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INVICTUS
"The Creative Corporation"Invictus Records
31007 Cadillac Tower,
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This label was established in late 1968 by brothers Eddie and Brian Holland,
with the third guy team Dozier. Yes they're the same than the Motown's sixties success
hits makers!. However, the 60's going away, they felt that their musical stuff should have
to evolve, and they decided to establish simultaneously the INVICTUS and the HOT WAX
labels, even if they left MOTOWN for royalyty disputes. A little bit later they founded
their third label; MUSIC MERCHANT.
They
encounter lowest succes than during the MOTOWN period due to the difficulties of an
independant label managment. Freda PAYNE, and CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD are the two biggest
hits providers. Leader of the Chairmen, "General" Johnson sung as lead vocalists
with the SHOWMEN from 1961 to 1967. Then he formed the CHAIRMEN with Danny WOODS, Harrison
KENNEDY and Eddie CUSTIS in Detroit in 1969. In, 1976 "General" made secession
and went solo for Arista records. The group recorded a coiuple of 12" for small
labels without the General on lead vocals. It's seems that it was Brian Holland himslef
that was on lead vocals on 1979's 12" "Come on in and Dance".
Then around the 80's the group reformed as a trio with General back, and
recorded at least 5 albums on the SUFSIDE label.
They are still performing nowadays.
H-D-H
also recorded for themselves, and for the famous Lamont DOZIER.
PARLIAMENT
is also on this label for the early recordings after, the legal name debat. (PARLIAMENTS)
Comments are
courtesy of part the "incredible New Orleans's duo" soul man Tom Trenchard.
Internal
links: - Hot Wax
- Music Merchant
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IS 9071 Glass House Crumbs Off the Table (2:37)
/Bad bill of goods(2:45)
(1969)
* Comments: Side A covered by Laura Lee in 1972
on Hot Wax HS-7210. Also covered by Dusty Springfield
on her "See all her faces" Lp (1972 ?).
IS 9072 New Play [Ruth Copeland] The Music Box (3:39)
/A Gift of Me (2:53)[Non-LP]
(1969)
IS 9073 Freda Payne The Unhooked Generation (2:30)
The Easiest Way to Fall (2:25)
(1969)
IS 9074 Chairmen Of The Board Give me just a little more
time (2:43)
/Since the days of pigtails
(& Fairytales) (2:43)(1969)
* Comments: Side A covered by angela clemmons in 1982, and by
Kylie Minogue in 1992.
IS 9075 Freda Payne Band of gold(2:50)
/The easiest way to fall (2:23)
(1970)
* Comments: Side A covered by numerous artists;
* Louise Mandrell (12")
* Ouriel Elixir (12")
* Sylvester (12" & Lp)
* Ronnie Dyson (Lp)
* Armada Orchestra (7" & Lp in 1975)
* Bjorn Again (CD)
* Belinda Crlisle (Lp)
* Belinda & Freda (12")
* Melissa (UK 12")
* Startrax (12") (Part of medley)
* Bonnie Tyler (12", Lp, CD)
Also Re-recorded in 1990 by Freda for the Ian Levine's own
MOTORCITY records (UK). At last restructured & remixed version
in 1993, comprised 4 versions (2 extended & 2 editts) on
Almighty Records (UK)
IS 9076 Glass House I Can't Be You (You Can't
Be Me) (2:36)
/He's in My Life (3:21)
[Non-LP](1970)
* Comments: Side B done with Freda's Payne vocal's on
her "Contact" Lp in 1971.
Also on Freda's single IS 9128. (side A)
IS 9077 Parliament (Thang) I Call My Baby Pussycat (3:25)
[Edit]
/Little Old Country Boy (3:57)
(1970)
IS 9078 Chairmen Of The Board (you've got me) Dangling on a
string (2:45)
/I'll Come Crawling (2:37)
[Stereo](1970)
IS 9079 Chairmen of the Board Everything's Tuesday (2:49)
/Patches (2:57) [Edit] (1970)
IS 9080 Freda Payne Deeper & Deeper (3:17) [Remix]
/Unhooked generation(2:30) (1970)
IS 9081 Chairmen Of The Board Pay to the piper(3:06)
/Bless you(2:59) (1970)
IS 9082 Glass House Stealing Moments from Another
Woman's Life (2:46)(1971)
/If It Ain't Love, It Don't
Matter (2:43)
IS 9084 Barrino Brothers I Shall Not Be Moved (2:26)
/When Love Was a Child (2:57)
[Edit] (1971)
* Comments: A.1 Mono mix from LP "I Shall Not Be Moved" SKAO-7308
B.1 Short mono mix of LP - side says taken from LP
"I Shall Not Be Moved" SKAO-7308. Definitely on the
LP "Livin' High Off the Goodness of Your Love" ST-9811
in stereo 3:44 mix.)
Side B done with Freda's Payne vocal's on her "Contact" Lp in 1971.
Also on Freda's single IS 9092. (side B)
IS 9085 Freda Payne Cherish what is dear to you
(while it's near to you(2:40)
/The world don't owe you a
thing(2:50) [Remix] (1971)
* Comments: Side A covered by THe Blossoms on the 1971 Lp.
IS 9086 Chairmen Of The Board Chairman of the Board (2:57)
[Edit]
/When Will She Tell Me She
Needs Me (3:07)(1971)
IS 9087 8th Day She's not just another woman (3:00)
/I Can't Fool Myself (2:54)(1971)
IS 9088 Ruth Copeland [of New Play] Hare Krishna (2:47) [Non-LP?]
/No Commitment (3:00)(1971)
IS 9089 Chairmen Of The Board Hanging on to a memory(2:28)
/Tricked and Trapped
(by a Tricky Trapper) (3:05)(1971)
IS 9090 Glass House Touch Me Jesus (2:48) [Remix](1971)
/If It Ain't Love
(It Don't Matter) (2:43)
* Comments: A.1 Both cuts from LP "Inside the Glass House" ST-7305
Slightly different & longer mix than LP (Mono).
B.1 (Mono mix of LP).
IS 9091 Parliament Red Hot Mama (2:36) [Edit](1971)
Little Ole Country Boy (3:57)
IS 9092 Freda Payne Bring the boys home(3:08) [Edit]
/I shall not be moved(2:45)(1971)
* Comments: Side A covered by Carl Carlton & Janet Jefferson in the
80's (12").
IS 9093 General Johnson I'm in Love Darling (2:42) [Non-LP]
/Savannah lady(2:25) [Non-LP](1971)
* Comments: Member and primary lead singer of Chairmen Of The Board.
Former member & lead singer of The Showmen.
IS 9095 Parliament Breakdown (2:29) [Edit](1971)
/Little Ole Country Boy [3:57]
IS 9096 Ruth Copeland Gimme Shelter [3:21]
/No Commitment [3:00](1971)
IS 9097 Glass House Look What We've Done to Love (2:54)
[Edit]
/Heaven Is There to Guide Us (2:55)
[Edit](1971)
* Comments: Side B also performed by the 8th Day as Lp Track.
IS 9098 8th Day You've got the crawl (before you walk)
[Edit](2:40)
/It's instrumental to be free(3:09)
[Non-LP](1971)
IS 9099 Chairmen Of The Board Working on a building of love(2:30)
[Edit]
/Try on my love for size(2:55)
[Edit](1971)
IS 9100 Freda Payne You brought the joy(2:57) [Remix]
/Suddenly it's yesterday(2:26)
[Edit](1971)
IS 9102 Billie Sans Solo (2:52) [Non-LP](1971)
/I Don't Want to Lose a Good
Thing (2:21) [Non-LP]
IS 9103 Chairmen of the Board Men Are Getting Scarce (3:13)
[Edit/Remix]
/Bravo, Hooray (2:59)(1972)
IS 9105 Chairmen of the Board Bittersweet (3:23) [Edit]
/Elmo James (3:28) [Edit](1972)
IS 9106 General Johnson All We Need Is Understanding
(2:37) [Edit]
Savannah Lady (2:25) [Non-LP](1972)
IS 9107 8th Day If I Could See the Light (3:09)
/Instrumental (3:12) [Non-LP](1972)
* Comments: also performed by 100 Proof (aged in soul) on Hot Wax
single HS-7009.
IS 9109 Freda Payne The Road We Didn't Take (3:33)
[Edit/Remix]
/I'm Not Getting Any Better (3:36)
[Edit](1972)
IS 9110 Holland-Dozier Don't Leave Me (3:13)
/Instrumental (3:20)(1972)
* Comments: Side B appears on IS 9125.
IS 9111 Glass House Playing Games (3:29) [Non-LP]
/.Let It Flow (2:51)(1972)
IS 9112 Harrison Kennedy Sunday Morning People (?:??)
/Up the Organization (?:??)(1972)
* Comments: Mmeber of Chairmen Of The Board.
IS 9113 Lucifer Bloodshot Eyes (3:07)
/Old Mother Nature (2:52)(1972)
IS 9114 Scherrie Payne V.I.P. (3:13) [Edit]
/It Ain't the World (It's the People
in It)(2:58) [Non-LP](1972)
* Comments: Mono edit of 3:49 LP cut taken from The Glass House LP
"Thanks I Needed That.". Side A also done by Honey Cone in 1971.
Scherrie Payne was a member and frequent lead vocalist of the
Glass House group. She is the younger sister of Freda.
She joined The SUPREMES in 1974, and was primary lead vocalist.
Remains a current Supreme (1998), but the trio now goes (since 1987)
by Former Ladies Of the Supremes (FLOS). Under that banner they
recorded "We're back" & & "Get-Away". "We're Back" also features
Ollie Woodson, former lead singer of The TEMPTATIONS.
(Superstar International SS-12-54 in 1987)
IS 9115 Melvin Davis [of 8th Day] I'm Worried (3:30)
[Edit/from 8th Day LP]
/Just as Long (3:30)
[Edit/from 8th Day LP](1972)
* Comments: A.1 Mono edit of 8:24 LP cut taken from the "8th Day"
LP ST-7306. B.1 Mono edit of 7:29 LP cut taken from the same
album.
IS 9116 Danny Woods Let Me Ride (2:55)(1972)
/It Didn't Take Long (2:50) [Edit]
* Comments: Danny Woods is a member and occasionaly lead singer
of Chairmen of the Board.
IS 9117 8th Day Enny Meeny Miny Mo
(Three's a Crowd) (2:24)
/Rocks in My Head (2:38)
[Edit](1972)
IS 9118 Glass House Giving Up the Ring (2:38)
/Let It Flow (2:51)(1972)
IS 9119 Harrison Kennedy Come Together (2:55)
/Sunday Morning People (3:08)
(1972)
* Comments: Both sides are covers of the classic hits.
IS 9120 Ty Hunter Hey There Lonely Girl (?:??)
/I Don't See Me in Your Eyes
Anymore (?:??)(1972)
* Comments: Ty Hunter is a member of the Glass House.
IS 9122 Chairmen of the Board Everybody's Got a Song to Sing
(2:33) [Edit][Danny Woods LP]
/Working on a Building of Love
(2:30) [Edit](1972)
IS 9123 Parliament Come in Out of the Rain (2:45)
Little Ole Country Boy (3:57)(1972)
IS 9124 8th Day I Gotta Get Home (Can't Let My Baby
get Lonely) (3:05) (1972)
/Good Book (3:08) [Edit]
IS 9125 Holland-Dozier feat.Lamont Why Can't We Be Lovers (3:44 [Edit]
/Don't Leave Me (Instrumental)
(3:20)(1972)
* Comments: There are two pressings of this single. Other pressing
has (4:02) stereo version of side-A, which is the same as the
album. Side-B appears on IS 9110.
IS 9126 Chairmen of the Board I Can't Find Myself (2:32) [Edit/Remix]
/Let Me Down Easy (2:42)(1972)
IS 9127
IS 9128 Freda Payne He's in My Life (3:39)(1972)
/Through the Memory of My Mind (2:51)
[Remix]
* Comments: Side-A also by Glass House in 1970
IS 9129 Glass House Thanks I Needed That (2:38)(1972)
/I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore
(3:43)[Remix]
IS 9132 Danny Woods Roller Coaster (2:51) [Edit](1972)
/Everybody's Tippin' (2:57) [Non-LP]
IS 9133 Holland-Dozier feat. Brian Don't Leave Me Starvin' for Your
Love (3:23)
/Part 2 (2:15) [Non-LP](1972)
* Comments: Also by Laura Lee in 1974.
* Comments: BMC's note: all the following 7" are in stereo.
ZS7 1251 Chairmen of the Board Finder's Keepers (3:32) [Edit](1973)
/Instrumental (3:40) [Non-LP]
ZS7 1252 General Johnson Only Time Will Tell (3:38) [Non-LP]
Instrumental (4:06) [Non-LP](1973)
ZS7 1253 Holland-Dozier ftg Brian Slipping Away (3:24)
/Can't Get Enough (2:36)(1973)
ZS7 1254 Holland-Dozier ftg Lamont. New Breed Kinda Woman (2:58)(1973)
/If You Don't Want to Be in My Life (2:54)
ZS7 1255 Freda Payne Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right (3:19)(1973)
/We've Gotta Find a Way Back to Love (3:05)
ZS7 1256 Barrino Brothers Born on the Wild (3:35)(1973)
/Instrumental (4:16) [Non-LP]
ZS7 1257 Freda Payne Mother Misery's Favorite Child (3:46) [Edit]
/For No Reason (2:33)(1973)
ZS7 1258 Holland-Dozier I'm Gonna Hijack Ya, Kidnap Ya,
Take What I Want(3:35)(1973)
/You Took Me From a World Outside (2:50)
* Comments: Side-A retitled "Hijackin'" on CD pressings.
Side-B performed by Tyrone Edwards on ZS7-1269 in 1974.
ZS7 1259 Melvin Davis You Made Me Over (3:35) [Non-LP](1973)
/I'm Worried (3:56) [from 8th Day LP]
* Comments: Melvin Davis is a former member of the 8th Day.
ZS7 1260 Lee Charles Sittin' on a Time Bomb (Waitin' for the
Hurt to Come) (2:49)(1973)
/Get Your House in Order
(Instrumental) (2:37)
[Both Non-LP]
* Comments: Side-A also by Honey Cone on Hot Wax single HS-7205 in 1972.
ZS7 1263 Chairmen of the Board Life & Death (3:25) [Edit](1974)
/Live With Me, Love With Me (2:08)
[Edit]
ZS7 1264 Laura Lee I Need It Just as Bad as You (3:00)
/If I'm Good Enough to Love (1974)
(I'm Good Enough to Marry)(3:32)
ZS7 1265 Brian Holland I'm So Glad (3:59) [Non-LP]
Part 2 (2:52) [Non-LP](1974)
* Comments: Covered by Junior Walker & the All Stars.
ZS7 1267 Natural High Bump Your Lady (2:16) [Non-LP]
Part 2 (1:52) [Non-LP](1974)
ZS7 1268 Chairmen of the Board Everybody Party All Night (2:58)
[Edit]
/Morning Glory (Instrumental) (2:20)
(1974)
ZS7 1269 Tyrone Edwards Can't Get Enough of You (2:59)
[Non-LP]
/You Took Me From a World Outside
(2:45)[Non-LP](1974)
* Comments: Side-B by Holland-Dozier on ZS7-1258 in1973.
ZS7 1271 Chairmen of the Board Let's Have Some Fun (2:53) [Edit]
/Love at First Sight (3:50)(1974)
* Comments: Side-B also on ZS7-1276.
ZS7 1272 Brian Holland Super Woman (You Ain't No Ordinary
Woman) (?:??)
(Unknown) (?:??)(1974)
ZS7 1273 Laura Lee Don't Leave Me Starving for Your Love
(3:02)(1974)
/(If You Want to Try Love Again)
Remember Me (3:57)
* Comments: Side-A by Holland-Dozier on IS-9133 in 1972.
ZS7 1274 Hi-Lites That's Love (?:??)
/Instrumental (?:??)(1974)
ZS7 1275 Earl English Wanting You (?:??)
/Instrumental (?:??)(1974)
ZS7 1276 Chairmen of the Board Skin I'm In (?:??)(1974)
/Love at First Sight (3:54)
* Comments: Side-B also on ZS7-1271.
ZS7 1277 Eloise Laws Touch Me (3:39) [Non-LP](1974)
/Stay With Me (3:05) [Non-LP]
* Comments: Side-B also on Music Merchant single MS 1013.
ZS7 1278 Chairmen of the Board You've Got Extra Added Power
in Your Love (3:27)
[Non-LP](1976)
/Someone Just Like You (3:27)
[Non-LP]
ZS7 1279 New York Port Authority I Got It (3:35) [Edit]
/Part 2 (?:??)(1976)
ZS7 1280 Eloise Laws Love Goes Deeper Than That (5:44)
[Remix]
/Put a Little Love Into It
(When You Do It)(6:50) [Remix](1976)
* Comments: This is a 12" single, but Columbia considered it as
Singles and grouped them that way.
ZS7 1281 New York Port Authority I Got It (6:30) [Remix](1974)
/I Used to Hate It (Till I Ate It)
(6:06) [Remix]
* Comments: This is a 12" single, but Columbia considered it as
Singles and grouped them that way.
ZS7 1282 Eloise Laws Put a Little Love Into It (When You Do It)
(3:30)[Edit](1976)
/Love Goes Deeper Than That (?:??)
ZS7 1283 New York Port Authority I Don't Want to Work Today (3:25) [Edit]
/Guess I'm Gonna Cry (3:23)(1976)
ZS7 1284 New York Port Authority I Don't Want to Work Today (6:35) [Remix]
/Rainbow (4:40) [Remix](1976)
* Comments: This is a 12" single, but Columbia considered it as
Singles and grouped them that way.
ST-7300 Chairmen of the Board The Chairmen of the Board
(1970)
ST-7301 Freda Payne Band of Gold
(1970)
ST-7302 Parliament Osmium
(1970)
ST-7303 Ruth Copeland Self Portrait
(1971)
SKAO-7304 Chairmen of the Board In Session
(1971)
ST-7305 Glass House Inside the Glass House
(1971)
ST-7306 The 8th Day The 8th Day
(1971)
SMAS-7307 Freda Payne Contact
* Comments: There are two different pressings;
one with "He's in my life" and without "Bring the boys home",
the other with "Bring the boys home" and without "He's in my
life".
SKAO-7308 Barrino Brothers I Shall Not Be Moved
(1971)
* may have been pulled & reissued as 9811 *
ST-7309 Lucifer Selftitled
(1971)
ST-9801 Chairmen of the Board Bittersweet
(1972)
ST-9802 General Johnson Generally Speaking
(1972)
ST-9804 Freda Payne The Best of Freda Payne
(1972)
ST-9805 Glass House The Glass House
(1972)
* may have been pulled & reissued as 9810 *
ST-9806 Harrison Kennedy Hypnotic Music
(1972)
ST-9807 Various Artists Invictus' Greatest Hits
(1972)
ST-9808 Danny Woods Aries
(1972)
ST-9809 The 8th Day I Gotta Get Home
(Can't Let My Baby get Lonely)
(1972)
ST-9810 Glass House Thanks I Needed That
(1972)
ST-9811 Barrino Brothers Livin' High Off the Goodness of
Your Love (1972)
KZ 32493 Freda Payne Reaching Out
(1973)
KZ 32526 Chairmen of the Board Skin I'm In
(1974)
KZ 33133 Laura Lee I Can't Make It Alone
(1974)
KZ 33134 Lamont Dozier The New Lamont Dozier Album:
Love And Beauty
(1974)
PZ 34379 Eloise Laws. Ain't It Good Feeling Good
(1977)
PZ 34380 New York Port Authority Three Thousand Miles From Home
(1977)
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