How Do You Do It/A World Without Love/The House Of The Rising Sun/A Hard Day’s Night/Because/You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me/You Can’t Do That/Do You Love Me/Can’t Buy Me Love/I Want To Hold Your Hand/Bits & Pieces
The Supremes' A Bit Of Liverpool was the Motown tribute album to the British Invasion. The title is rather a misnomer since nearly half of the tracks are from groups associated with other parts of the country. There is general agreement that the originals are better. (US:21)
"The Supremes singing The House Of The Rising Sun is less than inspiring and their version of Peter & Gordon's UK number 1 single A World Without Love sadly doesn't get any better."
"A Little Bit Of Liverpool was issued at a time when Motown was staring to break across the globe and was arguably in competition against The Beatles/Stones/Who etc. It may have been a potentially lucrative move for Mr Gordy to hit the UK with their own songs, but the result I suspect is that the LP is not one of those 'must have' items. It suggests that the vast majority of dedicated Motown fans will have given this album a very wide berth indeed."
"Slapdash, slightly horrid effort to cash in on the British pop exports. The only song that makes a modicum of sense is The Miracles You've Really Got A Hold On Me, which The Supremes obviously knew inside-out."
"Beatlemania hit everywhere else in the US, so why not Hitsville? Unfortunately, this isn't a very good record, principally because the arrangements are surprisingly unimaginative but also because of the bizarre selections. I mean House of the Rising Sun sounds interesting in theory but is pretty drab in execution. Surely the idea behind You Really Got A Hold On Me, a cover of The Beatles' cover of The Miracles' original on Motown, comes straight from the Twilight Zone."
"This is a pretty disappointing tribute by The Supremes to the bands of the British invasion. The Supremes generally sing together here, with Diana Ross taking very few leads. The result is generally boring, and she only stands out on You've Really Got A Hold On Me."
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