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| Motown Legends: Stoned Love/Nathan Jones | 
| Artist: The Supremes
Label: Motown Legends
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 219346
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 737463852326
EAN: 0737463852326
ASIN: B0000047I3
Release Date: May 23, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Stoned Love | | • | All I Want | | • | Tossin' And Turnin' | | • | Paradise | | • | Time and Love | | • | Nathan Jones | | • | 5:30 Plane | | • | Cheap Lovin' | | • | Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music | | • | Il Voce De Silenzio (Silent Voices) | | • | Love Train |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
Jean Continuing the Supreme(s) Love July 26, 2007
I'm glad releases like this good one have come out in the last decade to especially and deservedly respect and showcase The Supremes from their years after Diana Ross left in 1970, beginning with her replacement Jean Terrell. I truly feel Jean was very ahead of her time, having a soulful magic and energy that would fit right in with the pulse of music today but which was often purposely restrained in those heady days of 1970-era Motown and "supper club-polished" black-crossover music.
It bothers me, too, that a non-Jean Supremes cover was put on the CD. It was such an obviously glaring error, that either Motown did it deliberately as a selling gimmick, or else it's a testament to how pathetically ignorant that younger Motown execs were at not recognizing the difference, in all honesty. Oh, well...it makes you want to venture inside, open the cover, and play the great music here.
I liked a lot of The Supremes' "Jimmy Webb" album, especially "5:30 Plane," "Paradise," "Voci di Silenzio," and the superb but unfairly underrated "I Guess I'll Miss the Man." Ijust dislike the addition of obviously-unSupreme background voices on several tunes that Lynda and Mary could've aptly provided. Also, the "Tossin' & Turnin" record was, to me, below-par for a fabulous Supremes album cut, and its lack of echo and fullness in production gave some part of the album a too-much-indie sound for such a by-then well-established, legendary pop vocal group.
Personally, I love the shortened, single version of "Stoned Love": it's just so powerful, neat, and right-at-ya. (I also like the longer version -- additionally, its original album "New Ways but Love Stays" can occasionally be found in used CD bins or online. Keep looking!). "Nathan Jones" is also always a fave. Besides "Sweet Music" with The Tops -- I'd love a future compilation that includes "What Do You Have to Do (to Stay on the Right Side of Love)," a really beautiful, equal duo gem between The Supremes & The Tops from another of their 3 duet albums on Motown from the Early '70s.
In Boston, I almost feel as if part of the application process for obtaining a job as a DJ or producer at a local radio station is to sign some sort of contract clause stipulating, "You shall promise not ever to mention, nor play any records of, The Supremes that came out from 1970 onward without Diana Ross appearing on them." The post-Ross groups' various songs are effectively N-E-V-E-R played (except a North Shore station has been rotating the album version of "Up the Ladder to the Roof" -- my favorite Supremes record, ever -- although I prefer the mono-single, souped-up version).
So glad this great record is being praised, noticed, purchased, and celebrating the great Supremes who reigned for so long over around 15 years, basically from 1963 to 1977 on the charts -- both with AND without Diana Ross as one of their all equally talented members.
Oh, Winter's Passed, Spring, And Fall April 10, 2007
The CD cover is deceiving, since this is not the trio with Florence Ballard and Diana Ross. The sub-title concerns the 1970 (Stoned Love) and 1971 (Nathan Jones) singles with the outstanding Jean Terrell on lead vocals.
And this collection leans heavily on the 1972 album, The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb, which ultimately was a failed attempt to push the trio into the pop/rock arena. That album has 11 tracks, with six appearing on the CD - All I Want, Tossin' and Turnin', Paradise, 5:30 Plane, Cheap Lovin' and Silent Voices - and features the trio of Terrell, Mary Wilson and Lynda Laurence. Surprisingly, the only U.S. single, I Guess I'll Miss My Man, is not included in the collection.
A pair of real gems - Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music & Time and Love - a rousing cover of Love Train, along with Stoned Love and Nathan Jones makes the CD a nice sampler for those wishing to hear songs from the sometimes hard-to-find 1970s releases.
But it is puzzling why a cover photo is used that has nothing to do with the period chronicled and the reliance on cuts from an album which found the Supremes struggling with material that was ill-suited for their legendary R&B style.
 EXCELLENT EARLY 70'S SUPREMES PRIMER March 18, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Some of the reviews for this set are quite emotion-charged, with opinions that have nothing to do with the music featured. That's really unfortunate, as this is an above-average collection, available at a very low price, and is an excellent primer of the Jean Terrell-led 70's Supremes music.
Regarding the misleading cover photo: true, the group pictured is not the group performing the music, except for original Supreme Mary Wilson. It clearly didn't make sense to put this picture on the cover. BUT, anyone familiar with the Supremes' music who would pick up this album and review the titles listed would likely realize that these are not Diana Ross-led tunes.
The fact that six of the tunes featured here are from the critically acclaimed, but poorly selling, Jimmy Webb-produced album from 1972 makes this set very attractive, as that album had many stunning musical moments, many of which are captured here. That album has not been available on cd until 2006, and even then, only in a three cd special/limited collection of '70's Supremes material [on the Hip-O-Select label]. The tune "5:30 Plane" is spectacular, and worth the price of the set all by itself. The big 60's hit "Tossin' and Turnin'" is given a rousing rock and soul treatment, with very powerful, and fun lead and backing vocals, as is Joni Mitchell's "All I Want," also covered here. The arrangement and vocals on "Silent Voices" and "Paradise" are extremely beautiful. The piano and strings especially so. This Jimmy Webb album was a tour-de-force for Ms. Terrell, in particular.
Regarding the shortened version of "Stoned Love," a big top ten pop hit [and #1 r&b charter], featured here, well, I am not happy about that either, but [most of] the other songs and performances more than compensate.
The fact that all of the tunes are led by the incredibly gifted Jean Terrell also gives the set a more cohesive feel.
All of the performances are excellent, and all of the songs are strongly above-average. "Time and Love" is my least favorite in this set, as the arrangement, in my opinion, is a bit too straight-ahead pop for Ms. Terrell's voice. This track was originally intended for Diana Ross. [Ms. Terrell simply added her lead voice to the track, which already had non-Supremes backing vocals.]
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for the song selection and strong performances, for the budget price, and for the Jimmy Webb-produced tunes.
JEAN TERRELL & THE SUPREMES February 20, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased my copy of this compilation in the used section of "Newbury Comics". I had actually been looking for it there because I knew that it would be a hard to find compilation (if I wasn't trying to buy it online). However, I was also psyched because I had just purchased that 20th Century Millenniun Masters CD for Diana Ross & The Supremes just because the last 4 tracks were the Supremes with Jean Terrell. (the 70's Supremes music can really be hard to find, and those songs that you can find are usually just a few additions to a Diana Ross & The Supremes compilation). The thing that was great about this one was that it was solely based on the Supremes with Jean Terrell. One thing that was a bit nerve racking was the fact that Diana Ross & The Supremes were featured on the cover art, when all of the tracks featured, were by the Jean Terrell led Supremes. My cousin told me that it was probably Motown's idea so that they could sell more copies. That really made me mad, because the Jean Terrell led Supremes had just as much to offer vocally and photographically, as the Diana Ross led Supremes. Jean's face really should be on this album.
However, the tracks are astounding. Out of the few 70's Supremes compilations that I own, this is my favorite. Besides the two featured "Greatest Hits" ("Stoned Love" and "Nathan Jones"), the album houses the unforgettable "Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music", from the "New Ways But Love Stays" and "Magnificent 7" albums. Also featured is their version of "Time & Love" from the "Touch" album of 1971, and their version of the O'Jay's "Love Train", from the "At Their Best" compilation of 1978. The other six tracks are from their severely underappreciated 1972 album, "Produced & Arranged By Jimmy Webb". This album was laden with beautiful slow ballads that I define as incomparable. Besides the hard driving "All I Want", and "Cheap Lovin'", and "Tossin' & Turnin'" (a great song to do The Twist to), the last few tracks from the album are entitled "Il Voce De Silenzio (The Silent Voices)", "Paradise", and "5:30 Plane". Despite the cover art, this is a great album, and I recommend it to all those Supremes and girl group fans out there.
 Miss leading Package April 25, 2005
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
Comon! Why have the original supremes on the cover and only One original member appears on the CD? Ok for the folks who still bash Diana Ross..GET OVER YOURSELVES OK? Regardless of how you felt about Diana Ross..it was Her voice that distinqushed the Supremes. and to this very Day..when the name Supremes is mentioned Diana Ross imediately comes to mind..and to take it one step further..if diana ross had No talent or this and that..why Why WHY? do the Rock and Roll oldies in just about Every state..ONly play the Diana Ross led era of songs by the Supremes and Not the Post Ross Supremes? answer me that question..apparently the Ross Led Supremes were THE SUPREMES..even Diana's solo work isent played as much as her work with the group and rightly so..as a fan of the supremes with diana ross and later just ross..I still felt she sounded better with the supremes and together..they were Supreme. apart..Neither Ross or the other supremes(Mary, Cindy, Jean and a host of others..just wasent the same magic.
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