DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES/ PRESENT SFTM 340642 (-68) FRANCE

French only Motown compilation. Cover and title fronted by Diana Ross & The Supremes, but it's actually a compilation with fourteen different Motown acts. Apart from Martha & The Vandellas "In My Lonely Room", initially a 1964 single cut, and Junior Walker's "Tune Up" from the 1965 "Shotgun" album, all were recorded and/or first issued around 1967. The track list is a little different from what you'd expect with a US or UK big hits collection, more focusing on what did best in France at the time. Some of the albums or '45:s these cuts came from can be hard to find today in original shape. Here's one way to get early press for least a few of them. All true stereo as "gravure universelle", meaning "compatible". Don't know if they all were mixed that way in the first place or some got adjusted for the format, but it works just fine. A couple of the two-channel mixes aren't very good so pushing the mono button makes it a much better listening. First had label as shown here and laminated flip/back cover. (TÖMÖ*)(FÄV*)(MFÄX*) (ZYZÖ*)