Honey & The Bees Dynamite!

In a way, I was fortunate to purchase this from Oldies.com at a sale price of .99 cents. That's a great price compared to the price as I write this...and one of the joys of shopping on Oldies.com - you can experiment at a low cost.

The unfortunate part is the quality of the group.
According to Fred Wesley, James Brown's music director (Honey and the Bees opened for James' concerts for a while) this group should have been right up there in stature with the Supremes. He was, I think, a bit biased as he married one of The Bees.

I listened to the disc straight through while on a drive today. Two things are immediately obvious:

Although these recordings are from different times, bands and probably studios, the one thing they have in common is a very heavy low end and a terribly shrill mid and high end sound - almost painful to my ears.

However, that comes in second only to the lack of hit material. I did not hear one potential top ten song out of the 14 tracks. The writing just isn't there. (can't say that about The Supremes).

In third place...the voices are OK - but at times, out of tune. Simply not star material anywhere to be found.

If you want mediocre second-rate "girl-group" music...then this will fit the bill. If you simply want to collect some more 60's R&B for your collection, get it. Just don't expect to be knocked out by what you hear. And lastly - wait until it hits a sale price again.