Angry Southern Gentleman - Terrell

Advantages: The exalting soul classic, Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Disadvantages: None!

...On the 15 January, 1970 at the prestigous Las Vegas Frontier Hotel, Diana Ross played her final concert with The Supremes - who remain the worlds biggest female vocal group of all time. At Ross' fawell concert she introduced her replacement Jean Terrell up on stage. The media then inevitably hyped up supposed competition between Diana Ross the solo star and The "New" Supremes. Indeed Ross opened up her first solo engagement with the words "Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to the lets see if Diana Ross can make it on her own show". She need not have worried! Diana Ross' solo career had been initially planned as far back as 1966 and rumours had been circulating in the media for quite some time about her imminent departure from the group. In 1969, when still offically a supreme, Ross recorded four tracks with Bonie Howes... Read review

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Advantages: Long, lengthy soundtrack
Disadvantages: Mostly instrumental

...With a lengthy fifteen songs this seems like great value for money, but when fourteen of those are instrumental fans of good, old fashioned songs will be in for a disappointment; just as I was on discovering this. However, it’s worth the money just for track fifteen, ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’, an old classic performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, which is the main song of the film. I would recommend it to any music lover, who enjoys listening to the music scores, and doesn’t mind the lack of lyrics.... Read review

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Advantages: Great tunes
Disadvantages: Not a lot of info on sleeve notes

...interesting, with a sentence or two about each track, but I would have expected something more extensive for such a huge collection of music. Maybe it's because I like a story, but on one track (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell), it states that another singer may have stood in for Terrell because of her illness but it is frustrating as it is not expanded upon. Perhaps I should know a bit more about Tammi Terrell, and at least it will encourage me to find out more. The music itself is great, but then I am biased, having grown up with Smokey Robinson and Co. There are addictive melodies and harmonies, driving drum beats and thought provoking lyrics. The CDs include - I Second That Emotion (Smokey Robinson version and the Supremes version, Get Ready, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Walk Away Renee, You can't Hurry Love - and that's just a quick... Read review

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