I Should Have Treated You Right/ Young Boy

This is a new, unplayed stock copy from the collection. This 2-star record has two great sides in a Motown mold: A scorching uptempo A side a la Martha & the Vandellas (have a listen to the mp3 snippet!), and a sexy slow number a la Mary Wells on the flip. In this first original 1964 release, the matrix numbers suggest that the A side was "Should Have Treated", which is definitely my pick for the A side! For some reason, these tracks were re-released on Renee 5001 in 1968, and on that release, it's clear that "Young Boy" is the A side. Incidentally, the audio on this 1964 pressing is significantly better (more dynamic range, for one thing) than the 1968 Renee pressing... so significant that I felt the need to create a new mp3 snippet for this Vivid release. Don't get me wrong — The 1968 pressing sounds wonderful (check out the mp3 snippet I made for it many years ago)! I'm just wowed by what an improvement the 1964 pressing is — and that there's any significant difference in audio at all between the two releases. Just goes to show why collecting the original pressings is very often worth the effort in time and money if sound quality is your primary goal. Note: This beautiful copy has pristine Mint labels. The A side audio is also pristine, more than overpowering the vinyl's inherent light surface noise (have a listen to the snippet to hear what I mean!). The vinyl grades Near Mint to reflect some light storage wear, and its light inherent noise is audible enough on "Young Boy" to earn a Near Mint audio grade for that track. (The overall audio grade is for the A side, in this case.)