David Ruffin - "David" Unreleased LP & More (CD)

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.

Format: CD

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    US  
Released:  25 Jun 2004
Genre:       Funk / Soul
Style:         Soul

Track listing:

. Original LP
1. Each Day Is A Lifetime 3:14
2. I Want You Back 2:52
3. Out In The Country 3:40
4. You Can Come Right Back To Me 3:06
5. I Can't Be Hurt Anymore 3:20
6. Rainy Night In Georgia 4:42
7. I've Got A Need For You 3:22
8. Anything That You Ask For 2:56
9. Let Somebody Love Me 3:55
10. For The Shelter Of Your Love 3:29
11. Dinah 3:18
12. Don't Stop Lovin' Me 3:05
. Bonus Tracks
13. It's Gonna Take A Whole Lot Of Doin'
14. I Want Her To Say It Again
15. Your Heartaches I Can Surely Heal
16. Get Away Heartbreak (Keep On Moving)
17. You Make Me Do Things I Don't Want To Do
18. Mountain Of Memories
19. Heaven Help Us All
. Mono Single Mixes
20. Each Day Is A Lifetime
21. Don't Stop Lovin' Me
22. You Can Come Right Back To Me
23. Dinah