VARIOUS - Hot Wax: The Singles - Deluxe Gatefold 2CD [AUG 1]

2CD - housed in deluxe gatefold packaging. Includes in-depth liner notes by acclaimed writer and music historian Stuart Cosgrove.

Hot Wax Records was a soul and R&B record label founded in 1968 by the legendary songwriting and production team Holland-Dozier-Holland after their departure from Motown Records. Alongside Invictus Records (their other imprint), Hot Wax allowed them to continue creating music independently, with full creative and financial control.

Hot Wax specialized in vibrant, richly produced soul music with a strong pop sensibility — very much an extension of the signature Motown sound but often edgier and funkier. It became a major player in early 1970s R&B.

Some of its most notable artists and releases include Honey Cone ("Want Ads," "Stick-Up") The 8th Day ("She's Not Just Another Woman") Flaming Ember ("Westbound #9"). This collection bring together all the most treasured singles from the Hot Wax label. 

Includes in-depth liner notes by acclaimed writer and music historian Stuart Cosgrove.

Tracklist: 

DISC 1
1. HONEY CONE - While You're Out Looking For Sugar
2. FLAMING EMBER - Mind, Body & Soul
3. HONEY CONE - Girls It Ain't Easy
4. 100 PROOF (AGED IN SOUL) - Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)
5. FLAMING EMBER - Shades Of Green
6. HONEY CONE - Take My Love
7. FLAMING EMBER - Westbound # 9
8. 100 PROOF (AGED IN SOUL) - Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed
9. HONEY CONE - When Will It End
10. FLAMING EMBER - I'm Not My Brother’s Keeper
11. LAURA LEE - Wedlock Is A Padlock
12. SILENT MAJORITY - Frightened Girl
13. 100 PROOF (AGED IN SOUL) - One Man's Leftovers (Is Another Man's Feast)
14. FLAMING EMBER - Stop The World And Let Me Off
15. HONEY CONE - Want Ads
16. McKINLEY JACKSON & THE POLITICIANS - Love Machine Pt. 1
17. FLAMING EMBER - Sunshine
18. 100 PROOF (AGED IN SOUL) - Driveway
19. LAURA LEE - Women's Love Rights
20. HONEY CONE - Stick Up
21. 100 PROOF (AGED IN SOUL) - 90 Day Freeze (On Her Love)
22. FLAMING EMBER - If It's Good To You (It's Good For You)

DISC 2
1. HONEY CONE - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Pt. 1
2. LAURA LEE - Love & Liberty
3. SILENT MAJORITY - Something New About You
4. HONEY CONE The Day I Found Myself
5. POLITICIANS - Free Your Mind (Instrumental)
6. LAURA LEE - I Don't Want Nothing Old (But Money)
7. 100 PROOF (AGED IN SOUL) - Everything Good Is Bad
8. LAURA LEE - Rip Off
9. HONEY CONE - Sittin' On A Time Bomb (Waitin' For The Hurt To Come)
10. 100 PROOF (AGED IN SOUL) - Don't Scratch Where It Don't Itch
11. LAURA LEE If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair)
12. HONEY CONE - Innocent 'til Proven Guilty
13. LAURA LEE - Crumbs Off The Table
14. 100 PROOF (AGED IN SOUL) - Since You Been Gone
15. HONEY CONE - Ace In The Hole
16. HONEY CONE - If I Can't Fly
17. LEE CHARLES - Somebody's Gonna Hurt You, Like You Hurt Me
18. LAURA LEE - I'll Catch You When You Fall
19. 100 PROOF (AGED IN SOUL) - My Piece Of The Rock (Vocal)
20. HONEY CONE FT. SHARON CASH - Somebody Is Always Messing Up A Good Thing
21. 100 PROOF (AGED IN SOUL)|NEW YORK PORT AUTHORITY - I'm Mad As Hell
(Ain't Gonna Take No More) [Pt. 1]