A Bit of Liverpool

Infobox Album | Name = A Bit of Liverpool
Type = Cover album
Artist = The Supremes


Released = October 16 1964
Recorded = 1964
Genre = Pop/soul
Length = N/A
Label = Motown
M 621
Producer = Hal Davis
Marc Gordon
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wcg9kemt7q7m link]
Last album = "Where Did Our Love Go"
(1964)
This album = "A Bit of Liverpool"
(1964)
Next album = "The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop"
(1965)

"A Bit of Liverpool" is an album by singing group The Supremes, released in the fall of 1964 (see 1964 in music) on the Motown label. A cover/tribute album dedicated to the music of the concurrent British invasion, "A Bit of Liverpool" features covers of songs by groups such as The Beatles, Gerry & the Pacemakers, and The Dave Clark Five. Also present are two Motown songs which were heavily covered by British acts: The Miracles' "You've Really Got a Hold on Me and The Contours' "Do You Love Me".

"A Hard Day's Night", "You Can't Do That", "Can't Buy Me Love", and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" were all originally recorded by The Beatles. "Because" and "Bits and Pieces" were originally done by The Dave Clark Five. "How Do You Do It" is a Gerry & the Pacemakers original, and the version of "The House of the Rising Sun" here is based upon the hit version by The Animals.

For its UK release, the album was titled "The Supremes: With Love, From Us To You".

Track listing

#"How Do You Do It" (Mitch Murray)
#"A World Without Love" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
#"The House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional)
#"A Hard Day's Night" (Lennon, McCartney)
#"Because" (Dave Clark)
#"You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson)
#"You Can't Do That" (Lennon, McCartney)
#"Do You Love Me" (Berry Gordy, Jr.)
#"Can't Buy Me Love" (Lennon, McCartney)
#"I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Lennon, McCartney)
#"Bits and Pieces" (Dave Clark/Mike Smith)

Unreleased recordings from the 'Bit of Liverpool' sessions:
#"I Saw Him Standing There" - Featuring Florence Ballard on lead vocals
#"Not Fade Away" - Featuring all three singing lead vocals.

Personnel

* Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson: lead and background vocals
* Hal Davis and Marc Gordon: producers

Chart history