Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs
$45.15
How can we get a reissue of this without Supremes stuff? - I bought this in 1993 upon its release. At the time it was disappointing for its lack of creativity (compared to Barbra Streisand s Just for the Record... box set which I rate as the best way to do a musical memoir). Diana has so many wonderful songs to select from, that by choosing just the top 40 hits (and even leaving some of them out such as All Of Me,So Close, Pieces of Ice), Motown lost an opportunity to truly showcase how wonderful of an artist she is. Yes, there are some unexpected treats like 99 1/2 from her 1987 TV special and Family from her 1983 Central Park concert, but they are too few for a box set of memoirs where special, unique gems should be placed. Just look at how great the The Supremes box set, released in 2000, turned out to be!! Now that there are various best of the supremes CDs with exactly the same songs on Disc 1, why not REWORK this Ross box set? Get rid of Disc 1, and start the collection with 1970 s Reach Out And Touch, and the FULL 6 minute version of Ain t No Mountain High Enough. Add some live songs from Caesar s Palace or Evening with Diana Ross, and songs performed for her TV shows (from Diana! or diana, and my favorite--the duet she sings with Billy Dee Williams in her 1987 Red Hot Rhythm and Blues special Baby, You Got What It Takes.) Include a few choice album tracks from Surrender, Everything is Everything, Last Time I Saw Him (When Will I Come Home to You and Love Me), Ross 78 (Never Say I Don t Love You and Where Did We Go Wrong) and so on. Update the collection so it includes some of her 90s work from Take Me Higher and Every Day is a New Day, and hard to find material due to alternate international releases (such as Promise Me You ll Try--a dance effort before J-Lo released her ballad version of the same song, You Are Not Alone and Free (I m Gone)--one of my favorites that took me a long time to track down.) GET RID OF the last six songs on Disc 4 which were sheer filler and apart from Best Years of My Life, easily forgettable compared to much better and more important work she has recorded. And since it is 2008, it would be easy enough to include a DVD of some interviews from the 70s through the 2000s as well as meaningful live performances (for example, when she sang Over the Rainbow at the Academy Awards in 1990). THIS would be a true musical memoir of Diana Ross, to nicely complement the Supremes Box Set from 2000. In the meantime, for an intro to Diana, get The Definitive Collection. When you want to explore her early solo years start with Diana Ross, Touch Me in the Morning, then Diana & Marvin. Quintessential disco Diana: The Boss and Diana. Recently important, her brilliant Lady Sings the Blues-inspired discovery Blue. And for the 80s RCA years, although the songs were not entirely well-chosen, Diana Ross - Greatest Hits: The RCA Years showcases how her music away from Motown had a different sound and feel. Every Day Is a New Day was her last attempt at a contemporary album--and it was very good but didn t get the exposure or airplay it deserved. But the non-Motown 2007 I Love You did respectably well, indicating we may be hearing more soon from Diana. In summary, a Diana Ross box set SHOULD be so much better than the 1993 release, but if you are a die-hard fan, you know you have to own this in spite of its shortcomings. As fans, we should petition Motown/Universal for an updated version.
Greatest mid-90s box set I almost never owned. - Incredible as it seems, I was 17 years old when this box set came out. Untill now, I ve been unable to buy it anywhere in either San Antonio or even online, but last month, all of that has changed. Disc 1 showcases all of the Supremes hits with one notable exception...the song Stone Love was completely left out, however, it doesn t matter. As I continued with the other 3 CDs, I noticed there were some songs that nowadays rarely get airplay, such as: MUSCLES, THE BOSS, THEME FROM MAHOGANY, MISSING YOU, ENDLESS LOVE, SWEPT AWAY & WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME.Even though the box set looked nearly new when I received it in the mail, it turns out the CDs themselves are in mint condition. Good God, the former Supreme is still at it after all this time.
Forever Great - When I started looking for a cd of Diana s greatest hits I found that there were hundreds to choose from.If I had to buy the cd s with the songs i liked I would have to buy 10 greatest hits cd s, but with Forever Diana I got all the songs i really loved and a great book in a great box.I m not a die hard fan but with this box collection, it does it for me.It has all the songs I know and love and the quality is good.Sometimes its a hit or miss when a record company releases something like this but I think they did good.Its Diana all the way from the Supremes to solo, and for a simple fan like me I am happy with the result.Diana is cool and this box collection is great.
Poor - I never received this item and i was refunded my money. I am please with your items so this was a BIG disappointment.
A Great Selection of Songs - My daugher gave me this collection of Diana Ross CDs a few years ago. I like the way the first CD begins with Diana s career with the Supremes where she sings all of the songs that made her and the Supremes great. Then, the next three CDs focus on Diana s solo career. A great collection to have, if you re a fan of The Supremes, and of Diana Ross.