Ellie Greenwich - Love Is Better Than Ever (Demo)

[ChrisOtheBigC]

This is SUPERB! Thank you for sharing this!

[symbolistdevin]

Ahhhh! I am so addicted to this demo. I listen to it all the time. How/where did you find it? Do you have any more demos by her? After I found her "Baby" 45 I've tried to seek out everything I can by her from those early years...

[TopshelfTom]

@symbolistdevin I found it on ebay along with a bunch of other demo acetate recordings the same seller was selling, from the 50s through the early 70s, though this was the only one I won that was of Ellie, and I didnt even know that until posting it online and having people tell me it was her....

[doowop50s]

@TopshelfTom that's amazing tom! thank's for posting it , i love it

[retrotvluver]

Someone should release a clean-sounding version of this great song on a future Ellie CD.

[TopshelfTom]

@retrotvluver If someone can get me in touch with Ellie's family to get approval from them first, I can make that happen. The actual disc is not as noisy sounding as the video is (which was deliberate to prevent bootlegging, although that still happened anyway).

[Sweeteesweet1]

Out of the big three brill building writers (along with Carole King and Barry Mann) Ellie Greenwich by far had the most potential as a singing star. Too bad she was so mic shy. Her voice is slight, but gorgeous - like Lesley Gore with a touch more soul.

Does anyone have any more Ellie demos? There seem to be piano demos for everyone from Carole King to Burt Bacharach to Randy Newman floating around, but surprisingly little from Elle.

[BarneyUSMC]

Tom,

Thanks for sharing such a great

song from such a truly gifted lady

as Ellie Greenwich. May

she "Rest In Peace."

[RCALennon]

Very cool. I REALLY like the song and Ellie for that matter. Thanks for posting this! :)

[chuckdee121]

Oh, I love this! She is among the toppermost of the poppermost where it comes to songwriting! Maybe you can ask her family if you can borrow her acetates to post on youtube as a memorial. It would be a lovely thing to do!

[PJDooWop]

This is great, and quite impressive considering it's simply a writer's demo. Eliie apparently did a lot of these demonstration sessions. It was easier for the writers to shop a singer/producer when the demo was finished and it was easier for the artists to commit the song to memory if they could hear it.

[TopshelfTom]

She apparently did tons of them for Mark Barkan and Ben Raleigh, who wrote this song. i wish more of them still existed today....

[grandprix1963]

Oh my. Didn't knew she passed away.

Thanks for uploading this nice song.

[petee19]

Yet another great 60's icon has left us,but like' Dusty'she has left us with some great music.

RIP Ellie

[AylerGhosts]

RIP from Japan

[peterandreasen]

My favorite writer. RIP Ellie Greenwich, the true leader of the pack

[smogivar]

so sweet.

[chezfun]

The world lost a great talent!!

[ZXC5000]

RIP Ms. Greenwich

[SuzySecret]

RIP Ellie thx for this great song

[pgh45rpms]

So sorry to hear about Ellie's passing. She was a gifted songwriter -- one of the giants from the famed Brill Building team -- & was married for a time to her songwriting partner, Jeff Barry.