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| One: The Released Masters | |
| Here I Am | |
| 1-1 | My World Is Empty Without YouProducer – Frank WilsonWritten-By – Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier/Edward Holland Jr.* |
| 1-2 | Message To MichaelProducer – Frank WilsonWritten-By – Hal David/Burt Bacharach* |
| 1-3 | Everything Is Good About YouProducer – Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier*Written-By – Edward Holland Jr.*, James Dean |
| 1-4 | Here I Am BabyProducer – Smokey RobinsonWritten-By – William 'Smokey' Robinson* |
| 1-5 | Steal Away TonightProducer – Clarence PaulWritten-By – Clarence Paul, Dave Hamilton |
| 1-6 | For Once In My LifeProducer – Hal Davis and Marc Gordon*Written-By – Orlando Murden, Ron Miller* |
| 1-7 | The Shadow Of Your SmileProducer – Frank WilsonWritten-By – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster |
| 1-8 | I Will Wait For YouProducer – Frank WilsonWritten-By – Jacques Deny*, Michael LeGrand*, Norman Gimbel |
| 1-9 | The Sweetheart TreeProducer – Frank WilsonWritten-By – Henry Mancini, John Mercer* |
| 1-10 | What A DayProducer – Frank WilsonWritten-By – Aurora Miller, Ron Miller* |
| 1-11 | Strangers In The NightProducer – Frank WilsonWritten-By – Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder |
| 1-12 | Fancy PassesProducer – Hal Davis and Marc Gordon*Written-By – Lonny Stevens, Ron Miller*, William O'Malley |
| The Real Barbara McNair | |
| 1-13 | Where Would I Be Without YouProducer – Frank WilsonWritten-By – Dennis Lussier, Frank Wilson |
| 1-14 | You Could Never Love HimProducer – Harvey Fuqua, Johnny BristolWritten-By – Beatrice Verdi, Ron Miller* |
| 1-15 | Who Invented HeartacheProducer – Ivy Jo HunterWritten-By – Ivy Jo Hunter, Kay Small |
| 1-16 | The Hunter Gets Captured By The GameProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| 1-17 | You've Lost That Loving FeelingWritten-By – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector |
| 1-18 | Forget You Ever Met Me BabyProducer – William "Mickey" Stevenson*Written-By – Sonny Gordon, William Fangette Enzel, William Stevenson |
| 1-19 | I Hear A SymphonyProducer – Frank WilsonWritten-By – Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Edward Holland Jr.* |
| 1-20 | When I'm GoneProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| 1-21 | What Now My LoveWritten-By – Carl Sigman, Gilbert Becaud*, Pierre Delanoe* |
| 1-22 | It Happens Every TimeProducer – Harvey Fuqua, Johnny BristolWritten-By – Beatrice Verdi, Ron Miller* |
| 1-23 | Just One TeardropProducer – James Dean , William Henry Weatherspoon*Written-By – James Dean , Stanley Levon McMullen*, William Henry Weatherspoon* |
| 1-24 | If You Can WantProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| Non-LP Singles | |
| 1-25 | You're Gonna Love My BabyProducer – Berry GordyWritten-By – Barbara McNair, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Ronald Miller |
| 1-26 | The Touch Of TimeProducer – Berry GordyWritten-By – Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Ronald Miller |
| Two: The Unreleased Masters | |
| Barbara Sings Smokey | |
| 2-1 | As Long As There Is L-O-V-E LoveProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| 2-2 | I Second That EmotionProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – Al Cleveland, William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| 2-3 | My GuyProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| 2-4 | You Beat Me To The PunchProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – Ronald White, William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| 2-5 | I'll Try Something NewProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| 2-6 | More LoveProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| 2-7 | Oh Be My LoveProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – William "Smokey" Robinson*, Warren Moore |
| 2-8 | All That's GoodProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – William "Smokey" Robinson*, Warren Moore |
| 2-9 | The One Who Really Loves YouProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| 2-10 | Love Has A Reason For Neglecting MeProducer – Smokey Robinson, Warren MooreWritten-By – William "Smokey" Robinson*, Warren Moore |
| 2-11 | Don't Mess With BillMixed By – Kevin ReevesProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| 2-12 | You've Really Got A Hold On MeMixed By – Kevin ReevesProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| 2-13 | What Love Has Joined TogetherMixed By – Kevin ReevesProducer – Frank Wilson, Richard Morris Written-By – Robert Rogers, William "Smokey" Robinson* |
| More From The Vault | |
| 2-14 | The Wheels Of The CityProducer – Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier*Written-By – Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Edward Holland Jr.* |
| 2-15 | I Don't Wanna Lose What I GotWritten-By, Producer – Clarence Paul |
| 2-16 | Lone Lonely TownProducer – Mickey Gentile, William "Mickey" Stevenson*Written-By – Jennie Lee Lambert, Mickey Gentile |
| 2-17 | I Know BetterProducer – Norman WhitfieldWritten-By – Norman Whitfield, R. Dean Taylor |
| 2-18 | Into My Empty ArmsProducer – William "Mickey" Stevenson*Written-By – Henry Cosby, Vernon Bullock, William Stevenson |
| 2-19 | The Harder You Fall (The Deeper The Feeling)Producer – William WeatherspoonWritten-By – James Dean , William Weatherspoon |
| 2-20 | Rain SometimesProducer – Frank WilsonWritten-By – Arthur Hamilton |
| 2-21 | Anonymous |
| 2-22 | Baby A Go-Go (Countin' On You, Babe) [Alternate Vocal]Mixed By – Kevin ReevesProducer – Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier*Written-By – Richard Jacques , Ronald Miller |
Credits
- Compilation Producer – Paul Nixon
- Mastered By – Gary Moore , Jeff Willens
- Other [U.s. A&r] – Harry Weinger
- Other [Uk Direction] – Silvia Montello
- Photography [Delivering Photos] – Adam Charles
Notes
#1-1 to 1-12 issued as the album Here I Am, Motown MS-644. released November 1966. Album produced by Frank Wilson. Recorded October-December 1965, and March-June 1966.#1-13 to 1-24 issued as the album The Real Barbara McNair, Motown MS-680, April 1969. The Supremes are featured on background vocals on some tracks. Recorded December 1966 and January-February 1967; Smokey Robinson productions recorded July-August 1968.
#1-25, 1-26 released as US single Motown 1087, November 1965; also issued as UK single Tamla-Motown TMG 544, January, 1966.
#2-1 to 2-13. Each of these tracks, except #2-10, is from sessions in which only Smokey Robinson compositions were recorded. However, there is no record indicating there was an LP with the title, 'Barbara Sings Smokey'. It is used here for descriptive purposes only.
Mastered by Gary Moore at Universal Digital Mastering, London. Analog-to-Digital Transfers from original Motown master tapes by Jeff Willens at Universal Mastering Studios-East. #2-11, 2-12, 2-13 and 2-22 mixed from the original session masters by Kevin Reeves at UMS-E.
Special thanks to Andrew Skurow for track annotations and vault research.
Thanks to Adam Charles for the loan of the photographs and artefacts.
This compilation (P) & (C) 2003 Universal Music.
#1-2 writer listed as Hal Davis, not Hal David.
#1-17, 1-21, 2-21 producer unknown
#2-21 writer unknown
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 0 44001 75542 2

