SUPREMES - The Supremes A Go-Go

Elemental Music

£29.68

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: 700188
Barcode: 0600753968451
Release Date: 12 May 2023
Genre: Soul

The Supremes A’ Go-Go marked the group’s first number one pop album. It is presented here in its rarely heard Mono
mix, which according to many reviews has more punch and immediacy than the Stereo version. Various compilations had skimmed the most familiar songs off of other Supremes’ albums, but the concept behind Supremes A’ Go-Go was to get the group to cover some of the top hits of other (mostly Motown) acts. As a result, every song on the album was familiar in name, and only “You Can’t Hurry Love” was culled for any hits packages. A number one album on the pop and R&B charts, Supremes A’ Go-Go also benefited from the fact that the album didn’t include any pop standards or slow ballads, just solid R&B dance numbers. It was the first LP by an all-female group to reach number-one on the Billboard 200 album charts in the United States. The LP contains two of the Supremes’ top ten Billboard Hot 100 singles: the #9 hit “Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart” and the #1 hit “You Can’t Hurry Love”. 180-gram VIRGIN VINYL LIMITED EDITION.

Side 1
LOVE IS LIKE AN ITCHING IN MY HEART
THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (Is Weak For You)*
YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE
SHAKE ME, WAKE ME (When It’s Over)*
BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING
THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING*

Side 2
I CAN’T HELP MYSELF
GET READY*
PUT YOUSELF IN MY PLACE
MONEY (That’s What I Want)*
COME AND GET THESE MEMORIES
HANG ON SLOOPY*

The Supremes: DIANA ROSS, MARY WILSON, FLORENCE BALLARD - vocals
The Andantes – background vocals
The Funk Brothers, The Detroit Symphony Orchestra – instrumentation
Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
*Produced by Hal Davis and Frank Wilson