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Reissue of seminal HDH release from Detroit-born vocalist Freda Payne. Released in 1970 on the Motown break-off label Holland-Dozier-Holland – a partnership between former Motown songwriters Eddie and Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier – Band of Gold was a huge commercial success for the label.
Features the classic singles Unhooked Generation and Band of Gold – a single that sold over 2 million copies and became a gold record.
Textbook female vocal soul with a post-Motown sound signature, the most commercially successful and widely recognised album that Freda Payne ever released.
Repressed on 140g GOLD vinyl as part of the Demon Music Group HDH reissue series, with an obi strip and a printed inner, featuring a new liner note from Soul Trilogy author Stewart Cosgrove.
Newly remastered audio from Phil Kinrade at AIR studios.
Reissued for the first time on limited gold vinyl.
Tracklist
Side A
A1) Band of Gold
A2) I Left Some Dreams Back There
A3) Deeper & Deeper
A4) Rock Me In The Cradle
A5) Unhooked Generation
A6) Love On Borrowed Time
Side B
B1) Through The Memory Of My Mind
B2) This Girl Is A Woman Now
B3)The World Don’t Owe You A Thing
B4) Now Is The Time To Say Goodbye
B5) Happy Heart
B6) The Easiest Way to Fall