DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES GREATEST HITS LP NEW SEALED MOTOWN

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Diana Ross & the Supremes: Greatest Hits is a two-LP collection of singles and b-sides recorded by The Supremes, released by Motown in August 1967. The collection was the first LP to credit the group under the new billing Diana Ross & the Supremes. Although founding member Florence Ballard is pictured on all album artwork and sings on all the tracks, by the time the set was released, she had been fired from the group and replaced by Cindy Birdsong. It would rank as their second #1 album holding a distinction that it would take decades for another female group to achieve. Greatest Hits includes fifteen Supremes singles, 10 of which went to number-one, among them were "Where Did Our Love Go", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "You Can't Hurry Love", and "The Happening" (a non-album track from the 1967 film of the same name). Also included are five popular Supremes B-sides: "Standing at the Crossroads of Love", "Ask Any Girl", "There's No Stopping Us Now", "Everything is Good About You", and "Whisper You Love Me Boy". The packaging for the set includes liner notes by actress Carol Channing (which were originally written for an unreleased album "The Supremes and The Motown Sound: From Broadway To Hollywood") and paintings by Robert Taylor, including collectable 12 inch by 12 inch pin-up portraits of Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson. Greatest Hits was their second number-one album on both the Billboard 200 and the Billboard R&B Albums charts in the United States, and also reached the top of the pop album chart in the United Kingdom as well. The album sold over six million copies, world-wide as of 1988.

Side 1

1. "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" a – 2:38
2. "Where Did Our Love Go" a – 2:30
3. "Ask Any Girl" a, b – 2:44
4. "Baby Love" a – 2:37
5. "Run, Run, Run" a – 2:30

Side 2

1. "Stop! In the Name of Love" b – 2:53
2. "Back in My Arms Again" b – 2:52
3. "Come See About Me" a – 2:42
4. "Nothing but Heartaches" b – 2:57
5. "Everything is Good About You" (James Dean, Edward Holland, Jr.) c – 2:57

LP Two

Side 3

1. "I Hear a Symphony" c – 2:38
2. "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" e – 2:46
3. "My World Is Empty Without You" c – 2:33
4. "Whisper You Love Me Boy" b – 2:40
5. "The Happening" (Holland-Dozier-Holland, Frank De Vol) – 2:49

Side 4[

1. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" e – 2:40
2. "You Can't Hurry Love" d – 2:45
3. "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" a – 2:27
4. "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" d – 2:55
5. "There's No Stopping Us Now" e – 2:55

The 2 album set is still sealed and presumed to be mint. The cover is also in mint shape and looks like it had just come from the factory. If you enjoy the Motown sound please see my other offering of the 4 tops. Thanks for looking.