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David Ruffin
"David" Unreleased LP & More

Compil. US 2004 on Hip-O Select label
R&B/Soul (Soul)

Original LP information page Tracks 1-12 scheduled to be released as David, Motown 733, circa June/July 1971. Some sources list the album title as David Ruffin, which became the title of his following LP, in February 1973. Tracks 1, 4, 11 and 12 issued as mono singles. Album mixes of the following tracks were released: Each Day Is A Lifetime - on the CD David Ruffin: The Best Of/20th Century Masters, Motown 159501, October 10, 2000 I Want You Back - on the Various Artists CD, The Motown Sings Motown Treasures: The Ultimate Motown Rarities Collection Vol. 1 Let Somebody Love Me - on the CD David Ruffin: The Ultimate Collection, Motown 0959, September 22, 1998 The single mix of You Can Come Right Back To Me was issued on the U.K.-only Various Artists CD, Soul Satisfaction 4, Motown 066 037, January 5, 2004 _________________________ Bonus Tracks & Mono Single Mixes information page Tracks 20 and 21 issued as A & B side of single Motown 1178, February 1971 The B-side hit the Billboard Pop 'Bubbling Under' chart, #110 Tracks 22 and 23 issued as A & B side of single Motown 1187, July 1971 #1-12 sourced from original album master reels #13 sourced from end of original LP master reel #14-17 from original mixed outtake reels [14-16 mono only; #17 stereo] #18 & 19 mixed from original 16-track session reels by Suha Gur, Ellen Fitton and Harry Weinger, April 2004 #20-23 from original single master reels; 20-22 are mono, #23 is a stereo master summed to mono All songs recorded at Hitsville (Studio A) and Golden World (Studio B), except the backing track for "Dinah," and overdubs in "For The Shelter Of Your Love" and "Get Away Heartbreak," as noted. All songs previously unreleased except as noted. MUSICIANS: Earl Van Dyke, Johnny Griffith, James Jamerson, Bob Babbitt, Uriel Jones, Pistol Allen, Eddie Willis, Robert White, Joe Messina, Dennis Coffey, Jack Ashford, Eddie "Bongo" Brown, the Motown Horns & the Detroit Symphony Orchestra BACKGROUND VOCALISTS: The Andantes, The Originals and possibly the Spinners _________________________ Release credits page Digitally Mastered by Suha Gur and Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios-East Photographs courtesy of Motown Records Archives Vault Research: Andrew Skurow, thanks to Douglas Rausch and Amy Herot Anything That You Ask For: Special thanks to Clay McMurray, Ivy Jo Hunter, Pam Sawyer, Alan Warner, David Ritz, and the late Johnny Bristol (C) 2004 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. _________________________ Non-release notes From Hip-O Select: CD edition limited to 3500 individually numbered copies. Exact release date culled the online Motown discography Don't Forget The Motor City

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	David Ruffin voc, 1941-1991 US album by
	David Van DePitte b, arranged by
	Gene Page key, str, 1939-1998 US arranged by
	Henry Cosby ts, sax, 1928-2002 US arranged by, written by
	Paul Riser str, *1943 US arranged by
	Tom Baird key, voc, bvoc, arranged by
	Wade Marcus tb, str, US arranged by
	Stu Hackel & Harry Weinger other, essay written by
	Thane Tierney other, for hip-o select
	Kelly Martinez , US other, licensing
	Duke Browner , written by, producer

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