The Supremes -This Is The Story - The '70s Albums, Vol 1 1970-1973 The Jean Terrell Years (2006) Hip-O Select 3 x CD - Rare Soul (FLAC 1.51GB)

This Is The Story brings back into print the long unavailable original five studio albums across three CDs, adding several stray tracks and 13 unreleased songs from what is now known as the “Promises Kept” sessions. The albums are "Right On", "New Ways But Love Stays", "Touch", "Floy Joy", and "Produced And Arranged By Jimmy Webb". The latter is now available on CD for the first time. Producers across these albums include Frank Wilson, who produced their first hits without Miss Ross, plus Johnny Bristol, Henry Cosby, Clay McMurray, and Smokey Robinson who was their earliest supporter at Motown, Smokey did the entire Floy Joy LP. Legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb, of course, delivered his own album, which remains a huge cult favorite. For this set. Diana Ross and The Supremes went their separate ways in 1970. Miss Ross embarked on her solo career, Syreeta Wright was originally chosen to replace Diana Ross in the Supremes. But when Berry Gordy and Supremes manager Shelly Berger caught a Las Vegas show with former boxer Ernie Terrell, the tide turned: His sister Jean did a solo spot, and Gordy and Berger realized a Motown star was born (she could blow Ross out of the water-IMHO). while the remaining Supremes Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong (recruited from Patti Labelle & The Bluebelles) who replaced Florence Ballard who had begun drinking and occasionally missing performances due to depression becauce Gordy & Ross were forcing her out, carried on with Jean Terrell as their new lead singer. The “new Supremes” immediately hit the top ten with “Up The Ladder To The Roof”; the hits kept coming, including “Stoned Love,” “Nathan Jones,” “Floy Joy,” et al. Finally, after many requests from fans worldwide, the complete non-duet Supremes recordings featuring Jean Terrell singing lead is collected on This Is The Story. Jimmy Webb wrote a personal recollection of the album sessions......“We had a ball making that record,” says Webb. “It was a practical exercise in two cultures coming together, doing something together, and getting along… They were ready to do something new and different, and we did it.” Additional released tracks in this collection are “May His Love Shine Forever,” from Motown’s Rock Gospel album; the Stevie Wonder produced single “Bad Weather” with Lynda Laurence replacing Cindy Birdsong on the cover of the O’Jays’ “Love Train” the latter two from the group’s "At Their Best"  LP. In 1971, the Jean-Mary-Cindy Supremes began recording a new album after the release of "Touch".  Producers from McMurray to Bobby Taylor, Cosby to Ashford & Simpson, toiled on several classic tracks, but that album release was cancelled and most of the tracks were never even mixed for review. While a few tracks were included on the Supremes’ 70s Anthology, many of them have never been heard since. Among the many highlights are covers of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” and Carole King’s “It’s Too Late”; the oft-bootlegged “Tears Left Over”; “Take A Look Inside,” and much more. ...If anyone has the booklet i would appreciate it please. Most of the albums featured here are now extremely rare and difficult to obtain.....

AMM

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