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Contents.History 1960s The group formed in 1960 as The Sunliners and changed its name to Rare Earth in 1968. After recording an unsuccessful debut album, Dream/Answers, on the label in 1968, the group was signed to Motown in 1969. The band was one of the first acts signed to a new Motown imprint that would be dedicated to white rock acts.

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The record company did not have a name for the new label yet and the band jokingly suggested Motown call the label 'Rare Earth'. To the band's surprise, Motown decided to do just that.The main personnel in the group were Gil Bridges,; Peter Hoorelbeke (aka Peter Rivera), lead,; John Parrish (aka John Persh),; Rod Richards (born Rod Cox), vocals; and Kenny James (born Ken Folcik),.

Artist: Rare Earth Title: Collection Year Of Release: 1969-2016 Label: Verve, Rare Earth, Prodigal Genre: Rock, Soul, Psychedelic Quality: FLAC (image/tracks+.cue). Had this Santana style been the rule on the album rather than the exception, Band Together might have had a shot. The LP cover has the boys standing on an illuminated square from which they vanish on the back. Very appropriate because this Rare Earth unfortunately sounds like a band whose best days were behind them.

The group's recording style was hard-driving.In late 1969 Edward 'Eddie' Guzman ( and assorted percussive instruments) was added to the group.During 1969 the group contributed music to the film that starred. An accompanying soundtrack album was released, but quickly withdrawn after the film failed commercially, with only a small number of copies sold. Several tracks were remixed and included on the next LP, in 1970.1970s Rare Earth had a number of Top 40 hits in 1970–71, including remakes of ' ' (which was used in the documentary video ) and '. Each was more successful than The Temptations original, with 'Get Ready' being their biggest hit, peaking at #4 on the US. This sold over one million copies and received a awarded by the.The group gained a bit of notoriety when it was mentioned dismissively in 's 1970, ', which included the line, 'The theme song to the revolution will not be written by, nor sung by, or the Rare Earth.' In 1971 Richards left due to musical differences, and James, weary of the group's increased touring schedule, also departed. Ray Monette (guitar) and Mark Olson (keyboards, vocals) joined to replace them.The group's hits from late 1970 to early 1972 were 'Born To Wander' (#17), ' (#7), and 'Hey, Big Brother' (#19).

There were no significant hits thereafter. Nevertheless, the band continued to record into the 1990s.By 1972 Motown had decided to relocate from Detroit to and Rare Earth soon followed suit. Persh, however, decided not to make the move and was succeeded in the band by Mike Urso (Persh later died from a hospital on January 27, 1981).Their 1973 album, Ma, written and produced by, is considered one of their best overall works, and features their version of '.

Unfortunately, it didn't sell all that well and produced no hits.Rare Earth was the opening act at festival in on April 6, 1974. The festival attracted over 250,000 people, and the band appeared alongside 1970s rock groups;;;;; and the. Portions of the show were broadcast on Television in the U.S., exposing the band to a wider audience.In 1974 the group began working with Motown producer Frank Wilson on their next project. But in his autobiography, 'Born to Wander', Hoorelbeke described his having objections when Wilson okayed a song contributed by Olson without running it by the others first. Hoorelbeke thought the song was not up to the band's usual standards and Wilson ended up being taken off the project.In July 1974 the group divided. Mike Urso left the group along with Hoorelbeke and they formed a new band, HUB, with Rare Earth's 1970–1972 co-producer, Tom Baird, using the initials of their surnames (Hoorelbeke, Urso and Baird). HUB went on to record two albums for but came to a sudden end in November 1975 after Baird was killed in a boating accident.The others (minus Olson who left to join the backup band for ) decided to continue as Rare Earth and brought in new players: Jerry LaCroix (vocals, sax, harmonica, formerly of, and ), Paul Warren (guitar, backing vocals), Bartholomew ('Frosty') Eugene Smith-Frost (formerly with and, drums), Reggie McBride (ex-, bass) and Gabriel Katona (keyboards).The new lineup recorded Back to Earth in 1975 and went back on the road.

However, both Paul Warren and Frosty left during this tour and new drummer Chet McCracken (who would go on to join ) was hired to finish out their 1975 tour. The band then recorded Midnight Lady (minus Katona and McCracken), which was released in 1976. Frank Westbrook replaced Katona on keyboards, whilst McCracken was not replaced, instead session musician Ollie Brown handled percussion duties for Midnight Lady. But neither of these releases sold as well as the band had been used to and they soon found themselves bogged down and unable to tour when they brought a lawsuit against former member Hoorelbeke, falsely claiming that he'd tried to make off with the group's name and retirement monies.

The lawsuit was eventually settled in Hoorelbeke's favor and he was given a settlement.In late 1976, a former Motown vice president, Barney Ales, an earlier champion of Rare Earth, returned to the company to head up one of their new offshoot labels, Prodigal Records. He made an offer to the group to reunite with Peter Hoorelbeke.

The 1972–74 membership of the band (Hoorelbeke, Bridges, Urso, Olson, Monette and Guzman) were scheduled to record a new album on Prodigal. However, Monette and Olson did not agree to the terms and abstained. Session players Dan Ferguson (guitar) and Ron Fransen (keyboards) were brought in instead to play on Rarearth, which was produced by James Anthony Carmichael (who later had success with and ). It was released in 1977 but failed to reach expectations.Later in 1977, the group reassembled with Chicago-based producer John Ryan (who worked with and others) to begin work on two new albums. This time, Monette and Olson agreed to join in and the results were Band Together and Grand Slam, both released in 1978 and featuring more of a late 1970s sound, with the former providing the -penned hit ', which peaked at #39. Other than the one solitary hit, neither album was a big seller and the band soon found themselves without a home.

Bassist Robert Wilson contributed to some of the tracks on Band Together.In June 1979, Urso left the band again. On his recommendation, and after hearing several bass players, the group recruited bassist, who joined the group's road tours for two years until June 1981. Johnston had just completed a stint with jazz singer Maxine Weldon and had rejoined Las Vegas comedian/songster Kenny Laursen. He interrupted his tour with Laursen to join Rare Earth in Florida.1980s and 1990s. This section does not any.

Unsourced material may be challenged. ( November 2016) Former Motown writer, who'd penned the band's hits 'I Just Want to Celebrate' and 'Hey Big Brother', was next to step back into the group's life in 1980. He'd just come off back to back successes with and and had won a for Gaynor's huge hit. Expressed interest in the band's new project and gave them an advance to go ahead and start recording. The project was originally to be titled King of the Mountain, with the title track slated to be the theme of a 1981 movie of the same name that starred.

But the movie people passed on the song, and when the record was done, RCA was not happy with Fekaris' production, so they passed as well. This album, retitled Tight & Hot, saw a very limited release in 1982 in only.By the summer of 1981, Mike Urso had returned to Rare Earth after a two-year absence, but he left again in mid-1983, and has not returned to the band since then.

Tim Ellsworth was then brought in as new bassist/vocalist in September 1983. By the tail end of that year, Peter Hoorelbeke was gone from the band as well after disagreements with Gil Bridges. (Hoorelbeke went on to form in 1992.) Drummer Tony Thomas replaced Hoorelbeke on drums. After Hoorelbeke's departure, Ellsworth and Olson took over lead vocals. By that time most of the members of the band had moved back to Detroit, and the group continued to tour playing mostly clubs despite the lack of a recording contract.Personnel shuffles abounded in the mid-80s.

In September 1984 Bob Weaver took over the drum throne and played with the group into 1985. He was temporarily succeeded by Bob Brock, whose professional name was Bobby Rock (not, the famous / producer from Canada), but returned only to be replaced by Jerry LeBloch in mid-1985.

Also in September of '84, Andy Merrild replaced Tim Ellsworth as bassist until the end of June 1985. Ellsworth then returned and toured with the group until the end of August of '85.

The group's road manager, Randy 'Bird' Burghdoff, took over as Rare Earth's bassist in September 1985 and has remained in that position ever since. Mark Olson was let go in 1986 after increasing personal and substance abuse troubles. (Olson died on April 14, 1991, at the age of 41, from liver disease.) Rick Warner was then rolled in as the band's new keyboardist and Wayne Baraks, who was brought in in 1987 on rhythm guitar, took over much of the lead vocals as well.In the late 80s and early 90s the musical chairs slowed down somewhat as things stabilized and the band found itself in demand to play on 'oldies' bills with other acts of the 60s and 70s.Drummer Dean Boucher replaced LeBloch on drums in 1990 and RE signed with the small label Koch International and began work on a new album. The result was Different World (released in February 1993) which was a collection containing a few covers of older songs and new material. Peter Hoorelbeke (a.k.a. Peter Rivera) – drums, lead vocals (1960–1974, 1976–1983). John Persh (a.k.a.

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