Diana Ross and The Supremes - Love Child - 45 RPM - ORIGINAL HOT MONO MIX

[theboyfromxtown]

This 45 is the biz. That intro would leap out of our portable radio speakers and hit you right between the eyes.

That's an interesting DM prefix of QQQ! 484M05 details where this mono version was once stored in the tape library at Hitsville.

[PUPPIElover369]

i am a love child...i just love the fact that i was conceived with love...love to my mum and dad...they were only 16 and 17 years old...i just love it.

[123ETERNALDEATH]

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[teddibearsworld]

Motown classics sound no better than on the original 45's. That is a fact, and it is not in dispute!!!

[jasonlava]

Pure win!

[oceanbound222]

JESUS, THIS IS HEAVEN !!!!!!

[cjserrot]

Yes, I agree, it's Diana Ross best delivery. She really did an excellent rendition. Sadly no Supremes (Mary or Cindy) sing in the original recording session. This song is timeless and part of the soundtrack of our lives, so cheers for the Mono version.

[ruthpaget1]

She could sing out. Wish she would come back and shatter glass!

[VaniaDawson882]

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[MrWINNSLAW]

"Very, very good!"

[70sRob]

All the mono recordings were superb. It was meant to sound good on AM radio. Get your hands on all the mono recordings you can. Especially the Beatles. It's unbelievable when you listen to them with head phones. You can hear all of the instrumentation and vocals, like the producer intended.

[DetroitLives313]

Ahh, the good old days , the good old days. The Supremes baby!

[JEMnDC]

As thin as her voice was, Diana Ross never hit a bad note in over 20 years of recording. She was always dead on in pitch and emotion, and always lovely and moving, despite her limitations of range and power.

[alexanderchien]

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[SuperVideoWatcher09]

LOVE IT!!!! The original sound gives it that nostalgic feeling

[HeavyMetalBluegrass]

Still one of the songs I play the most. Being a Love Child (bastard) myself, this song really speaks to me.

[rrrickster3137]

Damn how long do we have to wait for the Mutha Fucka to come on....

[iwantoldschool]

Ever since I first heard this track during childhood (1971), that opening guitar stab continues to lay down a bolt of lightning straight down my spine. The second it starts my entire body tenses up and says YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET YOUR ASS RAWKED. Holland Dozier Holland - more hits than THE BEATLES. Google it!

[oceanbound222]

@iwantoldschool ....... ur description is soooooooo right-on . The opening makes me sit up in bed

[moogyboy6]

Wow, I've heard drastically different mono 45 mixes before, but this one takes the cake. TOTALLY different from the common stereo version. I'm amazed!

[TheReturnOfBigBear]

DIANA ROSS Only, No Supremes on this one, Motown used The Andantes instead

[Schweizermusik]

> Love this classic MoTown Song and the fact that you are playing it on the original 45 Record :) - Thank you !

[shataya27]

LOVE THIS SONG, DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES!

[shataya27]

LOVE THIS SONG, DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES!

[TBird5790]

So cool.

I remember as a kid Diana Ross and the Supremes were my very favorites. NOT ashamed to say it. The epitome of fine vocals and harmonies. Then of course I had to get the Jackson 5 albums. Yep, had em.

I LOVED Motown.

[oceanbound222]

Jesus, this girl can sing ...... totally awesome song .....

[70sRob]

I wish music was still like this. Produced so perfectly. Dianna has such great vocal phrasing. Her voice is pure, rich and powerful in a very subdued way, but what an impact!! She never belted it out, she didn't have to, like so many girls do today. That's her talent. She knows how to deliver a song. I love her like so many others do.

[gaaratard123]

nice!!

[enorytl]

Every time I see that Mowtown name it brings chills to my body. You know something good is about to happen. Thank you Mr.Gordy, Thank you for making my life a happy one growing up in the 70's in Miami. Black Americans are very proud of you.

[usahorse721]

whats the name of the flip side

[supremester2]

@usahorse721 "Will This Be The Day" a nice, light pop tune that is nothing like the dynamic of Love Child, but OK as filler and a testament to Diana Ross' underrated versatility. Happily, Mary Wilson declined to record the background and flew off to vacation in Mexico so The Andantes, Motown's AMAZING house female group provided the exceptional backgrounds. Talented as Mary and Cindy were, they didn't have the chops to bring this record to it's fullest potential. a tour-de-force by Diana Ross!

[KnowWhatIThink]

This record was controversial in my house - my mom was in the hallway and when she heard me playing it, she came into my room, took it off the record player, and literally threw it out of the house - frisbee'd it right out of my bedroom window! (I snuck out that night and got it back.) Ahhh....memories.....

And yes, those of the sleeves some Motown records came in - I still have some. They changed as newer LP's were released.

[MrJjs77]

Oh Yeah thats the good stuff. A true oldie there. Does not get any better then this.

[mostlyclassics]

"A very controversial record at the time!" And even today: lots of oldies stations deliberately DO NOT have this on their play lists.

"Motown 1960's were mixed hot in mono." That enabled the lyrics to be heard with the crappy AM frequency response of the time, and especially on car radios.

I premiered this on my college FM station in 1968 — the first time I played it, it sent shivers up my spine.

WABCRADIO77, that's some serious iron in your vid. What's the turntable?

[TBird5790]

@mostlyclassics Technics, probably the 1200. Cmon. One of the best ever. They even came out with the MKII later on.

[oceanbound222]

This song brings chills of joy up and down my spine

[MaRi7BR]

amazing lyrics and great sound and beautiful song

[Jjonathanhart]

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[Kasbahkabaret]

Super song of life situations.

[corfan99]

I had that 45. Always liked the Motown label also the original RCA Victor.

WABCRADIO77, or anyone. I've got a question....is there a name for the space at the end of the song, where the groove seems to loosen and ends at the label. I was told there was a name for that emptying space. Thanks. Great sound.

[shmuli9]

@jdoesmith85210 The Supremes/Temptations 45 "The Weight" was released in stereo in 1969. (I had the 45 twice - the first time I 'cleaned' it with gasoline and dissolved it.)

[oceanbound222]

This song ROCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[supremes1964]

among DIANA ROSS best vocals performance ever!  This song ROCKS!

IT JAMS!

[9981522122]

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diana ross 45rpm

trank you

[dvlaries]

Some of Motown first stereo singles were Marvin's "Trouble Man," Stevie's "Superstition", the Supremes "I Guess I'll Miss The Man," Diana's "Good Morning Heartache," Gladys's "Neither One Of Us," Jackson 5's "Lookin' Through The Windows," and Michael's "Ben." Over at Atlantic things were similar. With the exception of 1969's "Share Your Love With Me," Aretha's 45s too stayed mono until the end of 1972.

[dvlaries]

With Motown, stereo singles didn't become steady until the second half of 1972. Even items as late as "Surrender," "Floy Joy," "Rockin' Robin," "Sugar Daddy" and "Automatically Sunshine" were all mono. During this same time there was experimentation too, with some singles stereo on one side but not the other. An example: Gladys Knight's "Help Me Make It Through The Night," stereo with a mono b-side, "If You're Gonna Leave Just Leave."

[Lockemeister]

Fantastic song, on of my all time favorites. thanks so much for posting

[WillWatchAnything]

We had a CD jukebox in the McD's I used to work for. Whenever this or any other Diana Ross song came on it blasted everyone away. I figure they somehow managed to get the hot mix on a CD. However, nothing matches the original vynil!!

[oceanbound222]

@oceanbound222 ...sorry CKLW detroit, 

[shyphyre]

Is that the origanl factory sleeve with the single? It is the frist time I have seen a classic motown single with the original sleeve.

[WABCRADIO77]

Yes, it's the original Motown sleeve!

In most cases, Motown shipped their records in light brown paper sleeves, but every once in a while they issued sleeves like this to promote their catalog.

[shyphyre]

@WABCRADIO77

I thought the thumbnail sleeves were more common. I was four when Lovechild hit the charts and remember seeing Motown releases with the thumbnail sleeve. The sleeve was printed with many different colors

[shmuli9]

@WABCRADIO77 They also had an interesting picture sleeve for this song, too, rather like the one they had for "I'm Livin in Shame"

[Stoned69]

I can just hear the late great Chuck Leonard playing this back in '68-69 on WABC!

[WABCRADIO77]

Complete with the WABC Chime at the end!

[kjchicago1]

@WABCRADIO77 Did you know "The Clan" wrote this song frm 1968?

[CenaTv2]

The Supremes sound very good in MONO. This must have been one of the last mono singles to be released as by 1968, stereo was the norm and mono was considered old and out of fashion

[WABCRADIO77]

While stereo singles began to appear in mass around this time (1967 - Example - Doors 45's on Elektra), most 45's were still mono up till about 1971 to 1972, then stereo 45's became the norm. After 1973, mono 45's almost did not exist unless it was a radio station promotional copy. However, there were exceptions!

[dvlaries]

@WABCRADIO77 An exception such as if the label was a small one. Stang/All-Platinum, as late as 1975, issued Shirley & Co.'s "Shame Shame Shame" and The Moments' "Look At Me I'm In Love" in mono.

[italoman9]

@CenaTv2 And Motown records will always so well-produced, you could hear each and every element distinctly and in good quality..I'd say that although the artists and style were different, Motown stood by this same high-quality production and lush orchestration with their hit releases all the way through the 1970s, including the label's mid- and late-'70s foray into disco, and up until about 1985 with artists like Rick James and Teena Marie, also. Great stuff! ;)

[Galiaxie78]

Love this song! Keep putting more supremes on?

[wmbrown6]

That copy shown at the start, and played on the turntable, was pressed by American Record Pressing in Owosso, MI (the plant whose 45 pressings often sounded like 78's if you had your eyes closed). My copy was pressed by RCA's Rockaway, NJ plant. RCA pressings have lacquers mastered at RCA's Chicago studios (then in its last months in the "Navy Pier" section, before moving in spring 1969 to the "Loop"). This looks like this was cut somewhere else (probably in-house by Motown itself).

[wmbrown6]

Oh, and if anyone asks: Count me as preferring the mono of this.

[blackwaxjh]

@wmbrown6 I have a copy of this 45 that was pressed at Monarch Records in Los Angeles. Do you have any idea where that pressing was mastered? For some reason, that particular pressing of the single doesn't have as much bottom end as this one does.

[burrexkeefAGAIN]

Aaaah, I have this one. And glad I do. Great sound!

[oceanbound222]

One of the all-time great classics.  Diana Ross' vocal performance is extraordinary.

[oceanbound222]

@oceanbound222 Just to be historically accurate, the background vocals here were provided by a group called the Andantes. Motown stopped using the 2 backup Supremes in the studio as Berry Gordy wanted a stronger sound behind Diana Ross. Most of the later hits bye "the Supremes" were really Diana Ross and the Andantes.

[wmbrown6]

@oceanbound222 - Sounds almost like the story of the so-called "Crystals" hit "He's a Rebel" where the actual vocal group was The Blossoms, dunnit?

[oceanbound222]

@wmbrown6 The original studio recording of Love Child had an additional verse talking about marriage. It was edited out of the single and album versions. I think you can find the full version somewhere on youtube.

[jconifer7]

The first Motown record I ever bought was this one. And believe me, these speaker dragons should to be played at lower volume or you will be jumping with fright when the music starts.

[blackwaxjh]

Thank you for posting this Spencer!! The mono 45 mix of this song is fantastic and stomps the anemic stereo version. That is clear from the tom and kick drum hit on this. A Motown classic heard the way it was meant to be heard!