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HIDDEN TREASURES FINALLY RESURFACE ON CD!!

mejoshsim@aol.com | USA | 12/05/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"SUPREMES EARLY CLASSICS IS A SUPER COLLECTION FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ALL OF THEIR ALBUMS ON CD. THIS COLLECTION MAINLY FOCUSES ON THE ALBUM TRACKS RELEASED DURING THE GIRLS MASSIVE STREAK OF HITS. LOST TREASURES LKE "YOU BRING BACK MEMORIES" AND "TIME CHANGES THINGS"FROM THEIR FIRST LP "MEET THE SUPREMES"NOT YET RELEASED OR RERELEASED ON CD!!THEIR FIRST FOUR NUMBER ONE HITS ARE HERE ALSO (MOST FANS KNOW WHAT THEY ARE)SIX TRACKS FROM "MORE HITS BY THE SUPREMES", "MOTHER DEAR" "HONEY BOY","WHISPER YOU LOVE ME BOY", "I'M IN LOVEAGAIN", I'M SO GLAD (HEARTACHES)", AND"WHO COULD EVER DOUBT MY LOVE", MOST FANS KNOW THAT THESE TRACKS ARE NEARLYIMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON CD!! "BABY DOLL"AND "YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME" FROM"C & W AND POP" AND "A BIT OF LIVERPOOL"ADD A NICE TOUCH, "RUN RUN RUN", "ASK ANY GIRL", "ANY GIRL IN LOVE" AND "COME ON BOY" FROM THE LPS "WHERE DID OUR LOVEGO" "I HEAR A SYMPHONY", ROUND OUT A SUPERB COLLECTION. WHY DO THE AMERICAN FANS HAVE TO SHOP THE WORLD FOR SUPEMES MUSIC?? IF ANY ONE FROM MOTOWN READS THIS REVIEW PLEASE GET WITH THE PROGRAM-RELEASE ALL OF THE SUPREMES ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON CD IN THE U.S. ALL OF THE FANS ARE WAITING PATIENTLY. THE BIGGEST SELLING AMERICAN GROUP OF THE SIXTIES,DESERVES A LOT BETTER THAN A FEW ANTHOLOGY ALBUMS RELEASED EVERY 3 OR 4 YEARS, GIVE US THE ALBUMS!!! ON CD!!"

CLASSIC ROSS!

ianphillips@uk.dreamcast.com | BOLTON, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND | 09/08/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"A well rounded compilation, featuring Diana Ross and the Supremes vastly unknown material such as the catchy YOU BRING BACK MEMORIES (slightly reminiscent to The Contours hit, DO YOU LOVE ME), TIME CHANGES THINGS, COME ON BOY, ASK ANY GIRL (a great catchy number which would have been a mega hit if released as a single), BABY DOLL, ANY GIRL IN LOVE (KNOWS WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH) and a perfect cover version of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, YOU'VE REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME. This wonderful compilation is exactly as the title says, focusing on the many tracks they cut before hitting the jackpot in 1963 and also highlighting their early success with tracks such as the ground breaking, WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO, BABY LOVE and STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE. It also gives an airing to classic album cuts such as WHO COULD EVER DOUBT MY LOVE and (I'M SO GLAD) HEARTACHES DONT LAST ALWAYS (both plucked from the classic album, MORE HITS BY THE SUPREMES ; 1965). A great collectors item as compilations of these of Diana Ross and the Supremes are quite rare now, unfortunatley! Good to very good and very much recommended!"

Interesting Hodgepodge

D.V. Lindner | King George, VA, USA | 11/25/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Sure is an interesting hodgepodge of early Supremes material...



The very oldest items here are "Time Changes Things" and "You Bring Back Memories," which not only appeared on 1963's "Meet The Supremes" ( before anyone really knew who they were) but were single b-sides to, respectively "Let Me Go The Right Way" and "My Heart Can't Take It No More". "Come On Boy" is from this era too, though it didn't see the light of day in the U.S. market until it appeared in 1986 on the 3-LP "25th Anniversary" collection when the recording was over 20 years old. You cannot listen to these tracks ( and loving fans of the group don't) like a critic with scalpel in hand. These three Detroit young ladies hadn't found their niche yet, and despite noble tries by Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson and Clarence Paul, the "right" production approach wasn't discovered for them until paired with Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland.



Though "Run, Run, Run" faltered as a single, gold was struck only months later ( in 1964) with "Where Did Our Love Go". From the same-titled LP, this disc also plucks the successive hits "Baby Love" and "Come See About Me" as well as "Baby Love's" flipside, "Ask Any Girl".



Next in the Supremes album discography was "A Bit Of Liverpool," and we come to "You've Really Got A Hold On Me." This was actually first recorded by the Supremes' labelmates The Miracles, but then the Beatles did it, then the Supremes covered it, which is how it got "A Bit" Liverpool. Get it?



Spring of 1965 brought the tough-to-get-through "Supremes Sing Country Western & Pop" and this disc only samples "Baby Doll" from that misfire before wisely mining their next H-D-H album, "More Hits By The Supremes" for its greatest number of selections.



"Stop! In the Name of Love," "I'm In Love Again," "I'm So Glad Heartaches Don't Last Always," "Mother Dear," "Honey Boy," "Whisper You Love Me Boy" and "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" all saw their long-player debut on that July 1965 album, which even carried "Ask Any Girl" for the second time on an LP.



"Any Girl In Love Knows What I'm Going Through" first appeared on the "I Hear A Symphony" album in February 1966, the least oldest of the 18 tracks here. As "Early Classics" did with its Mary Wells entry, this Supremes set wisely includes a handful of their hit singles, but then goes for some of the better near-forgotten B-sides and album tracks. Nicely done, and certainly recommended for those who lost or never had the original albums mentioned here."