Complete H-D-H 45’s box

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 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