Artist: Rare EarthAlbum: 70s: Rare EarthGenre: Rock, R&B, Acid Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, AM Pop, Soul, Motown, Psychedelic/GarageYear: 2015Play Time: 01:19:48Size: 194.19 MBCodec: MPEG 1 Layer IIIQuality: 320 kbps CBRChannels: 44100 khz / StereoRare Earth began as an R&B band called the Sunliners in Detroit in 1961. Of the musicians who would be part of the band dubbed Rare Earth,only sax player Gil Bridges and drummer Pete Rivera were present. JohnParrish joined on bass in 1962. Rod Richards became a guitarist with thegroup in 1966. Keyboardist Kenny James came into the fold the sameyear.

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After years of doing the club circuit, the group changed theirname to Rare Earthand released Dreams/Answers on Verve. The album received littlereaction and the group was picked up by Motown Records as the first acton their yet-to-be-named new label.

Rare Earth suggested to Motown that the label name their new subsidiary after the band and Rare Earth Records was born.Whenthey set out to record their first album, they essentially ran out ofmaterial and did a 21-minute rendition of the Temptations' 'Get Ready'to fill out the space. The album was making no headway on the charts fora long period of time.

So they took the first three minutes of 'GetReady,' released it as a single and it made its way into the U.S. TopTen list, peaking at number four. Pulled along by the success of thesingle, the album also began to sell, breaking the Top 20, and Rare Earth'scareer was officially on its way.

The second album, Ecology, wasreleased in June of 1970, a couple months short of a year after 'GetReady' had been put out. Interestingly enough, Ecology was not reallythe group's second album, but their third. An album entitled Generationwas recorded as the soundtrack to the film of the same name.

When thefilm stalled at the box office, the album was shelved. Still, Ecologywould yield not one, but two hit singles.

The first was '(I Know) I'mLosing You' (another Temptations cover), which also broke the Top Ten.The second single, 'Born to Wander,' did not fare quite so well, but didmake the Top 20. The album was catapulted to number 15.Notwanting to lose momentum, One World followed almost exactly a year afterEcology, and yielded another hit single in a longtime classic, 'I JustWant to Celebrate.' The song peaked on the pop charts at number sevenand the album broke the Top 50. They released a live album in Decemberof the same year. For the next album, Willie Remembers, the groupinsisted on doing all originals, a move that was not common around theMotown camp.

Unfortunately, for a band trying to prove a point, thealbum never reached the type of sales of previous records. Indeed, itstalled out at number 90, and the single 'Good Time Sally' didn't evenbreak the Top 50.Motown tightened the creative grip on the groupand original producer Norman Whitfield, who had worked with the groupon earlier albums, was brought in to save the day. The resulting album,Ma, was released in May of 1973 and fared just a little better thanWillie Remembers, peaking at number 65. The label was not pleased andsent the group into the studio to record with Stevie Wonder. Thatpairing did not really gel, though, and only two tracks were recorded,neither of which were released. Instead, the label sought to releaseanother live album, trying to regain the spark that Rare Earth had had.

That project also fell by the wayside, though.Whatfollowed was a series of lineup changes and legal battles, and thegroup stopped touring altogether in 1974. The following year Rare Earth, in a new lineup, released Back to Earth.The album did a bit better than the previous one, reaching number 59 onthe charts. The single, appropriately entitled 'It Makes You Happy (ButIt Ain't Gonna Last Too Long)' stalled just outside the Top 100. Adisco-oriented excursion entitled Midnight Lady was released in 1976,but failed to really go anywhere.

To make matters worse, Rare Earth Records was discontinued altogether. The band had broken up by this time.As fate would have it, though, this was not the end of Rare Earth.

Instead, Barney Ales, who had presided over Rare EarthRecords, started his own label Prodigal Records. He talked the groupinto reuniting to record the label debut. The resulting album, Rare Earth, was released in 1977 and made no real waves in the music business. Rare Earthgot things together again for a marathon recording session thefollowing year. That session yielded not one, but two albums.

The firstwas Band Together, released in April of 1978, with Grand Slam followingin September. Neither of those albums every really took off, either. Thegroup essentially broke up in 1978, although a version of the originallineup was touring all the way into 1983. A different incarnation of thegroup, with just two original members, still makes the circuits.This is part of Sony Music's budget cd releases and it's an excellent live recording of Rare Earthas they sound today. For those interested there are three originalmembers of the group but drummer Peter Rivera who sang 'Get Ready' and'I Just Want To Celebrate' plus many more is no longer with Rare Earth, having left to pursue a solo career in the early eighties. This incarnation of Rare Earthperforms many of the group's standards such as the already mentionedhits 'Get Ready', 'I Just Want To Celebrate' plus 'Give Me Shelter','The Game Of Love', 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone', '(I Know) I'm LosingYou' plus four more. The sound quality of this recording is excellentand the band puts on a great show.

This rhythm-and-blues band from Detroit musicians organized group'The sunliners', existing since 1961. In the first part of ' Rare earth'included Gil Bridges (saxophone), Pete Rivera (drums), John Perche (bass), RodRichards (guitar) and Kenny James (keyboards).

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First studio workteam was the album 'Dreams Answers', released on the 'MGM / Verve'. However,the real success expected ' Rare earth', when they moved under the roof'Motown records'. Despite the fact that the label specialized in'black' music (a 'redkozemeltsy' were white), their work is sorelished leadership to the firm that it has even organized a specialunit called ' Rare Earth Records'.The first creation in a new place called 'Get ready' by the same name21-minute composition, which occupied an entire side of the plate. It is due tothis song, the band made ​​its way into the charts and won the road on the radio.Then the musicians worked on the soundtrack for 'Generation', and thenappearance percussionist Eddie Guzman recorded the album 'Ecology'. Despitethe fact that the drive took the charts 15-th line and spawned two hit singles,after his exit left the team and James Richards. Jobs took RayMonette and Mark Olsen, with the participation of which was made the album 'One world'.The success of this record provided a composition 'I just want to celebrate',Raised in the American charts to seventh position. In the same year, ' Rareearth 'released a double live album, which recognized for collective statuspowerful 'live act'.

This work was the last for John Persha,ceded bass Mike Urso.Next Vinyl pancake musicians took to produce themselves, but the ideawas unsuccessful, and 'Willie remembers' turned out weaker than theirpredecessors. Go to the next release of the group arrived with internalconflicts, because of which then left Rivera and Urso.The tense situation has affected the quality of work, and 'Motown' refusedreleasing a live album 'Live in Chicago' because of 'disgustingsound. 'Exit out of the situation Gil, Ray and Eddie tried toa set of new recruits: Jerry La Crocs (saxophone, flute), ReggieMcBride (bass), Frosty (percussion), Paul Warren (guitar) and GeybrielaKatona (keyboards).

However, the album 'Back to Earth' was not able to reach the level ofearly work, and was followed the next reshuffle.Disco-oriented record in 1976, 'Midnight lady', becamethe latest release of the band under the banner of 'Motown'. Barney Eles, whichrecently led the ' Rare Earth Records', founded an independent record label'Prodigal' and sent a command to it.' Rare Earth' for some time to keep afloat, although staffproblems did not leave them for a long time. Written and produced by Norman Whitfield (Norman Whitfield).Song 'Ma' and performed his other wards - The Temptations (Masterpiecealbum of the same in 1973) and The Undisputed Truth (album Higher ThanHigh, 1975), but they were not rockers.:01. Ma (Norman Whitfield) - 17:1402.

Big John Is My Name (Norman Whitfield) - 4:1403. Smiling Faces Sometimes (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) - 5:5904. Hum Along And Dance (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield) - 5:1405. Come With Me (Norman Whitfield) - 4:44- Peter Hoorelbeke - drums, percussion, lead vocals- Gil Bridges - flute, woodwinds, percussion, vocals- Michael Urso - bass, vocals- Ray Monette - lead guitar- Mark Olson - keyboards, vocals- Edward Guzman - congas, timbales- Norman Whitfield - producer.

Compilations ALBUMS:- Compilations -This list includes compilations and other packaging of Bruce's recordings.listed alphabetically by title.Various Artists: A Canadian Celebration of the BandReleased:November 16 2010CD:Tunes:Sleeping with Blue RodeoChest Fever with Ian ThornleyVarious Artists: Acoustic Edge - Great Acoustic Music of the '90sReleased:1995CD: Rhino R2 8122-71969-2Tunes:Southland of the Heart (4:51)Note: Same recording as on.Various Artists: Advent 25th Birthday CD SamplerReleased: 1996CD: Advent 098-24086Tunes:A Dream Like Mine (3:53)Note: Promotional CD. Same recording as on.Various Artists: Artists for the AlgonquinReleased: 14 June 2008CD:Tunes:Stolen Land (3:53)Note: This various artists benefit CD contains 19 tracks. Bruce contributed Stolen Land.

CDs can be ordered by contacting Ellen at Leopard Frog Studio (lfrog at kingston dot net).Various Artists: At the BarricadesReleased: 2007CD: Creatures (3:53)Note: At the Barricades Series is a three-year project merging theefforts of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper and producer Chris Brown. At theBarricades: Volume 2 will be released in 2008 and Volume 3 will bereleased in 2009.Various Artists: Babes 4 BreastsReleased: 2014CD:Tunes:Isn't That What Friends Are For?Various Artists: Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon LightfootReleased: 2003CD: 2003 Borealis Recording Company Ltd./NorthernBlues Music, Inc.Tunes:Ribbon of DarknessVarious Artists: Bernie Finklestein's Greatest HitsReleased: 1980LP: True North TN-13Tunes:Wondering Where The Lions Are (studio version)Note: A collection of performances by True North artists. There wereonly 1,000 copies of this album made, making it one of the rarest Bruce Cockburnalbums.Various Artists: Best of Mountain Stage, Vol.

3Released: 1992CD: Blue Plate BPM 003CD, 9281-3-4Tunes:Waiting for a Miracle (6:08)Note: Live recording. Same performance as.Various Artists: Cabaret NicaraguaReleased: 1987LP: Sticky Records Gum-15 (Sticky Records PO Box 176, Glasgow. G11 5YJ Phone: +44 1698 207230)Tunes:Lord of the Starfields (3:22)Berlin Tonight (6:29)Nicaragua (5:35)Note: Live recordings from the Greenbelt Festival. Tape produced by the Greenbelt Festival magazine.Greenbelt Festivals LtdAll Hallows on the Wall83 London WallLondon EC2M 5NDVarious Artists: Christmas At HomeReleased: 1999CD: EMI CanadaTunes:Mary Had A BabyNote: The same version as on the album.Various Artists: The Cities' Sampler, Vol. 6: KTCZ-FMReleased: 1994CD: KTCZ-FM (Minneapolis/St.

Paul) 97.1FM - Limited EditionTunes:Tie Me at the Crossroads (2:49)Note: Live recording from in-studio broadcasts. Proceeds benefited the Minnesota Food Shelf Association.Various Artists: Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. 1Released: 1995CD: Columbia CK 66466Tunes:Lord of the Starfields (3:26) Bruce Cockburn and Rob Wasserman.Lovers in a Dangerous Time (4:10) Bruce Cockburn and Rob Wasserman.Cry of a Tiny Babe (7:43) Bruce Cockburn/Rob Wasserman/Lou Reed/Roseanne Cash.Note: Live recording from in-studio broadcasts.