Mary Wells – Bye Bye Baby I Don’t Want to Take a Chance (1961/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 25:56 minutes | 536 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UNI – MOTOWN
Digitally remastered edition of this classic Soul album. Originally released in 1961, this was the R&B vocalist’s debut album and included the two hits mentioned in the album’s title: ‘Bye Bye Baby’ and ‘I Don’t Want to Take a Chance’.
Read moreMary Wells – Two Sides Of Mary Wells (1966/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 33:27 minutes | 744 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic
A rare recording from the 60s – one that showcases two different sides of singer Mary Wells, in a mode that’s different than her work for other labels! The “two sides” in the title are Mary’s soul side and her more sophisticated one – the former served up in a batch of great 60s soul covers that echo with an Atlantic sound that’s even harder than Mary’s earlier work – the latter by a host of groovy 60s pop numbers, done with fuller arrangements, and a vocal range that really surprised us! Sonny Sanders handles the soul sides, Joe Mazzu handles the sophisticated ones – and titles include “Love Make The World Go Round”, “My World Is Empty Without You Babe”, “Good Lovin”, “Dear Lover”, “In The Midnight Hour”, “Where Am I Going”, “The Boy From Ipanema”, and “The Shadow of Your Smile”.
Read moreMary Wells – Something New: Motown Lost & Found (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:09:55 minutes | 2,68 GB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Motown
This revealing double album from Motown’s first crossover star, Mary Wells, contains 47 tracks, 23 of them never before heard. Something New: Motown Lost & Found is an overview of Wells working with nearly every producer at the label, from Smokey Robinson to Holland-Dozier-Holland to Berry Gordy. Among the unreleased songs are newly discovered duets with Marvin Gaye and the young Supremes, as well as sessions for an unfinished standards album with the Four Tops. The collection also includes 24 songs issued after Wells left Motown and three more rare duets with Gaye, all in stereo mixes for the first time.
Read moreMary Wells – Mary Wells Sings My Guy (1964/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 32:21 minutes | 1,34 GB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Motown
“Mary Wells Sings My Guy” is the fourth studio album and fifth overall album released by Motown vocalist Mary Wells. The album features her signature hit of the same name (which had already appeared on Greatest Hits earlier in the year) and the proposed singles “Whisper You Love Me Boy” and “He’s the One I Love”, the latter later re-recorded by Tammi Terrell during her own brief Motown tenure. It turned out to be the last studio effort Wells released for Motown as she left the label that year for 20th Century Fox Records.
Read moreMary Wells – Bye Bye Baby I Don’t Want to Take a Chance (1961/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 25:56 minutes | 982 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Motown
The debut album from Mary Wells, released in 1961, draws its title from the two top 10 R&B songs it contains, Bye Bye Baby and I Don’t Want to Take A Chance. Recorded when she was only 17 years old, the single Bye Bye Baby preceded the album by almost a year, introducing Wells and becoming one of Motown’s first hits. I Don’t Want to Take A Chance, among the label’s earliest 45s to crack the mainstream top 40, peaked at number 33.
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