There is an article in a recent issue of Mojo magazine about Diana Ross. It's your typical Mojo article with terrific writing, a lot of history, a few new tidbits and interesting sidebars. I found this track in one of those sidebars, where the writer points out some lost gems.
The Supremes, formely the Primettes, took some time to take and become the legendary Motown hitmakers that made history, and early on Berry Gordy was trying anything, including a big Wall Of Sound, a la Phil Spector. This track, "Things Are Changing" is a pretty terrible song, but possibly the only time on record where The Supremes sound like The Ronettes.
4 comments:
Alex -- I'll take Yin and Yang for two hundred.
"a pretty terrible song, but ... they sound like The Ronettes."
:-)
Definitely not the Motown Sound. An interesting curiosity , thanks.
this is such a fascinating look at a work in progress.
The song that made me fall in love with the Supremes was "Let Me Go the Right Away," written and produced solely by none other than Berry Gordy Jr. And yes, that's Diana Ross on lead vocal, unrecognizable as the lead on "Where Did Our Love Go" or "Baby Love." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd8V7HALv8A
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