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Rare Earth Dreams / Answers (1968)

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Artist : Rare Earth
Album : Dreams / Answers
Source : Vinyl
Year : 1968
Genre : Rock/Funk/R&B
Encoder : Unknown
Codec : Fraunhofer
Bitrate : 192K/s 44100Hz Stereo
ID3-Tag : ID3v2.3
Ripped By : Jack N. Olf


Track Listing
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1. Stop / Where Did Our Love Go (3:02)
2. 6-4-5-5 (2:39)
3. King Of A Rainy Country (2:43)
4. New Rochelle (3:07)
5. Land Of Nod (3:05)
6. Mothers Oats (2:37)
7. Red Apple (2:45)
8. Get Ready (2:57)
9. Morning (2:24)
10. Searchin' (2:26)
11. Yesterday On Third Avenue (2:58)
12. Sidewalk Cafe (2:58)

Total Playing Time: 33:47 (min:sec)
Total Size : 50.1 MB (52,533,529 bytes)

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Rare 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. John Parrish joined on bass in 1962. Rod Richards became a guitarist with the group in 1966. Keyboardist Kenny James came into the fold the same year. After years of doing the club circuit, the group changed their name to Rare Earth and released Dreams/Answers on Verve. The album received little reaction and the group was picked up by Motown Records as the first act on 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.

When they set out to record their first album, they essentially ran out of material and did a 21-minute rendition of the Temptation's "Get Ready" to fill out the space. The album was making no headway on the charts for a long period of time. So they took the first three minutes of "Get Ready," released it as a single and it made its way into the U.S. Top Ten list, peaking at number four. Pulled along by the success of the single, the album also began to sell, breaking the Top 20, and Rare Earth's career was officially on its way.

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