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The Supremes
The Best Of The Supremes

Compil. US 2003 on Motown label
R&B/Soul (Soul)

℗1999 ©2003 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Tracks #1 to #12 originally released as Motown 638 (Merry Christmas), November 1965. Tracks #13 to #16 are bonus songs not on original album. Track #15 "Noel" is previously unreleased. Band tracks recorded in Los Angeles, CA, August, 1965. Vocals recorded in Detroit, MI, September, 1965. (One other song from the recordings, "Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem," is available on the CD collection "A Motown Christmas Carol.") Original album produced by Harvey Fuqua. Arrangements by Gene Page, H.B. Barnum and Ernie Freeman. Compilation produced by Harry Weinger and Andrew Skurow. All songs digitally remastered from the original stereo analog master tapes by Suha Gur at Universal Music Studios-East. "The Christmas Song" and "Silent Night" mixed from the original session tapes by Suha Gur at UMSE. "Noel" mixed from the original session tapes by Roland Alvarez at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA. Back liner photo taken on location of "Where The Action Is" (Big Bear Mountain, Calif.) Original record ad courtesy of the Mary Wilson Collection. All other images courtesy of Norwin Simmons, Thomas A. Ingrassia and Andrew Skurow.

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	The Supremes , 1959-1977 US album by
	Ernie Freeman p, key, 1922-1981 US arranged by
	Gene Page key, str, 1939-1998 US arranged by
	H.B. Barnum , *1936 US arranged by
	Vartan , JP art direction, reissue/compilation
	Andy Skurow , compilation producer, liner notes, photography by, images courtesy of
	Mary Wilson bvoc, voc, *1944 US photography by, images courtesy of
	Norwin Simmons Collection photography by, images courtesy of
	Thomas Ingrassia photography by, images courtesy of
	Harvey Fuqua voc, 1929-2010 US producer, original album, written by, adapted by, arranged by
	Hal Davis voc, 1933-1998 US adapted by, arranged by
	Marc Gordon , adapted by, arranged by
	Florence Ballard bvoc, voc, 1943-1976 US featuring

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