Search - Loleatta Holloway :: Anthology

Almost got it right...but not

Daniel W. Kelly | Long Island, NY United States | 08/12/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"So, I have the Loleatta albums "Loleatta Holloway" and "Love Sensation" on CD, as well as the Greatest Hits CD. The only album not on CD is "Queen of the Night," although a few tracks appear on Greatest Hits. I thought this CD would fix that. It brings me the remaining tracks from that LP, including You Light Up My Life, Two Side to Every Story and I'm in Love...and then what it CLAIMS are the original LP versions of Mama Don't Papa Won't and I May Not Be There When You Want Me. But this is not the case. These are the same edited versions that are on the Greatest hits CD. Mama Won't runs 30 seconds shorter than the 5:02 length on the LP, and I May Not Be There runs 30 seconds shorter than the 7:33 length on the LP. So while this is a good anthology, it's not the ultimate solution to completing your Loleatta collection on CD. Not to mention that there are quite a lot of versions on here that proudly state they are the 7" edits. They should have just gone for it-a 3 or 4 disc set with EVERYTHING, full length. Oh well. Maybe in another 20 years. By the way, the track listing isn't the exact order here on Amazon. track list in order and times:



1. Two Sides To Every Story (4:30)

2. Hit & Run (3:35)

3. Ripped Off (Original 7" Mix) (4:52)

4. Greatest Performance Of My Life (4:44)

5. Catch Me On The Rebound (3:20)

6. I May Not Be There When You Want Me (6:55)

7. All About The Paper (6:12)

8. Runaway (4:44)

9. Love Sensation (6:02)

10. Mama Won't Papa Won't (4:31)

11. Dance What Cha Wanna (5:09)

12. Short End Of The Stick (3:24)

13. Good Good Feeling (4:15)

14. I'll Be Standing There (4:50)

15. Seconds (Original Shep Pettibone 12" Mix Edit) (5:02)

16. Dreamin (4:49)



CD2



1. There'll Come A Time (3:23)

2. What Now (5:03)

3. Only You (6:08)

4. That's How Heartaches Are Made (3:02)

5. I've Been Loving You Too Long (4:42)

6. We're Getting Stronger (The Longer We're Together) (4:32)

7. You Light Up My Life (4:04)

8. There Must Be A Reason (6:04)

9. That's What You Said (3:26)

10. . I'm In Love (4:16)

11. Baby It's You (3:56)

12. Sweet Mother Of Mine (4:40)

13. Long Hard Climb To Love (4:32)

14. My Way (5:24)

15. Two Became A Crowd (5:22)

16. It's Just A Man's Way (3:43)

17. Worn Out Broken Heart (4:31)"

Not Good Enough

Ricardo Rivera | Bronx, New York | 02/13/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"There is really no point in releasing anything of this magnitude without going all the way. All of these mixes have been butchered. Loleatta has to be heard in full length or nothing at all. The Greatest Performance is one of Ms. Holloway's greatest but sadly it has been edited. Not only that but it is very hard to find on CD if it was every released full length on CD. Plus what happened to "Were Getting Stronger".



Disco is about the music. There are very rare exceptions to this rule and one of them is Loleatta. You need the fantastic music and her vocals in order to feel her magic in the right way. This CD is real sad indeed. Hold on to your money and try and get the full length versions through other means. You can find some on Walter Gibbons fantatic compilation."

The remix and special edit on this compilation are both note

One World | Denver, CO USA | 12/24/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Amazon does not identify what type of versions are on this compilation.

Most of them are the "Original Album Version". Here are the remixes:



Disc One

15. Original Shep Pettibone 12" Mix Edit

Disc Two

9. Special Edit



The following tracks are "Original 7" Mix:

Disc 1: 2 & 16

Disc 2: 17



All other songs are the "Orinal Album Versions"."