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This 2008 compilation puts Rare Earth's early Motown catalog back into print in one fell swoop with a three-disc package featuring remastered sound, new liner notes with full credits, and exact reproductions of the album's original art. Unfortunately, that means you have to spring for the whole set to get access to any one of the five for a physical copy, but there is always selective downloading. While Rare Earth was never an A-list contender even during its salad days, the group, led by singing drummer Pete Rivera (nee Hoorelbeke) had many fine moments, not all of them collected on the various best-of sets already in print. As Motown's first foray into white rock, Rare Earth also became the name of the company's subsidiary label that they, along with a handful of mostly forgotten other acts (Toe Fat anyone?), recorded for. Notes writer Scott Schinder's five-page recap of the Earth's 1969-1974 run, which also includes an interview with Rivera, provides excellent background information along with anecdotes and reminiscences from its founding member and featured voice. Nine difficult-to-find bonus tracks (edited singles, non-album A- and B-sides) are somewhat incongruously tacked onto the end of disc one (which also includes the Get Ready debut) instead of being sequenced next to the album they are associated with. Otherwise, this set, with its rounded tombstone packaging that mimics the unique shape of many of the first Rare Earth label releases, is a straightforward presentation of the five records, along with liner notes and even inner record sleeve reproductions. These records established Rare Earth as rugged, working semi-stars. They persevered through hard touring, a few top-notch songs such as One World's "I Just Want to Celebrate" (written for them by Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris), and imaginatively rearranged rock and R&B covers, to attain at least a footnote in pop music history. At its best, generally on the Norman Whitfield productions of his own compositions such as Ecology's "(I Know) I'm Losing You" and the Ma album, Rare Earth personified a style of blue-eyed, jammy psychedelic soul that, while dated, still holds up as unique enough to have resulted in more hits than the group actually achieved. Since its most recognizable music is well represented on Motown's impressive two-disc Anthology: The Best of Rare Earth and other discs, this is for collectors who need everything from Rare Earth's most commercially and artistically successful years. As such it is a classy presentation of a band whose finest moments remain impressive, even occasionally innovative, but just short of influential.
© Hal Horowitz /TiVo
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Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Gilbert Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Folick, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John D. Loudermilk, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dave Mason, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Wes Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Lynn Henderson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Kim Simmonds, ComposerLyricist - Chris Youlden, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Nick Zesses, ComposerLyricist - DINO FEKARIS, ComposerLyricist - John Ryan, Producer - Norman Whitfield, Producer - Frank Wilson, Producer - Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Bea Verdi, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Cornelius Grant, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - Nick Zesses, ComposerLyricist - DINO FEKARIS, ComposerLyricist - John Ryan, Producer - Norman Whitfield, Producer - Frank Wilson, Producer - Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ray Monette, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Peter Hoorelbeke, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stewart Levine, Producer - John Ryan, Producer - Norman Whitfield, Producer - Frank Wilson, Producer - Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Frank Edward Wilson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Olson, ComposerLyricist - Ray Monette, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Peter Hoorelbeke, ComposerLyricist - Edward Guzman, ComposerLyricist - Gil Bridges, ComposerLyricist - John Persh, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Norman Whitfield, Producer - Tom Baird, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Cornelius Grant, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, MainArtist - John Persh, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ray Charles, ComposerLyricist - Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Peter Hoorelbeke, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Pete Rivera, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Zesses, ComposerLyricist - DINO FEKARIS, ComposerLyricist - Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Gilbert Bridges, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - John Persh, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Edward Guzman, ComposerLyricist - Raymond Monette, ComposerLyricist - Mark D. Oslson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 3
Nick Zesses, Producer - DINO FEKARIS, Producer - Tom Baird, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Nick Zesses, ComposerLyricist - DINO FEKARIS, ComposerLyricist - Tom Baird, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Raymond Curtis Monette, ComposerLyricist - Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Peter Hoorelbeke, ComposerLyricist - Mark John Olson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Olson, ComposerLyricist - Ray Monette, ComposerLyricist - Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Pete Rivera, ComposerLyricist - Gil Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Ed Guzman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Olson, ComposerLyricist - Ray Monette, ComposerLyricist - Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Pete Rivera, ComposerLyricist - Edward Guzman, ComposerLyricist - Gil Bridges, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Olson, ComposerLyricist - Ray Monette, ComposerLyricist - Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Pete Rivera, ComposerLyricist - Gil Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Ed Guzman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Raymond Curtis Monette, ComposerLyricist - Tom Baird, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Pete Rivera, ComposerLyricist - Gilbert Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Mark John Olson, ComposerLyricist - Edward Guzman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Raymond Curtis Monette, ComposerLyricist - Tom Baird, Producer - Rare Earth, Producer, MainArtist - Gilbert Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Peter Hoorelbeke, ComposerLyricist - Mark John Olson, ComposerLyricist - Edward Guzman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Olson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Monette, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Russ Terrana, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rare Earth, MainArtist - Peter Hoorelbeke, Drums, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Norman Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rare Earth, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
This 2008 compilation puts Rare Earth's early Motown catalog back into print in one fell swoop with a three-disc package featuring remastered sound, new liner notes with full credits, and exact reproductions of the album's original art. Unfortunately, that means you have to spring for the whole set to get access to any one of the five for a physical copy, but there is always selective downloading. While Rare Earth was never an A-list contender even during its salad days, the group, led by singing drummer Pete Rivera (nee Hoorelbeke) had many fine moments, not all of them collected on the various best-of sets already in print. As Motown's first foray into white rock, Rare Earth also became the name of the company's subsidiary label that they, along with a handful of mostly forgotten other acts (Toe Fat anyone?), recorded for. Notes writer Scott Schinder's five-page recap of the Earth's 1969-1974 run, which also includes an interview with Rivera, provides excellent background information along with anecdotes and reminiscences from its founding member and featured voice. Nine difficult-to-find bonus tracks (edited singles, non-album A- and B-sides) are somewhat incongruously tacked onto the end of disc one (which also includes the Get Ready debut) instead of being sequenced next to the album they are associated with. Otherwise, this set, with its rounded tombstone packaging that mimics the unique shape of many of the first Rare Earth label releases, is a straightforward presentation of the five records, along with liner notes and even inner record sleeve reproductions. These records established Rare Earth as rugged, working semi-stars. They persevered through hard touring, a few top-notch songs such as One World's "I Just Want to Celebrate" (written for them by Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris), and imaginatively rearranged rock and R&B covers, to attain at least a footnote in pop music history. At its best, generally on the Norman Whitfield productions of his own compositions such as Ecology's "(I Know) I'm Losing You" and the Ma album, Rare Earth personified a style of blue-eyed, jammy psychedelic soul that, while dated, still holds up as unique enough to have resulted in more hits than the group actually achieved. Since its most recognizable music is well represented on Motown's impressive two-disc Anthology: The Best of Rare Earth and other discs, this is for collectors who need everything from Rare Earth's most commercially and artistically successful years. As such it is a classy presentation of a band whose finest moments remain impressive, even occasionally innovative, but just short of influential.
© Hal Horowitz /TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 43 track(s)
- Total length: 03:46:20
- Main artists: Rare Earth
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hip-O Select
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2008 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2008 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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