Holland-Dozier-Holland / 45s: Rare and Unreleased 7-inch Collection
Harmless Records are following up their Holland-Dozier-Holland: The Complete 45s Collection from earlier this year with a new set featuring the songwriting and production trio. This time Holland-Dozier-Holland: 45s: Rare and Unreleased 7-inch Collection box will be a seven-inch vinyl set full of rarities and remixes including material culled from acetates and test pressings.
It features 10 x seven-inch vinyl records in bespoke ‘Invictus’, ‘Hot Wax’ and ‘Music Merchant’ sleeves, and also comes with a 20 page booklet courtesy of Robert Moss which contains recent interviews alongside a selection of photographs and scans.
Featuring tracks from the likes of Chairmen of the Board, Barrino Brothers, Honey Cone and Eloise Laws and none of these have ever been released on vinyl before. The included Tom Moulton remixes will also only be available on vinyl via this package.
This box set is out in just over a month’s time on 8 December 2014.
- • UK Pre-order: Holland Dozier Holland – Rare 45s Vinyl Box [VINYL]
- • GERMANY Pre-order: Holland-Dozier-Holland Rare 45s Vinyl Box
Disc 1
- Chairmen of the Board – ‘What’s The Use’ / Previously unreleased acetate
- B. Chairmen of the Board – ‘Where There Is Faith, There Is Hope’ / Previously unreleased acetate
Disc 2
- Barrino Brothers – ‘Trapped In A Love’ / Previously unreleased acetate
- Barrino Brothers – ‘Something About You’ / Previously unreleased acetate
Disc 3
- Eloise Laws – ‘(You’re Mine) Baby Doll’ / Previously unreleased test pressing
- Eloise Laws – ‘Don’t Burn The Bridge’ / Previously unreleased test pressing
Disc 4
- Honey Cone – ‘If I Can’t Fly’ – Unreleased Version / Previously unreleased test pressing
- Honey Cone – ‘Come Back’ / Previously unreleased test pressing
Disc 5
- Eloise Laws – ‘The Easiest Way To Fall’ / Previously unreleased acetate
- Eloise Laws – ‘I Think You Need Love’ / Previously unreleased acetate
Disc 6
- Satisfaction Unlimited – ‘Why’ – Unreleased Single Version / Previously unreleased test pressing
- The Jones Girls – ‘Don’t Be Sorry Be Careful’ / Previously unreleased test pressing
Disc 7
- 100 Proof Aged In Soul – Since You’ve Been Gone’ – Unreleased long version / Previously unreleased acetate
- Barrino Brothers – ‘I Want To Give You All The Love You’ve Been Giving Me’ / Previously unreleased acetate
Disc 8
- Chairmen Of The Board – ‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’ – Tom Moulton Remix / Previously unreleased remix
- Chairmen Of The Board – ‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’ (instrumental) – Tom Moulton Remix / Previously unreleased remix
Disc 9
- Chairmen Of The Board – ‘You’ve Got Me Dangling on a String’ – Tom Moulton Remix / Previously unreleased
- Chairmen Of The Board – ‘You’ve Got Me Dangling on a String’ (instrumental) – Tom Moulton Remix / Previously unreleased
Disc 10
- Freda Payne – ‘Unhooked Generation’ – Tom Moulton Remix / Previously unreleased remix
- Freda Payne – ‘Unhooked Generation’ (instrumental) – Tom Moulton Remix Previously unreleased remix
Well, it has to be said that if such narrowly specialist stuff like this can be decently produced, why oh why can’t we have equivalents for Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks???? I mean, where are the Mac deluxe editions Mirage onwards, and any Nicks deluxe editions at all???!! Can someone find out?