Various – Black Explosion

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Label:	Ronco – BPR 2008
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Compilation
Country:	UK
Released:	1974
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Disco

Tracklist

A1	Love Unlimited Orchestra–	Love's Theme Written-By – B. White*
A2	First Choice–	Armed And Extremely Dangerous Written By – Harris/Felder Written-By – Harris*
A3	Wilson Pickett–	Soft Soul Boogie Woogie Written By – Seals/Goodman/Jennings Written-By – Jennings*
A4	Tony Clarke (2)–	Landslide Written-By – T. Clarke*
A5	Limmie & Family Cookin'–	A Walkin' Miracle Written By – Hugo & Luigi/S.D. Weiss/A.R. Levy Written-By – Hugo & Luigi
A6	Jimmy Helms–	Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse Written-By – J. Worth*
A7	The Delfonics–	Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) Written By – Bell/Hart Written-By – Hart*
A8	Gladys Knight And The Pips–	I've Got To Use My Imagination Written By – Goffin/Goldberg Written-By – Goffin*
A9	The Whispers–	A Mother For My Children Written By – Baker/Harris/Sigler/Felder Written-By – Baker*
A10	The Dells–	Sing A Rainbow/Love Is Blue Written By – A. Hamilton/A. Popp/P. Cour Written-By – Cour*
A11	New York City–	I'm Doing Fine Now Written By – T. Bell/S. Marshall Written-By – T. Bell*
A12	Sly & The Family Stone–	Dance To The Music Written-By – S. Stewart*
B1	Barry White–	Honey Please, Can't Ya See Written-By – B. White*
B2	Jimmy Ruffin–	Tell Me What You Want Written-By – J. Ruffin*
B3	The O'Jays–	Love Train Written-By – Gamble/Huff*
B4	Isaac Hayes–	Theme From Shaft Written-By – I. Hayes*
B5	The Stylistics–	I'm Stone In Love With You Written By – T. Bell/L. Creed/ A. Bell Written-By – A. Bell*
B6	Johnny Nash–	There Are More Questions Than Answers Written-By – J. Nash*
B7	OC Smith–	La La Peace Song Written-By – J. Bristol*
B8	Billy Paul–	Brown Baby Written-By – Gamble/Huff*
B9	The Main Ingredient–	Everybody Plays The Fool Written By – Clark/Bailey/Williams Written-By – Clark*
B10	Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes–	The Love I Lost Written-By – Gamble/Huff*
B11	Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon–	(Blame It) On The Pony Express Written By – Macaulay/Greenaway/Cook Written-By – Macaulay*
B12	Aretha Franklin–	Soulville Written By – D. Washington/M. Levy/T. Turner/H. Glover Written-By – T. Turner*

Companies, etc.

Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse International Ltd.
Designed At – Apollo Advertising Ltd.
Distributed By – Ronco Teleproducts (U.K.) Ltd.
Published By – A. Schroeder Music Pub. Co. Ltd.
Published By – Carlin Music Corp.
Published By – Tristan Music Ltd.
Published By – Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
Published By – Essex Music International Ltd.
Published By – Screen Gems-Columbia Music
Published By – Gamble-Huff Music Ltd.
Published By – E.H. Morris Ltd.
Published By – Shaftesbury
Published By – Copyright Control
Published By – Island Music Ltd.
Published By – Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
Published By – Mustard Music Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 20th Century Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Philly Groove Records Incorporated
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Chess/Janus Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Avco Records Corp.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Cube Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Buddah Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Chelsea Records Corp.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Polydor International
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Stax Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Bell Records
Licensed From – 20th Century Records
Licensed From – Polydor Records
Licensed From – Buddah Records
Licensed From – Cube Records
Licensed From – Stax Records
Licensed From – Chess/Janus Records
Licensed From – CBS Records
Licensed From – Phonogram
Licensed From – Avco Records
Licensed From – RCA Ltd.
Licensed From – Bell Records

Credits

Design [Sleeve] – Ken Hazelwood
Engineer [Cutting] – Melvin Abrahams*
Lacquer Cut By – Melvyn* (tracks: B1 to B12)
Mastered By [Tape Mastering] – Tim Young
Producer – Colin Taylor (2)

Notes

A1: A Schroeder Music Pub. Co. Ltd. (P) 1973 20th Century Records
A2: Carlin Music Corps (P) 1973 A Philly Groove Recording
A3: Carlin Music Corps (P) 1973 RCA Records
A4: Tristan Music Ltd. (P) 1967 Chess-Janus Records
A5 Planetary-Nom (Lon) Ltd. (P) 1974 Avco Records Corp.
A6: Essex Music International Ltd. (P) 1973 Cube Records Ltd.
A7: Carlin Music Corps (P) 1972 A Philly Groove Recording
A8: Screen Gems-Columbia Music (P) 1973 Buddah Records Inc.
A9: Gamble-Huff Music Ltd. (P) 1974 Chess-Janus Records
A10: E.H. Morris Ltd., Shaftesbury/ Britico (P) 1969 Chess-Janus Records
A11: Gamble-Huff Music Ltd. (P) Chelsea Records Corps.
A12: Carlin Music Corps. (P) 1968 CBS Inc.
B1: A. Schroeder Music Pub. Co. Ltd. (P) 1973 20th Century Records
B2: Cop. Control (P) 1973 Polydor Int.
B3: Gamble-Huff Music Ltd. (P) 1972 CBS Inc.
B4: Island Music Ltd. (P) 1971 Stax Records Inc.
B5: Gamble-Huff Music Ltd. (P) 1972 Avco Records Corp.
B6: Rondor Music (Lon) Ltd. (P) 1972 CBS Records
B7: Cop. Control (P) 1974 CBS Inc.
B8: Gamble-Huff Music Ltd. (P) 1973 CBS Inc.
B9: Screen Gems-Columbia Music (P) 1972 RCA Records
B10: Gamble-Huff Music Ltd. (P) 1973 CBS Inc.
B11: Mustard Music Ltd. (P) 1970 Bell Records
B12: Planetary-Nom (Lon) Ltd. (P) 1968 CBS Inc.

A similar version without any MELY/MELVYN etchings is here: Various - Black Explosion

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Runout, A-side, etched, variant 1): BPR 2008-A-1 WELL DONE COLIN LOVE MELY.
Matrix / Runout (Runout, B-side, etched, variant 1): BPR 2008-B-2 DON'T FORGET LINDA XXX (COLIN)
Matrix / Runout (Runout, A-side, etched, variant 2): BPR 2008-A-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout, B-side, etched, variant 2): BPR 2008-B-1 A MELVYN-COLIN-TIMOTHY CREATION
Matrix / Runout (Runout, A-side, etched, variant 3): BPR 2008-A-1 WELL DONE COLIN LOVE MELY.
Matrix / Runout (Runout, B-side, etched, variant 3): BPR 2008-B-1 A MELVYN-COLIN-TIMOTHY CREATION !

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Black Explosion (Cassette, Album, Compilation)	Ronco	4C/BPR 2008	UK	1974
New Submission	Black Explosion (LP, Album, Compilation, Stereo)	Ronco	BPR 2008	UK	1974
New Submission	Black Explosion (LP, Album, Compilation)	Ronco	BPR 2008	UK	1974
New Submission	Black Explosion (8-Track Cartridge, Compilation)	Ronco	8T/BPR 2008	UK	Unknown