Mary Wilson: The Motown Anthology
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| Mary Wilson: The Motown Anthology | ||||
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| Released | January 7, 2022 (physical) March 4, 2022 (digital) | |||
| Recorded | 1960–2021 | |||
| Studio | Various | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul, show tune, folk rock, pop, disco, funk | |||
| Length | 2 hours and 37 minutes | |||
| Label | UMG, Motown, Real Gone Music, Second Disc Records | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| American Songwriter |   [1] |
| SoulTracks | ('Highly recommended')[2] |
| Uncut |  [3] |
Mary Wilson: The Motown Anthology is a two disc collection of music, spanning the career of singer Mary Wilson of the American musical group the Supremes.[4] The compilation compiles some of Mary's leads for the Supremes and their original group The Primettes, and includes the CD debut of her Motown solo album, with a total of seven unreleased tracks and 13 unreleased mixes or alternate takes.[5]
In a message to fans via YouTube recorded two days before her death in February 2021, Wilson shared the news: "I finally decided how to work with Universal Records and they are going to release new Mary Wilson recordings. Yes! At last! At last."[6][7]
In October 2021, Real Gone Music in partnership with Second Disc Records announced a physical compilation entitled Mary Wilson: The Motown Anthology.[8] It included the original Mary Wilson LP (available for the first time on compact disc), including a track entitled "Anytime at All", which is an early version of the single "Red Hot".[9] The Anthology features a total of thirty eight tracks, highlighting Wilson's career from the Primettes, to the Supremes, to a solo artist, to her final single, "Why Can't We All Get Along".[2]