45 RPMs 82: The Supremes – Come See About Me

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The Supremes ~ Come See About Me

45 RPM record  

photo by Styrous®

 

    

On Monday, July 13, 1964, Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson (The Supremes), walked into the studios of Motown records and recorded one of their biggest hits, Come See About Me, written by the Motown main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland.             

 

The Supremes and Motown were the first to record the song but not to release it; it was recorded after them but released earlier by Wand Record  and Nella Dodds. Her version started selling, climbing to No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100, but Motown rushed to released the Supremes' version as a single, which killed the sales of Dodds's version. The Supreme's version fades in whereas the Dodds' version starts normally and is not as fast.          

 

In the gay bars of the pre-disco period, I loved to dance to See About Me with it's infectious beat but it was only decades later that I realized it's actually a sad song about a woman whose lost her lover.       

 

Before they became famous, the girls were in a group called The Primettes with none other than the Temptations and they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show on November 19, 1967 (YouTube link below).   

        

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A - Come See About Me - 2:39

Side 2:

B - Always In My Heart - 2:26

Companies, etc.

    Copyright © – Motown Record Corporation
    Published By – Jobete
    Mastered At – Nashville Matrix
    Pressed By – American Record Pressing Co.

 Credits:

 

    Producer [Produced By] – Holland & Dozier
    Written-By – Holland, Dozier, Holland*

 Personelle:

    •    Lead vocals by Diana Ross
    •    Background vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
    •    All instruments by the Funk Brothers[10]
    ◦    Earl Van Dyke – piano
    ◦    Joe Messina – guitar
    ◦    James Jamerson – bass
    ◦    Uriel Jones – drums
    ◦    Jack Ashford – vibraphone
    ◦    Hank Cosby – tenor saxophone
    ◦    Andrew "Mike" Terry – baritone saxophone
    •    Footstomps by Mike Valvano

 

Notes:

Label / pressing plant variant: No bottom scroll text on labels.

© 1964
Jobete BMI

© 1964 Motown Record Corporation

Side A: Taken from Album "Where Did Our Love Go" MT 621

Barcode and Other Identifiers        

        

    Rights Society: BMI
    Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): ARP
    Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): DM HVV-097205
    Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): DM HVV-099202
    Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A, Variant 1): RK4M-2604-1-S HVV - 097205 ARP Nashhville Matirx 10
    Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side B, Variant 1): RK4M -2686-1 G Nashville Matrix DMHVV-0922 D2 ARP
    Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A, Variant 2): RK4M-2604-1-G HVV - 097205 Nashhville Matirx 10 ARP
    Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side B, Variant 2): RK4M -2686-1 G ARP Nashville Matrix DMHVV-0922 D2

        

The Supremes – Come See About Me
Label:    Motown – M-1068
Format:    Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, American Record Pressing
Country: US
Released: Oct 27, 1964
Genre:    Funk / Soul
Style:    Soul, Vocal        

        

        

Viewfinder links:       

         

Nella Dodds          
Holland–Dozier–Holland

Ed Sullivan            

The Supremes         

Temptations
     
Net links:       

         

         

         

        
     
YouTube links:      
        
Nella Dodds ~  Come See About Me        

The Supremes ~ Come See About Me        

The Temptations & The Supremes "Hits Medley" on The Ed Sullivan Show   
        
         

        

        

Styrous® ~ Monday, September 7, 2020

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