#1-1 to 1-12 issued as the album Here I Am, Motown MS-644. released November 1966. Album produced by Frank Wilson. Recorded October-December 1965, and March-June 1966.
#1-13 to 1-24 issued as the album The Real Barbara McNair, Motown MS-680, April 1969. The Supremes are featured on background vocals on some tracks. Recorded December 1966 and January-February 1967; Smokey Robinson productions recorded July-August 1968.
#1-25, 1-26 released as US single Motown 1087, November 1965; also issued as UK single Tamla-Motown TMG 544, January, 1966.
#2-1 to 2-13. Each of these tracks, except #2-10, is from sessions in which only Smokey Robinson compositions were recorded. However, there is no record indicating there was an LP with the title, 'Barbara Sings Smokey'. It is used here for descriptive purposes only.
Mastered by Gary Moore at Universal Digital Mastering, London. Analog-to-Digital Transfers from original Motown master tapes by Jeff Willens at Universal Mastering Studios-East. #2-11, 2-12, 2-13 and 2-22 mixed from the original session masters by Kevin Reeves at UMS-E.
Special thanks to Andrew Skurow for track annotations and vault research.
Thanks to Adam Charles for the loan of the photographs and artefacts.
This compilation (P) & (C) 2003 Universal Music.
#1-2 writer listed as Hal Davis, not Hal David.
#1-17, 1-21, 2-21 producer unknown
#2-21 writer unknown
. One: The Released Masters
. Here I Am
1-1. My World Is Empty Without You
1-2. Message To Michael
1-3. Everything Is Good About You
1-4. Here I Am Baby
1-5. Steal Away Tonight
1-6. For Once In My Life
1-7. The Shadow Of Your Smile
1-8. I Will Wait For You
1-9. The Sweetheart Tree
1-10. What A Day
1-11. Strangers In The Night
1-12. Fancy Passes
. The Real Barbara McNair
1-13. Where Would I Be Without You
1-14. You Could Never Love Him
1-15. Who Invented Heartache
1-16. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
1-17. You've Lost That Loving Feeling
1-18. Forget You Ever Met Me Baby
1-19. I Hear A Symphony
1-20. When I'm Gone
1-21. What Now My Love
1-22. It Happens Every Time
1-23. Just One Teardrop
1-24. If You Can Want
. Non-LP Singles
1-25. You're Gonna Love My Baby
1-26. The Touch Of Time
. Two: The Unreleased Masters
. Barbara Sings Smokey
2-1. As Long As There Is L-O-V-E Love
2-2. I Second That Emotion
2-3. My Guy
2-4. You Beat Me To The Punch
2-5. I'll Try Something New
2-6. More Love
2-7. Oh Be My Love
2-8. All That's Good
2-9. The One Who Really Loves You
2-10. Love Has A Reason For Neglecting Me
2-11. Don't Mess With Bill
2-12. You've Really Got A Hold On Me
2-13. What Love Has Joined Together
. More From The Vault
2-14. The Wheels Of The City
2-15. I Don't Wanna Lose What I Got
2-16. Lone Lonely Town
2-17. I Know Better
2-18. Into My Empty Arms
2-19. The Harder You Fall (The Deeper The Feeling)
2-20. Rain Sometimes
2-21. Anonymous
2-22. Baby A Go-Go (Countin' On You, Babe) [Alternate Vocal]