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Where did the time go?

Baby baby, 2004 is the 40th Anniversary of the Supremes groundbreaking album, Where Did Our Love Go. This was the album that brought the Supremes their first three Number One hits – “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love” and “Come See About Me” – and Hip-O Select celebrates with a special 2-CD edition chock-full of the goodies you have come to expect from us.

Disc 1 features both the mono and stereo versions of the album first issued in August 1964. The mono edition is now on CD for the first time ever. See if you can spot some of the subtle differences between the two.

Disc 2 contains 19 rare and unreleased songs from the sessions that were recorded for the album – plus, from the same recording timeline, tracks for the album The Supremes Sing Ballads And Blues, a project that ultimately went unfinished. Can it get any better?

Yes. This expanded edition includes another bonus: The Supremes’ complete “homecoming” show, at Detroit’s Twenty Grand nightclub, recorded upon their return from the Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars just as “Where Did Our Love Go” was on its way to Number One. While brief, this is their complete performance from the show, and not only captures the moment of the Supremes’ ascent but also their only recorded live performance of “A Breath Taking Guy,” and the much sought-after live version of “People,” led by Florence Ballard.

The lovely packaging includes a booklet with many rare and unseen photographs, a detailed essay and a recording timeline. Featured in the essay are quotes from the people who made the record and influenced its success: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Dick Clark, Janie Bradford, and, yes, Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard and Diana Ross.

Where Did Our Love Go took Motown to a whole new level of sales, visibility and respectability. The Supremes, as Motown’s flagship, became the most successful female group in the world. This expanded edition tells the story of how it happened, and the determination of three teenage girls (formerly) known as the ‘no-hit’ Supremes.

Looking back, Lamont Dozier tells us, “Diana Ross was the best. She will go down in history as one of the best. Mary and Florence were there adding to the spice. This particular recipe called the Supremes came together because everybody had the right elements, the right seasonings, and the right flavors to make it happen.”

Hipocrates Says:

Disc 2’s “Everyday I’ll Love You More Than Yesterday” is co-written by The Miracles’ Claudette Robinson, Smokey’s wife at the time. It is her only composition in the Motown catalog.