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RELEASE DATE: DECEMBER 23RD
Edition limited to 10000 non-numbered limited edition copies.

Where did the time go?

Baby baby, 2004 is the 40th Anniversary of the Supremes groundbreaking album, Where Did Our Love Go. This was the album that brought the Supremes their first three Number One hits – “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love” and “Come See About Me” – and Hip-O Select celebrates with a special 2-CD edition chock-full of the goodies you have come to expect from us.

Disc 1 features both the mono and stereo versions of the album first issued in August 1964. The mono edition is now on CD for the first time ever. See if you can spot some of the subtle differences between the two.

Disc 2 contains 19 rare and unreleased songs from the sessions that were recorded for the album – plus, from the same recording timeline, tracks for the album The Supremes Sing Ballads And Blues, a project that ultimately went unfinished. Can it get any better?

Yes. This expanded edition includes another bonus: The Supremes’ complete “homecoming” show, at Detroit’s Twenty Grand nightclub, recorded upon their return from the Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars just as “Where Did Our Love Go” was on its way to Number One. While brief, this is their complete performance from the show, and not only captures the moment of the Supremes’ ascent but also their only recorded live performance of “A Breath Taking Guy,” and the much sought-after live version of “People,” led by Florence Ballard.

The lovely packaging includes a booklet with many rare and unseen photographs, a detailed essay and a recording timeline. Featured in the essay are quotes from the people who made the record and influenced its success: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Dick Clark, Janie Bradford, and, yes, Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard and Diana Ross.

Where Did Our Love Go took Motown to a whole new level of sales, visibility and respectability. The Supremes, as Motown’s flagship, became the most successful female group in the world. This expanded edition tells the story of how it happened, and the determination of three teenage girls (formerly) known as the ‘no-hit’ Supremes.

Looking back, Lamont Dozier tells us, “Diana Ross was the best. She will go down in history as one of the best. Mary and Florence were there adding to the spice. This particular recipe called the Supremes came together because everybody had the right elements, the right seasonings, and the right flavors to make it happen.”

Disc 2’s “Everyday I’ll Love You More Than Yesterday” is co-written by The Miracles’ Claudette Robinson, Smokey’s wife at the time. It is her only composition in the Motown catalog.

Track Listing

Disc 1

Original Mono Album
1. Where Did Our Love Go
2. Run, Run, Run
3. Baby Love
4. When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
5. Come See About Me
6. Long Gone Lover
7. I'm Giving You Your Freedom
8. A Breathtaking Guy
9. He Means The World To Me
10. Standing At The Crossroads Of Love
11. Your Kiss Of Fire
12. Ask Any Girl

Original Stereo Album
13. Where Did Our Love Go
14. Run, Run, Run
15. Baby Love
16. When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
17. Come See About Me
18. Long Gone Lover
19. I'm Giving You Your Freedom
20. A Breathtaking Guy
21. He Means The World To Me
22. Standing At The Crossroads Of Love
23. Your Kiss Of Fire
24. Ask Any Girl

Disc 2

WDOLG: The Sessions
1. This Is It
2. I'm The Exception To The Rule
3. Everyday I'll Love You More Than Yesterday
4. Beginning To Ending
5. Mr. Blues
6. Come On Boy
7. Bye Baby
8. My Imagination
9. I Idolize You
10. You're Gonna Come To Me version 3
11. Honey Babe
12. Penny Pincher
13. Let Me Hear You Say (I Love You)
14. Don't Take It Away
15. Just Call Me
16. That's A Funny Way
17. Stop, Look & Listen
18. Send Me No Flowers
19. Baby Love alternate "early" version

WDOLG: The Concert - Live from the Twenty Grand
20.Introduction/Devil's Den
21. When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
22. A Breath Taking Guy
23. Your Heart Belongs To Me
24. Let Me Go The Right Way
25. I Am Woman
26. People
27. Where Did Our Love Go
[Edited 12/27/04 19:35pm]

Mmmmm...must have!

Already ordered mine last week.

Stax said:

Co-sign for the Flo Ballard tune alone.

tA

Tribal Disorder

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"Edition limited to 10000 non-numbered limited edition copies." I just bought two.

My mother gave me her two original Supremes albums, "Where Did Our Love Go" and "A'Go-Go" after I burned them on CD for her. Great albums...lots of snap, crackle, and pop....wouldn't trade them for anything. I'm going to have to pick up that 40th Anniversary Edition though.

Came in the mail today. Hip-O-Select did a great job with this release. The live stuff sounds incredible.

Thanks for the tip.