Top 40 Music on Compact Disc: Complete H-D-H 45’s box

Active Topics

Memberlist

Help

Chat Board
Top 40 Music on Compact Disc : Chat Board

Topic: Complete H-D-H 45’s box

Author

Message

<< Prev Topic | Next Topic >>

Indy500
MusicFan

Joined: 29 January 2008
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 361

Posted: 21 May 2014 at 5:27pm \| IP Logged

http://theseconddisc.com/2014/05/14/more-than-a-band-of-gold -
complete-holland-dozier-holland-singles-collected-on-new-box -set/

Quote:

The legacy of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland is
filled with some of the most popular songs ever written: “Stop! In the
Name of Love,” “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You),” “Baby, I Need Your
Loving,” “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” among them.
All of those songs, and so many other indelible hit records, were written
under the aegis of Hitsville, USA, a.k.a. Berry Gordy’s Motown empire. But
by 1967, the relationship between the label chief and his star writers was
starting to feel strained. Within two years, the H-D-H team had struck
out on their own, forming Invictus Records, distributed by Capitol, and
Hot Wax Records, distributed by Buddah. H-D-H’s new wrinkle on the
Sound of Young America eventually encompassed the Music Merchant
label as well, and gave Motown a run for its money with hits from The
Chairmen of the Board, Freda Payne and The Honey Cone. Now, Demon
Music Group’s Harmless Records is putting together the most
comprehensive survey of the Invictus-Hot Wax-Music Merchant catalogue
yet with Holland-Dozier-Holland: The Complete 45s Collection:
Invictus/Hot Wax/Music Merchant 1969-1977.

By the numbers, this 14-CD box set, due on May 26 in the U.K. and the
following week in the U.S., celebrates the 45th anniversary of H-D-H’s
independence with a staggering array of newly remastered 45 RPM
singles:

96 x Invictus 45s
44 x Hot Wax 45s
17 x Music Merchant 45s
for a total of 157 singles and 269 original recordings.

This could fill in so many top 40 on CD collections but unfortunately it's
not clear weather the U.S. mono mixes will be used since it is an English
production.

Here's hoping.

Edited by Indy500 on 21 May 2014 at 5:27pm

Santi Paradoa
MusicFan

Joined: 17 February 2009
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1117

Posted: 23 May 2014 at 2:04pm \| IP Logged

This looks interesting but pricey.

__________________
Santi Paradoa
Miami, Florida

Brian W.
MusicFan

Joined: 13 October 2004
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2507

Posted: 23 May 2014 at 3:07pm \| IP Logged

Indy500 wrote:

unfortunately it's
not clear weather the U.S. mono mixes will be used since it is an English
production.

Here's hoping.

According to the producer, they're using the U.S. mixes, and mono where the singles were mono. Someone later asked him how they sourced the mono songs, and he didn't respond, so they my be disc dubs, I don't know.

http://soulfuldetroit.com/showthread.php?11464-Holland-Dozie r-Holland-The-Complete-45s-Collection-Box-Set

Santi Paradoa
MusicFan

Joined: 17 February 2009
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1117

Posted: 23 May 2014 at 3:27pm \| IP Logged

So maybe early reviews will clue us in to the sound quality. If they are using master tapes then my guess is the trio of Holland Dozier Holland would have to be involved somehow (unless they sold those prior....I'm not familiar with the history of the label in the last few decades).

__________________
Santi Paradoa
Miami, Florida

Indy500
MusicFan

Joined: 29 January 2008
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 361

Posted: 15 June 2014 at 7:44pm \| IP Logged

Any reports?

Santi Paradoa
MusicFan

Joined: 17 February 2009
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1117

Posted: 15 June 2014 at 9:13pm \| IP Logged

Forget about the sound for a moment. If you want the
correct US 45 versions then I can tell you at least three
are not.

1. You've Got To Crawl (Before You Walk) - The 8th Day:
The LP version has an intro of ten seconds versus the
single version that had a six second intro before the
vocal starts. The version included is the ten second
intro.

2. The Day I Found Myself - Honey Cone: The version used
has no spoken word intro. Both the 45 and LP versions
had a spoken word intro.

3. I'm Not My Brothers Keeper - Flaming Ember: The longer
LP version that has been out on CD before (running over
four minutes in length) is the one used on this set.

I'm still listening to the 14 discs so there may be
others. I will add that there are several low charting
Hot 100 hits that are on this set that I've never heard
prior (and I've discovered some songs that are pretty
good).

__________________
Santi Paradoa
Miami, Florida

Brian W.
MusicFan

Joined: 13 October 2004
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2507

Posted: 15 June 2014 at 11:05pm \| IP Logged

I downloaded "Give Me Just a Little More Time," and it is narrow stereo, NOT mono... but definitely stereo. Also not very good sound on that track.

The Hits Man
MusicFan

Joined: 04 February 2007
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 665

Posted: 15 June 2014 at 11:49pm \| IP Logged

I can also confirm that many of the songs are not the 45
single versions.

If you're looking for the mono singles, forget it!

__________________

Todd Ireland
MusicFan

Joined: 16 October 2004
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 4219

Posted: 17 June 2014 at 9:12pm \| IP Logged

Many thanks to everyone here who investigated the contents of this new Holland-Dozier-Holland box set and reported back with your very helpful findings... From the looks of things, you're going to be saving many of us a lot of money and disappointment as a result of not buying this set!

Indy500
MusicFan

Joined: 29 January 2008
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 361

Posted: 18 June 2014 at 6:56pm \| IP Logged

I was ready to buy.

By chance is Laura Lee's Women's Love Rights or Freda Payne's Bring The
Boys Back Home correct and in mono?

jimct
MusicFan

Joined: 07 April 2006
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3906

Posted: 20 June 2014 at 7:29am \| IP Logged

Women's Love Rights is stereo, listed (3:13), actual (3:11), and is the same
LP version found on all current db CDs.

Bring The Boys Home is stereo, listed (3:09), actual (3:07). The listed time
on the 1971 45 was (3:08). What the H-D-H box did is to simply fade out
the LP version early, as if them doing so would then magically make what
appears on this new set the correct 45 version.....

FYI, I just gave the entire set a quick listen, and only 3 current
database songs on it appear in mono:

-Freda Payne--Deeper & Deeper
-8th Day--She's Not Just Another Woman
-100 Proof Aged In Soul--Somebody's Been Sleeping

Overall, there are a decent number of songs that do appear in mono, but
the overwhelming majority were 45-only releases, made by either obscure
or non-Top-40-hit acts, and were recorded in 1972 or earlier.

Edited by jimct on 20 June 2014 at 7:29am

Santi Paradoa
MusicFan

Joined: 17 February 2009
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1117

Posted: 20 June 2014 at 11:24am \| IP Logged

Don't know about any of you but I plan on unloading my box as soon as possible via amazon or ebay. Maybe I can break even.

__________________
Santi Paradoa
Miami, Florida

jono
MusicFan

Joined: 26 September 2007
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 147

Posted: 25 June 2014 at 2:29pm \| IP Logged

What could have been...too bad.

Thanks, guys, for saving me a good chunk of money. I appreciate all your reviews. I was really hoping they would use the mono single versions here. Drat.

Jon O.

The Hits Man
MusicFan

Joined: 04 February 2007
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 665

Posted: 26 June 2014 at 10:06pm \| IP Logged

On another forum on which the producer announced the set,
no one has heard from him since he announced it and
claimed that the U.S. single versions were on it.

__________________

Brian W.
MusicFan

Joined: 13 October 2004
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2507

Posted: 28 June 2014 at 1:46am \| IP Logged

The Hits Man wrote:

On another forum on which the producer announced the set,
no one has heard from him since he announced it and
claimed that the U.S. single versions were on it.

Yeah, I remember him announcing that.

If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login
If you are not already registered you must first register

Printable version

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot create polls in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum

This page was generated in 0.0625 seconds.