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Eric K. (SoulfulStuff)
Reviewed on 2/4/2019...

ULTIMATE PARTY MEGAMIX BOX (3 CDs)

This unusual 3-disc import set collects a variety of
"medley" recordings from the 1980s and 90s. Probably the
most recognizable "artists" involved are Stars on 45 and
Jive Bunny. There are also Billboard-charted medleys of
60s hits ("Back to the 60s" by Tight Fit, Hot 100 #89, 1981)
and Four Seasons hits ("Seasons of Gold" by Gidea Park,
Hot 100 #82, 1982).

Five of the included medleys are credited to Stars on 45,
the Dutch session players who achieved a USA #1 1981 hit
with their seamless blend of "Venus"/"Sugar, Sugar"
and a bunch of Beatles songs. That big hit is NOT
among the tracks offered here. (The "Beatles Medley" on
Disc 1 includes the Beatles songs that were on the USA hit,
plus some others, minus "Venus"/"Sugar, Sugar").
Trivia note: When Stars on 45 hit #1 in Billboard, it
replaced Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" which had been
at #1 for five weeks. After just one week
at #1, though, Stars on 45 relinquished the top spot
BACK to Ms. Carnes, who then held it for four MORE weeks
with B.D. Eyes.

Jive Bunny & The Mixmasters was a UK novelty act who
scored three British #1 hits in 1989, including "Swing the Mood"
and "That's What I Like," which ARE included on this set.

And there's a decided UK flavor to much of the content.
Medleys of hits by Gary Glitter, T Rex, Mungo Jerry, Imagination,
The Sweet, and Bay City Rollers!

CAUTION: In their wisdom (?), the compilers of this set decided to
present the selections in non-stop, segued sequence. In some cases,
a bit of crossfade means that the final notes of one medley are
laid over the beginning notes of the next medley. This is fine if
you are listening to the set straight through. But if you want to
isolate individual tracks, you may find that the beginning of the
track you want includes fading-out notes from the previous cut.


DISC ONE

JIVE BUNNY -- That's What I Like (Hawaii 5-0/Let's Twist Again/
Wipeout/Great Balls of Fire/Johnny B. Goode/Good Golly Miss Molly/
The Twist/Summertime Blues/Razzle Dazzle/Runaround Sue/Chantilly Lace)

STARS ON 45 -- ABBA Medley (Voulez Vous/S.O.S./Bang A Boomerang/
Money Money Money/Knowing Me Knowing You/Fernando/Winner Takes It All/
Super Trouper)

GIDEA PARK -- Beach Boys Gold (California Girls/Wouldn't It Be Nice/
Help Me Rhonda/Little Girl I Once Knew/All Summer Long/Catch a Wave/
I Get Around/Little Girl from Pasadena/Fun, Fun, Fun/Sloop John B/
Dance Dance Dance/Good Vibrations)

TIGHT FIT -- Back To The 60s (Pretty Woman/Dancing In The Streets/
Black Is Black/Bend Me Shape Me/You Really Got Me/All Day & All Of the Night/
Hippy Hippy Shake/Pretty Woman/Mony Mony/Doo Wah Diddy/Sherry/Stay/
Big Girls Don't Cry/Proud Mary/Pretty Woman (Reprise))

STARS ON 45 -- Beatles Medley (Ticket to Ride/Hard Day's Night/Please
Please Me/From Me To You/I Want to Hold Your Hand/My Sweet Lord/Get Back/
No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want to Know a Secret/We Can
Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You're Gonna Lose
That Girl/Daytripper/Eleanor Rigby)

GIDEA PARK -- Seasons Of Gold (Sherry/Big Girls Don't Cry/I've Got You
Under My Skin/Working My Way Back to You/Dawn/Rag Doll/Will You Still
Love Me Tomorrow/Let's Hang On)

ALL THE KING'S MEN -- Elvis Medley (King Creole/Teddy Bear/Don't Be Cruel/
Return To Sender/Let's Have A Party/Hound Dog/Rock Baby/Blue Suede Shoes/
I Need Your Love Tonight)

JIVE BUNNY -- Swing The Mood (In The Mood/Rock Around The Clock/
Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie/Wake Up Little Suzie/C'Mon Everybody/Hound Dog/
Shake, Rattle And Roll/All Shook Up/Jailhouse Rock/At The Hop/
Pennsylvania 6-5000)

T.REXTASY -- T-Rex Megamix (Telegram Sam/Metal Guru/Hot Love)

THE SWEET MEGAMIX -- (Blockbuster/Teenage Rampage/Fox On The Run/
Love Is Like Oxygen/Little Willy/Hellraiser/Ballroom Blitz)

GARY GLITTER --The Leader Rocks On (I'm The Leader Of The Gang/
Come On, Come In, Get On/Rock On/I Didn't Know I Loved You/
Didn't I Do It Right/Do You Wanna Touch Me/Hello, Hello, I'm Back)


DISC TWO

UK MIX MASTERS -- Nite Fever Megamix (Night Fever/Jive Talking/
Staying Alive/You Should Be Dancing/Disco Inferno)

RIGHT SAID FRED -- Don't Talk, Just Kiss (No idea why this is on
here, as it's not a medley at all. It is the second single released
by the British trio, a follow-up to their smash "I'm Too Sexy" (1991).
It reached #3 in the UK but only #76 on the Billboard Hot 100).

CLUB LATINO -- Lambada (Somewhat generic version, accordion and all,
probably from early 90s. 6:21 in length).

JIVE BUNNY -- Hot Summer Salsa Medley (The JB Groove/Everybody Salsa/
Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey/La Bamba/Hot Hot Hot/Best Years of Our Lives)

IMAGINATION -- Imagination Megamix (Music and Lights/Just An Illusion/
So Good So Right/Flashback)

SUPREMES -- SUPREMES MEGAMIX (Produced by Ian Levine; definitely a
post-Diana Ross version of the group) (Stop In The Name Of Love/You
Keep Me Hanging On/Baby Love/Where Did Our Love Go)

FLASHBACK BAND -- Atlantic/Stax Tribute (In The Midnight Hour/
Mustang Sally/Respect/Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)/Green Onions/
Soul Man/Gimme Some Lovin'/Sweet Soul Music)

STARS ON 45 -- Stevie Wonder Medley (Uptight/My Cherie Amour/
Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yester-Day/Master Blaster/You Are The Sunshine
Of My Life/Isn't She Lovely/Sir Duke/I Was Made To Love Her/For Once In
My Life/Superstition/Sir Duke/Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing/A Place
In The Sun/Fingertips)

MOTOR CITY ALL-STARS -- Tribute To Motown (More Ian Levine) (Dancing
In The Street/It Takes Two/This Old Heart Of Mine/I Can't Help Myself/
Just A Little Misunderstanding/Heaven Must Have Sent You/My Guy/
Needle In A Haystack/He Was Really Saying Somethin'/Heatwave/
Stop Her On Sight)

MIKE BERRY -- Buddy Holly Medley (This is the 6-minute stereo version)
(That'll Be The Day/It's So Easy/Maybe Baby/Everyday/Heartbeat/Peggy Sue/
That'll Be The Day)

DAMIAN -- The Time Warp (Again, not a medley, just a "party" song, I guess.
Damian was a British musician. His rendition of the Rocky Horror classic
was a flop when first released in UK in 1987 and again when re-released
the following year. Finally, in 1989, a remixed version made it
to the Top 10 on the UK charts. Featured on this disc is the original
1987 version).

TRANSGLOBAL ZONE -- Mission: Impossible (Discofied and thankfully brief
1:30 version of the TV/movie theme).

STARS ON 45 -- Rolling Stones Medley Part 1 (Start Me Up/Sympathy For The
Devil/Brown Sugar/Jumping Jack Flash/Under My Thumb/Honky Tonk Women)

STARS ON 45 -- Rolling Stones Medley Part 2 (Gimme Shelter/She's a Rainbow/
Start Me Up/Angie)

VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Trojan Reggamix (Israelites/Help Me Make It Through
The Night/Everything I Own/Let Your Yeah Be Yeah/You Can Get It If You
Really Want)

TECHNOTRONIC -- Megamix (This Beat Is Technotronic/Get Up!/Rockin' Over
The Beat/Pump Up The Jam)


DISC THREE

JIVE BUNNY -- Can You Party (The Can Can/Daddy Cool/Greased Lightnin'/
Surfin' USA/Barbara Ann/Dancin' Party/Reet Petite)

ASHAYE -- Don't Stop Till You Get Enough Medley (Don't Stop Till You Get
Enough/Wanna Be Startin' Something/Rock With You/Billie Jean/Get On The
Floor)

ENIGMA -- Ain't No Stopping Medley (Ain't No Stopping Us Now/Jump to
The Beat/Use It Up (Wear It Out)/Oops Up Side Your Head/Car Wash/
The Hustle/I Will Survive/Ain't No Stopping Us Now)

KELLY MARIE -- Feels Like I'm In Love (6:30 Version of the 1980
disco hit)

CASABLANCA -- Tribute To Donna Summer (Love To Love You Baby/
I Feel Love/Love's Unkind/Hot Stuff/Bad Girls/On The Radio/
MacArthur Park/Last Dance/No More Tears (Enough Is Enough))

VISION MIXMASTERS -- The Power of Snap (The Power/Cult of Snap/
Mary Had A Little Boy/Ooops Up)

JIVE BUNNY -- Let's Swing Again (Chattanooga Choo Choo/Blue Suede
Shoes/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On/Who Put The Bomp/Boney
Maroney/Come On Let's Go/Bye Bye Love/This Girl Can't Help It/
Chattanooga Choo Choo)

CLUB LATINO -- Latin Dance Mix (Conga/Bamboleo/El Porompero/
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You/Cuba)

BAY CITY ROLLERS MEGAMIX (Shang A Lang/Bye Bye Baby/Give A
Little Love)

MUNGO JERRY -- Dance Rave Mix (In The Summertime/Lady Rose/
Alright Alright Alright/Hello Nadine)

VISION MIXMASTERS -- Immaculate Mix (Vogue/Open Your Heart/
Into The Groove/Holiday/Like a Prayer/Express Yourself/
Causing A Commotion/Like A Virgin/Papa Don't Preach)

JACK DANSON & MARSHA RAVEN -- Tribute to Rod & Tina (Proud Mary/
You're In My Heart/Nutbush City Limits/Maggie May/River Deep
Mountain High/This Old Heart Of Mine/Some Guys Have All The Luck/
Simply The Best)

ROCOCO -- Italo House Mix (Ride On time/Numero Uno/Mantra For
A State Of Mind/Sueno Latino/French Kiss/Pump Up The Jam/
Warning)

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