The Chairmen of the Board- The Invictus Recordings: 1969 - 1978 9CD set

[alanh]

Following on from the recent HDH set, the Chairmen Of The Board are getting the 'box set treatment' with a 9CD box being released on August 4th in the UK by Edsel/Demon. It very much looks like an expanded version of the 3CD set released by Sanctuary in 2002, which had more tracks per CD, plus some of the bonuses that are on the HDH box.

"Motown’s legendary songwriting/production team, Holland-Dozier-Holland, left the fold in 1967, to establish their own Invictus/Hot Wax group of labels. They had worldwide hits with their flagship act, Chairmen Of The Board, debuted the first album by Parliament, as well as scoring a UK #1 with Freda Payne’s ‘Band of Gold. Chairmen Of The Board were unusual at the time, with all the group members being featured vocalists in its line-up.

This 9 CD, 97-track anthology includes Chairmen Of The Board’s four studio albums for Invictus, as well as the Invictus solo albums released by General Johnson, Danny Woods and Harrison Kennedy.

The two bonus discs include alternate versions, non-album singles and selected mixes, including two Tom Moulton remixes of their two biggest UK hits ‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’ and ‘[[You’ve Got Me) Dangling On A String’, which were first released in 2014. The 36-page booklet includes a 6,500+ word liner note by Dean Rudland."

Disc: 1
1. Chairmen Of The Board Give Me Just A Little More Time2.41
2. Chairmen Of The Board Come Together3.49
3. Chairmen Of The Board Bless You2.57
4. Chairmen Of The Board Patches3.31
5. Chairmen Of The Board Since The Days Of Pigtails [[And Fairy Tales2.42
6. Chairmen Of The Board I'll Come Crawling2.36
7. Chairmen Of The Board [[You've Got Me) Dangling On A String2.57
8. Chairmen Of The Board Bravo, Hooray2.59
9. Chairmen Of The Board Didn't We2.41
10. Chairmen Of The Board Feelin' Alright?3.42
11. Chairmen Of The Board My Way3.58
12. Chairmen Of The Board Tricked & Trapped [[By A Tricky Trapper)3.19
Disc: 2
1. Chairmen Of The Board Chairmen Of The Board3.34
2. Chairmen Of The Board Everything's Tuesday2.48
3. Chairmen Of The Board Pay To The Piper3.06
4. Chairmen Of The Board Twelfth Of Never3.11
5. Chairmen Of The Board All We Need Is Understanding2.53
6. Chairmen Of The Board Patches3.30
7. Chairmen Of The Board It Was Almost Something2.38
8. Chairmen Of The Board Bridge Over Troubled Water5.15
9. Chairmen Of The Board Hanging On To A Memory4.11
10. Chairmen Of The Board I Can't Find Myself2.31
11. Chairmen Of The Board When Will She Tell Me She Needs Me3.03
12. Chairmen Of The Board Children Of Today3.14
Disc: 3
1. Chairmen Of The Board Men Are Getting Scarce5.19
2. Chairmen Of The Board So Glad You're Mine4.13
3. Chairmen Of The Board Working On A Building Of Love2.54
4. Chairmen Of The Board I'm A Sign Of Changing Times5.43
5. Chairmen Of The Board Elmo James4.19
6. Chairmen Of The Board I'm On My Way To A Better Place4.04
7. Chairmen Of The Board Bittersweet5.05
8. Chairmen Of The Board Saginaw County Line4.09
9. Chairmen Of The Board Weary Traveler5.16
Disc: 4
1. Chairmen Of The Board Everybody Party All Night4.06
2. Chairmen Of The Board Skin I'm In4.15
3. Chairmen Of The Board Morning Glory2.20
4. Chairmen Of The Board Life & Death Pt. I1.35
5. Chairmen Of The Board White Rose [[Freedom Flower)1.40
6. Chairmen Of The Board Life & Death Pt. II3.49
7. Chairmen Of The Board Let's Have Some Fun3.42
8. Chairmen Of The Board Love At First Sight3.51
9. Chairmen Of The Board Only Love Can Break A Heart5.32
10. Chairmen Of The Board Live With Me, Love With Me2.10
11. Chairmen Of The Board Finder's Keepers4.07
Disc: 5
1. General JohnsonSaginaw County Line4.09
2. General JohnsonGod's Gift To Man3.55
3. General JohnsonIt Was Almost Something2.38
4. General JohnsonEvery Couples' Not A Pair4.41
5. General JohnsonAll We Need Is Understanding2.53
6. General JohnsonEverything's Tuesday2.48
7. General JohnsonI Never Get Tired Of You5.20
8. General JohnsonMy Credit Didn't Go Through3.35
9. General JohnsonThings Are Bound To Get Better Later On6.14
10. General JohnsonMary Lou Thomas5.06
Disc: 6
1. Harrison KennedyHypnotic Music5.20
2. Harrison KennedyCloset Queen3.21
3. Harrison KennedyNight Comes Day Goes6.41
4. Harrison KennedySunday Morning People3.07
5. Harrison KennedyGimme A Glass Of Water3.06
6. Harrison KennedyCome Together3.49
7. Harrison KennedyYou Hurt Your Mother Again5.55
8. Harrison KennedyUp - The Organisation3.13
9. Harrison KennedyChildren Of Today3.14
Disc: 7
1. Danny WoodsEverybody's Got A Song To Sing4.03
2. Danny WoodsLet Me Ride3.01
3. Danny WoodsRoller Coaster3.41
4. Danny WoodsTry On My Love For Size3.29
5. Danny WoodsIt Didn't Take Long3.30
6. Danny WoodsWorking On A Building Of Love2.54
7. Danny WoodsFunny How Time Slips Away5.17
8. Danny WoodsTwo Can Be As Lonely As One4.00
9. Danny WoodsI've Been Loving You Too Long [[To Stop Now)7.15
10. Danny WoodsDanny Boy5.11
Disc: 8
1. General JohnsonSavannah Lady2.29
2. General JohnsonI'm In Love Darling2.46
3. Chairmen Of The Board Men Are Getting Scarce3.15
4. Chairmen Of The Board Hanging On To A Memory2.29
5. Chairmen Of The Board Elmo James3.30
6. Chairmen Of The Board Bittersweet3.25
7. Chairmen Of The Board Let Me Down Easy2.44
8. Danny WoodsRoller Coaster2.56
9. Chairmen Of The Board Everybody's Got A Song To Sing2.33
10. Danny WoodsEverybody's Tippin'2.54
11. Harrison KennedyUp - The Organisation [[Instrumental)3.16
12. Chairmen Of The Board Finder's Keepers [[Instrumental) 3.44
Disc: 9
1. Chairmen Of The Board Finder's Keepers [[Vocal)3.23
2. General JohnsonOnly Time Will Tell 3.40
3. General JohnsonOnly Time Will Tell [[Instrumental)4.08
4. Chairmen Of The Board Skin I'm In3.21
5. Chairmen Of The Board Everybody Party All Night2.58
6. Chairmen Of The Board You've Got Extra Added Power In Your Love3.30 [[ft. Prince Harold)
7. Chairmen Of The Board Someone Just Like You2.53 [[ft. Prince Harold)
8. Chairmen Of The Board Come On In And Dance3:32
9. Chairmen Of The Board What's The Use [[first released 2014)2.46
10. Chairmen Of The Board Where There Is Faith, There Is Hope [[first released 2014)3.05
11. Chairmen Of The Board You've Got Me Dangling On A String [[Tom Moulton remix)4.46
12. Chairmen Of The Board Give Me Just A Little More Time [[Tom Moulton Remix)4.19

[144man]

Track 8 of Disc 9 "Come On In And Dance", released on the ICA label, wasn't included in the HDH set.