Reflections LP - play the producer while we wait for the EE

[danman869]

i'm not saying that all of the content on both is uniformly strong. I've always wondered a bit if Sing HDH wasn't conceptualized and titled in order to toss the guys a bone. Berry has this done in order to appease them and give them some love and recognition, along with the big royalties it would generate. rather than giving them the stock or whatever profit plans they wanted as part of the renegotiation.

According to the Holland Brothers' recent book, Berry did not like the idea of calling the album, "Sing H-D-H" and thought it would hurt the album's chances as no one would know who they were and, well, basically: isn't that crass naming an album after yourselves? HDH were confident and let it go forward. According to them, when they album didn't do so well [Pop LP #6, R&B LP #1], Berry came back to them and said, "See?" So, from the Holland Brothers' perspective, Berry wasn't throwing them a bone, giving them love and recognition, along with the big royalties it would generate. He was against the naming.

[sup_fan]

According to the Holland Brothers' recent book, Berry did not like the idea of calling the album, "Sing H-D-H" and thought it would hurt the album's chances as no one would know who they were and, well, basically: isn't that crass naming an album after yourselves? HDH were confident and let it go forward. According to them, when they album didn't do so well [Pop LP #6, R&B LP #1], Berry came back to them and said, "See?" So, from the Holland Brothers' perspective, Berry wasn't throwing them a bone, giving them love and recognition, along with the big royalties it would generate. He was against the naming.

very interesting!!! thanks for sharing this. the album was released in early 67 so that might have preceded the problems between Berry and the guys. or maybe this was another gripe added to the list