalog Number:

2784352

Original Release Year:

1965

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

155 : 49

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