Ross (1978 album)
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| Studio album by Diana Ross | |||||
| Released | September 1978 | ||||
| Recorded | 1971-1978 | ||||
| Genre | R&B/soul | ||||
| Length | 38:56 | ||||
| Label | Motown | ||||
| Producer | Hal Davis, Greg Wright, Ashford & Simpson, Michael Masser | ||||
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Ross is a 1978 studio album/compilation released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown label. The album was a mixture of older tunes Ross recorded and newer recordings.
The songs on Side A, "Lovin', Livin' and Givin'" (originally from the Thank God It's Friday soundtrack), "What You Gave Me" (a disco cover of the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell hit), "Never Say I Don't Love You" and "You Were the One" were 1978 recordings produced by Hal Davis and Greg Wright, and were in many ways precursors for the following disco album The Boss.
Songs like "Reach Out, I'll Be There", originally from 1971 album Surrender, "Sorry Doesn't Always Make Right" and "Together", the A- and B-sides of a 1975 non-album single, were extended and/or remixed for the Ross album release. "To Love Again" and "Where Did We Go Wrong" (not to be confused with a track with the same title released on the 1993 album Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues and the Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs box set) were both previously unreleased outtakes from earlier recording sessions. "To Love Again" was three years later to be resurrected as the title track of a ballads collection on the Motown label, To Love Again.
While most of the recordings contained on Ross have re-surfaced on a number of Motown compilations over the years, three of the songs on Side A for example as bonus tracks on the deluxe edition of Ross' bestselling album diana, the Ross album in its entirety remains unreleased on compact disc.
The album is not to be confused with a second album Diana Ross released, also simply titled Ross, on the RCA label in 1983.
[edit] Track listing
Side A:
- "Lovin', Livin' And Givin'" (Kenny Stover, Pam Davis) (Extended Remix) - 5:11
- Produced by Hal Davis. Edited version originally issued on first pressings of soundtrack album Thank God It's Friday (Casablanca), May 1978. Overdubbed remix issued on subsequent pressings. Remixed again for the album Ross, scheduled as Motown single October 1978 (cancelled).
- "What You Gave Me" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:57
- Produced by Hal Davis. Also released as Motown promo 12" single, including extended remix.
- "Never Say I Don't Love You" (Greg Wright, Karin Patterson) - 3:50
- Produced by Greg Wright.
- "You Were The One" (Greg Wright, Karin Patterson) - 4:01
- Produced by Greg Wright.
Side B:
- "Reach Out I'll Be There" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr.) (1978 Extended Remix) - 5:30
- Produced by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson. Arranged by Paul Riser. Originally released as Motown single, April 1971 and on album Surrender, June 1971.
- "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right" (1978 Mix) (Michael Masser) - 3:28
- Produced by Michael Masser. Originally released as Motown single, February 1975.
- "Where Did We Go Wrong" (1978 Mix) (Ron Miller, Tom Baird) - 4:24
- Produced by Michael Masser. Originally recorded for 1973 album Last Time I Saw Him
- "To Love Again" (1978 Mix) (Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser) - 4:04
- Produced by Michael Masser. Originally recorded for Mahogany OST sessions
- "Together" (1978 Mix) (Michael Masser, Tom Sawyer) - 3:31
- Produced by Michael Masser. Originally released as Motown single, February 1975.
[edit] Detailed info on track "Lovin', Livin' and Givin"
The version of "Lovin', Livin' and Givin'" in the movie Thank God It's Friday is almost an instrumental used as a background for dialogue.
The different versions of the song are as following:
- On the LP Ross (1978) and later as a B-side on the 12" "The Boss" (- 5:10 with its own disco break).
- On the MCA re-issue I'm Coming Out and on the CD Anthology from 1986 (the - 5:10 version edited: - 3:30 with a progressive synthesizer intro but without disco break).
- On the European 7" and the US movie soundtrack ( - 4:40 with a 50 second disco break different from the album version break). This version is the one available on the CD Thank God It's Friday (on both the single CD edition and the 2 CD set).
- On the 1983 double LP Anthology ( - 4:00, same as #3 without the progressive synth intro).
- On the original Thank God it's Friday European LP ( - 3:15, with a different arrangement, less synth).
- On the CD The Motown Anthology (same as #5 but longer, - 4:40). This one is usually referred to as the film mix - which it isn't. The mostly instrumental version heard in the film would in fact be #7.
[edit] Detailed track info, album Ross
- "Lovin', Livin' and Givin'"
- Ross LP version on expanded CD re-issue of album diana (2003 Deluxe Edition)
- 7" version on album Anthology
- European 7" version on Thank God It's Friday soundtrack reissue
- Thank God it’s Friday full-length European LP mix on The Motown Anthology.
- "What You Gave Me"
- Ross album mix unavailable on CD
- 12" Version on expanded CD re-issue of album diana (2003 Deluxe Edition)
- 7" version on album Anthology.
- "Never Say I Don't Love You"
- On CD re-issue of album To Love Again (2003 Expanded Edition)
- "You Were The One"
- On expanded CD re-issue of album diana (2003 Deluxe Edition)
- "Reach Out I'll Be There"
- Ross album mix unavailable on CD
- Original version on album Surrender (different mix)
- Mix #2 on Anthology (1986) and The Motown Anthology
- Mix #3 on Forever Diana
- "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right"
- Ross album mix unavailable on CD
- Original 7" mix on The Motown Anthology
- Ross mix but without harmonica on Anthology
- "Where Did We Go Wrong"
- Ross album mix unavailable on CD
- First take on CD re-issue of album Last Time I Saw Him (2007 Expanded Edition)
- "To Love Again"
- On CD re-issue of album To Love Again (2003 Expanded Edition)
- "Together"
- Ross album mix unavailable on CD
- Short version on album To Love Again
