Love Child / Supremes a Go-Go [Import, Original recording remastered]

Supremes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 9, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Universal UK
• ASIN: B00004WZ5R
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,548 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Love Child

2. Keep An Eye

3. How Long Has The Evening Train Been Gone

4. Does Your Mama Know About Me

5. Honey Bee (Keep On Stinging Me)

6. Some Things You Never Get Used To

7. He's My Sunny Boy

8. You've Been So Wonderful To Me

9. (Don't Break Thses) Chains Of Love

10. You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'

11. I'll Set Your Free

12. I Can't Shake It Loose

13. The Supremes A' Go-Go Track Listing:

14. Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart

15. This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)

16. You Can't Hurry Love

17. Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)

18. Baby I Need Your Loving

19. These Boots Are Made For Walking

20. I Can't Help Myself

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE CHILD ALBUM REALLY SHINES--ESSENTIAL LATE '60s SUPREMES, May 2, 2005

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VINCENT P TARSITANO (PORT ORANGE, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Child / Supremes a Go-Go (Audio CD)

While Diana Ross is clearly the "star" of LOVE CHILD, The Album, this set has a very strong group feel. And yes, the background vocals, except for the 2 singles ["Love Child," and "Some Things You Never Get Used To," the latter a very good Motown effort, but strange choice for single release] prominently feature founding member Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard's replacement Cindy Birdsong, from Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. In fact, in Mary Wilson's autobiography DREAMGIRL, she lists the recording (and re-recording) dates for many of the selections that ended up on this album. The executive producer made sure that the Supremes' sound was re-invigorated for this album. The tunes are well-written, beautifully arranged, produced and performed. "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone," a late 60's soul masterpiece, features a killer (and much studied) James Jamerson bass line, and lyrically, tells a compelling story. "I'll Set You Free," is so dramatic, and features CLASSIC "Supreme" background vocals, including well-placed "baby-baby's." You will get chills! Besides these and the excellent title tune, there are many other standouts, including "(Don't Break These) Chains of Love," which has BIG HIT written all over it, the lilting "You've Been So Wonderful To Me," and the very good (and very fun) "Honey Bee (Keep on Stinging Me)," "Can't Shake It Loose," and Ashford and Simpson's "You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin' (a cover of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's original). "He's My Sunny Boy" is a minor Smokey Robinson tune that is punched up by it's horn arrangement and sparkling performance by Ross, whose performance on "Does Your Mama Know About Me" equally sparkles. This album climbed into the top 20 pop chart, and, thus, was one of the group's biggest late 60's successes.

SUPREMES A' GO-GO was the first album by a girl group to reach #1 pop. A great accomplishment, especially since this is, for the greater part, a so-so effort. The album certainly benefitted from featuring the classic "You Can't Hurry Love," and one of Holland-Dozier-Holland's best rocking dance grooves, "Love Is Like An Itching in My Heart." This album includes 8 Motown covers, the best, by far, of which are the Four Tops' "Shake Me, Wake Me," and the Elgins' "Put Yourself in My Place" (the latter which was recorded prior to virtually all of this material, and features strong backing by Wilson and Ballard). The non-Motown covers, "Hang on Sloopy" and "These Boots Are Made for Walking," are always hard for me to listen to, as Ms. Ross' lead vocal is mismatched. Reportedly, the latter was slated to be lead by Ms. Ballard. Pity that didn't happen. And, speaking of alternate lead vocals, Mary Wilson's on "Come and Get These Memories" is fairly subdued in the recording, if not in the performance. Her voice actually WAS perfectly matched to this tune. Overall, aside from the hits and 1 or 2 other selections, this is not a terribly satisfying mid-sixties effort by Motown and the Supremes though, clearly, it should have been. It comes across as a rushed effort to capitalize on a hot streak.
While all of the Supremes' hits are well anthologized, this collection is still absolutely essential, although primarily for LOVE CHILD.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two very different albums, July 27, 2002

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Child / Supremes a Go-Go (Audio CD)

The oldest album (actually the second half of this twofer) was A go go, recorded in 1966 when Florence was still a member. It includes two hits (Love is like an itching in my heart and You can't hurry love) and is padded out with covers, mostly of other Motown songs. It was common practice in those days to record albums like this. Even the Beatles recorded covers for their early albums, though they stopped doing so before 1966. The covers on this set mostly work very well - and the album is clearly a Supremes album.

By 1968, when the first half of this twofer was recorded, the practice of recording covers was less common. The Beatles had proved that you could be successful with albums of entirely original material, providing it was good enough. Motown thought of themselves (rightly) as the Beatles main competitor, so they followed suit. To provide enough new songs, they needed more songwriters so they no longer relied on Holland/Dozier/Holland.

The hits from this album were Love child and Some things you never get used to. Overall, the songs are not as strong as the other album - but they are originals. So, any preference for one album over the other may depend on your attitude to covers. The other major difference is that the Love child album is a Diana Ross solo album in all but name.

I don't know why these albums were paired - they don't really go together, but I enjoy them both in different ways. Earlier reviewers often seem to like one of these albums and not the other, yet it's not always the same one they like, and I can understand that. You must make up your own mind.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Go Supremes, November 1, 2000

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This review is from: Love Child / Supremes a Go-Go (Audio CD)

Two classic albums on one disc....the labeling says it all. If you are a fan of the Supremes you will not want to miss buying discs from this series. LOVE CHILD contains the title song which was a number one hit....A GO G0 ...a number one albums by the Supremes features YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE and the girls singing cover versions of other Motown songs and other songs that were on the charts at the time. Mary Wilson is front and center singing solo on COME AND GET THESE MEMORIES.