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Greatest Hits (Exp)
Barbara Mason
Greatest Hits (Exp)
Genres: Pop, R&B
 
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One of the first singers to become identified with the smooth sweet sounds that became Philly soul, Barbara Mason s main focus was on songwriting when she entered the music biz in her teens. She soon started performing her...  more »

     
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All Artists: Barbara Mason
Title: Greatest Hits (Exp)
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Empire Musicwerks
Release Date: 11/4/2003
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Pop, R&B
Style: Soul
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 654545059926

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One of the first singers to become identified with the smooth sweet sounds that became Philly soul, Barbara Mason s main focus was on songwriting when she entered the music biz in her teens. She soon started performing her own material and scored a huge hit in 1965 with Yes I m Ready (number five pop, number two R&B), which established Barbara as a top-notch soul performer, and audiences grew to love her blend of smooth soul-pop. Barbara changed her focus considerably in the seventies singing about sexual love and infidelity with a frankness that was uncommon among female soul singers of the day. Songs like Shackin Up , From His Woman To You , Bed And Board and She s Got The Papers (But I Got The Man) cemented her stature in the pop-soul pantheon. The late, great Curtis Mayfield showed an interest in Barbara s singing and produced a version of his Give Me Your Love which scored Barbara a top ten hit in 1973. All in all, Barbara chalked up eleven pop and eighteen! R&B hits between 1965 and 1984. As a tribute to the first lady of Philly soul, we have assembled the original Philly musicians and recreated all the hits at the same studio that they were originally recorded, the famed Sigma Sound in Philadelphia. The results are an album of Barbara s greatest hits greatly benefited by the advances in technology since they were first recorded but not losing any of the original feeling that made these songs hits. At long last Barbara s fans can have the greatest hits package that they have always longed for, and the hits sound better than ever!

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CD Reviews

Barbara Mason - The Greatest Hits (Expanded Edition)
John J. Freist | Detroit, Michigan | 02/16/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)

"This CD, like others from different labels are ALL remade versions of Barbara Mason's hits. They should tell you this, but why should they, everyone just keeps buying them hoping that they will be original. Well search no more, Bear Family out of Germany has 2 Barbara Mason CD's with all her original hits, even the ones before Arctic Records. DO NOT BUY THIS CD UNLESS YOU LIKE RE-DONE VERSIONS OF ORIGINAL HITS. Buy the Bear Family CD's instead"
I Was Mislead too
C. Brockington | Philadelphia, PA | 01/23/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)

"I thought I was getting the original versions as well. The info in the liner notes were helpful but I was disappointed that I wasn't hearing the songs of my youth. Now, I'll have to reorder ANOTHER cd as I love Ms. Mason's voice.



Barbara Mason fans should have been warned when ordering."
Fair, a remastered lesson
Peggy Gaddy | Washington DC | 02/10/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)

"I thought I was ordering a compilation of the very best by Barbara Mason as an original recording. I was extremely upset. All of the best hits were on the CD, however, "remastered" !!

I have learned an extremely important lesson about REMASTERED.

Would like to know if these hits are on another CD in their original format.



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