I'm ready to love, or in worst case forgive, about everything that came out of Motown in the sixties and then especially The Supremes, but this I don't understand at all. No doubt part of Berry Gordy's plan to "clean up" the label's acts and from then make them more attainable to a white audience. "Funny Girl" was alredy a Broadway musical success and about the time this was issued also a very popular movie, starring Barbara Streisand and Omar Sharif. I adore the sixties Supremes, but there's no way they could have attracted a posh white audience with that competition. The album was embraced by many fans and got some fine reviews, yet only managed #150 on Billboard. Though there are lots of good to absorb here - the supreme vocals, the impeccable orchestral arrangement, the well balanced stereo mix and the clear natural audio - I'm still having a hard time to digest properly. I hear them way out of their natural habitat, lacking the soul and energy that made them outstanding and still deserving high regard. Got no true favorites on this one yet, maybe later. Anyway it is a must-have to get the Supremes collection complete, so for now for me a filler only. Issued on vinyl pretty much all over the world back then. Premiere US 1968 on Motown (MS 672). EU 2015 MP3 came with twelve previously unreleased cuts. First UK (also as mono - TML 11088), had label as shown here in a laminated flip/back cover with ad inner. (TÖMÖ*) (ZYZÖ*)
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