Diana Ross and the Supremes - Reflections - 45 rpm

[Bluenoser1954]

From the land of the Bluenose......when music was music........oh so sweet!

[moonlit79]

duuude :)

[chicotower]

Absolutely one of their best, from the Summer of Love, 1967!

[jktosh]

I love watching the record spin with that familiar Motown label as it reminds me of listening to all my mom's records in the early/mid 70s when I was 6 or 7! This was always my favorite Supremes song. Thanks for posting the song and video! =)

[Dkano9]

@jktosh mom had good taste in music ...

[Dkano9]

@jktosh the spinning 45 reminds me of the old days ... when they were brand spanking new!

[snookndoozer]

One of the best Supremes songs ever! Diana Ross had such an amazing voice. Real voice too not edited and changed. Thanks for sharing :)

[jrmetmoi]

I love the star trek beginning

[killercrabman]

the intro is like 10/20 years ahead of its time! so cool.

[purplecat11]

This song Is Still Great & it sounds Great on Vinyl!

[mamaspearl1]

I saw diana ross in concert with my sister....... happy days one of the best things in life are happy memories

[steelcross101]

i heard this song at quang tri viet-nam we were on the slicks going to I corps A-shaw valley

[doox420]

@steelcross101 thats an amazing story. this song reminds me of that era so much. if you dont mind me asking when was the first time you heard purple haze?

[JMFabiano]

Here's something I wondered about...at the point of the song you hear at 2:36, it seems like there's a jump between parts, as if there was an edit. You can't notice it here really, but on clearer versions it's more noticeable. Does anyone know for sure if the song was cut down from its original length?

[BennettLaura]

LOL, I used to own this 45, and I think I wore the song out. LOL

[daddypeacebucks]

Love this song and why shouldn't I? I lost my virginity to it. They and Linda kept me up ALL night.

[TheNewsoul2]

3 minutes of pure pop perfection, very few songs have topped the achievement of "Reflections" H-D-H finest song epic in it's very scope.

[glorybra]

China Beach!!!!!!

[jamesmcashan1]

these songs were run through "companders" (compressor expander, primitive ambience synthesis) for extra effect on old paper car radio speakers and small pocket transistor radios. positive "inspirational" sounds like "Reflections" are censored now, most music is sabotaged for bland irritation. as systems improved in the 1980s, the video and music products were ruined to compensate.

[jamesmcashan1]

music is more than it seems, separate actors, used as a system. i have studied many thousands of songs, every type and place. "pop" music has ancient tools in it (minor to major crescendo, emotional sequencing, hypnotics, depressors). i learned by decades of study of millions of documents that it was a secret religious war, game of remote weapons, in synchrony with electronic subliminal mind control. some obsessed, some took death to escape the attack. - james mcashan for the US Senate

[annabodhi38]

Thank you!! That was soooo much fun. Ah, memories ¸❤¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪♥

[jimmyjames6440]

This used to be the theme to the tv show china beach

[ianxjr13sp]

awesome times brings back some great memories

[MsFanmail]

I JUST LOVE THE SUPREMES RIP FLORENCE BALLARD 1943 - 1976

[wilkinsonbarraboy]

sounds superb! , what record player you playing this on please?

[whopfrog2]

@wilkinsonbarraboy Thanks. It is an audio-technia model. I replaced it a couple of months ago when the automatic return arm had problems.

[crossy265]

so much better than todays crap n im only 26

[TheOldtreecheckmate]

This song reminds me of that one time that I loved.

[kmars21]

whatta great song..and yes the the intro was necessary

[wfarrar69]

brilliant song by them with some groovy soul in it.not everyone can hit #1 all the time,although this should of.record has nice sound(sounds almost new).great posting by them.

[DaveWollenberg]

I just wonder if the swirlin' intro was necessary. The Supremes hit #2 in Billboard, 9-9-67. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! Have a great week!

[doglips1958]

Read the comment from moogyboy6.He mentions the Monkees as early Moog users.You can also google it, Einstein.Your incorrect spelling of the word "mentioning" helps confirm your apparent lack of intelligence.

[Keepsz]

This is sweet.  Krisp Sound.....Wish my 45 sounded this good. Thanx 4 tha post !

[1woozoo]

Thanks



[bodhisattvaPatty]

One of the best of all times~! :)

[therealvaliantthor]

that bass line is sick...

[pepsibookcat]

One of the very best EVER.

[needtolooselots]

Heck i was only 4 but i sure remember this song, growing up in motown!!!

[ErnestMSaenz]

The Summer of Love - For me, this song is the Hippie Theme Song. It always reminds me of Vietnam and the Anti-War movement.

[wreepeet]

I bet this record was playing on every radio around the globe back in the day , i was in the 7th grade and it was the height of the vietnam war i remember this so vividly . I wonder how long this motown hit stayed at #1

[italoman9]

@wreepeet This song topped on Billboard Pop at No. 2. Great late '60s summer hit song, sound, production, everything! :)

[huntercentury]

3 minutes of pure perfection!

[doglips1958]

@huntercentury YEP!!!

[Rlotpir1972]

Was this song the first to use a synthesizer keyboard? Moog or Arp?

[moogyboy6]

@Rlotpir1972 Possibly a *very* early Moog, but I doubt it. More likely it's simply a test tone oscillator or simple feedback burst, fed through a tape echo. ARP wasn't in business till 1969 or '70, so it wasn't that. As far as which song was first with a real synth, that's debatable; '67 saw many pop singles with synth cameos (all Moogs) from the Monkees, the Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, and others.

[doglips1958]

@Rlotpir1972 Seems like I heard once that Daily Nightly by the Monkees had the first use of a Moog.Can't verify if it's true though.

[Bud3236]

@doglips1958  are you seriously mentiomg the monkees when referencing this ? get off the crack soon dude lol the fkin monkees you are wacked out

[dagr382]

Absolutely brilliant!

[doglips1958]

Absolutely the CRAZIEST beginning of any song ever.Great song!!!

[moogyboy6]

@doglips1958 Well, definitely for the Supremes and Motown, in 1967, it was. Must've been a real novelty at the time, like the feedback that opens "I Feel Fine" by the Beatles. But things were changing at Motown, this was the beginning of their "psychedelic soul" era after all.

[rodineisilveira]

This song is also included on the compilation "Diana Ross & The Supremes - The #1's", released worldwide by Universal Music/Motown.

[CenaTv2]

great song, nice to hear it in mono. i have it on a vinyl lp called "Diana Ross & The Supremes - 20 Golden Greats"