A 50th anniversary celebration calls for some
champagne…champagne soul, that is! Back in 1966, Billy Davis, Jr., Florence
LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, and Ron Townson first started making
beautiful music together, and the world of pop music has never been the same.
Now, in 2016, 50 years later, Real Gone Music is proud to present the most
comprehensive 5th Dimension collection ever compiled, a 3-CD set containing
their complete singles for the Soul City and Bell labels (plus their first
single on the Bronco label as The Versatiles and their lone single release for
Arista), 61 tracks of swinging, soulful harmonies, brilliant arrangements,
groundbreaking production, and some of the best songwriting to come out of the
‘60s and ‘70s.
This 3-CD set—which is housed inside a sumptuous, 8-panel
digipak mini-album featuring rare photos—not only includes 30 Pop and 15
R&B hits, all in their hard-to-find, mono mixes (only the last four tracks
on the set are in stereo), featuring such legendary recordings as “Up—Up and
Away,” “Stoned Soul Picnic,” “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” “Wedding Bell
Blues,” “One Less Bell to Answer,” “(Last Night) I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All,”
and “If I Could Reach You,” but also some rare, non-LP single sides and single
edits, nearly all making their CD debuts here!
With production by the great
Bones Howe, vocal arrangements by Bob Alcivar, and the instrumental
accompaniment of the famed Wrecking Crew, the confluence of talent on these
sides is simply staggering. And, of course, The 5th Dimension brought the
songwriting genius of Laura Nyro and Jimmy Webb to the masses; their
collaborations with Webb in particular remain among the pinnacles of ‘60s pop.
Remastered by Mark Wilder at Battery Studios, and with notes by Paul Grein
featuring quotes from all four living members (Billy Davis, Jr., Marilyn McCoo,
Florence LaRue and Lamonte McLemore) that trace the historic arc of the group,
The Complete Soul City/Bell Singles 1966-1975 isn’t just the definitive look at
The 5th Dimension; it’s a collection that defines the whole sunshine pop genre.
Disc : 1
1. You're Good Enough for Me
2. Bye Bye Baby
3. I'll Be Lovin' You Forever
4. Train Keep On Movin'
5. Go Where You Wanna Go
6. Too Poor to Die
7. Another Day, Another Heartache
8. Rosecrans Blvd.
9. Up Up & Away
10. Which Way to Nowhere
11. Paper Cup
12. Poor Side of Town
13. Carpet Man
14. The Magic Garden
15. Stoned Soul Picnic
16. The Sailboat Song
17. Sweet Blindness
18. Bobbie's Blues (Who Do You Think Of?)
19. California Soul
20. It'll Never Be the Same Again
Disc : 2
1. Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In (The Flesh Failures)
2. Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' to Ya
3. Workin' on a Groovy Thing
4. Broken Wing Bird
5. Wedding Bell Blues
6. Lovin' Stew
7. Blowing Away
8. Skinny Man
9. The Declaration
10. A Change Is Gonna Come/People Gotta Be Free
11. The Girls' Song
12. Puppet Man
13. A Love Like Ours
14. Save the Country
15. Dimension 5ive
16. On the Beach (In the Summertime)
17. This Is Your Life
18. One Less Bell to Answer
19. Feelin' Alright?
20. Love's Lines Angles & Rhymes
21. The Singer
Disc : 3
1. Light Sings
2. Viva Tirado
3. Never My Love
4. Together Let's Find Love
5. I Just Wanta Be Your Friend
6. (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All
7. The River Witch
8. If I Could Reach You
9. Tomorrow Belongs to the Children
10. Living Together Growing Together
11. What Do I Need to Be Me
12. Everything's Been Changed
13. There Never Was a Day
14. Ashes to Ashes
15. Flashback
16. Diggin' for a Livin'
17. Harlem
18. My Song
19. No Love in the Room
20. I Don't Know How to Look for Love
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