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. Motown released revised versions in 1986, 1995 and 2001. In its initial version, a 35-track triple record collection of hits and rare material, the album charted at #24 on

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". The 1974 LP was included in Robert Christgau's "basic record library" of 1950s and 1960s music, published in '' Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies''. In 2012, ''

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'' listed the 2001 version of the album at #423 in its list of "

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History

The ''Anthology'' series of The Supremes' releases began in 1974 with a three-disc compilation album that surpassed in scope any releases previously compiled to represent "one of the 1960s' most popular groups". The three-album set not only included all of the R&B hits and most of the pop hits of the Supremes, but also included several tracks of the band's more experimental material, including forays made by the band into 1960s British pop,

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and musical theatre. The August 1986 CD release of the album added 15 songs to a total of 50 while the re-release on September 28, 1995, raised the number to 52. On December 18, 2001, Motown released a fourth version of ''Anthology'' with 50 songs representative of The Supremes' period with Diana Ross. This version includes three previously unreleased versions of songs in addition to the 1960s hits and a selection of cover songs. The 1974 and 2001 collections focused solely on the 60s Supremes with Diana Ross and Florence Ballard, whereas the 1986 and 1995 versions included hits by the 70s version of the Supremes, featuring Jean Terrell and Scherrie Payne as lead singers.

Track listing

1974 Edition

Side One (The Early Sessions) # "Let Me Go The Right Way" # "A Breath Taking Guy" # "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" # "Standing At The Crossroads Of Love" # "Run, Run, Run" # "Where Did Our Love Go" Side Two (The Big Boom) # "Baby Love" # "Ask Any Girl" # "Come See About Me" # "Stop! In The Name Of Love" # "Back In My Arms Again" # "Nothing But Heartaches" Side Three (Non-Stop Hitmaking) # "I Hear A Symphony" # "My World Is Empty Without You" # "Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart" # "You Can't Hurry Love" # "You Keep Me Hangin' On" # "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone" Side Four (New Horizons) # "The Happening" # "Reflections" # "In And Out Of Love" # "Forever Came Today" # "Some Things You Never Get Used To" # "Love Child" Side Five (Versatile Stylists) # "A Hard Day's Night" # "Funny How Time Slips Away" # "You Send Me" # "Falling In Love With Love" # "I'm The Greatest Star" Side Six (Memories, Moving On) # "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (with the

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) # "I'm Livin' In Shame" # "The Composer" # "I'll Try Something New" (with the Temptations) # "No Matter What Sign You Are" # "Someday We'll Be Together"

1986 Edition

''Except where otherwise noted, tracks composed by

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and

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.'' # "Your Heart Belongs to Me" (Smokey Robinson) – 2:34 # "Let Me Go the Right Way" (

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) – 2:33 # "A Breathtaking Guy" (Robinson) – 2:21 # "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" – 2:39 # "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" – 2:28 # "Run Run Run" – 2:21 # "

Where Did Our Love Go "Where Did Our Love Go" is a 1964 song recorded by American music group the Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Where Did Our Love Go" was the first single by the Supr ...

" – 2:30 # "

Baby Love "Baby Love" is a song by American music group the Supremes from their second studio album, '' Where Did Our Love Go''. It was written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland and was released on September 17, 1964 ...

" – 2:34 # " Ask Any Girl" – 2:43 # "

Come See About Me "Come See About Me" is a 1964 song recorded by the Supremes for the Motown label. The track opens with a fade-in, marking one of the first times the technique had been used on a studio recording. The song became third of five consecutively rel ...

" – 2:36 # "

Stop! In the Name of Love "Stop! In the Name of Love" is a 1965 song recorded by the Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Stop! In the Name of Love" held the #1 position on the ''Billboard'' ...

" – 2:49 # "

Back in My Arms Again "Back in My Arms Again" is a 1965 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Back in My Arms Again" was the fifth consecutive and overall number-one son ...

" – 2:51 # "Nothing But Heartaches" – 2:55 # "

I Hear a Symphony "I Hear a Symphony" is a 1965 song recorded by the Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song became their sixth number-one pop hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop ...

" – 2:40 # "

My World Is Empty Without You "My World Is Empty Without You" is a 1965 song recorded and released as a single by the Supremes for the Motown label. Overview Written and produced by Motown's main production team of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song's fast tempo accompanies ...

" – 2:33 # "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" – 2:55 # "

You Can't Hurry Love "You Can't Hurry Love" is a 1966 song originally recorded by the Supremes on the Motown label. It was released on July 25 of 1966 as the second single from their studio album '' The Supremes A' Go-Go'' (1966). Written and produced by Motown p ...

" – 2:46 # "

You Keep Me Hangin' On "You Keep Me Hangin' On" is a song written and composed by Holland–Dozier–Holland. It was first recorded in 1966 by American Motown girl group the Supremes, reaching number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. American rock band Vanilla Fudge ...

" – 2:41 # " Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" – 2:36 # " The Happening" (

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, Dozier, Faye Hale, B. Holland) – 2:49 # " A Hard Day's Night" (

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) – 2:20 # "

Funny How Time Slips Away "Funny How Time Slips Away" is a song written by Willie Nelson and first recorded by country singer Billy Walker. Walker's version was issued as single by Columbia Records in June 1961 and peaked at number 23 on the Hot C&W Sides chart. Notab ...

" (

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) – 4:12 # "

You Send Me "You Send Me" is a song written and originally recorded by American singer Sam Cooke, released as a single in 1957 by Keen Records. Produced by Bumps Blackwell and arranged and conducted by René Hall. The song, Cooke's debut single, was a massiv ...

" ( Sam Cooke) – 2:09 # " Falling in Love With Love" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:28 # "I'm the Greatest Star" (

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, Julie Styne) – 5:55 # " Reflections" – 2:48 # " In and Out of Love" – 2:38 # " Forever Came Today" (Dozier, E. Holland) – 3:13 # " Some Things You Never Get Used To" (

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) – 2:23 # " Love Child" (

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Pam Sawyer Pamela Joan Sawyer (born 1938) is a British songwriter/lyricist, who started writing songs in the mid-1960s and whose credits as a co-writer at Motown included " Love Child", " If I Were Your Woman", "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left ...

, R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson) – 2:54 # "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (with the Temptations) (

Kenny Gamble Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production team credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as ...

, Jerry Ross, Jerry Williams Jr.) – 3:06 # "

I'm Livin' in Shame "I'm Livin' in Shame" is a 1969 song released for Diana Ross & the Supremes on the Motown label. The sequel to the Supremes' number-one hit, " Love Child," the song peaked in the top ten on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop chart at #10 and the top ...

" (Richards, Sawyer, Taylor, Wilson) – 2:55 # "The Composer" (Robinson) – 2:58 # "I'll Try Something New" (with The Temptations) (Robinson) – 2:17 # "The Young Folks" (George Gordy, Allen Story) – 3:09 # "No Matter What Sign You Are" (Henry Cosby, B. Gordy) – 2:47 # "

Someday We'll Be Together "Someday We'll Be Together" is a song written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, and Harvey Fuqua. It was the last of twelve American number-one pop singles for Diana Ross & the Supremes on the Motown label. Although it was released as the f ...

" (Jackey Beavers, Johnny Bristol,

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) – 3:19 # "

Up the Ladder to the Roof "Up the Ladder to the Roof" is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the first Supremes single to feature new lead singer Jean Terrell in place of Diana Ross, who officially left the group for a solo career two w ...

" (Vincent DiMirco, Wilson) – 3:10 # "Everybody's Got the Right to Love" (Lou Stallman) – 2:36 # "

Stoned Love "Stoned Love" is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the last ''Billboard'' Pop Top Ten hit for the group, peaking at number seven, and their last ''Billboard'' number-one R&B hit as well, although the trio co ...

" (Yennik Samoht, Wilson) – 4:05 # " Nathan Jones" (

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, Kathy Wakefield) – 2:58 # " Floy Joy" (Robinson) – 2:30 # "Touch" (Sawyer, Wilson) – 3:39 # "Automatically Sunshine" (Robinson) – 2:36 # "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" (Robinson) – 2:56 # "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" (

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) – 2:38 # "Bad Weather" (Ira Tucker, Stevie Wonder) – 3:02 # "It's All Been Said Before" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) – 2:26 # "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" (Harold Beatty, Holland, Holland) – 3:09

1995 edition

Songs added to the 1995 edition

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" (Berry Gordy, Freddie Gorman,

) * "Buttered Popcorn" (Berry Gordy, Barney Ales) * "Long Gone Lover" (William "Smokey" Robinson) * "Send Me No Flowers" * "Mother Dear" (

, Edward Holland Jr.) * "Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye" * "He's All I Got" * "Remove This Doubt" * "Things Are Changing" ( Brian Wilson/

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) * "I'm Gonna Make It (I Will Wait for You)" * "Then" * "Sweet Thing" * "Keep an Eye" (

) * "Discover Me (And You'll Discover Love)" (Beatrice Verdi, Johnny Bristol, Doris McNeil) * " River Deep, Mountain High" (with

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) (

) * "Paradise" (

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)

2001 edition

Songs added to the 2001 edition

* "I Want a Guy" (B Gordy, Freddie Gorman, B. Holland) – 2:54 * "Buttered Popcorn" (Barney Ales, B. Gordy) – 2:58 * "The Tears" (Robinson) – 2:49 * "Whisper You Love Me Boy" (single mix) (Dean, E. Holland) – 2:42 * "Mother Dear" (Dozier, Holland, Holland) – 2:45 * "

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" (Dozier, Holland, Holland, Sylvia Moy) – 2:36 * "Things Are Changing" (

) – 2:59 * " He" (Richard Mullan, Jack Richards) – 3:48 * " The Nitty Gritty" (Lincoln Chase) – 2:55 * "Sweet Thing" ( Ivy Jo Hunter,

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) – 2:28 * " Try It Baby" (with The Temptations) (B. Gordy) – 3:50 * "It Makes No Difference Now" (

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) – 3:28 * " Ain't That Good News" (Cooke) – 2:49 * "

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered "Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered)" is a show tune and popular song from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical '' Pal Joey''. It is part of the Great American Songbook. The song was introduced by Vivienne Segal on December 25, 1940, in the Bro ...

" (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:16 * "

Whistle While You Work "Whistle While You Work" is a song with music written by Frank Churchill and lyrics written by Larry Morey for the 1937 animated Disney film '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. It was performed in the film by voice actress Adriana Caselotti. ...

" ( Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 2:21 * "If a Girl Isn't Pretty" (

) – 3:14 * "Where Do I Go/ Good Morning, Starshine" (

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) – 3:08 * "

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" ( Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) – 2:20 * "Rhythm of Life" (Diana Ross and The Temptations) ( Cy Coleman,

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) – 4:13 * " The Impossible Dream" (live) (Joe Darion,

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) – 4:43

Songs removed from the 1986 edition

* "Ask Any Girl" * "Automatically Sunshine" * "Bad Weather" * "Everybody's Got the Right to Love" * "Falling in Love With Love" * "Floy Joy" * "Funny How Time Slips Away" * "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" * "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" * "I'm the Greatest Star" * "It's All Been Said Before" * "Nathan Jones" * "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" * "Stoned Love" * "Touch" * "Up the Ladder to the Roof" * "You Send Me" * "The Young Folks" * "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love"

Personnel

Performance

* H. B. Barnum – conductorPersonnel sourced from , and * Diana Ross – vocals * Mary Wilson – vocals *

Florence Ballard Florence Glenda Chapman (''née'' Ballard; June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976) was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown vocal female group the Supremes. She sang on 16 top 40 singles with the group, including ten number-o ...

– vocals * Barbara Martin – vocals * Cindy Birdsong – vocals *

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(

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Eddie Kendricks Edward James Kendrick (December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992), better known as Eddie Kendricks, was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group the Temptation ...

, Paul Williams,

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Dennis Edwards Dennis Edwards Jr. (February 3, 1943 – February 1, 2018) was an American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations, on Motown Records. Edwards joined the Temptations in 1968, replacing David Ruffin and sang ...

) – vocals *

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– background vocals * Maxine Waters – background vocals * Julia Waters – background vocals * Johnny Bristol – background vocals *

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- instrumentation

Series production

– producer *

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– producer * H. B. Barnum – arranger * Mathieu Bitton –

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* Candace Bond – executive producer * Johnny Bristol – producer * The Clan – producer *

Henry Cosby Henry R. "Hank" Cosby (May 12, 1928 – January 22, 2002) was an American songwriter, arranger, producer and musician who worked for Motown Records from its formative years. Along with Sylvia Moy, Cosby was a key collaborator with Stevie Wonder ...

– producer *

Hal Davis Harold Edward Davis (February 8, 1933 – November 18, 1998) was an American songwriter and record producer. Davis was a producer and writer for Motown Records for nearly thirty years, and was a key figure in the latter part of the Mot ...

– producer *

– producer * Geoff Gans – art direction *

Marc Gordon Marcus Melvin "Marc" Gordon (October 14, 1935 – June 16, 2010) was an American Grammy-winning record producer, songwriter and music executive, best known for his work with Hal Davis at Motown, and for his later involvement with The 5th Dimensio ...

– producer *

Berry Gordy, Jr Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929), known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., is a retired American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record la ...

. – producer * George Gordy – producer * Suha Gur – mixing,

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* Amy Herot – executive producer * Dan Hersch – mastering *

– producer *

Lawrence Horn Lawrence Thomas "L.T." Horn (1939 – February 2017) was an American musician, record producer and chief recording engineer for Motown Records in Detroit and Los Angeles. He later served a life sentence for hiring a hit man to murder his ex-w ...

– producer * Bill Inglot – mastering, compilation producer *

Wade Marcus Wade Marcus was a music producer and arranger associated with the Motown sound during the 1970s. He composed the music to the film ''The Final Comedown'' with Grant Green. He also produced albums by The Blackbyrds, Gary Bartz, A Taste of Honey, T ...

– arranger, producer * Sherlie Matthews – producer *

Warren "Pete" Moore Warren Thomas "Pete" Moore (November 19, 1938 – November 19, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and record producer, notable as the bass singer for Motown group the Miracles from 1955 onwards, and was one of the group's original members. H ...

– producer *

Gene Page Eugene Edgar Page Jr. (September 13, 1939 – August 24, 1998) was an American conductor, composer, arranger and record producer, most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s. His sound can be heard in the arrangements he did for Jeffer ...

– string arranger *

Clarence Paul Clarence Otto Pauling (March 19, 1928 – May 6, 1995) better known and published as Clarence Paul, was an American songwriter, record producer and singer who was best known for his career with Detroit's Motown Records. Early life and career Bo ...

– producer * Kevin Reeves – mixing *

Deke Richards Deke Richards (born Dennis Lussier;"Jackson 5 producer Deke Richards dies aged 68"

– producer *

Paul Riser Paul Riser (born September 11, 1943) is an American trombonist and Motown musical arranger who was responsible for co-writing and arranging dozens of top ten hit records. His legacy as one of the " Funk Brothers" is similar to that of most of ...

– arranger * Smokey Robinson – producer *

– producer * Andrew Skurow – associate producer *

– producer * R. Dean Taylor – producer * Vartan – art direction * Harry Weinger – compilation producer *

Norman Whitfield Norman Jesse Whitfield (May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008) was an American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s. allmusic Biography/ref> He has been credited as one of the creators of the Mo ...

– producer * Frank Wilson – producer * Stevie Wonder – producer

Certifications

References

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