Diana Ross & The Supremes "Someday We'll Be Together" 1970 OZ DELETED 7"Vinyl EP
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Diana Ross & The Supremes – Someday We'll Be Together
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Label: Tamla Motown – TMEO 1013, Tamla Motown – TMEO-1013 Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, EP Country: Australia Released: 1970 Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop Style: SoulTracklist
Show Credits A1 Someday We'll Be Together Written-By – Beaver*, Bristol*, Johnson* A2 I’m Living In Shame Written-By – Sawyer*, Taylor*, The Clan B1 The Composer Written-By – W, Robinson* B2 No Matter What Sign You AreCondition Description & Other Information
"I don't think more than a handful of Australians own this copy... It was released in 1970 in Australia whilst being released in America in 1969. By 1970 Diana Ross had already begun her solo career so all copies out there were withdrawn & this Australian version was deleted from Motown's catalogue. Not even 1 single copy has ever appeared for sale on Discogs... EVER!!!"
"Someday We'll Be Together" is a song written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, and Harvey Fuqua. It was the last (and penultimate) of twelve American number-one pop singles for Diana Ross & the Supremes on the Motown label. Although it was released as the final Supremes song featuring Diana Ross, who left the group for a solo career in January 1970, it was recorded as Ross' first solo single and Supremes members Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong do not sing on the recording. Both appear on the B-side, "He's My Sunny Boy".
The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart for one week, in the final 1969 issue of Billboard magazine (dated December 27). It would be the last number one hit of the 1960s.
Background
Original version
The song was written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, and Harvey Fuqua in 1961; Bristol and Beavers recorded the song together as "Johnny & Jackey" for the Tri-Phi label that same year. "Someday" was a moderate success in the Midwestern United States, but gained little notice in other venues.
Tri-Phi was purchased by Motown in the mid-1960s. Fuqua, Bristol, and Beavers all joined Berry Gordy's by-then famous record company, and "Someday We'll Be Together" became part of Motown's Jobete publishing catalog. Beavers soon departed for Chess Records, although both Bristol and Fuqua stayed on as songwriters and producers for Motown.
Supremes version
"Someday We'll Be Together" Solid center variant of the UK single Single by Diana Ross & the Supremes from the album Cream of the Crop B-side "He's My Sunny Boy" Released October 14, 1969[3] Recorded Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); June 13, 1969 + additional dates Genre Pop, soul Length 3:25 (album/single version)3:34 (2003 remix) Label Motown
M 1156 Songwriter(s) Johnny Bristol
Jackey Beavers
Harvey Fuqua Producer(s) Johnny Bristol Diana Ross & the Supremes singles chronology "I Second That Emotion"
(1969) "Someday We'll Be Together"
(1969) "Up the Ladder to the Roof"
(1970) Audio sample Duration: 20 seconds.0:20 "Someday We'll Be Together"
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In 1969, Bristol was preparing a new version of "Someday We'll Be Together", to be recorded by Motown act Jr. Walker & the All-Stars. Bristol had already recorded the instrumental track and the background vocals when Berry Gordy happened upon the tracks and heard them. Gordy thought that "Someday" would be a perfect first solo single for Diana Ross, who was making her long-expected exit from the Supremes at the time, and had Bristol sequester Ross into the studio to record the song.
Unable at first to get the vocal performance he desired from Ross, Johnny Bristol decided to try something different: he would harmonize with her, helping Ross to get into the mood needed for the record. On the first take, the engineer accidentally recorded both Ross's vocal and Bristol's ad-libs. Bristol and arranger Wade Marcus liked the results, and Bristol had his vocal recorded alongside Ross' for the final version of the song. Bristol's ad-libs and words of encouragement to Ross can be heard in the background throughout the song. When Berry Gordy heard the completed song, he decided to release it as the final Diana Ross & the Supremes song. Neither of the Supremes' remaining members, however, sang on the record. Ross's first solo single instead, released in early 1970, became "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)".
Even though the implicit subject of the song was that of Ross comforting a long-distance lover, "Someday We'll Be Together" allowed for other interpretations, one being that Ross and bandmates Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong would one day nostalgically "be together" again. Further, in concert, Ross would suggest that "someday, we'll be together" in regard to contemporary troubles such as civil rights and the ongoing demonstrations and protests against the Vietnam War.
Release"Someday We'll Be Together" was included on the final Diana Ross & the Supremes album, Cream of the Crop (1969). The song was a United States number-one hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 popular singles chart and the R&B singles chart, as well as charting in the top twenty at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. It also peaked on the Netherlands' MegaCharts at #19 in 1970. "Someday's" B-side, "He's My Sunny Boy", was recorded by Ross, Wilson, and Birdsong for the Love Child album in 1968 and written and produced by Smokey Robinson.
"Someday" charted at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 popular singles chart for one week, on December 27, 1969. It also charted at number-one on the Billboard R&B Singles chart for four weeks, from December 13, 1969, to January 3, 1970. "Someday We'll Be Together" therefore appeared in Billboard as both the final Hot 100 and R&B number-one of the 1960s, and as the first R&B number-one of the 1970s.
Condition Report
The Vinyl is described as Excellent+++ & is just a shade off Near Mint. Played to that standard today, average background with a few clicks & pops in the run-ins, & no skips or stops. Very few signs of play. Several spindle marks to both labels. There are a few extremely fine hairlines & sleeve marks to both sides of the record, The Vinyl has retained nearly all of its rich waxy lustre. The Cover is described as VG+. There is some visible edge/spine & corner-wear. There are some fine cracks to spine & edges with associated wrinkles. There is minor ring-wear to front & verso. There are some colour & paper losses to edges & spine & a tiny paper loss between the M & the E of the Supremes top right front cover. No seam splits. Couple of minor stains here & there. Please see attached photos....price rating
