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As prevalent in every 70s suburban household as shag-pile carpet, Blue Nun and Artex plastering, Diana Ross’s Touch Me in the Morning was the album that placed her in the easy listening pantheon alongside Barbra Streisand and the Carpenters. This is grown-up music – affecting ballads that both showcased and supported Ross’s fragile voice. On the title track, All of My Life and I Won’t Last a Day Without You, you hear the big, widescreen ambition of Ross and Motown label boss Berry Gordy.
Earlier in 1973, Ross had been nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues, and the film and its soundtrack had taken Ross out of her album cycle. Ross knew that when she returned, it would have to be with a potent, commercial record. Several recordings were shelved, as Gordy only wanted the most mainstream release possible. A project for her children, To the Baby, recorded across late 1971 and into 1972, looked to be fascinating – and some of its songs fed into what was to become Touch Me in the Morning.
On this exhaustive double compilation, the, um, aborted To the Baby is here in its entirety. The title-track, written by Leon Ware and Ross’s brother ‘T-Boy’, is one of the best things that Ross has put her name to: sumptuous, off-kilter urban soul.
Touch Me in the Morning, is, of course, all about its own title-track. It remains one of Ross’s most indestructible anthems, a direct homage to her previous US number one, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough. It is here that you really understand why she has such fervent followers – her voice is, in turns, so strident and yet vulnerable.
Aside from the medley of Oscar Brown’s Brown Baby and Marvin Gaye’s Save the Children, which is marvellous, lushly orchestrated and impassioned, the album is mawkish in the extreme. It formulated her diva ballad style perfectly – solo piano introductions, orchestral builds on first chorus, spoken word passage, emotive run-outs.
Although this repackage is not going to attract Ross any new fans, its detail will enthral her fanbase. That said, even her staunchest detractors may be won over by the track To the Baby. --Daryl Easlea
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CD 1:1-Touch Me In The Morning 2-All Of My Life 3-We Need You 4-Leave A Little Room 5-I Won't Last A Day Without You 6-Little Girl Blue 7-My Baby (My Baby My Own) 8-Imagine 9-Brown Baby/Save The Children 10-Touch Me In the Morning (Alternate Version 1) 11-All Of My Life (Alternate Mix) 12-We Need You (Alternate Mix) 13-Leave A Little Room (Alternate Mix) 14-Touch Me In The Morning (Alternate Version 2) CD 2:1-Part Of You 2-A Wonderful Guest 3-Young Mothers (Alternate Version) 4-The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face 5-Got To Be There 6-To The Baby 7-Brown Baby (Alternate Version) 8-My Baby (My Baby My Own) (Alternate Version) 9-Turn Around (Alternate Version) 10-Imagine/Save The Children (Alternate Version) 11-Kewpie Doll 12-When We Grow Up (2009/HIP-O/MOTOWN) 26 tracks - digipac.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Nothing from the mountain of information that has been written about Diana Ross and her fabled recording career over the past five decades comes close to being as revelatory in nature as the Hip-O Select expanded edition of her classic 1973 recording, Touch Me in the Morning.
Disc One remains mostly true to the original vinyl release with bonus alternative versions of four of the album cuts as well as charming studio spoken banter featuring Diana stating she feels a cold coming on.
Disc Two, the unreleased album, To The Baby could be considered Ms. Ross' fully conceived concept album which never saw the light of day, but now almost 39 years later, we can appreciate her artistry and strong sense of vision of who she was. While her label mates, Stevie Wonder was coming of age with his Where I'm Coming From, Marvin Gaye was being haunted by his introspective What's Going On, and the Four Tops were delving into Still Waters Run Deep, Diana was sharing her unabashed joy of motherhood.
Perhaps Berry Gordy had other considerations besides the potential commercial success of this venture keeping For The Baby in the can, but time proved him wrong in initially fighting both Stevie and Marvin from releasing their masterpieces. The Ewan MacCall classic song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was hugely popularized by Roberta Flack, but Ross' version is haunting in it's own right. Got To be There, a Jackson 5 hit is pure delight given the full breathy Ross trademark treatment.
T-Boy Ross, whose composition, I Want You, the Marvin Gaye classic, so brilliantly covered on the I Love You compact disc finally gets to have his sublime To The Baby posthumously see the light of day, surely a bitter sweet moment for Diana.
To the ears of this reviewer, the medley of Imagine/Save The Children works slightly better than the the Ross produced stand alone version of Imagine, and the Brown Baby/ Save The Children version that appeared on the original Touch Me In the Morning release.
To round off this beautifully packaged Hip-O Select set featuring rare photos of a radiant and very pregnant Ross, is the engaging Smokey Robinson written, produced and near duet, Kewpie Doll. Limited to only 7,000 copies, this collector's set will sell out quickly and every attempt to secure a copy will reward the listener many times over. Ross at her best and highly recommended!
Disc One remains mostly true to the original vinyl release with bonus alternative versions of four of the album cuts as well as charming studio spoken banter featuring Diana stating she feels a cold coming on.
Disc Two, the unreleased album, To The Baby could be considered Ms. Ross' fully conceived concept album which never saw the light of day, but now almost 39 years later, we can appreciate her artistry and strong sense of vision of who she was. While her label mates, Stevie Wonder was coming of age with his Where I'm Coming From, Marvin Gaye was being haunted by his introspective What's Going On, and the Four Tops were delving into Still Waters Run Deep, Diana was sharing her unabashed joy of motherhood.
Perhaps Berry Gordy had other considerations besides the potential commercial success of this venture keeping For The Baby in the can, but time proved him wrong in initially fighting both Stevie and Marvin from releasing their masterpieces. The Ewan MacCall classic song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was hugely popularized by Roberta Flack, but Ross' version is haunting in it's own right. Got To be There, a Jackson 5 hit is pure delight given the full breathy Ross trademark treatment.
T-Boy Ross, whose composition, I Want You, the Marvin Gaye classic, so brilliantly covered on the I Love You compact disc finally gets to have his sublime To The Baby posthumously see the light of day, surely a bitter sweet moment for Diana.
To the ears of this reviewer, the medley of Imagine/Save The Children works slightly better than the the Ross produced stand alone version of Imagine, and the Brown Baby/ Save The Children version that appeared on the original Touch Me In the Morning release.
To round off this beautifully packaged Hip-O Select set featuring rare photos of a radiant and very pregnant Ross, is the engaging Smokey Robinson written, produced and near duet, Kewpie Doll. Limited to only 7,000 copies, this collector's set will sell out quickly and every attempt to secure a copy will reward the listener many times over. Ross at her best and highly recommended!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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When I heard this music just ofter the making of the film Mahogany. I started to like Motown Music, especially Diana Ross. I had the old vinyl version but it became worn out after taking it to too many parties. This version brings back all those old memories and more. A great recording.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Touch Me in the Morning.. this DIANA ROSS..TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING..EXPANDED EDITION.. is a joy to have. the cd is stunning and if you are a fan then you should go get this now''. full of bonus tracks, alternate version of TOUCH ME.. mix's of ALL OF MY LIFE, WE NEED YOU, LEAVE A LITTLE ROOM, some unreleased tracks' thats just cd 1...cd 2. is 12 tracks of a unreleased album.. PART OF YOU..A WONDERFULL GUEST...THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE..GOT TO BE THERE...MY BABY' MY BABY MY OWN..the list goes on 24 stunning songs by the GREAT DIANA ROSS. this cd is diana on top form and its a great credit to all. this is one of her best albums...............enjoy
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Touch Me In The Morning (Expanded Edition)
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