David Ruffin - "David" Unreleased LP & More FLAC

David Ruffin Hip Select Soul 2004

Genre:	Soul - Funk
Performer:	David Ruffin
Title:	"David" Unreleased LP & More
Style:	Soul
Date of release:	25 Jun 2004
Label:	Hip-O Select
Catalog Number:	B0002509-02
Country:	US
FLAC album size:	2529 mb
MP3 album size:	1599 mb

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Tracklist

1	Out In The Country Producer – Clay McMurrayWritten By – Ricky Matthews-Ronald Matlock-Roderick HarrisonWritten-By – Ricky Matthews, Roderick Harrison, Ronald Matlock	3:40
2	Dinah Arranged By – Gene PageProducer – Al Cleveland, Smokey RobinsonWritten By – Smokey Robinson-Al ClevelandWritten-By – Al Cleveland, William "Smokey" Robinson	3:18
3	Mono Single Mixes
4	Original LP
5	I Want Her To Say It Again Producer – Johnny BristolWritten By – Merald Knight-William Guess-Gladys Knight-John BristolWritten-By – Merald Knight, Gladys Knight, John Bristol, William Guess
6	I Can't Be Hurt Anymore Producer – Henry CosbyWritten By – Nick Zesses-Dino Fekaris-Henry CosbyWritten-By – Dino Fekaris, Henry Cosby, Nick Zesses	3:20
7	I've Got A Need For You Producer – Johnny BristolWritten By – John Bristol-C. PetersWritten-By – C. Peters, John Bristol	3:22
8	Let Somebody Love Me Producer – Ivy Jo HunterWritten By – Ivy Jo Hunter-Vernon Bullock-Freddie GormanWritten-By – Freddie Gorman, Ivy Jo Hunter, Vernon Bullock	3:55
9	Each Day Is A Lifetime Arranged By – David Van DePitte, Henry CosbyProducer – Henry CosbyWritten By – Nick Zesses-Dino Fekaris-Henry CosbyWritten-By – Dino Fekaris, Henry Cosby, Nick Zesses	3:14
10	Anything That You Ask For Producer – Clay McMurrayWritten By – Clay McMurray-Martin ColemanWritten-By – Clay McMurray, Martin Coleman	2:56
11	It's Gonna Take A Whole Lot Of Doin' Producer – Clay McMurrayWritten By – Clay McMurray-Martin ColemanWritten-By – Clay McMurray, Martin Coleman
12	You Make Me Do Things I Don't Want To Do Producer – Henry CosbyWritten By – Pam Sawyer-Joe Hinton-Henry CosbyWritten-By – Henry Cosby, Joe Hinton, Pam Sawyer
13	I Want You Back Producer – Clay McMurrayWritten By – Corporation™: Berry Gordy-Fonce Mizell-Freddie Perren-Deke Richards, TheWritten-By – The Corporation™	2:52
14	Each Day Is A Lifetime
15	Don't Stop Lovin' Me
16	You Can Come Right Back To Me
17	You Can Come Right Back To Me Arranged By – David Van DePitteProducer – Smokey Robinson, Terry JohnsonWritten By – Clifford Burston-Rose Ella JonesWritten-By – Clifford Burston, Rose Ella Jones	3:06
18	Heaven Help Us All Producer – Ron Miller, Tom BairdWritten-By – Ron Miller
19	Rainy Night In Georgia Producer – Clay McMurrayWritten-By – Tony Joe White	4:42
20	For The Shelter Of Your Love Producer – Johnny BristolWritten By – John Bristol-Pam Sawyer-Joe HintonWritten-By – Joe Hinton, John Bristol, Pam Sawyer	3:29
21	Dinah
22	Bonus Tracks
23	Your Heartaches I Can Surely Heal Producer – Johnny BristolWritten By – Bristol-Peters-Purdue-PetersWritten-By – Peters, Bristol, Peters, Purdue
24	Get Away Heartbreak (Keep On Moving) Producer – Johnny BristolWritten By – John Bristol-Vernon Bullock-Lena MannsWritten-By – John Bristol, Lena Manns, Vernon Bullock
25	Mountain Of Memories Producer – Martin Cohen Written By – Pam Sawyer-Martin ColemanWritten-By – Martin Coleman, Pam Sawyer
26	Don't Stop Lovin' Me Arranged By – Paul RiserWritten-By, Producer – Duke Browner	3:05

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
B0002509-02	David Ruffin	"David" Unreleased LP & More ‎(CD, Album, Comp, Mono, RM)	Hip-O Select	B0002509-02	US	Unknown
B0002509-02	David Ruffin	"David" Unreleased LP & More ‎(CD, Album, Comp, Mono, RE, RM)	Hip-O Select	B0002509-02	US	2012

Credits

Arranged By – David VanDePitte (tracks: 1 to 12; Unspecified), Gene Page (tracks: 1 to 12; Unspecified), Henry Cosby (tracks: 1 to 12; Unspecified), Paul Riser (tracks: 1 to 12; Unspecified), Tom Baird (tracks: 1 to 12; Unspecified), Wade Marcus (tracks: 1 to 12; Unspecified)
Artwork By [Art Direction] – Vartan
Artwork By [Package Design] – David Gorman/HackMart, Inc.
Backing Vocals [Background Vocalists] – The Andantes (tracks: Tracks Unspecified), The Originals (tracks: Tracks Unspecified)
Compilation Producer – Harry Weinger
Executive Producer – Pat Lawrence
Mastered By – Ellen Fitton, Suha Gur
Mixed By – Ellen Fitton (tracks: 18, 19), Harry Weinger (tracks: 18, 19), Suha Gur (tracks: 18, 19)
Other [Essay Written By] – Stu Hackel & Harry Weinger
Other [For Hip-o Select] – Thane Tierney
Other [Licensing] – Kelly Martinez
Other [Product Manager] – Heather Whitten
Other [Production Manager] – Michele Horie
Photography [Photo Coordination] – Ryan Null
Research – Andrew Skurow

Notes

Original LP information page

Tracks 1-12 scheduled to be released as David, Motown 733, circa June/July 1971. Some sources list the album title as David Ruffin, which became the title of his following LP, in February 1973.

Tracks 1, 4, 11 and 12 issued as mono singles.

Album mixes of the following tracks were released:

Each Day Is A Lifetime - on the CD David Ruffin: The Best Of/20th Century Masters, Motown 159501, October 10, 2000

I Want You Back - on the Various Artists CD, Motown Sings Motown Treasures: The Ultimate Motown Rarities Collection Vol. 1

Let Somebody Love Me - on the CD David Ruffin: The Ultimate Collection, Motown 0959, September 22, 1998

The single mix of You Can Come Right Back To Me was issued on the U.K.-only Various Artists CD, Soul Satisfaction 4, Motown 066 037, January 5, 2004

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Bonus Tracks & Mono Single Mixes information page

Tracks 20 and 21 issued as A & B side of single Motown 1178, February 1971
The B-side hit the Billboard Pop 'Bubbling Under' chart, #110

Tracks 22 and 23 issued as A & B side of single Motown 1187, July 1971

#1-12 sourced from original album master reels
#13 sourced from end of original LP master reel
#14-17 from original mixed outtake reels
[14-16 mono only; #17 stereo]
#18 & 19 mixed from original 16-track session reels by Suha Gur, Ellen Fitton and Harry Weinger, April 2004
#20-23 from original single master reels; 20-22 are mono, #23 is a stereo master summed to mono

All songs recorded at Hitsville (Studio A) and Golden World (Studio B), except the backing track for "Dinah," and overdubs in "For The Shelter Of Your Love" and "Get Away Heartbreak," as noted.

All songs previously unreleased except as noted.

MUSICIANS:
Earl Van Dyke, Johnny Griffith, James Jamerson, Bob Babbitt, Uriel Jones, Pistol Allen, Eddie Willis, Robert White, Joe Messina, Dennis Coffey, Jack Ashford, Eddie "Bongo" Brown, the Motown Horns & the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

BACKGROUND VOCALISTS:
The Andantes, The Originals and possibly the Spinners

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Release credits page

Digitally Mastered by Suha Gur and Ellen Fitton at Universal Mastering Studios-East

Photographs courtesy of Motown Records Archives

Vault Research: Andrew Skurow, thanks to Douglas Rausch and Amy Herot

Anything That You Ask For: Special thanks to Clay McMurray, Ivy Jo Hunter, Pam Sawyer, Alan Warner, David Ritz, and the late Johnny Bristol

(C) 2004 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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Non-release notes

From Hip-O Select: CD edition limited to 3500 individually numbered copies.

Exact release date culled the online Motown discography Don't Forget The Motor City.

Companies

Wnex

Vinyle s'il vous plaît! C'est un chef d'oeuvre. Personnellement, je le place tout là haut, avec "What's going on"...Vinyl please! It's a true masterpiece. To me, it's right at the top, with "What's going on"...

Chillhunter

VINYL PLEASE ! ! ! This edition is a treasure ! ! !

just one girl

100% agreement. We need a vinyl release! Can't believe someone gave this two stars. This is a 5 star album for me. Let Somebody Love Me and Mountain Of Memories are absolutely killer tracks.

Itiannta

A 'Four Star' collection that only gets two stars from me due to the poor mastering job. This release is heavily compressed and features almost no dynamic range - your ears start to hurt after only minutes. Maybe they thought that the target audience was pretty much deaf at this point in their life. The sad part is that if they aren't already deaf, they will be after hearing this CD.I should note that the music is pretty good (as I mentioned earlier, 4 out of 5 stars to me)... it is just hard to enjoy it when the presentation (in this case, the mastering) is handled so poorly. I can't speak of the mastering job for the 2012 reissue, but it has the same credits for the mastering engineers, so I doubt it is any different than this original issue. Either way, this should have been done by someone with a lighter and more discriminating touch - Steve Hoffman comes to mind.

Agalas

The album was titled as such (DAVID), because it was never given a proper title. It was given a catalog number and track sequencing with David Ruffin penciled in as its name, but that was used as the title for his 1973 album.A damn shame all these songs were in the vaults for sooo long (over 3 decades) and also a shame that it hasn't been released on vinyl (yet)!The CD is long out of print...they should be rerelease this one - but this time on VINYL!