[2019-08-30] The Chairmen Of The Board "Gold" budget 3CD compilation (Crimson UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Aug 09, 2019 6:59 am

Description
Chairmen of the Board were one of the most popular soul acts to emerge from Detroit in the early Seventies, achieving success with soul classics such as 'Give Me Just A Little More Time' (US #3) which sold over a million copies. The group were the flagship act on the Invictus label, founded by legendary song writing and production team Holland-Dozier-Holland (the trio behind 10 US #1 singles for the Supremes). Known for the distinctive vocals of frontman, General Johnson, Chairmen of the Board put themselves on the R&B map with top ten hits including 'Chairman of the Board' and 'Finder's Keepers'. The group also recorded the original version of 'Patches' (co-written by Johnson) which would become a hit for Clarence Carter and go on to win a Grammy award in 1971. 62 tracks are featured across 3 CDs.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. You Got Me Dangling On A String
2. Give Me Just A Little More Time
3. Everything's Tuesday
4. Working On A Building Of Love
5. Pay To The Piper
6. Elmo James
7. I'm On My Way To A Better Place
8. Hanging On To A Memory
9. Finder's Keepers
10. Patches
11. Men Are Getting Scarce
12. Everybody's Got A Song To Sing
13. Chairman Of The Board
14. Everybody Party All Night
15. Skin I'm In
16. You've Got Extra Added Power In Your Love - feat. Prince Harold
17. Let's Have Some Fun
18. So Glad You're Mine
19. Since The Days Of Pigtails & Fairytales
20. Tricked & Trapped (By A Tricky Trapper)

[CD2]
1. Feeling Alright
2. Let Me Down Easy
3. Bittersweet
4. All We Need Is Understanding
5. Love At First Sight
6. Someone Just Like You - feat. Prince Harold
7. Come Together
8. Hypnotic Music - Harrison Kennedy
9. Morning Glory
10. Life & Death Pt. I
11. White Rose (Freedom Flower)
12. Life & Death Pt. II
13. Sunday Morning People - Harrison Kennedy
14. I'm A Sign Of Changing Times
15. Roller Coaster - Danny Woods
16. Only Love Can Break A Heart
17. Saginaw County Line
18. Weary Traveller
19. Bridge Over Troubled Water
20. Live With Me, Love With Me

[CD3]
1. I Can't Find Myself
2. Bless You
3. Everybody's Tipppin' - Danny Woods
4. Bravo, Hooray
5. Come On In And Dance - feat. Prince Harold
6. What's The Use
7. Only Time Will Tell - General Johnson
8. It Was Almost Something
9. Every Couple's Not A Pair - General Johnson
10. I'll Come Crawling
11. Twelfth Of Never
12. I'm In Love Darling - General Johnson
13. Try On My Love For Size
14. Children Of Today
15. Where There Is Faith, There Is Hope
16. Let Me Ride - Danny Woods
17. When Will She Tell Me She Needs Me
18. Up The Organisation - Harrison Kennedy
19. Didn't We
20. My Way

Amazon USA
Available for pre-order soon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W92H668/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07W92H668/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:03 pm

We now have the complete tracklist in the first post. For collectors who want a "deep dive" into the Chairmen's classic '70s catalogue without having to buy all of the original albums, this compilation is just about perfect. It has all of the hits and near-hits, the great B-sides, important album tracks and even the choice cuts from their solo albums of that era.

[2019-08-30] The Chairmen Of The Board "Gold" budget 3CD compilation (Crimson UK)

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