Holland, Dozier and Holland are arguably the greatest songwriters ever. More prolific than Lennon and McCartney, they shaped 'the Sound of Young America' and propelled the Motown sound in the mid 1960s into a creative stratosphere unmatched by any other independent music label. Their trademark catchy teenage love songs were delivered energetically by previously unknown Detroit groups like The Supremes, the Four Tops, Martha & the Vandellas & Marvin Gaye. Although synonymous with Berry Gordy's Motown, it was their departure from Motown after a stand-off strike in 1967 and a brutal legal battle that led them to run their own group of labels, Invictus, Hot Wax and Music Merchant. This compilation is a definitive look at this period in history, exploring how H-D-H, under a new guise 'The Creative Corporation', drove the next generation of soul music in a myriad of different ways, towards funk, underground disco and jazz. Featuring 55 tracks, this collection documents HDH's creativity and growth over this seminal 8 year period. During this time the trio developed new artists to rival Motown's success such as Chairman of the Board, Freda Payne, Honey Cone, Glass House, Flaming Ember, 8th Day, Laura Lee & Eloise Laws. The collection is complete with a detailed depiction of this period in history by award winning author Stuart Cosgrove who wrote the Soul Trilogy, a series of books on soul music and social change - 'Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul', 'Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul', which won the Penderyn Prize, as Music Book of the Year in 2018, and 'Harlem 69: The Future of Soul'. Stuart's notes detail the relationship with Motown in the final days, the immediate fall out after the trio left Motown and the creation of the new labels Hot Wax, Invictus & Music Merchant.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Band of Gold (Single Mix)

Freda Payne

2.Give Me Just a Little More Time

Chairmen of the Board

3.Westbound #9

Flaming Ember

4.Frightened Girl

Silent Majority

5.The Music Box

Ruth Copeland

6.Girls It Ain't Easy

Honey Cone

7.Pay to the Piper

Chairmen of the Board

8.Want Ads

Honey Cone

9.Unhooked Generation

Freda Payne

10.Crumbs Off the Table

Glass House

11.All We Need Is Understanding

Chairmen of the Board

12.While You're Out Looking for Sugar

Honey Cone

13.Somebody's Been Sleeping

100 Proof (Aged in Soul)

14.Everything's Tuesday

Chairmen of the Board

15.Deeper and Deeper

Freda Payne

16.You've Got Me Dangling On a String

Chairmen of the Board

17.Mind, Body and Soul

Flaming Ember

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

1.Bring the Boys Home

Freda Payne

2.I Shall Not Be Moved

The Barrino Brothers

3.You've Got to Crawl Before You Walk

8th Day

4.Don't You (Think the Time's A-comin')

Lucifer

5.Sunday Morning People

Honey Cone

6.I Surrendered

Glass House

7.You Brought the Joy

Freda Payne

8.I'm in Love Darling

General Johnson

9.She's Not Just Another Woman (Single Mix)

8th Day

10.Stick Up

Honey Cone

11.90 Day Freeze (On Her Love)

100 Proof (Aged in Soul)

12.Gotta Get Away

Flaming Ember

13.Eeny-Meeny-Miny Mo

8th Day

14.Cherish What Is Dear to You

Freda Payne

15.Heaven Is There to Guide Us

Glass House

16.Working On a Building of Love

Chairmen of the Board

17.If I Could See the Light

8th Day

Disc 3

Track name

Artist

1.Why Can't We Be Lovers

Holland-Dozier-Holland

2.Elmo James

Chairmen of the Board

3.Rip Off

Laura Lee

4.Try It, You'll Like It

The Barrino Brothers

5.Sliced Tomatoes

Just Brothers

6.Thanks I Needed That

Glass House

7.Crumbs Off the Table

Laura Lee

8.You've Been My Rock

Warlock

9.Woman's Love Rights

Laura Lee

10.Don't Leave Me Starvin' for Your Love (Feat. Brian Holland)

Holland-Dozier

11.Free Your Mind

The Politicians

12.Sunday Morning People

Harrison Kennedy

13.Let's Change the Subject

Satisfaction Unlimited

14.Nothing Sweeter Than Love

100 Proof (Aged in Soul)

15.Let Me Ride

Danny Woods

16.Since I Fell for You

Laura Lee

17.Something New About You

Silent Majority

18.Under My Wings

The Smith Connection

Disc 4

Track name

Artist

1.Love Factory

Eloise Laws

2.We've Got to Find a Way Back

Freda Payne

3.Taster of the Honey

Jones Girls

4.I'm Bugging Your Phone

The Smith Connection

5.Can't Get Enough of You

Tyrone Edwards

6.If I Can't Fly

Honey Cone

7.I Got It Pt. 1

New York Port Authority

8.Finders Keepers

Chairmen of the Board

9.That's Love

The Hi-Lites

10.Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right

Freda Payne

11.New Breed Kinda Woman

Lamont Dozier

12.Put a Little Love Into It (When You Do It)

Eloise Laws

13.You Made Me Over

Melvin Davis

14.You're Always Messing Up a Good Thing

Honey Cone

15.I'm So Glad Pt. 1

Brian Holland

16.Skin I'm In

Chairmen of the Board

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