The Supremes - Standing At The Crossroad Of Love

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CRUIZIN  ..LOW N SLOW....YUP

[mafketays]

One of the best recordings they ever made (certainly most underrated, a b-side?) . I never ever get tired of it.

[Individuell83]

@mafketays I also really really like this

yes, I just took a look on wiki and it says it was the b-side to when the lovelight starts shining through his eyes

in fact I also thought it was an a-side

[speedoflite1]

i could listen to this over and over. and often have.

[Individuell83]

@speedoflite1 yes it's a GREAT song

and you never get tired of listening to it :D you heard the live version from the meet the supremes expanded edition?

[1963SLD]

this song brings back good memories, my getting high and drinking days, Oh! wait it;s still going on.

[Individuell83]

@1963SLD

lol what? :D

[hunkhk]

@1963SLD awesome response... ha ha ...... i hear you - we need to set up a support group

[motownbaby]

There's going to be a live version of this song on the upcoming re-release of "Meet the Supremes"! I can't wait to hear it.

[Individuell83]

@motownbaby

yup :D

and there will also be their live version of "anyone who had a heart" on it

it's sooo great :D

[1986babyboi]

i first heard this song when i was 14 and now i'm 23. i was that kid that would be all in my parents old records.lol

[Individuell83]

lol :D It's always nice to hear those "old stories"

[JOSUE5401]

same here!

[josny1]

This is on the Where did our love go Album from 1964

[Individuell83]

it also is yes :D and also on their greatest hits album from 67 :)

[Individuell83]

what?

[kurtsupreme]

Individuelll83 I've loved it since I was 13...........I'm 60 now!

[Individuell83]

lol isn't it great? :D I started loving the supremes when I was 12 or 13 now I'm 17 ... so it's not that long :D but I still love them

[JustRudo]

always loved this song. since i was 16 lol..

23 now

[Individuell83]

lol I'm 16 now and yes I also love it since I heard it first I think I was 12 or 13 back then xD

[B1calaiYa]

This song was originally released in November 1963 as the flip side of "When the Lovelight Starts Shining through His Eyes." According to a number of sources, H-D-H reworked it in 1966 as the Four Tops' "Standing in the Shadows of Love."

[Individuell83]

so am I =) I'm also 16

[thecountofbasie]

Another great non-hit from the early HDH days...like Ask Any Girl, this one also seems to have more of a classic girl group sound, which often got lost in the power of the hits...thanks for sharing

[Individuell83]

yes I totally love this song too I also really love any girl in love one of the best supremes songs every =)

[ampp02]

was this picture taken in Detroit? looks like the Bagley community or Russell woods on the west side.

[Individuell83]

yup it was taken in detroit but it's flo and her husband in front of her house at west buena vista =) diane and mary also had houses there =D

[distantlovr]

sweet song..........thanks

[Individuell83]

my pleasure =D

[mcoldskool]

This was a popular song in my neighborhood when I was coming up. Thanks for posting it.

[Individuell83]

aww I think it was nice in those days =)

no problem it's my pleasure

[MarvelettesDude]

Standing at the cross roadssssssssss go mary and flo

[Individuell83]

lol yes they did a great job here I love the song =)

it's o great

[etrax2000]

This picture also shows why Cindy was bought in to stand in for Flo.Stand in but not replace.

[Individuell83]

yes no one could replace flo

she was a different sopran like no one other she was a really strong sopran cindy's sopran was nice but never as good as flo's

[etrax2000]

Many people mistakenly believe that stereo brings out the background of songs but in truth its the mono version that allows the background to be heard more clearly. Stereo just echoes the main tracks and adds more power and sound but not sounds.

[Individuell83]

yes but this song was recorded in stereo

the metalophon is on the right and the deep piano on the left the lead and the background in the middle

if you have mono you have a more quiet sound with no room effects or different channels on the left and the right speaker. If you have stereo left and right are different you can also have the channel stereo effect on which is the lead left or right and the instruments on the other side. But this is mono because I recorded it per line

[Individuell83]

*line in

[etrax2000]

I was just reading the linear notes on the complete studio duets of the tempts and supremes and notice how thre are stereo mixes as well as mono of the same song. add this to the fact of the dozens of repackage versions and it's almost impossiable to determine which is the original. But I still believe that radio mono gives the best group sound as all the extraneous music is blocked out much like why jazz lovers look for old mono versions. its more like the studio sessions.

[Individuell83]

lol yes mono is sometimes good

but if you listen to music most time by headphones it's not really good.

Anyway the best thing is when the lead and the background are equal loud like the bee gees or the marvelettes or martha and the vandellas had it. Not like the supremes where only was Diana the loudest and the supremes so much turned down that it was nearly impossible to hear them sometimes

[etrax2000]

Thas's why I recomend Mono on Supremes recordings made for am radio and small record players back in the sixties. on them you can hear all the ladies and as you said not just diana, that is why mono is sought after by some motown afficionadoes; so you get a whole new perspective on the motown sound ,its like when they tried to cram Quadrophonic sound on folkes and it bombed. They cramed so much extra junk trying to impress that you lost the soul of the music.good stereo is like technicolor. Art

[Individuell83]

lol thx I didn't know that

I mean I'm 15 it's nearly 30 years ago.

Thx for explain.

I know there are some mono mixes of the songs I wondered why, but now I know it

thx =)

[uncleromulus59]

I always liked the beat to this song . . . it reminded me of the feel of most of Mary Wells' music. "There's No Stopping Us Now," was another song that was under rated.

[Individuell83]

hmm a few songs which aren't still released or weren't for a long time could reach some higher chart positions like "(Let Me Hear You Say) I Love You" a REALLY amazing ballad which was later relased as mono on the 40th aniversary edtion of where did our love go or "you're gonne come to me"

[tayishere202]

you were right, so different i like em both

[Individuell83]

I love this song =D

but mine is mono

I mean originally it's stereo on the record but I recorded it a long time ago with line in and so it was mono =D

but I think it's okay

[oldschoolmama1959]

this song says it all about love this was my jam back then

[Individuell83]

lol this song is great I'm glad you like it

thx for commenting you're welcome =)

[bcoombs1988]

This song should have been a #1 for our girls! It is consistently named as a fan favorite among all The Supremes' many unreleased songs, and when it was redone as Standing in the Shadows of Love for The Four Tops it became a hit. Not to mention it's been named by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. I think the harmonies in this song are tight and heavenly by all three.

[Individuell83]

I listen to my record at this time and the first I wanted to hear was "standing at the crossroad of love" and after that "any girl in love"

I love this old unfamous songs.

They had MUCH songs with which they also could got famous some years before but they never did until the release of "where did our love go" =)

thx for commenting

you´re welcome

[bcoombs1988]

I enjoyed this!

[Individuell83]

thx a lot I hope you enjoy my other videos too

you´re welcome

[DetroitD60]

My mother bought this record when it first came out back around 1963 or 64 in Detroit. The old 45 is still at the house.

[Individuell83]

wooow this is really nice =)

I hope you enjoy it if you play it on your record player

thx for commenting

you´re welcome =)

[mijaoldies]

love this song alway did .. never ever will i get tired of this song ...

[Individuell83]

thx a lot that you like it =)

you´re so welcome

thx for commenting

[ogvenicegirl]

oooh yeaaaah this is bomb!

[Individuell83]

lol yes it is

the lead and the background are so harmonically

thx for commenting

you´re welcome =)

[whitney2whoopi]

I love that song. Who is that in the picture?

[Individuell83]

florence ballard (sopran background of the supremes till 1967) and her boyfrined Thomas Chapman

=) thx for commenting

[timmy841212]

The Supremes had soul, just because Diana's vocals were not like Gladys Horton's or Martha Reeves' don't mean she couldn't croon. But it was evident she was influenced vocally by doo-wop.

[Individuell83]

The song the sing with Diana on lead wich are popular like Baby Love or so on are in my opinion good.

But there were a lot songs wich Flo had sung better or as good as Diana.

Diana had high and middle notes and flo high deep and middle .

Diana was able to sing pop and dixie or this genres. Flo had soul Jazz Blues and was nearly able to sing all genres.

But thx for commenting

[elane58]

comon now flo may have had a nice voice but she couldnt hold a candle to diana. berry did the right thing.

[Individuell83]

Sry but this is your meaning.

Flo was a suprano and was able to sing higher and deeper than Diana.

Diana hadn't a bad voice I like her voice but Flo ist better anyways.

Like on the song "people" or "love ain't love"

[Lussenheide]

My all time favorite Supremes song. Thanks for posting!

[Individuell83]

Really Pleasure done =)

You're welcome

[MotownMaster]

This is actually one of my favorite Supremes songs, there's just something about this song, Diane sounds so good on this one

[Individuell83]

Yes a wunder that she sound so good here, cause I think the most oder nearly all songs were better with Flo on lead cuase she had more soul and love in her voice

[JonathanLGardner]

Berry Gordy started Flo off and Tommy didn't help her by leaving knowing the situation and all she had been through. But that's a very nice picture and it shows Flo still tried to continue her life and be happy even though she wasn't allowed to take a bite out of her own cake (I meant that metaphorically). You can hear her well on this, thanks for the vid it's nice.

[Individuell83]

THX for the information.

Yes I thing Flo is ever to hear very good in the old songs. (when she were not turned down)

[5temps]

I think that Tommy did not really love Flo I believe that he was with her just for her fame but when she lost it he left and when she was about to gain it back that is when he came back wanting a pieace of the pie too.

[Individuell83]

Do you saw my new videos ''Who Could Ever Doubt My Love'' or the christmasvideo?!

I hope you enjoy it too =)

[motownbaby]

People always speak of Berry Gordy and/or Diana Ross being responsible for the demise of Flo....but that credit is better suited to the man in the picture (Tommy Chapman)!!!!

[Individuell83]

Yes but Berry and Diana were not innocent too

THX for your comment motownbaby =)

[ciccocenta]

& neither was Flo. They all played their parts.

[Individuell83]

I'm agree THX for your comment.

[floball32]

yeah they all played a part including mary!! but tommy was the one who told her to ignore flo and leave..then her solo career b/c of failed and he left her and beat her..there are alot people who say he was in it for her money!

[floball32]

this is one of favorite supremes songs when they were a real group...this and long gone lover ...this is flo and her husband tommy chapman in the pic

[Individuell83]

THX yeas Flo with Tommy on the left of the new cadillac and in front of the famous house.

[lilmissy691]

luv it!!!

thanks for posting Individuell83

[yosolo57]

thanks for the great songs individuell83

[Individuell83]

Pls ;-) I have 8 more but I have to take pictures under this music to uplode it but in short time I thing I uplode them :-) THX for yout comments yosolo57 and lilmissy691

[lilmissy691]

when exacly will you upload them

[Individuell83]

If you want them, maybe from yesterday on :-)

[Whitepussyass]

The song was originally on the Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go" album.

It was released in 1964.

[Individuell83]

I Know. I saw the ''Where Did Our Love Go'' album maybe a month ago anywere. Thnak you for the first comment Whitepussyass :-)