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Music : Fill Your Head: The Studio Albums 1969-1974
Rating: 
- 5 Albums, Singles, Remastered - But There Are Some Problems On This Pricey Import...
There's a lot on offer here, so let's get straight to the details (all release dates are USA)...
Disc 1 (77:45 minutes):
Tracks 1 to 6 are the debut album "Get Ready" issued August 1969 on Rare Earth RS-507
(Tracks 7 to 15 are BONUS single versions from the various 5 studio albums)
Track 7 is "Generation (Light Up The Sky)" which is the A side of Rare Earth 5010 issued November 1969 - also on the O.S.T. to the film "Generation"
Track 8 is "Get Ready" the 7" single edit issued April 1970 on Rare Earth 5012
(the single edit is 2:50 minutes long, while the full album version takes up all of Side 2 at 21:35 minutes)
Track 9 is "(I Know) I'm Losing You" - the 7" single edit issued July 1970 on Rare Earth 5017 (the single edit is 3:42 minutes long, while the full "Ecology" album version is 10:52 minutes)
Track 10 is "When Joanie Smiles" the non-album B-side to "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Track 11 is "Here Comes The Night" which is the non-album B-side of "Born To Wander" (from "Ecology") issued January 1971 on Rare Earth 5021
Track 12 is "Hey Big Brother" is a non-album A-side issued November 1971 on Rare Earth 5038
Track 13 is supposed to be "Love Shines Down" the non-album B-side to "Good Time Sally" (on "Willie Remembers") issued October 1972 on Rare Earth 5048 - BUT A MASTERING ERROR repeats Track 1 "Magic Sky" albeit a little shorter
Track 14 is "Chained" which is a non-album A-side issued May 1974 on Rare Earth 5057
Track 15 is "Fresh From The Can" is the non-album B-side of "Chained"
Disc 2 (73:40 minutes)
Tracks 1 to 7 are their 2nd album "Ecology" issued June 1970 on Rare Earth RS-514
Tracks 8 to 15 are their 3rd studio album "One World" issued June 1971 on Rare Earth RS-520
Disc 3 (77:30 minutes):
Tracks 1 to 8 are their 4th studio album "Willie Remembers" issued October 1972 on Rare Earth R-5431
Tracks 9 to 13 are their 5th studio album "Ma" issued May 1973 on Rare Earth R-5461
(both "Willie Remembers" and "One World" make their CD debut on this 3CD set, while the live double "Rare Earth In Concert" issued on R 534 in 1971 isn't featured at all)
Their first album "Get Ready" came in a rounded top sleeve in the USA (rather like a gravestone head or a Zippo lighter) and it is this that is imitated in the shaped packaging. The lid has the words "LIMITED EDITION" embossed in gold on the rear (3000 or so copies worldwide) and inside is a concertina effect card sleeve, which depicts all 5 albums covers front and rear when fully folded out. The 3 discs themselves sport the distinctive red Rare Earth logo on each, while the 32-page booklet even pictures the Tamla Motown special offers inner bags that came with some early 1970s albums! There's an essay by noted writer SCOTT SCHNIDER on the group - all album artwork featured again in full colour - session details, discography info - all of it very tasteful done - pretty much as you would expect from this top notch reissue label. Against it - I'd say that the packaging is a card sleeve and therefore too prone to crushing - it would have been better in a book form - like the wonderful and far more robust Jimmy Cliff and Muddy Waters sets.
But as ever with HIP-O SELECT the goodies come with the SOUND. Remastered from the Motown Archive tapes by SETH FOSTER at Universal Mastering Studio East - the sound is full, detailed and wonderfully clean. I would say though that the first Disc is slightly hissy in places - especially on the debut "Get Ready", and the mastering error is unforgivable. But once you get into Disc 2 and 3, "Long Time Leavin'" and "If I Die", the sound is so much better. One reviewer has expressed extreme disappointment with the sound, but I don't hear that. I would say though that the 'song' quality does taper off as you get to the end, but with 43-tracks in all - I can't help but think that fans of the band, Tamla lovers and soul-rock junkies everywhere - will absolutely eat up this set.
A cross between Rock and Soul, RARE EARTH were difficult to categorize - a sort of rockier version of The Temptations meets the funkiness of Blood Sweat & Tears meets The Undisputed Truth's social documenting of urban America - a lethal combination if ever there was one!
Unfairly dismissed at the time (especially in Europe), hopefully this 3CD box set will make people reassess.
In their ongoing trawl through the Motown archives - and despite reservations about packaging, content and sound - in my mind, this is yet another good HIP-O SELECT reissue. Dedicated fans will have to have it - casual buyers, however, should stick to the "Best Of". And Hip-O should offer an immediate refund and replacement copy for the offending mastering mistake on Disc 1.
- 5 Albums, Singles, Remastered - But There Are Some Problems On This Pricey Import... There's a lot on offer here, so let's get straight to the details (all release dates are USA)...
Disc 1 (77:45 minutes):
Tracks 1 to 6 are the debut album "Get Ready" issued August 1969 on Rare Earth RS-507
(Tracks 7 to 15 are BONUS single versions from the various 5 studio albums)
Track 7 is "Generation (Light Up The Sky)" which is the A side of Rare Earth 5010 issued November 1969 - also on the O.S.T. to the film "Generation"
Track 8 is "Get Ready" the 7" single edit issued April 1970 on Rare Earth 5012
(the single edit is 2:50 minutes long, while the full album version takes up all of Side 2 at 21:35 minutes)
Track 9 is "(I Know) I'm Losing You" - the 7" single edit issued July 1970 on Rare Earth 5017 (the single edit is 3:42 minutes long, while the full "Ecology" album version is 10:52 minutes)
Track 10 is "When Joanie Smiles" the non-album B-side to "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Track 11 is "Here Comes The Night" which is the non-album B-side of "Born To Wander" (from "Ecology") issued January 1971 on Rare Earth 5021
Track 12 is "Hey Big Brother" is a non-album A-side issued November 1971 on Rare Earth 5038
Track 13 is supposed to be "Love Shines Down" the non-album B-side to "Good Time Sally" (on "Willie Remembers") issued October 1972 on Rare Earth 5048 - BUT A MASTERING ERROR repeats Track 1 "Magic Sky" albeit a little shorter
Track 14 is "Chained" which is a non-album A-side issued May 1974 on Rare Earth 5057
Track 15 is "Fresh From The Can" is the non-album B-side of "Chained"
Disc 2 (73:40 minutes)
Tracks 1 to 7 are their 2nd album "Ecology" issued June 1970 on Rare Earth RS-514
Tracks 8 to 15 are their 3rd studio album "One World" issued June 1971 on Rare Earth RS-520
Disc 3 (77:30 minutes):
Tracks 1 to 8 are their 4th studio album "Willie Remembers" issued October 1972 on Rare Earth R-5431
Tracks 9 to 13 are their 5th studio album "Ma" issued May 1973 on Rare Earth R-5461
(both "Willie Remembers" and "One World" make their CD debut on this 3CD set, while the live double "Rare Earth In Concert" issued on R 534 in 1971 isn't featured at all)
Their first album "Get Ready" came in a rounded top sleeve in the USA (rather like a gravestone head or a Zippo lighter) and it is this that is imitated in the shaped packaging. The lid has the words "LIMITED EDITION" embossed in gold on the rear (3000 or so copies worldwide) and inside is a concertina effect card sleeve, which depicts all 5 albums covers front and rear when fully folded out. The 3 discs themselves sport the distinctive red Rare Earth logo on each, while the 32-page booklet even pictures the Tamla Motown special offers inner bags that came with some early 1970s albums! There's an essay by noted writer SCOTT SCHNIDER on the group - all album artwork featured again in full colour - session details, discography info - all of it very tasteful done - pretty much as you would expect from this top notch reissue label. Against it - I'd say that the packaging is a card sleeve and therefore too prone to crushing - it would have been better in a book form - like the wonderful and far more robust Jimmy Cliff and Muddy Waters sets.
But as ever with HIP-O SELECT the goodies come with the SOUND. Remastered from the Motown Archive tapes by SETH FOSTER at Universal Mastering Studio East - the sound is full, detailed and wonderfully clean. I would say though that the first Disc is slightly hissy in places - especially on the debut "Get Ready", and the mastering error is unforgivable. But once you get into Disc 2 and 3, "Long Time Leavin'" and "If I Die", the sound is so much better. One reviewer has expressed extreme disappointment with the sound, but I don't hear that. I would say though that the 'song' quality does taper off as you get to the end, but with 43-tracks in all - I can't help but think that fans of the band, Tamla lovers and soul-rock junkies everywhere - will absolutely eat up this set.
A cross between Rock and Soul, RARE EARTH were difficult to categorize - a sort of rockier version of The Temptations meets the funkiness of Blood Sweat & Tears meets The Undisputed Truth's social documenting of urban America - a lethal combination if ever there was one!
Unfairly dismissed at the time (especially in Europe), hopefully this 3CD box set will make people reassess.
In their ongoing trawl through the Motown archives - and despite reservations about packaging, content and sound - in my mind, this is yet another good HIP-O SELECT reissue. Dedicated fans will have to have it - casual buyers, however, should stick to the "Best Of". And Hip-O should offer an immediate refund and replacement copy for the offending mastering mistake on Disc 1.