Diana Ross & Supremes - Let the Music Play: Supreme Rarities 1960-1969
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Free Music Review: Rare Treats: Supremes from the Vaults
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a must-have for any Supremes fan. First, the tracks:
Disc 1
1. You Can Depend On Me
2. Tears Of Sorrow
3. Because I Love Him
4. Hey Baby (version 1)
5. Too Hot
6. You're Gonna Come To Me (version 1)
7. You're Gonna Come To Me (version 2)
8. It Makes No Difference Now (alternate version)
9. Come On Boy (alternate version)
10. Just Call Me (stereo mix)
11. I Saw Him Standing There
12. Not Fade Away
13. Ooowee Baby (alternate Mix)
14. It's All Your Fault (version 1)
15. Hits Medley: Come See About Me/Baby Love/Stop! In The Name Of Love
16. Cupid (alternate extended mix)
17. Take Me Where You Go (version 3)
18. Back In My Arms Again (alternate vocal)
19. You Can't Hurry Love (alternate vocal) - alternate lead by Diana, with mistake!
20. Mickey's Monkey
21. Uptight (Everything's Alright) (alternate vocal)
22. It's Not Unusual
23. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
24. Come And Get These Memories (alternate mix)
25. I Can't Help Myself (alternate mix)
26. Let The Music Play (alternate vocal)
Disc 2
1. Don't Let True Love Die (extended version)
2. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
3. Every Time I Feel The Spirit
4. Believe In Me
5. The Beginning Of The End Of Love (stereo mix)
6. People (unedited version)
7. Over The Rainbow
8. Wish I Knew
9. I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You
10. I'll Set You Free (alternate vocal)
11. Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone
12. In The Evening Of Our Love
13. Love Child (alternate vocal) - with a whole additional verse!
14. Those Precious Memories
15. I'm Livin' In Shame (version 1)
16. MacArthur Park
17. You're Gonna Hear From Me
18. Canadian Sunset
19. Autumn Leaves
20. The Look Of Love
21. Someday We'll Be Together (alternate vocal)
22. BONUS: Scott Regan Promos
Hearing the alternate takes of familiar hits gives insight into the Motown creative process, and hearing some of the previously unreleased tracks makes you realize the amazing quality of music produced in the Motown glory days. For me, the highlight is hearing the additional verse on "Love Child" that didn't make it in the final cut.
For Flo and Mary fans, you will hear a lot from our favorite back-up singers!
Free Music Review: FANTASTIC!
Hit: 5 Stars
Of all the Motown Select releases, this one may be the best. The sound is fantastic, the photographs throughout are gorgeous, with many previously unpublished, there are new interviews conducted especially for the project which are in an incredibly beautifully written and beautiful to look at booklet, and the songs are often GREAT!
"Vault" stuff always can be hit or miss, but in ' Let The Music Play: Supreme Rarities' most of the tracks are first rate productions or have had additional, recent remastering work done on them for a superior listening experience.
Diana Ross sounds amazing on the alternate 'Someday We'll Be Together' and an extended 'Love Child' and early takes of 'You Can't Hurry Love' and 'Back In my Arms again' show how Ross always gave a performance in the studio- she truly was a skillful studio recording artist. It's fun to hear some before or after song chatter from Ross, and the promo intervies with Mary, Florence and Diana, and it's all beautifully remastered and sounds great. No expense seems to have been spared in making this a release that any fan of Diana Ross And The Supremes or Motown will love having in their collections.
To suggest otherwise is just unkind. People worked hard getting this compilation released, and their hard work was worth it.
The lost for 40 years (!) version of 'MacArthur Park' is beautiful, as is 'Autumn Leaves', which is just gorgeous, in orchestration and in the vocals- There's so much good music on this that you really need to hear and judge for yourselves. I believe most people who are fans of The Supremes or of The Motown Sound will love this release- if not, keep it a year, then make a mint selling it on eBay. My bet is that buyers will not want to part with it. Don't buy it before it goes out of print, and you'll kick yourself :)
A one-star review seems to be someone with an axe to grind, and it's unfair- it is so difficult to get these types of vault cds released, and truly, the love and work put into this project to make this a superior cd to add to your collection deserves to be acknowledged.
GREAT JOB, EVERYBODY! Thank You!
It's a BEAUTIFULLY realized project, first rate all the way.
Free Music Review: ~Buried treasure unearthed~Bravo Diana & the Supremes!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Girl Group music was an important part of the music scene in the wondrous musical sixties and Motown was a fertile ground for great Girl Group music plus the legendary Detroit based label was blessed with a huge roster of incredible female singers such as Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Martha Reeves, Brenda Holloway and the legendary Diana Ross who brilliantly leads The Supremes in this lost treasure chest of sublime music that is a richly varied collection of memorable performances all gloriously remastered to perfection. Starting from the beginning of the sixties, the surprise here is how early tracks from the very beginning hold up extremely well as musicians are tight, vocals wonderfully soulful and song quality & selection is superb. By the time the wondrous Supreme Superstar era is underway, it is clear this unique collection is throughly entertaining, richly rewarding & engrossing with never a dull moment from beginning to end! "It's All Your Fault" meant for single release could have been another great hit in The Supremes Top 10 era followed by a hot "Hits Medley" featuring "Come See About Me/Baby Love/Stop In The Name Of Love!" are fine examples of the artistic prowess featured throughout. Beatle, Streisand, Garland, and Stones cover songs are winning along with a wide array of cover songs from a wide variety of sources and all are amazing and make for great listening...these ladies could really sing just about anything which makes this collection a keeper with no filler and filled with other lost hit possibilities with "Let The Music Play" a fine example!!! Finale is a charming & fun radio appearance with the three original members on The Scott Regan Show which gives one the feeling of the innocence of a lost era that is fun to revisit.
Bravo to Diana Ross & The Supremes and thanks for all the time, energy & talent that went in to these marvelous sessions...limited edition will sell out fast and losers weepers!!!
Free Music Review: Groovy Tunes
Hit: 5 Stars
Leave it Hip-O-Select to deliver a major retrospective multi-CD set on the Supremes by combing through the Motown archives.
The 48 tracks are mostly alternate studio tracks which gives a meticulous collector a rare opportunity to actually hear Motown create music, though the CD's stand alone with a fresh sound that has been dusted off after digging for these gems that were buried deep in the vaults.
Included are radio promos from the collection of legendary Detroit DJ Scott Regan and a beautifully-designed 32 page booklet that includes song annotations and a discography.
Hip-O-Select has done a masterful job in filling in the gaps of the stunning career of the Supremes through a number of releases/reissues. These cool tunes make it an endless summer.
Free Music Review: A jewel, a supreme gift to all fans of the group
Hit: 5 Stars
Only if you are a major Supremes fan can you understand what a collection like this means to us. To hear unreleased songs and versions from a superb group that defined pop is hard to describe.
My main reason to review this particular release is this:
I used to belong to this outstanding forum that was the official forum of Motown. It got taken down without notice several years ago, around the time the Complete Motown Singles collection started, and the Diana Ross & The Supremes No.1's collection came out. Can someone please tell me if there was ever a substitute one created, or where most or some of the in-the-know users ended up seeking refuge? I seriously need to talk to some of them, I am all Motown-ed out :)
Thanks