The Marvelettes - Sophisticated Soul

Tamla Records   TS 286

notes:

Sophisticated Soul is the eighth album issued by Motown girl-group
the Marvelettes. It is the first album to feature Ann Bogan who replaced
 Gladys Horton in 1967 (although Horton's voice is featured on a few of the tracks),
 and most of the lead vocals are by Wanda Young. Like many Motown albums
 produced in the late 1960s, Sophisticated Soul featured backing from the Andantes,
 Motown's premier backing group, on certain tracks,
others feature Bogan and Katherine Anderson.


credits:

    Wanda Young — lead vocals, except on "I'm Gonna Hold On as Long as I Can"
    Katherine Anderson — backing vocals (side 2, tracks 1–3, and 5)
    Ann Bogan — backing vocals (side 2, tracks 5), lead vocals on "I'm Gonna Hold On as Long as I Can"
    Gladys Horton — backing vocals (side 2, tracks 1-3)
    The Andantes — backing vocals (side 1, tracks 1, 3–6; side 2, tracks 1-4, 6)
    Melvin Franklin — spoken intro on "My Baby Must Be a Magician"
    Smokey Robinson — producer
    Ashford & Simpson — producers, backing vocals on "Destination: Anywhere"
    The Funk Brothers — instrumentation
    Marv Tarplin — guitar

Recorded    1966–1968
 at Hitsville U.S.A. Studios, Detroit, MI
and Golden World Recording Studios, Detroit, MI
A1, A4, A5, B2, B4 produced by Smokey Robinson
A2 produced by Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson
A3 produced by Frank Wilson
A6, B3 produced by William Weatherspoon and James Dean
B1, B5 produced by Ivy Jo Hunter
B6 produced by Richard Morris


tracklist:

A1 My Baby Must Be A Magician
    Written-By  Wm. Robinson*     
A2 Destination: Anywhere
    Written-By  Ashford, Simpson*      
A3 I'm Gonna Hold On Long As I Can
    Written-By  Wilson*, Manns*      
A4 Here I Am Baby
    Written-By  Wm. Robinson*     
A5 You're The One For Me Bobby
    Written-By  Wm. Robinson*     
A6 Reachin' For Something I Can't Have
    Written-By  Weatherspoon*, Dean, Weatherspoon*     
B1 Your Love Can Save Me
    Written-By  Ashford, Simpson*     
B2 You're The One
    Written-By  Wm. Robinson*     
B3 Don't Make Hurting Me A Habit
    Written-By  Dean, Weatherspoon*, Barnes*     
B4 What's Easy For Two Is Hard For One
    Written-By – Wm. Robinson*     
B5 The Stranger
    Written-By  I. Hunter*      
B6 Someway, Somehow
    Written-By  Morris, Moy

 

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