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Rare Earth
Detroit band
Detroit, United States • b. 1968-01-01
Rare Earth is credited on 307 releases across 55 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
307
Pressings credited
55
Albums
7
Decades active
57
In collections
Biography
Rare Earth is an American band from Detroit, Michigan. According to Louder, "Rare Earth's music straddles genres and defies categorisation, slipping seamlessly between the two seemingly disparate worlds of classic rock and R&B." The band was signed to Motown's subsidiary label Rare Earth. Although not the first white band signed to Motown, Rare Earth was the first successful act signed by Motown that consisted only of white members. The original band lasted from 1968 to December 2021, during which only saxophonist Gil Bridges remained throughout; when Bridges died in December 2021, keyboardist Mike Bruner (who joined in 1998) had Bridges' wife's blessing to form a new Rare Earth band with a new lineup, including previous member Wayne Baraks.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
307 releases · 55 albums · active 1969–2023
- Production · 288
- Performance · 65
- Other credits · 7
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Get Ready
1969
A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
1991
One World
1971
Greatest Hits
1996
Hitsville USA • The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
1992
The Best Of N.W.A "The Strength Of Street Knowledge"
2006
The 5th Exotic
2001
FabricLive. 01
2001
The Complete Motown Anthology
1997
Hey Big Brother
1971
The Best Of Motown 1970s - Volume 2
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Quantic
- N.W.A
- Ghostface Killah
- The Motorcity All-Stars
- Zauberberg
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