HONEY LTD. – The Complete LHI Recordings. Light In The Attic LITA 102. FACTORY SEALED NEW VINYL RECORD ALBUM. Originally issued in 1968 on LHI Records. This edition issued in 2013. Pressed on 180g vinyl. Remastered from the original MONO tapes. Comes in a heavy board stock tip-on gatefold cover. Includes their complete sole album with previously unreleased bonus tracks along with an insert booklet with photos and linernotes by Jessica Hundley interviewing all four band members. The label site states that the first pressing of the CD and LP include a die-cut Honey Ltd. sticker; though nothing notes the inclusion of the sticker on the packaging.

 

TRACKS: 

 

Honey Ltd, the original album:

 

SIDE A:

 

01)    The Warrior (2:58)

02)    No, You Are (2:42)

03)    I've Got Your Man (2:31)

04)    Silk 'N Honey (3:31)

05)    For Your Mind (2:36)

06)    Come Down (2:11)

 

SIDE B:

 

07)    Louie Louie

08)    Tomorrow Your Heart (2”28)

 

     BONUS TRACKS: 

 

09)    Eli's Coming (3:48) (non album single track issued as Eli's Coming b/w Silk 'N Honey - LHI-3, 1969)

10)    Silver Threads And Golden Needles (2:58) (non album single track issued as, Silver Threads And Golden Needles b/w No, You Are - LHI-12, 1969)

11)    I'm So Glad (3:30) (previously unreleased)

12)    Love The Devil (2:31) (previously unreleased)

13)    Not For Me (2:29) (previously unreleased)

 

DESCRIPTION:  The following comes from the Light In The Attic website:  Lee Hazlewood’s LHI label only put out interesting albums. Yet despite the psychedelic cowboy’s success with Nancy Sinatra and more, being on Lee Hazlewood Industries was no fast-track to success. Gorgeous and talented Detroit, Michigan girl group Honey Ltd had all the makings of a hit band, yet they disappeared after releasing just one album in 1968, a vinyl rarity that now regularly fetches upwards of $2,000. Honey Ltd’s The Complete LHI Recordings presents everything the group ever recorded. Fans of The Ronettes, The Shangri-Las, and Pentangle are in for a treat – Honey Ltd’s music blended social commentary with harmony-drenched, psych-soul pop. Even opening track, Warrior, describes the mood of the times, as America sunk into the Vietnam war: “We must kill more people; strong men are what we need!" Laura Polkinghome, Marsha Jo Temmer, and sisters Joan and Alexandra Sliwin are the girls with the angelic voices. Hailing from Detroit, the four members of Honey Ltd. grew up in a culture of soul music and dance shows, yet forming a band was never part of the plan. It simply happened after they sung together in a Wayne State University cafeteria and found they’d silenced the room. By 1967 they had formed a group known as the Mama Cats and were playing shows with local singer Bob Seger. By 1968, against a backdrop of rioting in Detroit, they’d hauled out to Los Angeles to give music a go, and it’s there that they hitch-hiked to an audition with Lee Hazlewood on Sunset Boulevard. At the time, Lee Hazlewood Industries was in its prime: the money flowed and the roster swelled. “I think Lee just sat there for a while and listened, looking at us,” Temmer recalls. “He said, ‘Yeah, I think we can do something.’ You know – immediately!” Before long, LHI had the band in the studio with crack session music unit The Wrecking Crew. These were not enlightened times for girl groups. The group were re-named Honey Ltd. by Hazlewood, and were put to work on an album without even realizing it. The band were under the impression they were simply recording singles. As a result, the band were unphased by Honey Ltd’s commercial failure. The parent label, however, did notice the album’s failure but the girls continued on. By the end of 1968, the band joined Bob Hope on the USO tour and headed to Thailand to perform for soldiers. In 1969, Alex married and quit the band, their tenure on LHI was effectively terminated and the remaining members regrouped as country-rock group Eve. But like their music, the girls’ outlook remained resolutely sunny.

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