This one's a must for Soulful Detroit members.....

Holland-Dozier-Holland: The Complete 45s Collection
Invictus * Hot Wax * Music Merchant

2014 marks the 45th Anniversary of the launch of the Invictus, Hot Wax and Music Merchant labels – the trio of labels that Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland launched following their acrimonious split from Berry Gordy’s Motown Empire. Since the 45rpm record was the fulcrum of the new operation, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to celebrate the 45th anniversary by pulling together every single 45 release from the discography of Invictus, Hot Wax and Music Merchant, both A and B sides. That’s 96 x Invictus 45s, 44 x Hot Wax 45s and 17 x Music Merchant 45s – 157 singles and 269 original recordings total. All re-mastered to perfection.

In addition to the above we also scoured the world for many of the legendary unreleased singles and a number of extremely rare acetates now residing in private collections. We managed to unearth previously unreleased recordings by the Chairmen Of The Board, Eloise Laws, Honey Cone, the Barrino Brothers, the Jones Girls and 100 Proof Aged In Soul, so we’ve popped these in as a bonus. So another 16 tracks there.

Oh and did we mention the 3 unreleased Tom Moulton remixes we found on Chairmen Of The Board’s “Give Me Just A Little More Time” and “You’ve Got Me Dangling On A String” and Freda Payne’s “Unhooked Generation”? Or the 3 exclusive Tom Moulton instrumental mixes of the above only available via an enclosed Download card?

We recruited Dean Rudland to write the 64 page accompanying booklet and scoured the world for some interesting scans and pieces of memorabilia and we’ve housed everything inside a deluxe user-friendly box designed for quick reference.

This is the most comprehensive re-issue project ever undertaken on this important part of Soul music history. The Invictus, Hot Wax and Music Merchant labels continued Holland-Dozier-Holland’s golden touch with back to back international hits like Freda Payne’s iconic “Band Of Gold” and Chairmen Of The Board’s “Give Me Just A Little More Time” and then went to further huge success with Flaming Ember, Honey Cone, 100 Proof Aged In Soul and Laura Lee among many others. Now, for the first time ever, you can own the whole catalogue in one superb and lavish box set.




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CD1 Invictus Records – The A Sides

1. Invictus 9071 Glass House - Crumbs Off The Table 2.37
2. Invictus 9072 New Play starring: Ruth Copeland - The Music Box 3.35
3. Invictus 9073 Freda Payne - The Unhooked Generation2.29
4. Invictus 9074 Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time2.39
5. Invictus 9075 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold 2.52
6. Invictus 9076 Glass House - I Can't Be You [[You Can't Be Me) 2.38
7. Invictus 9077 A Parliament Thang - Little Ole Country Boy 3.55
8. Invictus 9078 Chairmen Of The Board - You've Got Me Dangling On A String 2.57
9. Invictus 9079 Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday 2.49
10. Invictus 9080 Freda Payne - Deeper And Deeper 3.16
11. Invictus 9081 Chairmen Of The Board - Pay To The Piper 3.06
12. Invictus 9082 Glass House - If It Ain't Love [[It Don't Matter) 2.43
13. Invictus 9083 Barrino Brothers - Trapped In A Love 2.58
14. Invictus 9084 Barrino Brothers - I Shall Not Be Moved 2.24
15. Invictus 9085 Freda Payne - Cherish What Is Dear To You 2.40
16. Invictus 9086 Chairmen Of The Board - Chairman Of The Board 3.32
17. Invictus 9087 8th Day - She's Not Just Another Woman 3.02
18. Invictus 9088 Ruth Copeland - Haré Krishna 2.47
19. Invictus 9089 Chairmen Of The Board - Hanging On To A Memory 2.27
20. Invictus 9090 Glass House - Touch Me Jesus 2.42
21. Invictus 9091 Parliament - Red Hot Mama 2.31
22. Invictus 9092 Freda Payne - Bring The Boys Home 3.09
23. Invictus 9093 General Johnson - I'm In Love Darling 2.44
24. Invictus 9094 Lucifer - Old Mother Nature 2.52

CD2 Invictus Records – The B Sides

1. Invictus 9071 Glass House - Bad Bill Of Goods 2.46
2. Invictus 9072 New Play starring: Ruth Copeland - A Gift Of Me 2.55
3. Invictus 9073 Freda Payne - The Easiest Way To Fall 2.35
4. Invictus 9074 Chairmen Of The Board - Since The Days Of Pigtails [[And Fairy Tales) 2.41
Invictus 9075 Freda Payne - Previously Released As Invictus 9073B
5. Invictus 9076 Glass House - He's In My Life 3.32
6. Invictus 9077 A Parliament Thang - I Call My Baby Pussycat 3.22
7. Invictus 9078 Chairmen Of The Board - I'll Come Crawling 2.37
8. Invictus 9079 Chairmen Of The Board - Patches 3.30
Invictus 9080 Freda Payne - Previously Released As Invictus 9073A
9. Invictus 9081 Chairmen Of The Board - Bless You 2.58
10. Invictus 9082 Glass House - Stealing Moments From Another Woman's Life 2.32
11. Invictus 9083 Barrino Brothers - When Love Was A Child 3.44
Invictus 9084 Barrino Brothers - Previously Released As Invictus 9083B
12. Invictus 9085 Freda Payne - The World Don't Owe You A Thing 2.57
13. Invictus 9086 Chairmen Of The Board - When Will She Tell Me She Needs Me 3.04
14. Invictus 9087 8th Day - I Can't Fool Myself 2.49
15. Invictus 9088 Ruth Copeland - No Commitment 3.01
16. Invictus 9089 Chairmen Of The Board – Tricked & Trapped [[By A Tricky Trapper) 3.18
Invictus 9090 Glass House - Previously Released As Invictus 9082A
Invictus 9091 Parliament - Previously Released As Invictus 9077A
17. Invictus 9092 Freda Payne - I Shall Not Be Moved 2.43
18. Invictus 9093 General Johnson - Savannah Lady 2.26
19. Invictus 9094 Lucifer - What I Am 3.06

CD3 Invictus Records – The A Sides

1. Invictus 9095 Parliament - Breakdown 2.32
2. Invictus 9096 Ruth Copeland - Gimme Shelter 3.19
3. Invictus 9097 Glass House - Look What We've Done To Love 2.55
4. Invictus 9098 8th Day - You've Got To Crawl [[Before You Walk) 2.51
5. Invictus 9099 Chairmen Of The Board - Try On My Love For Size 3.28
6. Invictus 9100 Freda Payne - You Brought The Joy 2.53
7. Invictus 9101 Johnn Billy West - Nothing But A Devil 3.23
8. Invictus 9102 Billie Sans - Solo 3.02
9. Invictus 9103 Chairmen Of The Board - Men Are Getting Scarce 3.12
10. Invictus 9104 Barrino Brothers - I Had It All 4.15
11. Invictus 9105 Chairmen Of The Board – Bittersweet 3.23
12. Invictus 9106 General Johnson - All We Need Is Understanding 2.52
13. Invictus 9107 8th Day - If I Could See The Light In The Window 3.06
14. Invictus 9108 Lucifer - We Gotta Go 3.02
15. Invictus 9109 Freda Payne - I'm Not Getting Any Better 3.31
16. Invictus 9110 Holland-Dozier- Don't Leave Me [[Vocal) 3.13
17. Invictus 9111 Glass House - Playing Games 3.30
18. Invictus 9112 Harrison Kennedy - Sunday Morning People 3.07
Invictus 9113 Lucifer - Previously Released As Invictus 9094A
19. Invictus 9114 Scherrie Payne - V.I.P. 3.13
20. Invictus 9115 Melvin Davis - I'm Worried 3.25
21. Invictus 9116 Danny Woods - Let Me Ride 3.00
22. Invictus 9117 8th Day - Rocks In My Head 3.06

CD4 Invictus Records – The B Sides

Invictus 9095 Parliament - Previously Released As Invictus 9077A
Invictus 9096 Ruth Copeland - Previously Releasee As Invictus 9088B
1. Invictus 9097 Glass House - Heaven Is There To Guide Us 3.36
2. Invictus 9098 8th Day - It's Instrumental To Be Free 3.06
3. Invictus 9099 Chairmen Of The Board - Working On A Building Of Love 2.53
4. Invictus 9100 Freda Payne - Suddenly It's Yesterday 2.30
5. Invictus 9101 Johnn Billy West - Yeah, I'm A Devil 4.22
6. Invictus 9102 Billie Sans - I Don't Want To Lose A Good Thing 2.20
7. Invictus 9103 Chairmen Of The Board - Bravo Hooray 2.58
Invictus 9104 Barrino Brothers - Previously Released As Invictus 9084A
8. Invictus 9105 Chairmen Of The Board - Elmo James 3.28
Invictus 9106 General Johnson - Previously Released As Invictus 9093B
9. Invictus 9107 8th Day - If I Could See The Light - Inst 3.09
10. Invictus 9108 Lucifer - Don't You [[Think The Times A-Comin’) 2.53
11. Invictus 9109 Freda Payne - The Road We Didn't Take 3.33
12. Invictus 9110 Holland-Dozier- Don't Leave Me [[Instrumental) 2.46
13. Invictus 9111 Glass House - Let It Flow 2.50
14. Invictus 9112 Harrison Kennedy - Up The Organization [[Instrumental) 3.13
15. Invictus 9113 Lucifer - Bloodshot Eyes 4.35
16. Invictus 9114 Scherrie Payne - It Ain't The World [[It's The People In It) 2.51
17. Invictus 9115 Melvin Davis - Just As Long 3.31
18. Invictus 9116 Danny Woods - It Didn't Take Long 3.29
19. Invictus 9117 8th Day - Eeny-Meeny-Miny-Mo [[Three’s A Crowd) 2.20

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