Recorded Live On Stage


Recorded Live On Stage is the name of a 1963 live album recorded by Motown star Mary Wells. The album was the only live album released by the soul singer during her short but successful tenure with Motown Records in the early sixties. The album starts off with an a cappella introduction of Wells by her backup vocalists, The Love-Tones, who are heard throughout the album. Her live version of her first release, "Bye, Bye, Baby" improved upon the studio version and became the way she would perform it from then on. The only other live performances Wells recorded on Motown can be found on the first two volumes of the Motortown Revue series. Marvin Gaye, the Marvelettes, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson & The Miracles also recorded albums in the Recorded Live On Stage series.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Two Lovers" recorded live at the Regal Theatre, Chicago.
  2. "Introduction of Band"
  3. "Laughing Boy" recorded live at the Regal Theatre, Chicago.
  4. "I Don't Want to Take a Chance" recorded live at the Graystone Ballroom, Detroit, August 1963.
  5. "Bye Bye Baby" recorded live at the Apollo Theater, New York City, December 31, 1962.

    Side two

  6. "The One Who Really Loves You" recorded live at the Regal Theatre, Chicago.
  7. "Old Love " recorded live at the Graystone Ballroom, Detroit, August 1963.
  8. "Operator" recorded live at the Graystone Ballroom, Detroit, August 1963.
  9. "You Beat Me to the Punch" recorded live at the Apollo Theatre, New York City, December 31, 1962.