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Hip-O Select
tracks 1.8 to 1.17 arranged by David Leacraft
tracks 1.8 to 1.17 arranged by David Van DePitte
tracks 2.1 to 2.7 arranged by Frank Wilson
tracks 2.1 to 2.7 arranged by James Anthony Carmichael
tracks 1.8 to 1.17 arranged by LeRoy Fleming
tracks 2.1 to 2.7 arranged by Leonard Caston
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 art direction Katarina Pettersson
art direction Michele Horie
tracks 1.1 to 1.7 art direction [original lp] Curtis McNair
tracks 1.8 to 1.13, 1.15 to 1.17 backing band [rhythm by] The Young Senators
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 backing vocals [background vocals] Carolyn Hurley
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 backing vocals [background vocals] Carolyn Majors
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 backing vocals [background vocals] Carolyn Willis
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 backing vocals [background vocals] Frank Wilson
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 backing vocals [background vocals] Harry Booker
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 backing vocals [background vocals] Karin Patterson
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 backing vocals [background vocals] Leonard Caston
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 backing vocals [background vocals] Mara Baygulow
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 backing vocals [background vocals] Myrna Matthews
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 backing vocals [background vocals] Wayne Cooper
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 bass Darrell Clayborn
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 bass James Jamerson
compilation producer Harry Weinger
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 congas King Errisson
coordinator [for hip-o select] Thane Tierney
coordinator [product manager] Heather Whitten
coordinator [production manager] Michele Horie
design, art direction Mathieu Bitton
tracks 2.1 to 2.7 directed by [orchestration direction] Jerry Long
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 drums Ed Greene
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 drums Kenny Rice
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 engineer [recording engineer] Orson Lewis
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 engineer [recording engineers] Angel Balestier
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 engineer [recording engineers] Art Stewart
tracks 2.1 to 2.16 engineer [recording engineers] Russ Terrana
executive producer Pat Lawrence
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 guitar Billy Cooper
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 guitar Dean Parks
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 guitar Greg Poree
liner notes [essay written by] Brian Chin
tracks 2.1, 2.3 to 2.8 mixed by [mixing engineer] Andrew Berliner
tracks 2.9 to 2.16 mixed by [mixing engineer] Angel Balestier
tracks 2.1 to 2.16 mixed by [mixing engineer] Frank Wilson
tracks 1.1 to 1.7 other [original graphic supervision] Tom Schlesinger
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 percussion Gary Coleman
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 percussion Jack Ashford
tracks 2.1 to 2.16 photography Jim Britt
photography [photo coordinator] Ryan Null
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 piano, organ Harold Johnson
tracks 2.1 to 2.8 piano, organ Leonard Caston
tracks 1.1 to 2.7, 2.9 to 2.16 producer Frank Wilson
tracks 2.1 to 2.7, 2.9 to 2.16 producer Leonard Caston
remastered by [digitally] Suha Gur
research [master tape research] Andy Skurow
research [recording data research] Chris Tomson
tracks 1.8 to 1.17 synthesizer [moog synthesizer] Cal Harris
Remastered At Universal Music Studios East, NYC
All By Myself album information page (pgs. 12 & 13)
Album released as Tamla TS 309, April 1971; #6 R&B, #80 Pop

Recorded in Detroit at Hitsville (Studio A) and Golden World (Studio B), September-October and December 1970, except I Did It All For You, recorded April, June and November 1970.

Singles from the album:

It's So Hard For Me To Say Good-bye b/w This Used To Be The House Of Johnnie Mae; issued as Tamla 54203, April 1971; #37 R&B, #88 Pop

Can I b/w I Did It All For You; issued as Tamla 54210, November 1971; #37 R&B, #101 Pop

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People...Hold On album information page (pg. 17).
Special thanks to Joe Messina and Eddie Bongo Brown

Album released as Tamla T 315L, May 1972; #13 R&B, #131 Pop

Recorded in Detroit at Hitsville (Studio A) and Golden World (Studio B), January-February 1972, except Date With The Rain, recorded November-December 1971 and March 1972.

Singles from the album:

Eddie's Love b/w Let Me Run Into Your Lonely Heart; issued as Tamla 54218, May 1972; #35 R&B, #77 Pop

Girl You Need A Change Of Mind (Part 1) b/w Girl You Need A Change Of Mind (Part 2); issued as Tamla 54230, January 1973; #13 R&B, #87 Pop

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Eddie Kendricks album information page (pg. 21).
Album issued as Tamla T 327L, May 1973; #5 R&B, #18 Pop

All tracks recorded in Los Angeles, CA, exact dates unknown, and lead vocals recorded in Detroit at Golden World (Studio B) March 1973, except Where Do You Go (Baby), recorded in Detroit at Hitsville (Studio A) and Golden World (Studio B), during the sessions for People...Hold On, January 1972.

Singles from the album:

Darling Come Back Home b/w Loving You The Second Time [B-side later issued on the album Boogie Down!], issued as Tamla 54236, May 1973; #26 R&B, #67 Pop

Keep On Truckin' (Part 1) b/w Keep On Truckin' (Part 2), issued as Tamla 54238, August 1973; #1 R&B (2 weeks), #1 Pop

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For You album information page (pg. 25).
Recorded and Mixed at Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California

Album issued as Tamla T6-33521, November 1974; #8 R&B, #71 Pop

Singles from the album:

One Tear b/w The Thin Man [from the previous album Boogie Down!], issued as Tamla 54255, November 1974; #8 R&B, #71 Pop

Shoeshine Boy b/w Hooked On Your Love [from the previous album Boogie Down!], issued as Tamla 54257, January 1975; #1 R&B, #18 Pop

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Release credits page
Digitally remastered by SUHA GUR at Universal Mastering Studios-East
Recording data research: CHRIS TOMSON, from the Motown studios session logs

Photographs and LP jackets courtesy of Motown Records Archives

(C) 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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Non-release notes
From Hip-O Select: CD Edition limited to 5000 non-numbered limitied [sic]edition copies.

UK release date: June 4, 2007

Exact US and UK release dates taken from an external source.



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