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Operator
« on: March 27, 2023, 03:30:32 pm »
Which version, Mary or Brenda? For me it's Brenda.





Operator (William Robinson) published Jobete 02-Apr-62

Brenda Holloway; recorded Hitsville / L.A., completed 28-Jan-65 ; produced by Smokey Robinson

14-May-65; 45 (M): Tamla T 54115 A
14-Oct-91; CD (M): Motown MOTD 5485 Greatest Hits And Rare Classics
1997; CD (S): Britannia 530 706/7/8 Motown: The History: The Love Songs [UK]
23-Feb-99; CD (M): Motown 31454 9505 2 The Very Best Of Brenda Holloway
17-Jul-00; CD (M): Spectrum 544 280 2 Tamla Motown Big Hits And Hard To Find Classics Volume 3 [UK]
18-Sep-01; CD: Spectrum 554 471 2 Greatest Hits And Rare Classics [UK]
28-Jan-03; CD (S): Motown 064 848 2 Millennium Collection: The Best Of Brenda Holloway
07-Feb-05; CD (S): Motown 980 7658 The Motown Anthology [UK]
04-Aug-06; CD (M): Hip-O Select B0006775-02 The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 5 1965
29-Aug-06; CD (M): Reader's Digest RDCD 5321-3 The Ultimate Motown Collection - Soul Sisters
28-Oct-13; CD (S): Kent CDTOP 406 The Artistry Of Brenda Holloway With Bonus Tracks From The Motown Vaults [UK]

Mary Wells; recorded Hitsville, completed 26-Feb-62 ; produced by Smokey Robinson ; [v1]

17-Sep-62 [acetate]; 45 (M): RCA N08W-1642
29-Oct-62; 45 (M): Motown M 1035 B
31-Jan-63; LP (M): Motown MT607 Two Lovers And Other Great Hits
Sep-63; LP (M): Motown MT611 Recorded Live / Mary Wells On Stage [with audience odb]
Aug-86; CD (S): Motown MCDO 8024 MD Two Lovers And Other Great Hits / Mary Wells Sings My Guy
07-Sep-93; CD (M): Motown MOTD 6253 Looking Back 1961-1964
10-Feb-98; CD (M): Motown 530 859 2 The Ultimate Collection
13-May-05; CD (M): Hip-O Select B0004402-02 The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 2 1962
10-Dec-12; CD (M): Kent CDTOP 387 The One Who Really Loves You / Two Lovers [UK]

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Re: Operator
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2023, 04:08:20 am »
I too prefer the Brenda Holloway version but I think it's a bit unfair to compare a 1962 Motown recording with a 1965 one as in 1962 the "Motown Sound" was still in a state of development whereas by 1965 the company had perfected it.

As George Orwell might have put it in his book "1984" ... "Both versions are equal but one version is more equal than the other". :)

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Re: Operator
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2023, 04:33:07 am »
Nicely put Roger. It's the '65 sound for me too.