Eric K's Reviews

1) BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE Mandolin Rain
2) CYNDI LAUPER Change of Heart
3) EXPOSE Come Go With Me
4) EUROPE Carrie
5) ARETHA FRANKLIN & GEORGE MICHAEL I Knew You Were Waiting
6) LISA LISA & CULT JAM Head to Toe
7) GREGORY ABBOTT Shake You Down
8) BANGLES Walking Down Your Street
9) OUTFIELD Since You've Been Gone
10) REO SPEEDWAGON That Ain't Love
11) LOVERBOY Notorious
12) EDDIE MONEY I Wanna Go Back
Review Date: 6/1/2016

1. I Need Your Lovin' 7:31
2. Behind the Groove 6:03
3. Now That I Have You 6:29
4. Irons in the Fire 3:33
5. Portuguese Love 7:50
6. Young Love 5:29
7. It Must Be Magic 6:08
8. Aladdin's Lamp 4:52
9. Square Biz 6:25
10. I'm a A Sucker for Your Love 5:55
11. Deja Vu (I've Been Here Before) 7:38
Review Date: 2/28/2015

DISC ONE

CYNDI LAUPER Say a Prayer
NAOMI CAMPBELL Love & Tears
ESTHERO Swallow Me
SWEETBACK Gaze
ARMAND VAN HELDEN'S SAMPLESLAYA Hot Butter
KENNY LATTIMORE Destiny
NINA SIMONE That's All I Want From You
FINLEY QUAYE Sunday Best
KYLE EASTWOOD/JULIA FORDHAM In The Wee Small Hours
NICKY HOLLAND In a Broken Dream
NELLIE McKAY Change the World
MACY GRAY Still (Soulove Remix)
ANGELIQUE KIDJO Ces Petits Riens

DISC TWO

LEN Steal My Sunshine (Bougie Soliterre Remix)
ALISON MOYET Back Where I Belong
NAOMI CAMPBELL All Through the Night
PEACH UNION On My Own (Bottom Drawer Mix)
GROOVE THEORY Tell Me (6 Karat Hip Hop Mix)
ATTICA BLUES Deeper
BIC RUNGA Drive (Doordashian Mix)
WINK Autumn Dayz
SUNSCREEM Love U More (Oh Yeah Mix)
HOOVERPHONIC One
SYLK 130 Season's Change (Philharmonix Mix)
MONDO GROSSO Samba Do Gato (Hybrid Beats Remix)
DJ RAP Bad Behaviour

DISC THREE

DANIELLE BRISEBOIS Just Missed the Train (Acoustic Version)
NIKKI HASSMAN Any Lucky Penny
CHANTAL KREVIAZUK Leaving on a Jet Plane
SOPHIE B HAWKINS Only Love (Acoustic Version)
BILLIE HOLIDAY The End of a Love Affair
ARETHA FRANKLIN Walk on By
BASIA Forgive and Forget
FIONA APPLE Shadowboxer
STRAWPEOPLE FEATURING BIC RUNGA Drive
HOWIE DAY Ghost (Mix 6)
CHIMES I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
DES'REE You Gotta Be (Live)
SHAWN COLVIN This Must Be the Place (Live)
SHAWN MULLINS Lullaby (Acoustic Version)


Review Date: 7/3/2016

All original versions; a Rhino "budget" release:

1) STEAM -- Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
2) SHOCKING BLUE -- Venus
3) R.B. GREAVES -- Take a Letter Maria
4) SMITH -- Baby It's You
5) EDDIE HOLMAN -- Hey There Lonely Girl
6) JAGGERZ -- The Rapper
7) EDISON LIGHTHOUSE -- Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
8) DELFONICS -- Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time
9) BROOK BENTON -- Rainy Night in Georgia
10) FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION -- Love or Let Me Be Lonely
Review Date: 7/18/2014

All original versions; a Rhino "budget" release:

1) NORMAN GREENBAUM -- Spirit in the Sky
2) TYRONE DAVIS -- Turn Back the Hands of Time
3) MOMENTS -- Love on a Two-Way Street
4) GEORGE BAKER SELECTION -- Little Green Bag
5) WHITE PLAINS -- My Baby Loves Lovin'
6) VANITY FAIR -- Hitchin' a Ride
7) BLUES IMAGE -- Ride Captain Ride
8) MELANIE w/EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS -- Lay Down
9) WATTS 103d STREET RHYTHM BAND -- Love Land
10) FIVE STAIRSTEPS -- O-o-h Child
Review Date: 7/18/2014

All original versions; a Rhino "budget" release:

1) EDWIN STARR -- War
2) IKE & TINA TURNER -- I Want to Take You Higher
3) ALIVE & KICKING -- Tighter, Tighter
4) MUNGO JERRY -- In the Summertime
5) BOBBY SHERMAN -- Julie, Do Ya Love Me
6) SUGARLOAF -- Green-Eyed Lady
7) SPINNERS -- It's a Shame
8) GENE CHANDLER -- Groovy Situation
9) R. DEAN TAYLOR -- Indiana Wants Me
10) BRIAN HYLAND -- Gypsy Woman
Review Date: 7/18/2014

40 Hits, all original versions as you
remember them from radio, etc.

DISC ONE

WILL SMITH Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
EAGLE-EYE CHERRY Save Tonight
DES'REE You Gotta Be
SHAWN MULLINS Lullabye
CLIVILLES & COLE Pride (In the Name..)
TOAD THE WET SPROCKET All I Want
JIMMY CLIFF I Can See Clearly Now
BROWNSTONE If You Love Me
DOG'S EYE VIEW Everything Falls Apart
XSCAPE Just Kickin' It
GROOVE THEORY Tell Me
LUTHER VANDROSS Power of Love/Love Power
PAUL YOUNG Oh Girl

DISC TWO

LAURYN HILL Doo Wop (That Thing)
DIONNE FARRIS I Know
SPIN DOCTORS Two Princes
GENERAL PUBLIC Take You There
INI KAMOZE Here Comes the Hotstepper
PRESIDENTS OF THE USA Lump
C+C MUSIC FACTORY Gonna Make You Sweat
DIANA KING Shy Guy
M PEOPLE Moving on Up
NKOTB Step By Step
DA BRAT Funkdafied
SUNSCREEM Love You More
SPONGE Molly (Sixteen Candles)

DISC THREE

DESTINY'S CHILD No, No, No Part II
LEN Steal My Sunshine
LORD TARIQ & PETER GUNZ Deja Vu
BLAQUE 808
KRIS KROSS Jump
COVER GIRLS Wishing on a Star
MANDY MOORE Candy
BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE Rush
PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS Standing Outside..
LISA LISA Let the Beat Hit'Em
BABYFACE This Is for the Lover in You
JOE PUBLIC Live and Learn
BIZARRE INC I'm Gonna Get You
FIREHOUSE Love of a Lifetime
Review Date: 1/19/2017

1) C'est La Vie Always 21
2) The Sign
3) Beautiful Life
4) Hallo, Hallo
5) Always Have, Always Will
6) Love in December
7) All That She Wants
8) Living in Danger
9) Every Time It Rains
10) Don't Turn Around
11) Cruel Summer
12) Happy Nation
13) Lucky Love
14) Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry
15) Wheel of Fortune
Review Date: 6/1/2016

SOFT CELL Tainted Love (5:55)
TEARS FOR FEARS Change (3:56)
JOE JACKSON I'm the Man (4:00)
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD Relax (3:57)
MODERN ENGLISH I Melt With You (3:52)
GO-GOS Our Lips are Sealed (2:48)
BUGGLES Video Killed the Radio Star (4:13)
SQUEEZE Black Coffee in Bed (6:12)
WAITRESSES I Know What Boys Like (3:13)
ABC Be Near Me (3:40)
WALL OF VOODOO Mexican Radio (4:10)
BANANARAMA Robert DeNiro's Waiting (3:30)

Review Date: 8/3/2016

Great compilation of r&b, doo-wop,
and soul oldies, expanded from the original vinyl version.
Lots of L.A. radio classics!


PENGUINS Memories of El Monte
PENGUINS Earth Angel
RENE & RENE Lo Mucho Que te Quiero
SONNY KNIGHT Dedicated to You
D JULIAN/MEADOWLARKS Heaven & Paradise
GALLAHADS Keeper of Dreams
HITMAKERS Chapel of Love
PENTAGONS To Be Loved
JAGUARS Thinking of You
MARVIN & JOHNNY Cherry Pie
BRENTON WOOD Got Your Fools Mixed Up
CHUCK HIGGINS Pachuko Hop
HANDSOME JIM BALCOM Corrido Rock
EARTH WIND & FIRE Reasons
INTRUDERS I'll Always Love My Mama
PETE WINGFIELD 18 With a Bullet
BILLY STEWART Sitting in the Park
TOWER OF POWER You're Still a Young Man
SHIELDS You Cheated
RON HOLDEN Love You So


Review Date: 11/20/2016

This odd 20-track Dion CD is interesting in that it
has different mixes on some tracks than those which
appeared on other, better-known Dion hits packages.
While the database describes this as being on the
"Prudence Germany" label, my copy is on the "3C" label.
But this was clearly authorized by Laurie Records, the
original label for the material. The Laurie logo
appears on the back insert, along with "1988 Continental
Communications Corp., Norwood, NJ." It also says "All
selections digitally remastered from original tapes, all
selections in stereo except #9, SOUND ENHANCED FOR BETTER
SOUND QUALITY."

Listening on headphones, I detected significant differences
in the following tracks, compared to the recordings I
already had of these songs on various other Dion CDs:

The Wanderer, Lovers Who Wander, Sandy, Little Diane,
Lonely Teenager, and Come Go With Me. In some cases, the
version on "At His Best" just has more punch and presence
than on other CDs. On several songs, the left/right channels
are reversed from what I had heard before. On some, certain
elements (like the backing singers, for instance) are clearly
more emphasized than on other releases of the same songs.

Some of the non-hit material is fairly awful; songs like
"Stagger Lee" and "The Twist" sound like they were cranked
out in a hurry as album filler. But his versions of "Tonight Tonight"
and "P.S. I Love You" are really quite nice. And, like it says,
all but one track are in crisp clean stereo.

TRACK LIST FOR "DION: HIS BEST"

Runaround Sue
The Wanderer
Lovers Who Wander
Sandy
Little Diane
Take Good Care of My Baby
The Majestic
Lonely Teenager
Love Came to Me
Stagger Lee
Little Miss Blue
Kansas City
The Twist
Candy Man
One for My Baby
Born to Cry
Come Go With Me
Tonight Tonight
P.S. I Love You
Save the Last Dance for Me
Review Date: 3/30/2018

1) BLIND WILLIE McTELL - Broke Down Engine
2) MISSISSIPPI FRED McDOWEL - Shake 'em on Down
3) JOHN LEE HOOKER - My Baby Don't Love Me
4) STICK McGHEE - Tall Pretty Woman
5) TEXAS JOHNNY BROWN - The Blues Rock
6) TEXAS JOHNNY BROWN - There Goes the Blues
7) TEXAS JOHNNY BROWN - Bongo Boogie
8) T-BONE WALKER - Two Bones and a Pick
9) CHUCK NORRIS - Let Me Know
10) GUITAR SLIM - Down Through the Years
11) CORNELL DUPREE - Okie Dokie Stomp
12) BIG JOE TURNER - TV Mama
13) AL KING - Reconsider Baby
14) MICKEY BAKER - Midnight Midnight
15) IKE & TINA TURNER - I Smell Trouble
16) B.B. KING - Why I Sing the Blues
17) ALBERT KING - Crosscut Saw
18) ALBERT KING - Born Under a Bad Sign
19) JOHN HAMMOND JR. - Shake for Me
20) STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - Flood Down in Texas
Review Date: 6/9/2015

This 22-track disc from Time-Life has a solid lineup
of hit instrumentals, all but one a Billboard chart item
during the period 1958-1964.

The one non-charted song is "Apache,"
which WAS a top 10 hit in 1961, for Danish
guitarist Jorgen Ingmann. The compiler(s) of this CD
chose to include an earlier recording of the song by
The Shadows, Cliff Richard's back-up band.
They had recorded the song after hearing an earlier
version by British guitarist Bert Weedon. The Shadows'
recording reached #1 in England but did nothing when
released here in the USA. Jorgen Ingmann released
the song as the intended B-side of a 45 but deejays
"flipped" over it and it became a #2 hit for
Ingmann. The "Apache" saga is covered in detail in a
fine book by Steve Otfinoski, "The Golden Age of
Rock Instrumentals," a Billboard book from 1997.
("Apache" found new life in 1981, when it became the
basis for a rap hit by Sugarhill Gang, two years after
their breakout with "Rapper's Delight").

One barely-charted entry here is "Baja" by
The Astronauts, a Colorado group that adopted a surf
music style through four albums and a dozen singles
for RCA Records in 1963-64, when the label was
hoping for an act like Capitol Records had with
the Beach Boys at the time. But "Baja" was the only
single that charted for them...debuting at #94
the last week of July, 1963...and disappearing
from the chart the week after.

Here's the track list for "Axes and Saxes":

DICK DALE & HIS DEL-TONES Misirlou
LONNIE MACK Wham!
BILL BLACK'S COMBO Smokie Part 2
FREDDY KING Hide Away
RUMBLERS Boss
COZY COLE Topsy Part 2
LEE ALLEN & HIS BAND Walkin' With Mr. Lee
VENTURES Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
SANDY NELSON Let There Be Drums
PYRAMIDS Penetration
VISCOUNTS Harlem Nocturne
SHADOWS Apache
PHIL UPCHURCH COMBO You Can't Sit Down Part 1
RAMRODS (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
CHAMPS El Rancho Rock
ASTRONAUTS Baja
LES COOPER & THE SOUL ROCKERS Wiggle Wobble
WILLIE MITCHELL 20-75
DUANE EDDY Peter Gunn
JACK NITZSCHE Lonely Surfer
BILLY JOE & THE CHECKMATES Percolator (Twist)
ACE CANNON Tuff
Review Date: 12/20/2016

17 Hip-hop hits, all the original versions.

1) SUGARHILL GANG Rapper's Delight (7:05)
2) YOUNG M.C. Bust a Move (4:23)
3) TONE LOC Funky Cold Medina (4:07)
4) LL COOL J Mama Said Knock You Out (4:48)
5) MAESTRO Let Your Backbone Slide (3:42)
6) PUBLIC ENEMY Fight the Power (4:37)
7) ERIC B. & RAKIM Paid in Full
8) NAUGHTY BY NATURE Hip Hop Hooray (4:23)
9) BIZ MARKIE Just a Friend (4:00)
10) WHODINI Freaks Come Out at Night (3:31)
11) AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & SOULSONIC FORCE Planet Rock (4:18)
12) 2 LIVE CREW Me So Horny
13) KOOL MOE DEE No Respect
14) 2 IN A ROOM Wiggle It
15) INDEEP Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
16) B.V.S.M.P. I Need You
17) BEASTIE BOYS No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Review Date: 2/25/2016

EXCELLENT 1997 UK Virgin 2-Disc Compilation. LOTS of great tunes!

DISC ONE

CHUMBAWAMBA Tubthumping
BLUR Parklife
SEAHORSES Love Is the Law
CHARLATANS UK North Country Boy
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE The Day We Caught the Train
SUPERGRASS Alright
KULA SHAKER Tattva
REEF Place Your Hands
RADIOHEAD Creep
BUSH Swallowed
FUN LOVIN' CRIMINALS Scooby Snacks
FOO FIGHTERS This Is a Call
PLACEBO Nancy Boy
PRODIGY Breathe
ASH Girl From Mars
SKUNK ANANSIE Weak
MANIC STREET PREACHERS You Love Us
CHEMICAL BROTHERS Block Rockin' Beats
UNDERWORLD Born Slippy
LETTFIELD/LYDON Open Up

DISC TWO

VERVE The Drugs Don't Work
RADIOHEAD Street Spirit (Fade Out)
THE LA'S There She Goes
GARBAGE Stupid Girl
PULP Disco 2000
SUEDE Trash
JAMES Sit Down
CAST Alright
LIGHTNING SEEDS Life of Riley
PAUL WELLER The Changingman
eels Novocaine for the Soul
PRESIDENTS OF THE USA Peaches
STONE ROSES Fools Gold
LEVELLERS Hope Street
McALMONT/BUTLER Yes
MANSUN Wide Open Space
DAVID BOWIE Heroes
BLUR Song 2
SUPERGRASS Caught by the Fuzz
IGGY POP Lust for Life
PF PROJECT FEAT. EWAN McGREGOR Choose Life

Review Date: 8/14/2016

Excellent 1993 UK Virgin 2-disc set has forty of the
biggest dance hits in Europe & America during the late
1980s-early 1990s. All are original versions except
Sister Sledge (a remake from 1992) and Chaka Khan
(a remix). Most are the "single edit" versions, so
they could fit 40 selections on two discs.

DISC ONE

BLACK BOX Ride on Time
2 UNLIMITED No Limit
HADDAWAY What Is Love
DR. ALBAN It's My Life
SNAP The Power
TECHNOTRONIC Pump Up The Jam
ACE OF BASE All That She Wants
EASTSIDE BEAT Ride Like the Wind
ERASURE Take a Chance on Me
ROZALLA Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)
M/A/R/R/S Pump Up The Volume
S'EXPRESS Theme From S'Express
HEAVEN 17 Temptation
SUB SUB FEAT. MELANIE WILLIAMS Ain't No Love
M PEOPLE How Can I Love You More?
SHAMEN Phorever People
KLF 3 A.M. Eternal
BIZARRE INC I'm Gonna Get You
UTAH SAINTS Something Good
RAGE Run to You

DISC TWO

DEEE-LITE Groove Is In The Heart
SISTER SLEDGE We Are Family (Sure Is Pure Remix)
CHAKA KHAN I'm Every Woman
CE CE PENISTON Finally
INNER CITY Big Fun
MANTRONIX Got To Have Your Love
SOURCE FEAT. CANDI STATON You Got The Love
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT People Everyday
KRIS KROSS Jump
C&C MUSIC FACTORY Gonna Make You Sweat
SOUL II SOUL Back to Life
ADVENTURES OF STEVIE V Dirty Cash
WEST END FEAT. SYBIL The Love I Lost
INCOGNITO FEAT. JOCELYN BROWN Always There
SL2 On a Ragga Tip
SHAGGY Oh Carolina
SHABBA RANKS Mr. Loverman
KENNY THOMAS Thinking About Your Love
SYDNEY YOUNGBLOOD If Only I Could
SOUL II SOUL Joy
Review Date: 10/1/2016

DISC ONE

SPILLER Groove Jet (If This Ain't Love)
KYLIE MINOGUE Spinning Around
MADISON AVENUE Don't Call Me Baby
BLACK LEGEND You See The Trouble With Me
ARTFUL DODGER Woman Trouble
SWEET FEMALE ATTITUDE Flowers
MARY MARY Shackles
AALIYAH Try Again
LOUSIE 2 Faced
BILLIE PIPER Day and Night
BRITNEY SPEARS You Drive Me Crazy
TOM JONES & MOUSSE T Sex Bomb
GERI HALLIWELL Bag It Up
LENE MARLIN Sitting Down Here (Tin Tin Out Mix)
CHER Believe (Xenomania Mix)
STEPS Deeper Shade of Blue
ATOMIC KITTEN I Want Your Love
VENGABOYS Uncle John from Jamaica
LOU BEGA Mambo No 5
DJ ALLIGATOR PROJECT Whistle Song

DISC TWO

MELANIE C I Turn to You
ALICE DEEJAY Will I Ever
FRAGMA Toca's Miracle
EIFFEL 65 Blue (Da Ba Dee)
WATERGATE Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
WILLIAM ORBIT Barber's Adagio for Strings
MARC ET CLAUDE I Need Your Loving
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD The Power of Love
AURORA FEAT. NAIMEE COLEMAN Ordinary World
LOCK 'N' LOAD Blow Ya Mind
SuREAL You Take My Breath Away
BOB MARLEY VS. FUNKSTER DELUXE Sun Is Shining
MOLOKO The Time Is Now
EN-COR Coochy Coo
DIFFERENT GEAR VS. POLICE When the World Is..
TRUESTEPPERS FEAT. DANE BOWERS Buggin
LONYO Comme Ci Comme Ca - Summer of Love
ARTFUL DODGER Re-rewind When the Crowd Say..
LEN Steal My Sunshine
BACKSTREET BOYS Larger Than Life
FIVE Keep on Movin'
Review Date: 8/6/2016

1. I'd Really Love to See You Tonight
2. Nights are Forever Without You
3. Soldier in the Rain
4. It's Sad to Belong
5. What Can I Do With This Broken Heart
6. In it for Love
7. Love Is the Answer
8. Falling Stars
9. We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again
10. Gone too Far
11. Who's Lonely Now
12. Why Is It Me
Review Date: 2/28/2015

German import CD with 17 dance tracks, including
some European-only hits. The songs by Francesco
Napoli, O.K., and Koto are all interesting Eurodisco.
Review Date: 5/25/2016

DISC ONE

JOAN BAEZ --There But for Fortune; Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; We Shall Overcome
WOODY GUTHRIE --This Land Is Your Land; So Long, It's Been Good to Know You; Hard, Ain't It Hard
IAN & SYLVIA --Someday Soon; Early Morning Rain; Four Strong Winds
WEAVERS --On Top of Old Smokey; Wimoweh; Goodnight Irene

DISC TWO

ROOFTOP SINGERS --Walk Right In; Tom Cat
ERIC ANDERSEN --Violets of Dawn; My Land Is A Good Land
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE --I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again; Universal Soldier
TOM PAXTON --Presbyterian Boy; Pack Up Your Sorrows
MIMI & RICHARD FARINA --Celebration For A Grey Day; Pack Up Your Sorrows
CLANCY BROTHERS --Maid of Fife; Mountain Dew

DISC THREE -- LIVE AT NEWPORT

PETE SEEGER --Where Have All The Flowers Gone; Midnight Special; It Takes a Worried Man
JUDY COLLINS --Blowin' In The Wind; Get Together; Carry It On
PHIL OCHS --Ballad of Medgar Evers; Talking Birmingham Jam; Power & The Glory
DOC WATSON --I Heard My Mother Weeping; Omie Wise; Lights In The Valley

Review Date: 10/26/2014

BEST OF KING, FEDERAL & DELUXE DOO-WOP VOL. 2

DOMINOES Can't Do Sixty No More
FIVE ROYALES Think
DONNIE ELBERT Come on Sugar
CHANTERS Five Little Kisses
PLATTERS Maggie Doesn't Work Here Anymore
CHECKERS Let Me Come Back
HANK BALLARD/MIDNIGHTERS Coffee Grind
MASCOTS Lonely Rain
TINY BRADSHAW Train Kept A'Rollin'
DOMINOES Sixty Minute Man
ANNIE LAURIE/STUDENTS It Hurts to Be in Love
OTIS WILLIAMS/CHARMS Gum Drop
GUY TONES Ooh Bop Sha Boo
CHANTERS My My Darling
DONNIE ELBERT Peek-A-Boo
HANK BALLARD/MIDNIGHTERS Henry's Got Flat Feet
DOMINOES Deacon Moves In
BULL MOOSE JACKSON Big Ten Inch Record
PLATTERS Beer Barrel Boogie
CHANTERS Stars in the Sky

Review Date: 3/30/2018

All original recordings from the Argo and Cadet labels. Note that some tracks are longer versions than those originally released on 45 rpm singles (probably LP versions?)

1) Up Tight (3:12)
2) Soul Man (2:44)
3) One, Two, Three (or 1,2,3--same tune as Len Barry hit) (3:24)
4) Les Fleur (2:51)
5) A Hard Day's Night (4:57)
6) Hi-Heel Sneakers(2:45)
7) Something You Got (3:20)
8) Love Theme from "Spartacus" (6:58)
9) Come Sunday (4:28)
10) Hang on Sloopy (3:07)
11) Since You've Been Gone (2:58)
12) Felicidade (3:31)
13) Since I Fell For You (4:03)
14) Wade in the Water (3:49)
15) Dancing in the Street (2:50)
16) The In Crowd (5:50)

Review Date: 4/2/2014

General Johnson (his given name) first found fame with his early 1960s group
the Showmen, whose 1961 anthem "It Will Stand" became a favorite of beach
music dancers on the Carolina shore. A series of recordings for the Minit
and Swan labels produced other beach classics but no further national hits.

By the late 60s, the Showmen had run their course and Johnson was looking
for another deal. Along came Motown expats Holland-Dozier-Holland, scouting
recruits for their new Invictus label. They matched Johnson with three
other musicians to form the Chairmen of the Board, whose first release was
"Give Me Just a Little More Time," a top ten hit across America in 1970.
The group would place five more singles on the Billboard Hot 100 ending in 1974.

At the same time, Johnson was proving his talent as a songwriter, too, with
hits like Clarence Carter's "Patches" (Grammy winner for best R&B song, 1971).

He also co-wrote Freda Payne's anti-war hit "Bring the Boys Home" and
Honey Cone's "Want Ads" and "Stick Up."

In 1976, Johnson found himself at Arista records, where his first single,
"All in the Family," was his most successful, reaching #22 on Billboard's
soul chart. Four subsequent Arista singles made the chart as well,
including "Don't Walk Away," which only reached #42 but is today considered
a highlight of the Arista sides. Most of the Arista material was combined
on an album which was inexplicably held back from release until 1977, when
it was issued to little fanfare and no chart success.

This disc features 11 of Johnson's best Arista tracks, plus a "special disco
version" of "Don't Walk Away." This is stellar 1970s soul, in a class with more
commercially successful music from the same era by the likes of Johnnie
Taylor, the Spinners, Manhattans, etc.

After his Arista stint, Johnson returned to his Carolina roots and
reunited with another of the former members of Chairmen of the Board.
They recorded pleasant music suited to the dancing crowds who continued
to support the beach music scene.

As the author of this disc's booklet says, Johnson's "inimitable
voice always identified everything that he was involved with as a
singer."

General Johnson died at age 69 in 2010.






Review Date: 2/3/2017

Great old-timey Christmas stuff. The Voices were
an LA doo-wop group including Bob & Earl. Both
sides of their 1955 holiday single on Cash Records
are here, along with the Nic Nacs (AKA the Robins or
the Coasters), who added female blues belter Mickey
Champion to their lineup and recorded "Gonna Have
a Merry Christmas" as the b-side to a 1950 single
for the RPM label. The Cameos' record was an early
release on the Cameo label (naturally) and is a
fine uptempo doo-wop tune from 1957. Also of note:
both sides of the Moonglows' 1953 Chance Records
offering, and the duo of Louis Jordan & Ella
Fitzgerald on "Baby It's Cold Outside." This was
one of at least four recordings of that song to
reach the charts in the SUMMER, not the winter, of
1949.

ELVIS PRESLEY Santa Claus Is Back in Town
VOICES Santa Claus Boogie
OSCAR McLOLLIE Dig That Crazy Santa Claus
ELVIS PRESLEY Here Comes Santa Claus
JOHNNY MOORE'S 3 BLAZERS Merry Christmas Baby
MOONGLOWS Just a Lonely Christmas
PAT BOONE Jingle Bells
VOICES Santa Claus Baby
MOONGLOWS Hey Santa Claus
CAMEOS Merry Christmas
ELVIS PRESLEY I'll Be Home for Christmas
FRANKIE LAINE You're All I Want for Christmas
DRIFTERS White Christmas
NAT KING COLE Frosty the Snowman
BRENDA LEE Christy Christmas
FATS WALLER Swingin' Them Jingle Bells
NIC NACS Gonna Have a Merry Christmas
ELVIS PRESLEY Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me
FRANK SINATRA Jingle Bells
LOUIS JORDAN/ELLA FITZGERALD Baby, It's Cold..
ORIOLES Oh Holy Night
ELVIS PRESLEY Blue Christmas

Review Date: 12/4/2016

Original Chess/Checker tracks:

1) HOWLIN' WOLF Moanin' at Midnight
2) JOHN LEE HOOKER Boogie Chillun
3) MUDDY WATERS I'm Ready
4) KOKO TAYLOR Wang Dang Doodle
5) LITTLE MILTON Blues in the Night
6) LOWELL FULSON Lovin' You
7) JOHN LEE HOOKER Blues Before Sunrise
8) MUDDY WATERS I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
9) ETTA JAMES I Just Want to Make Love to You
10) SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide
11) LITTLE WALTER My Babe
12) ELMORE JAMES The Sky Is Crying
13) KOKO TAYLOR Whatever I Am, You Made Me
14) HOWLIN' WOLF The Red Rooster
15) ETTA JAMES At Last
16) LITTLE WALTER Sad Hours
Review Date: 6/11/2016

1) TEVIN CAMPBELL - I'm Ready
2) GROVER WASHINGTON JR & BILL WITHERS - Just the Two of Us
3) PEABO BRYSON - If Ever You're in My Arms Again
4) CARL ANDERSON & GLORIA LORING - Friends and Lovers
5) ATLANTIC STARR - Always
6) LEVERT - (Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind
7) BROOK BENTON - Rainy Night in Georgia
8) GLENN JONES - Here I Go Again
9) SPINNERS - Could It Be I'm Falling in Love
10) TEDDY PENDERGRASS - I Can't Live Without Your Love
11) SHIELA E. - Hold Me
12) AL GREEN - Let's Get Married
13) JAMES INGRAM- I Don't Have the Heart
14) STACY LATTISAW - Love on a Two-Way Street
15) LUTHER VANDROSS - Since I Lost My Baby
16) MILLIE JACKSON - If You're Not Back in Love By Monday
17) ARETHA FRANKLIN - Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
18) ISLEY BROTHERS - Hello, It's Me

Review Date: 6/9/2015

RICK SUMMER Born to Be Alive (7:44)
MUSIQUE In the Bush (7:39)
CAROL DOUGLAS Midnight Love Affair (6:27)
TAVARES More Than a Woman (5:42)
GERALDINE HUNT Can't Fake the Feeling (5:16)
SECRET WEAPON Must Be the Music (7:27)
UNLIMITED TOUCH Searching to Find the One (7:23)
SHARON REDD Love Insurance (6:42)
KAT MANDU I Wanna Dance (6:31)
HI-GLOSS You'll Never Know (5:23)
PRINCE CHARLES & CITY BEAT BAND Cash (Cash Money) (6:02)
Review Date: 8/6/2016

1) ORIOLES -- For All We Know
2) FLAMINGOS -- Golden Teardrops
3) MOONGLOWS -- Secret Love
4) FIVE ECHOES -- Fool's Prayer
5) SHERRIF & THE RAVELS -- The Lonely One
6) ORCHIDS -- You Have Two (I Have None)
7) MAGNIFICENTS -- Ozeta
8) EL CINCOS -- Oh Baby Do You Have to Go
9) ORIOLES -- Happy 'Til the Letter
10) FLAMINGOS -- Blues in the Letter
11) FALCONS -- Now That It's Over
12) PRODIGALS -- Judy
13) ORIOLES -- Fools Will Be Fools
14) HI-LITERS -- Hello Dear
15) DUKAYS -- Festival of Love
16) MAGNIFICENTS -- Lost Lover
17) FALCONS -- My Only Love
18) DELLS -- You're Still in My Heart
Review Date: 5/9/2014

TRACKS 1-11 by THE CHIMES:

Once in a While
Summer Nights
Oh How I Love You So
I'm in the Mood for Love
Only Love
Let's Fall in Love
Dream Girl
My Love
Paradise
If I Give My Heart to You
On the Street Where You Live

TRACKS 12-17 by THE VIDELS:

Mister Lonely
I'll Forget You
Now That Summer is Here
She's Not Coming Home
It's All Over
We Belong Together

Review Date: 9/14/2017

CHIPMUNKS & DAVID SEVILLE We Wish You a Merry Christmas
WEIRD AL Christmas at Ground Zero
BOB & DOUG McKENZIE Twelve Days of Christmas
MEL BLANC Yah Dis Ist Ein Christmas Tree
COWTOWN CHORUS Deck the Stalls with Oats and Barley
ALLAN SHERMAN Twelve Days of Christmas
STAN FREBERG Night Before Christmas
TOM LEHRER A Christmas Carol
JINGLE CATS Jingle Cats Medley

Review Date: 11/27/2015

MC GLOBE Jingle Bells
AFRIKA BAMBAATA Deck the Halls
RONDU O Come All Ye Faithful
MC GLOBE Twas the Night Before Xmas
POW WOW We Wish You a Merry Xmas
POW WOW Twelve Days of Xmas
LASHEYTA THOMAS Silent Night
JERMAINE THOMAS The First Noel
POW WOW Hark the Herald Angels Sing
POW WOW Christmas to a Go-Go
Review Date: 12/4/2016

SPOTLITE ON CLASS RECORDS VOL. 1

BOBBY DAY/SATELLITES Little Bitty Pretty One
EARL NELSON/PELICANS I Bow to You
TITANS No Time
BLENDERS Little Rose
SATELLITES You Ain't Sayin' Nothin'
PAUL CLIFTON/Group Mozel
SPUTNIKS My Love Is Gone
EUGENE CHURCH/FELLOWS Pretty Girls Everywhere
RICHARD BERRY/PHARAOHS Teenager's Love Song
TANGIERS Don't Try
ROULETTES Sad Fool
BOBBY DAY/SATELLITES Gotta New Girl
SEARCHERS Ooh Wee
PAUL CLIFTON/GROUP I Need You
MARQUIS Strange Is Love
EARL NELSON/PELICANS Oh Gee Oh Golly
SATELLITES Heavenly Angel
SPUTNICS Wait a Little Longer

Review Date: 3/30/2018

SPOTLITE ON CLASS RECORDS VOL. 2

BLENDERS My Heart's Desire
CLASSICS If Only the Sky Was a Mirror
BOBBY DAY/SATELLITES Little Turtle Dove
SPUTNIKS Hey Maryann
INTERVALS Here's That Rainy Day
RICHARD BERRY/PHARAOHS Watusi
STEVE KASS/LOVE LARKS Darling, My Love
BOBBY DAY/SATELLITES That's All I Want
SEARCHERS Wow Wow Baby
EUGENE CHURCH/FELLOWS Miami
CLASSICS Gosh But This Is Love
SATELLITES When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano
SPUTNIKS Johnny's Little Lamb
BOB & EARL That's My Desire
BOBBY DAY/SATELLITES Over & Over
INTERVALS Wish I Could Change My Mind
JESSE BELVIN/PAGES I'm Confessing
BOBBY DAY/SATELLITES Rock-in Robin
Review Date: 3/30/2018

1) LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR Everybody Knows About My Good Thing
2) LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS Wig Wearin' Woman
3) JOHN LEE HOOKER I Feel Good
4) ARTIE WHITE Leaning Tree
5) BOBBY RUSH She's a Good 'un
6) FONTELLA BASS Homewrecker
7) TED TAYLOR You Got to Feel It
8) FRANK FROST Feel Good Babe
9) LITTLE JOE BLUE Encourage Me Baby
10) JERRY "BOOGIE" McCAIN Honky-Tonk
11) L.C. COOKE I Will Wait for You
12) "ELMO" JAMES Dust My Broom
13) PEPPERMINT HARRIS Bad Bad Whiskey
14) BARBARA CARR Good Woman Go Bad
15) CICERO BLAKE School of Life
16) JIMMY REED Big Legged Woman

Review Date: 6/11/2016

1) T-BONE WALKER No Do Right
2) LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS Mr. Charlie
3) B.B. KING Recession Blues
4) BUDDY ACE I Just Love Your Funky Soul
5) LOWELL FULSON My Baby
6) BOBBY RUSH It's Alright
7) FRANK FROST Harp & Soul
8) JOE LEE WILLIAMS Highway 49
9) TOUSSAINT McCALL Nothing Takes the Place of You
10) BOBBY POWELL C.C. Rider
11) TINA TURNER Shake a Hand
12) WILD CHILD BUTLER Runnin' Drunk
13) AARON NEVILLE Tell It Like It Is
14) LOWELL FULSON Sleeper
15) LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS Backdoor Friend
16) SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON Steady Rollin' Man
Review Date: 6/11/2016

Note the appearance of hard-to-find stereo mixes of the
hits by The Jarmels and Music Explosion.

1) DION & BELMONTS A Teenager in Love
2) MYSTICS Hushabye
3) CHIFFONS He's So Fine
4) MYSTICS White Cliffs of Dover
5) JARMELS A Little Bit of Soap
6) MARCIE BLAINE Bobby's Girl
7) FIVE DISCS Rock & Roll Revival
8) DION & BELMONTS Where or When
9) CHIFFONS Sweet Talkin' Guy
10) CARLO Ring a Ling
11) RANDY & THE RAINBOWS Denise
12) PASSIONS Just to Be With You
13) MUSIC EXPLOSION Little Bit of Soul
14) ERNIE MARESCA Shout Shout Knock Yourself Out
15) DEL SATINS Teardrops Follow Me
16) DEAN & JEAN Tra La La La Suzy
17) ROYAL GUARDSMEN Baby Let's Wait
18) BARBARIANS Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl
19) DEAN & JEAN Hey Dean Hey Jean
20) BELMONTS Tell Me Why
Review Date: 6/8/2016

EXCELLENT 2-Disc Belgian Dance Compilation!

DISC ONE

D.A.F. Der Mussolini (3:55)
PROPAGANDA P-Machinery (3:50)
PETER GODWIN Images of Heaven (5:00)
FAD GADGET Collapsing New People (4:03)
KISSING THE PINK Big Man Restless (4:56)
IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (3:41)
NEON JUDGEMENT Tomorrow in the Papers (4:24)
NITZER EBB Join the Chant (7:00)
B MOVIE Nowhere Girl (6:26)
RESIDENTS Kaw-Liga (3:11)
YELLO Bostich (4:32)
KAREN FINLEY Tales of Taboo (5:40)
JAMES BROWN Funky Drummer (2:51)
THE POOL Jamaica Running (3:12)
JASPER VAN 'T HOF Pili Pili (4:28)
GEORGE KRANZ Din Dada (Trommeltanz) (4:00)

DISC TWO

LIAISONS DANGEREUSES Los Ninos Del Parque (5:02)
OFF Electrica Salsa (3:37)
16 BIT Where Are You (5:34)
TOLIO DE PISCOPO Stop Bajon (4:20)
DUFFO Take a Walk on the Wild Side (3:58)
TEARS FOR FEARS Change (3:52)
FLASH & THE PAN Waiting for a Train (3:43)
MITO Droid (4:54)
KLEIN & M.B.O. Dirty Talk (4:25)
KATE B Breakdown (4:18)
NEWCLEUS Automan (5:33)
THE BEATBOXBOYS Einstein (3:57)
ART OF NOISE Beatbox (7:18)
THE NORMAL Warm Leatherette (3:21)
DAVE PIKE SET Mathar (3:39)
CARAVAN The World Beat (3:50)
Review Date: 8/3/2016

ED KELLY & PHAROAH SANDERS Pippin'
SUN RA Plutonian Nights
MICHAEL RAY & THE COSMIC KREWE Beans and Rice
CARMEN BRADFORD Rough Ridin'
ED KELLY & PHAROAH SANDERS West Oakland Strut
SUN RA Great Balls of Fire
ED KELLY ENSEMBLE Samba
BABATUNDE LEA Use Your Hands
SUN RA Kingdom of Not
SUN RA The Golden Lady
CARMEN BRADFORD Chicago Hello
DAVID HARDIMAN It'll Be Allright
SUN RA State Street
Review Date: 8/14/2016

LISA LISA & CULT JAM Let the Beat Hit 'Em
C+C MUSIC FACTORY Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
TLC Ain't Too Proud to Beg
SALT N' PEPA Let's Talk About Sex
CATHY DENNIS Touch Me (All Night Long)
BKS Living in Ecstasy
DOUBLE YOU Please Don't Go
CRYSTAL WATERS Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)
BLACK BOX Strike It Up
TECHNOTRONIC Move This
SNAP Rhythm Is a Dancer
CLAUDJA B Summer of Love
ROZALLA Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)
RAGE Run to You
2 UNLIMITED Tribal Dance
2 UNLIMITED Twilight Zone
THE MOVEMENT Jump!
Review Date: 8/6/2016

Don't let the K-Tel label scare you away;
this is on K-Tel International, which appears
to be a more "legit" concern; at any rate, these
ARE all original tracks by original artists, not
the kind of "re-recorded" junk that K-Tel is
known for. And, actually, some of these are
tracks not commonly found on other compilations.
All are late-1980s r&b/dance tunes.

1) JOHNNY KEMP - Just Got Paid (3:31)
2) PAULA ABDUL - Knocked Out (3:51)
3) INFORMATION SOCIETY - What's on Your Mind (4:34)
4) ALEXANDER O'NEAL - Fake (3:11)
5) SHANICE WILSON - Can You Dance (4:47)
6) TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY - Dance Little Sister (4:12)
7) EVELYN 'CHAMPAGNE' KING - Flirt (3:41)
8) 10dB - I Second That Emotion (3:42)
9) JANE WIEDLIN - Rush Hour (4:03)
10) BARDEUX - When We Kiss (4:52)
Review Date: 5/25/2016

Among the best tracks on this 1997 Sony release of 1950s & 1960s
"dance craze" tunes are Ray Bryant's "Madison Time" and
Gene and Wendell's "The Roach," both of which were also featured on the soundtrack to the original 1988 film version of "Hairspray."

Also notable is Big Al Downing's "Georgia Slop," a 1964 remake
of a 1950s Jimmy McCracklin original, later remade again by
Los Lobos on their 1990 album "The Neighborhood."

Long before Michael Jackson made
moonwalking an international
pastime, soul singer Joe Simon was popularizing his own version
in a 1970 hit that reached #11 on Billboard's soul chart but
only #54 on the pop Hot 100.

Of the more obscure titles here, King Curtis' "Do the Monkey"
only managed to last two weeks on the Hot 100 in 1962, reaching
an unlofty peak of #92. And Billy Graves' "The Shag (Is Totally Cool)"
is one I've never seen on any other compilation CD, though it did
make it to #53 in 1959.

Beware the two Chubby Checker tracks; these are re-recordings, not
the Parkway originals. Everything else here is original as you
would have heard it on the radio back in the day. Well, sort of,
anyway. Archie Bell & The Drells' wonderful "Tighten Up," which I
remember fondly from the days of mono-muddy AM radio, is here in
clean original stereo, sounding better than ever.

And any CD that includes both the weirdly charming harmonies of
The Larks ("The Jerk," 1965) and the Bo Diddlley-influenced
chunka-chunk of Johnny Otis' "Willie and the Hand Jive" (1958),
gets a big thumbs-up here!

TRACK LIST -- "DANCING AT THE NICK AT NITECLUB"

RAY BRYANT The Madison Time
JR. WALKER & THE ALL-STARS Shotgun
VIBRATIONS The Watusi
LARKS The Jerk
DIAMONDS The Stroll
GENE & WENDELL The Roach
ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS Tighten Up
JOHNNY OTIS Willie and the Hand Jive
BIG AL DOWNING Georgia Slop
JOE SIMON Moon Walk Parts I and II
CHUBBY CHECKER Pony Time (re-recording)
KING CURTIS Do the Monkey
BILLY GRAVES The Shag (Is Totally Cool)
CHUBBY CHECKER Limbo Rock (re-recording)
Review Date: 3/30/2018

This disc, sold at Pier One stores in 2004,
offers a dozen danceable hits from 1974-1980.
Most are in the shorter, radio-friendly versions
you heard on Top 40 and Urban stations back then
(though you do get a 6:39 version of "Love
Machine" and 5:33 worth of "Turn the Beat Around").

Actually, I was happy to find this for the
edit of LTD's "Back in Love Again," since
most LTD/Jeffrey Osborne compilations seem to use
an unnecessarily long 8:39 version. This
version, at 4:39, is still longer than the original
45 rpm single, which was cut down to 3:40.

These are all original recordings, no remakes.

EARTH WIND & FIRE September (3:36)
EMOTIONS Best of My Love (3:41)
LOVE AND KISSES Thank God It's Friday (3:13)
DIANA ROSS Upside Down (4:04)
LTD Back in Love Again (4:39)
EVELYN CHAMPAGNE KING Shame (2:58)
KOOL & THE GANG Ladies' Night (3:28)
GLORIA GAYNOR Never Can Say Goodbye (2:57)
PEACHES & HERB Shake Your Groove Thing (3:25)
MIRACLES Love Machine (6:49)
YVONNE ELLIMAN If I Can't Have You (2:55)
VICKI SUE ROBINSON Turn the Beat Around (5:33)

Review Date: 12/20/2016

1. CHIC Good Times 3:41
2. DOOBIE BROS What a Food Believes 3:38
3. MARCIA GRIFFITHS Electric Boogie 4:01
4. RICHIE VALENS La Bamba 2000 3:23
5. SNAP Rhythm Is a Dancer 5:28
6. GREGORY ABBOTT Shake You Down (3:42)
7. HONEY CONE Girls It Ain't Easy 3:10
8. STYLISTICS You're a Big Girl Now 3:16
9. KOOL & THE GANG Cherish 4:18
10. BETTY WRIGHT Tonight Is the Night (Live) 4:54
11. CHARLES & EDDIE Would I Lie to You? 4:32
12. ROSE ROYCE I Wanna Get Next to You 3:54
13. SAMANTHA SANG Emotion 3:51
14. TAVARES A Penny for Your Thoughts 4:22
15. ANQUETTE I Will Always Be There For You 4:07
Review Date: 2/28/2015

Rhino's reissues of the Mitch Ryder/Detroit Wheels tracks, including this CD, have featured the original stereo mixes of the songs, whereas the other currently available
Ryder hits CD (on another label) has them in mono. It's a matter of preference; if you
like the stereo sound, this disc offers the five biggest hits the group scored between 1965 and 1967, and five other tracks which were either lower-charting singles or LP tracks. As with most of the Rhino Flashback CDs, the "booklet" is skimpy, though there are a few informative paragraphs about the group's history.
Review Date: 10/24/2014

On a Charly import, here's what was previously
included on two French import LPs of rare and
unusual Sun label recordings from the 1950s
(the original import LPs were titled "Rock Bop
Boogie" and "Rock & Roll Pills.")

SMOKEY JOE BAUGH -- Hula Bop
BARBARA PITTMAN -- Sentimental Fool
MILLER SISTERS -- Ten Cats Down
DEAN BEARD -- Rakin' and Scrapin' (2)
HAROLD JENKINS -- I Need Your Lovin' Kiss
DEAN BEARD -- When You're Gone
SMOKEY JOE BAUGH -- She's a Woman
SMOKEY JOE BAUGH -- Midnight Ride of P. Revere
CARL PERKINS -- I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry
MALCOLM YELVINGTON -- It's Me Baby
MALCOLM YELVINGTON -- Rockin' With My Baby (Alt)
SMOKEY JOE BAUGH -- Signifying Monkey
SMOKEY JOE BAUGH -- Listen to Me Baby

WADE & DICK -- Wild Woman
MACY 'SKIP' SKIPPER -- Bop Pills
JIMMY WILLIAMS -- Fire Engine Red
JIMMY WILLIAMS -- Sonny Boy
MACY 'SKIP' SKIPPER -- Watch That Stuff
BARBARA PITTMAN -- Sentimental Fool (2)
CARL MCVOY -- Tootsie
MACY 'SKIP' SKIPPER -- Slow Rock & Roll
JEAN CHAPEL -- I Won't Be Rockin Tonight
KIRBY SISTERS -- Red Velvet
JEAN CHAPEL -- Welcome to the Club
MAGGIE SUE WIMBERLY -- Rock & Roll Cinnamon Tree
MAGGIE SUE WIMBERLY -- Call Me Anything..
BARBARA PITTMAN -- Voice of a Fool
Review Date: 7/28/2016

The database indicates this as a Madacy release, but
I have it as a German Sony set. It is correctly a 3-disc
affair, as properly noted in "CD Details" on this page.
They also messed up the track lists, so I'm providing a
list below.

There are a few welcome oddities here,
including Unidisc tracks by Bohannon, Nick Straker, Indeep, Shannon, Musique, and Sharon Redd. Legendary O Records is represented by the Flirts and Divine. Most of the rest of the content is from the Sony Family, with too-familiar stuff from Labelle, Cheryl Lynn, etc., though you do get Billy Paul's seldom-seen 1977 revival of Jerry Butler's "Only the Strong Survive."

There are a few odd-label choices like Evelyn Thomas,
Imagination, Shirley & Co., John Paul Young,
and Timex Social Club. ALL of the above-mentioned are the original versions you heard at the time they were popular.

Then...unfortunately...THERE ARE SOME REMAKES.
The tracks by Gloria Gaynor, Amii Stewart, George McCrae, Scotch, Kano, and Tony Esposito are all re-recordings done in the 1990s.

All songs except three are the "single edit" versions that would have been used for 7" singles releases and radio play. You do get a 5:41 version of Indeep's great "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life." The O records tracks by Divine (6:26) and The Flirts (5:00) are possibly the 12" single tracks?

DISC ONE

PATRICK HERNANDEZ Born to Be Alive
SYLVESTER You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
OTTAWAN D.I.S.C.O.
CARL DOUGLAS Kung Fu Fighting
MICHAEL ZAGER BAND Let's All Chant
ODYSSEY Going Back to My Roots
EARTH WIND & FIRE Boogie Wonderland
DAN HARTMAN Relight My Fire
JACKSONS Can You Feel It
BILLY PAUL Only The Strong Survive
WEATHER GIRLS It's Raining Men
REAL THING You to Me Are Everything
TINA CHARLES I Love to Love
SHAREN REDD Can You Handle It
GLORIA GAYNOR Never Can Say Goodbye (RE)

DISC TWO

LABELLE Lady Marmalade
WILD CHERRY Play That Funky Music
CHERYL LYNN Got to Be Real
EARTH WIND & FIRE Let's Groove
BILLY OCEAN Stay the Night
JACKSONS Blame It on the Boogie
SHIRLEY & CO. Shame, Shame, Shame
BOHANNON Disco Stomp
ANITA WARD Ring My Bell
SHALAMAR Second Time Around
AMII STEWART Knock on Wood (RE)
GEORGE McCRAE Rock My No. 1's Medley (RE)
JOHN PAUL YOUNG Love Is In the Air
NICK STRAKER BAND A Walk in the Park
EARTH & FIRE Weekend

DISC THREE

HOT CHOCOLATE You Sexy Thing
INDEEP Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
MUSIQUE In the Bush
EVELYN THOMAS High Energy
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCH Don't Bring Me Down
FLIRTS Passion
DIVINE Shoot Your Shot
SCOTCH Disco Band (RE)
KANO Another Life (RE)
M Pop Musik
SHANNON Let the Music Play
TIMES SOCIAL CLUB Rumors
TONY ESPOSITO Kalimba de Luna (RE)
IMAGINATION Just an Illusion
THREE DEGREES Dirty Ol' Man
Review Date: 1/8/2017

1) KC & SUNSHINE BAND -- Shake Your Booty (3:09)
2) T-CONNECTION -- Do What You Wanna Do (3:31)
3) RITCHIE FAMILY -- Quiet Village (3:09)
4) PETER BROWN -- Do You Wanna Get Funky.. (3:45)
5) CHIC -- Dance, Dance, Dance (8:24)
6) TRAMMPS -- Disco Inferno (3:36)
7) CERRONE -- Supernature (3:50)
8) TUXEDO JCTN -- Chattanooga Choo Choo (7:10)
9) ST. TROPEZ -- One More Minute (7:11)
10) PETER BROWN -- Dance With Me (3:48)
Review Date: 5/14/2014

DOO WOP 45S ON CD VOL. 11

FLAMINGOS Dream of a Lifetime
MELLO KINGS Chapel on the Hill
PARAMOUNTS Shedding Teardrops
CHANNELS Flames in My Heart
FIVE SATINS A Night to Remember
JESTERS Please Let Me Love You
KODAKS Kingless Castle
CAMELOTS Dance Girl
WHISPERS Fool Heart
CHANDELIERS Dolly
SEQUINS Don't Fall in Love
MINT JULEPS Bells of Love
CHARTS Why Do You Cry
CHARMERS Tony My Darling
G-CLEFS 'Cause You're Mine
SMOOTH TONES Dear Diary
BLUE NOTES She Is Mine
LEE ANDREWS/HEARTS Bells of St. Mary
LOVE NOTES If I Could Make You Mine
VIC DONNA/PARAKEETS Teenage Rose
SILHOUETTES Heading for the Poor House
MELLO MOODS I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
FOUR HAVEN KNIGHTS In My Lonely Room
SWANS My True Love
LADDINS Did It

Review Date: 3/30/2018

DOO WOP 45S ON CD VOL. 6

FI-TONES I Belong to You
FIVE SATINS Oh Happy Day
DELROYS Bermuda Shorts
JIVE FIVE These Golden Rings
KODAKS Little Boy and Girl
PARAGONS So You Will Know
SEQUINS Why Can't You Treat Me Right
CLICKETTES To Be a Part of You
UNIQUE TEENS At the Ball
CORDOVANS Come on Baby
NUTMEGS Key to the Kingdom
PYRAMIDS Hot Dog Dooly Wah
LEE ANDREWS/HEARTS Just Suppose
LEWIS LYMON/TEENCHORDS Lydia
LADDERS Hey Pretty Baby
CORVAIRES True True Love
PARAGONS Vows of Love
CHANNELS Now You Know
PARKTOWNS That Day Will Never Come
SENIORS Evening Shadows Falling
TELLERS I Wanna Run to You
COLLEGIANS Heavenly Night
LADDERS My Love Has Gone
MISTAKES Chapel Bells
NUTMEGS Whispering Sorrows
Review Date: 3/30/2018

DOO WOP 45S ON CD VOL. 15

ROYALTONES Crazy Love
SUNBEAMS Tell Me Why
EXCELS Baby Doll
SOLITAIRES You've Sinned
PATTY/EMBLEMS Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl
FLAMINGOS I'm Yours
HEARTS All My Love Belongs to You
TURBANS Bingo
RUTH McFADDEN/SUPREMES Darling Listen to the Words of This Song
MAGNIFICENT FOUR The Closer You Are
BONNEVILLES Zu Zu
SUBURBANS I Remember
EARLS I Believe
JACKIE/STARLITES Way Up in the Sky
EDSELS Three Precious Words
SOLITAIRES Nothing Like a Little Love
FI-TONES My Faith
DELL-VIKINGS I'm Spinning
SKYHAWKS Love Me Right
MISTAKES I Got Fired
VALENTINES Tonight Kathleen
LADDINS Now You're Gone
BOP CHORDS Baby
LEE ANDREWS/HEARTS Never the Less
JIVE FIVE Do You Hear Wedding Bells
Review Date: 3/30/2018

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