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Barbara McNair
The Ultimate Motown Collection

Compil. UK 2004 on Motown label
R&B/Soul (Soul)

#1-1 to 1-12 issued as the album Here I Am, Motown MS-644. released November 1966. Album produced by Frank Wilson. Recorded October-December 1965, and March-June 1966. #1-13 to 1-24 issued as the album The Real Barbara McNair, Motown MS-680, April 1969. The Supremes are featured on background vocals on some tracks. Recorded December 1966 and January-February 1967; Smokey Robinson productions recorded July-August 1968. #1-25, 1-26 released as US single Motown 1087, November 1965; also issued as UK single Tamla-Motown TMG 544, January, 1966. #2-1 to 2-13. Each of these tracks, except #2-10, is from sessions in which only Smokey Robinson compositions were recorded. However, there is no record indicating there was an LP with the title, 'Barbara Sings Smokey'. It is used here for descriptive purposes only. Mastered by Gary Moore at Universal Digital Mastering, London. Analog-to-Digital Transfers from original Motown master tapes by Jeff Willens at Universal Mastering Studios-East. #2-11, 2-12, 2-13 and 2-22 mixed from the original session masters by Kevin Reeves at UMS-E. Special thanks to Andrew Skurow for track annotations and vault research. Thanks to Adam Charles for the loan of the photographs and artefacts. This compilation (P) & (C) 2003 Universal Music. #1-2 writer listed as Hal Davis, not Hal David. #1-17, 1-21, 2-21 producer unknown #2-21 writer unknown

     
Musicians
PortraitBarbara McNair voc, 1934-2007 US
album by, written by
PortraitClarence Paul voc, 1928-1995 US
written by, producer
Producers
Paul Nixon compilation producer
Gary Moore mastered by
Jeff Willens mastered by
Harry Weinger other, u.s. a&r
Silvia Montello other, uk direction
Adam Charles photography, delivering photos
Frank Wilson producer
Holland & Dozier producer
Smokey Robinson producer
Clarence Paul producer
Davis & Gordon producer
Harvey Fuqua producer
Johnny Bristol producer
Ivy Jo Hunter producer
Richard Morris producer
William Stevenson producer
James Dean producer
William Weatherspoon producer
Berry Gordy producer
Warren Moore producer
Kevin Reeves mixed by
Mickey Gentile producer
Norman Whitfield producer
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1One: The Released MastersBarbara McNair
2Here I AmBarbara McNair
3My World Is Empty Without YouBarbara McNairHolland-Dozier-Holland
4Message To MichaelBarbara McNairBacharach And David
5Everything Is Good About YouBarbara McNairEdward Holland, Jr., James Dean
6Here I Am BabyBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson
7Steal Away TonightBarbara McNairClarence Paul, Dave Hamilton
8For Once In My LifeBarbara McNairOrlando Murden, Ronald Miller
9The Shadow Of Your SmileBarbara McNairJohnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
10I Will Wait For YouBarbara McNairJacques Demy, Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel
11The Sweetheart TreeBarbara McNairHenry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
12What A DayBarbara McNairAurora Miller, Ronald Miller
13Strangers In The NightBarbara McNairBert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
14Fancy PassesBarbara McNairLonny Stevens, Ronald Miller, William O'Malley
15The Real Barbara McNairBarbara McNair
16Where Would I Be Without YouBarbara McNairDennis Lussier, Frank Wilson
17You Could Never Love HimBarbara McNairBeatrice Verdi, Ronald Miller
18Who Invented HeartacheBarbara McNairIvy Jo Hunter, Kay Small
19The Hunter Gets Captured By The GameBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson
20You've Lost That Loving FeelingBarbara McNairBarry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector
21Forget You Ever Met Me BabyBarbara McNairSonny Gordon, William Fangette Enzel, William Stevenson
22I Hear A SymphonyBarbara McNairHolland-Dozier-Holland
23When I'm GoneBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson
24What Now My LoveBarbara McNairCarl Sigman, Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë
25It Happens Every TimeBarbara McNairBeatrice Verdi, Ronald Miller
26Just One TeardropBarbara McNairJames Dean, Stanley McMullen, William Weatherspoon
27If You Can WantBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson
28Non-LP SinglesBarbara McNair
29You're Gonna Love My BabyBarbara McNairBarbara McNair, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Ronald Miller
30The Touch Of TimeBarbara McNairColeridge-Taylor Perkinson, Ronald Miller
31Two: The Unreleased MastersBarbara McNair
32Barbara Sings SmokeyBarbara McNair
33As Long As There Is L-O-V-E LoveBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson
34I Second That EmotionBarbara McNairAl Cleveland, Smokey Robinson
35My GuyBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson
36You Beat Me To The PunchBarbara McNairRonald White, Smokey Robinson
37I'll Try Something NewBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson
38More LoveBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson
39Oh Be My LoveBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson, Warren Moore
40All That's GoodBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson, Warren Moore
41The One Who Really Loves YouBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson
42Love Has A Reason For Neglecting MeBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson, Warren Moore
43Don't Mess With BillBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson
44You've Really Got A Hold On MeBarbara McNairSmokey Robinson
45What Love Has Joined TogetherBarbara McNairRobert Rogers, Smokey Robinson
46More From The VaultBarbara McNair
47The Wheels Of The CityBarbara McNairHolland-Dozier-Holland
48I Don't Wanna Lose What I GotBarbara McNairClarence Paul
49Lone Lonely TownBarbara McNairJennie Lee Lambert, Mickey Gentile
50I Know BetterBarbara McNairNorman Whitfield, R. Dean Taylor
51Into My Empty ArmsBarbara McNairHenry Cosby, Vernon Bullock, William Stevenson
52The Harder You Fall (The Deeper The Feeling)Barbara McNairJames Dean, William Weatherspoon
53Rain SometimesBarbara McNairArthur Hamilton
54AnonymousBarbara McNair
55Baby A Go-Go (Countin' On You, Babe) [Alternate Vocal]Barbara McNairRichard Jacques, Ronald Miller
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