Barbara Randolph - Collection
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Artist: Barbara RandolphEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2003-09-22
Music Label: Universal/Spectrum
Soundtracks:
- I Got A Feeling (Single Version)
- You Got Me Hurtin' All Over (Single Version)
- Can I Get A Witness (Single Version)
- Bah Bah Bah
- Another Day Another Way
- Chained
- It's Got To Be A Miracle
- Baby Don't You Do It
- It's Not Necessary
- I'll Turn To Stone
- I'm So Thankful
- I'm A Roadrunner
- Look Of Love
- Why Fight It
- What's Easy For Two Is So Hard For One
- Why Did You Run Away
- When It Rains It Pours
- You Finally Outdone Yourself
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Music Review: The might-have-been Supreme
Rating: 5 Stars
In the sixties, Barbara Randolph was, briefly, a singer with the Platters. Her performances there attracted Motown's attention. She was considered as the replacement for Florence Ballard in the Supremes, but didn't get the job, apparently because Diana Ross objected. Motown released two singles, both with the same B-side and both failed to chart. Barbara recorded fifteen other tracks for possible release on an album, but nothing was released. Apart from a few tracks that Barbara recorded for another label, she disappeared without trace from the music scene. News of Barbara's death prompted the release of this fine collection of her entire Motown recordings.
The first A-side, a cover of I got a feeling (Four Tops) opens this collection, followed by the only B-side (You got me hurting all over), then the second A-side, a cover of Can I get a witness (Marvin Gaye). The remaining tracks were never released to the public in Barbara's lifetime. Even if an album had been released, it is unlikely that all these tracks would have been released, but anybody assembling the album would have had plenty of quality material to choose from, whether or not they`d used the three singles tracks.
The potential album tracks include covers of songs also recorded by (among others) the Supremes (Bah bah bah), Marvin Gaye (Chained, Baby don`t you do it), Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston (It's got to be a miracle), I'll turn to stone (Four Tops), Roadrunner (Jr Walker), What's easy for two (Mary Wells) and Look of love (Dusty Springfield)., but there plenty of other great songs here that you probably haven't heard anywhere else.
The variety of sounds and styles show that Motown were experimenting, trying to find out which direction to take Barbara's career in, but by not releasing anything except two singles, their effort was waste - except that by leaving the unreleased recordings in the vaults, they did at least allow Motown fans to hear her music, albeit only after her death.
As befitting somebody who good enough to sing with the Platters, and who Berry Gordy considered as a replacement for Florence Ballard, this is an excellent compilation that shows what might have been. Now, why did Diana object to her becoming a Supreme? Judged on the music here, Barbara would have been a great Supreme.
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Budget price compilation for the late Motown vocalist features 18 tracks. Spectrum. 2003.Pop CDs
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