The Supremes

[Ovi]

I fell in love with them ladies after listening to 'Baby Love' and 'Where Did Our Love Go?' on YouTube. Then got the 2003 compilation called 'Diana Ross & the Supremes: The No. 1's' and found more pop perfection than I'd ever hoped to. What a fantastic run of singles did they have. Problem is, I don't really like the remastering job of the compilation. Some of the tracks get lengthened for some reason, not to mention the cheap stereo additions (such as the hand-clapping that introduces Where Did Our Love Go passing from one channel to another, urgh). I don't find any appeal in modernizing their sound or whatever they were trying to achieve. So can anybody suggest a better compilation, with tracks in their original incarnation?

Also, general Supremes thread.

[retrokid67]

the Supremes are my all time favorite girl group  .  My favorite is Florence

[bluesno1fann]

The Supremes aren't too bad, though there are other girl groups from the 60's I much prefer

[Moon Dawg]

  There's an ULTIMATE COLLECTION series on the great Motown groups that came out circa mid 90's-maybe give that one a try.

[Ovi]

  There's an ULTIMATE COLLECTION series on the great Motown groups that came out circa mid 90's-maybe give that one a try.

Cheers, Moon Dawg. That's exactly what I was looking for.

The Supremes aren't too bad, though there are other girl groups from the 60's I much prefer

Care to give some examples?

[bluesno1fann]

 There's an ULTIMATE COLLECTION series on the great Motown groups that came out circa mid 90's-maybe give that one a try.

Cheers, Moon Dawg. That's exactly what I was looking for.

The Supremes aren't too bad, though there are other girl groups from the 60's I much prefer

Care to give some examples?

Mainly the Phil Spector girl groups such as the Ronettes and the Crystals. But also other groups such as Martha and the Vandellas

[Please delete my account]

You should get their "Where Did Our Love Go" and "More Hits By The Supremes" albums, they're great all the way through. Holland-Dozier-Holland at their peak.

As to better girl groups, my personal favourites are The Chiffons and The Ronettes, but The Supremes aren't too far behind for me.

[Jason]

The Supremes are easily one of the best groups at Motown as far as the sheer amount of great songs is concerned; Diana Ross is the most overrated female singer on the Motown roster - Mary Wells, Brenda Holloway, Martha Reeves, Tammi Terrell, Kim Weston, Gladys Knight, even her fellow Supreme Florence Ballard were better singers.

I think a great four-disc set could be made of their hits and album tracks; sadly it hasn't, yet.

[Sheriff John Stone]

The Supremes are easily one of the best groups at Motown as far as the sheer amount of great songs is concerned; Diana Ross is the most overrated female singer on the Motown roster - Mary Wells, Brenda Holloway, Martha Reeves, Tammi Terrell, Kim Weston, Gladys Knight, even her fellow Supreme Florence Ballard were better singers.

I think a great four-disc set could be made of their hits and album tracks; sadly it hasn't, yet.

Click on the long link below:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CEEQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSupremes%2Fdp%2FB00004WJHC&ei=4-7qUuysKpHKsQTdi4G4BA&usg=AFQjCNHp4H79d-iKwRM2Okf-8bYWdlaawA&sig2=4UA4Zbql4uUxHThhbKAZkQ&bvm=bv.60444564,d.cWc

[EgoHanger1966]

Once you discover The Chiffons catalog, you'll never look back! I do like some early, early Supremes though - Your Heart Belongs To Me, I Want A Guy, Breath-Taking Guy etc.

[Ron]

I like Diana's shoulders and neckline on the early videos.  I don't know why.  something about the way she moved her shoulders was pretty sexy. 

Great example here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCqS5BwEe5I

[Lonely Summer]

the Supremes are my all time favorite girl group  .  My favorite is Florence

Whenever one of their videos is on,  I find myself wanting more closeups of Flo and Mary. Diana had the commercial voice, but Mary is one of THE most beautiful women on the planet - even today, at ...well, whatever age she is now.

[retrokid67]

the Supremes are my all time favorite girl group  .  My favorite is Florence

Whenever one of their videos is on,  I find myself wanting more closeups of Flo and Mary. Diana had the commercial voice, but Mary is one of THE most beautiful women on the planet - even today, at ...well, whatever age she is now.

Yea Mary and Flo were underrated it's a shame how Berry Gordy treated Florence though, unlike Dream Girls there was no happy ending 

[Peadar 'Big Dinner' O'Driscoll]

Once you discover The Chiffons catalog, you'll never look back!

Probably needs another thread but can you recommend a place to start? they seem to have got going again in 1970 after a long break.

[Lonely Summer]

the Supremes are my all time favorite girl group  .  My favorite is Florence

Whenever one of their videos is on,  I find myself wanting more closeups of Flo and Mary. Diana had the commercial voice, but Mary is one of THE most beautiful women on the planet - even today, at ...well, whatever age she is now.

Yea Mary and Flo were underrated it's a shame how Berry Gordy treated Florence though, unlike Dream Girls there was no happy ending 

Gordy is one of those character like Murry Wilson or Colonel Parker that I both love and hate. A lot of great music was made at Hitsville USA thanks to Gordy, but he sure treated a lot of his musicians and singers like trash.

[Ron]

I don't agree that Diana Ross was an overrated singer, because I've never heard anybody rate her as a great singer.  If it was all just about who's the best singer this thread would be called "The Aretha Franklin".  Diana had a lot of character, was cute (in a way), had a cute voice, had a style that men appreciated and women emulated.  She was certainly something special, but I would never say she was a better singer than anybody.  Competant, and good, yes... but she's never been thrown out there on her vocal merits. 

[bluesno1fann]

I don't agree that Diana Ross was an overrated singer, because I've never heard anybody rate her as a great singer.  If it was all just about who's the best singer this thread would be called "The Aretha Franklin".  Diana had a lot of character, was cute (in a way), had a cute voice, had a style that men appreciated and women emulated.  She was certainly something special, but I would never say she was a better singer than anybody.  Competant, and good, yes... but she's never been thrown out there on her vocal merits. 

One thing I never understood was why Diana Ross was so popular and famous. Her looks at best were... meh. Her singing was fairly average at best. Her solo material I avoid. I could go on...

[Ron]

You must be wrong about some of that, then, eh?

[Lonely Summer]

Diana Ross may not have been a belter like Aretha, but she did have a vocal style that worked well commercially - does that make her the female Mike Love?

[Alex]

I fell in love with them ladies after listening to 'Baby Love' and 'Where Did Our Love Go?' on YouTube. Then got the 2003 compilation called 'Diana Ross & the Supremes: The No. 1's' and found more pop perfection than I'd ever hoped to. What a fantastic run of singles did they have. Problem is, I don't really like the remastering job of the compilation. Some of the tracks get lengthened for some reason, not to mention the cheap stereo additions (such as the hand-clapping that introduces Where Did Our Love Go passing from one channel to another, urgh). I don't find any appeal in modernizing their sound or whatever they were trying to achieve. So can anybody suggest a better compilation, with tracks in their original incarnation?

Also, general Supremes thread.

Look for the 3 disc vinyl Anthology comp from the 70s in record stores or on Ebay. It's got all the Supremes you'll ever need.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthology_%28The_Supremes_album%29

[Please delete my account]

Diana Ross may not have been a belter like Aretha, but she did have a vocal style that worked well commercially - does that make her the female Mike Love?

Good comparison. They both score highly in the distinctiveness department.