Supremes New Ways But Love Stays -1970 – Rhythm & Blues, Soul (vinyl)

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New Ways But Love Stays is the secondstudio albumby theJean Terrell-ledSupremes. Building on the foundation of the group’s first LP,Right On, New Ways was produced byFrank Wilsonand features The Supremes’ most successful single with Terrell, “Stoned Love”. The plea for peace and love was written by Wilson and aDetroitteenager named Kenny Thomas. The song’s title, read by many entertainment executives as a double-edgeddrugreference, prevented the song from making an impact in some areas; for example, footage of The Supremes performing the number was edited out of a November 1970 episode ofThe Merv Griffin Show. However, the song still was a huge success on the charts, reaching number 7 on the Billboard hot 100, and number 1 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.

New Ways But Love Stays was originally titled Stoned Love after its hit single; the controversy over the song’s name prevented this from occurring. Another change that befell the project was the alteration of the original album cover. The original design used a photograph which depicted the three Supremes inAfrosand black turtlenecks, giving them aBlack powerlook. Apparently feeling that such a look would go against the Supremes’ established “glamour girl” image, Motown’s final cover for New Ways But Love Stays includes one of the Black power photos, but it is inset within a circle and surrounded by additional inset pictures of the three Supremes in their more familiar gowns.

Besides its notable hit single, the album also includes several notable album tracks, such as “Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music” (aSpinnerscover), and “It’s Time to Break Down”, which is today recognized as a minor “dusty groove” classic, and was sampled byhip hopproducerDJ Premierfor theGang Starrsong “JFK 2 LAX”, included on the 1998 LPMoment of Truth.

New Ways also features covers of then-current hits bySimon & Garfunkel(“Bridge Over Troubled Water”),The Beatles(“Come Together”), andSteam(“Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)”). This album is also the first to feature lead vocal lines by Cindy Birdsong, on “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. According to Motown data this album sold over 150,000 copies in the USA

Label:Motown MS 720Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, StereoCountry:CanadaReleased:1970Genre:Funk / Soul,PopStyle:Rhythm & Blues,Soul
Sleeve Condition (Out of 10) ~7- corner clipped – slight wear
Label Condition (Out of 10) ~ 10
Vinyl Condition ~ (Out of 10)
Side 1 – 8( slight marks onlp )
side 2 – 10
BIN # 73bin *160 Better copy – 8 / 10

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