Honey Ltd.

Honey Ltd.

Top: Alexandra, Marsha. Bottom: Laura, Joan
Background information
Origin Detroit, Michigan, United States
Genres Pop, ambient, neo psychedelia
Years active 1968-1970
Labels LHI Records
Past members Laura Polkinghorne
Marsha Temmer
Alexandra Sliwin
Joan Sliwin

Honey Ltd. were a 1960s girl group made up of sisters Alexandra and Joan Sliwin, Laura Polkinghorne and Marsha Temmer.

Background

The group members began singing with each other at Wayne State University. They formed the Mama Cats and began performing in local venues with other Detroit-based musicians like Bob Seger (who wrote both sides of their first single), Glenn Frey and Suzy Quatro. The group relocated to Los Angeles where they auditioned for producer Lee Hazlewood who signed them immediately and took them to the studio to record with backing from the famed Wrecking Crew. He would later rename them Honey Ltd.[1]

Career

The group didn't have much commercial success and only released one album. Their version of Laura Nyro's Eli's Comin' was well received but was eclipsed by Three Dog Night's version released a few months later.[2] In 1969 the group joined Bob Hope on a USO tour and headed to Thailand and Vietnam to perform for the troops. Television appearances in 1968-1969 included The Ed Sullivan Show, The Joey Bishop Show, Kraft Music Hall, The Jerry Lewis Show, The Andy Williams Show, Operation: Entertainment, and The Bob Hope Christmas Special: Around the World with the USO.[3][4]

By 1970 Alexandra Sliwin had dropped out of the group to marry J D Souther. The remaining members continued as a trio with a name change to Eve. The new group released another album that went unnoticed and were subsequently dropped by LHI. They split up shortly after and went on to varied musical careers as singers and songwriters.

Laura Creamer (née Polkinghorne) is a songwriter, vocalist, and arranger who has recorded and/or toured with Billy Joel, Bob Seger, Van Morrison, Glenn Frey, Bruce Hornsby, Kid Rock, Eric Clapton and many others. She is credited as a backing vocalist on multiple albums including Billy Joel's 1973 Piano Man. Her West of Detroit CD was released in 2001.

Alex Sliwin, Joan Sliwin, and Marsha Temmer were in the short-lived group Bijou with former Association members Jules Alexander and Russ Giguere, and subsequently wrote and performed with Loretta Lynn and others. Marsha Temmer Darigan continued with studio work plus a stint as a backup singer/dancer for Tina Turner. Her songwriting credits include a track for the Angel movie series and, along with Alex Sliwin, many of the songs for the "musical novel" UnderWing. The Sliwin sisters are still actively performing as Like Honey.

In 2013, a compilation CD titled Honey Ltd. - The Complete LHI Recordings was released featuring tracks recorded during the group's tenure at LHI.[5][6][7] The CD includes all eight songs from the first album, two songs released only as singles, and three previously unreleased songs.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

Singles

Soundtrack

Other appearances

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Vinyl LP is rare. Reissued in 2012 as part of the Psychedelic Folk Essentials series by Vintage Masters Inc. Includes eight original LP tracks plus three bonus tracks. Available only as mp3 download.
  2. ↑ Reissued in 2011 on CD by Kismet (KISCD4016). Includes all 10 original LP tracks plus bonus track "So Tired" from the Vanishing Point movie soundtrack.
  3. ↑ Released on CD and special edition 180 gram 12" vinyl.
  4. ↑ Released in UK on London SHU 8420. Re-released on CD in 2004 on Sound Track Classics SCL 1410-2.
  5. ↑ "Miss You" is on the original vinyl LP release only. Not included on the 1997 CD reissue.
Citations
  1. ↑ Perfect Sound Forever magazine (March 2005): "Loud Harmonic Transcendence - The Honey Ltd. Story", by Jonathan Ward
  2. ↑ "Sliwin Sisters Inverview". self-titled Magazine. September 10, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ imdb.com: List of Honey Ltd. television show appearances
  4. ↑ Bio info from Like Honey website.
  5. ↑ Light in the Attic Records: "Honey Ltd. - The Complete LHI Recordings"
  6. ↑ "Honey Ltd: 'After 45 years, we're finally going to get copies of our own record'". The Guardian. July 27, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Detroit girl group Honey Ltd. gets another shot at fame". The Detroit Free Press. July 21, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

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