Name: Honey
Brand: The Ohio Players

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

FRM01103

Colour

Colour details

Translucent Red

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl, Limited Edition, Gatefold Cover

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-02-24

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Orchard

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

829421011033

Total Cap

Red LP

Artist

The Ohio Players

Genre US

Funk / Soul

Label US

Friday Music

The Ohio Players formed in 1959 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. Originally named The Ohio Untouchables, they were the studio house band at King Records.
Renamed the Ohio Players, the group signed to Capitol Records in Los Angeles in the mid '60s. In 1972, the band signed to Westbound Records in Detroit and achieved commercial success, after which it recorded for Mercury Records.
The original band members of The Ohio Players are Leroy Bonner, Billy Beck, Clarence Satchell, Ralf Middlebrooks, Marshall Jones and Jimmy Williams.

After two amazing chart topping and huge crossover success LP's "Skin Tight" and "Fire", The Ohio Players returned a trifecta with the biggest album to date "Honey." The ground breaking album would go on to deliver many multi-format airplay on r&amp;b, pop, jazz and rock radio stations thanks to the #1 hit tracks like "Love Rollercoaster."

When the signed with Mercury Records in 1974, things changed in a big way, as their sound not only was heard by the soul crowd, but it brought in first time rockers, jazz, and pop listeners and a major push from radio and massive television exposure with shows like "In Concert" "Midnight Special" and "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert,"

The chart topping "Honey" album was filled with more great fare like "Sweet Sticky Thing" "Ain't Giving Up No Ground" as well as the laid back groove of the awesome title track "Honey" which would all become instant classics which have stood the test of time now for over four decades.

Featuring the guitar and vocals of the late great front man Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, his guitar and vocal wizardry along with the keyboard and vocals of the great Billy Beck, along with the musical geniuses of Clarence Satchell, James "Diamond" Williams, Marvin Pierce, Marshall Jones and Ralph Middlebrooks, the Ohio Players were surely on top of their game and for a very long time afterwards thanks to the songs and musicianship displayed on this celebrated album.

Friday Music is very pleased to announce the third in a series of super limited 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl releases from the great Ohio Players with their ground breaking and chart topping masterpiece "Honey."

The first time 180 Gram Vinyl release will also be manufactured for a super limited run on striking gold vinyl and it will also be featured in the awesome gatefold album cover artwork not seen in years.

Produced by The Ohio Players and mastered impeccably by Joe Reagoso (Ohio Players/Earth Wind and Fire) from the original Mercury Records tapes, this fine album will become one of the more important funk album revisits in many years.

Honey

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