The Best of Midnight Star

Product Description
1994 hits comp for the '80s dance/ R&B group on Castle's Sequel label. 13 tracks, including their top 20 smash from 1985, 'Operator'.

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Average customer rating: A good start for your Midnight Star collection

Best of Midnight Star: Ten Best Series Midnight Star Manufacturer: EMI Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Klymaxx Old School Jams, Vol. 3 Best of Colonel Abrams Greatest Hits Let the Music Play: The Best of Shannon ASIN: B000064191 Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

1. Operator
2. Midas Touch
3. Scientific Love
4. No Parking On The Dance Floor
5. Body Snatchers
6. Freak-A-Zoid
7. Headlines
8. Wet My Whistle
9. Engine No. 9
10. I've Been Watching You

Customer Reviews:

A good start for your Midnight Star collection.......2006-07-03

If you're looking for a complete Midnight Star collection, there isn't one. Each `greatest hits" compilation has it's own strengths and weaknesses. After much research, I finally choose this "The Best of" compilation as part of my strategy to own the ultimate Midnight Star collection.

Formerly a club DJ in the 80's, I was interested in only album or extended mixes. This CD included what I believe to be album cuts of Scientific Love and Engine No. 9; two must haves rarely found on other compilations. It also includes album cuts of Operator, Midas Touch, Headlines, & Wet My Whistle. Missing from this collection is Don't Rock The Boat and Electricity. One disappointment was the single mix of Freak-a-zoid.

With this CD I'll need to also purchase and download single mp3 extended mix versions of Freak-a-zoid, Electricity, Don't Rock the Boat, and possibly Operator to complete my ultimate Midnight Star collection. The best selling point about this CD is the price. At just $7 it represents a great value!

Average customer rating: GREAT SOUND QUALITY AND FULL VERSIONS Great collection.

Midas Touch: The Best of Midnight Star Midnight Star Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006JTC9 Release Date: 2002-12-24

Tracks:

1. Make It Last
2. I've Been Watching You
3. Hot Spot
4. Freak-A-Zoid
5. Wet My Whistle
6. No Parking (On the Dance Floor)
7. Operator
8. Body Snatchers
9. Headlines
10. Midas Touch
11. Don't Rock the Boat

Album Description

Pioneering a unique blend of Synth Pop and Funk, Midnight Star was signed to Solar Records, the home of Shalamar and the Whispers. Includes the US hit 'No Parking On The Dance Floor' and 'Freak A Zoid' and the UK top 10 hit 'Midas Touch'. BMG. 2002.

Album Details

The Best of the Pioneering Synth Funk Band and One of the Major Stars of the Solar Records Galaxy. Includes the Hits "no Parking on the Dancefloor", "Freak-a-zoid" and "Midas Touch".

Customer Reviews:

GREAT SOUND QUALITY AND FULL VERSIONS.......2004-04-02

The sound quality of this compilation CD is great compared to all others out there for Midnight Star. The extended versions of all the songs are included which also adds to the CD's appeal. These days, it's hard to find a good compilation CD with full length versions in high quality sound. However, I wish they would have used the original album version of Freak-a-zoid (instead of or in addition to the re-mixed version) since it is 8:00 minutes itself thereby qualifying as an extended version. The song Midas Touch in it's extended version here (which I hadn't heard before) offers so much more than the single and was very nicely done with a gerat break beat about half way through.

Great collection........2003-05-05

This is a great collection of some of my favorite Midnight Star songs. This is a much better collection that the domestic 'best of' CD since it contains all the full length jams.

Average customer rating: A Magical Christmas Album ! my CD of the year Capturing the Mood of Christmas

Down Came an Angel Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Celtic Dialogue Mark Twain: A Film Directed by Ken Burns West The Civil War - Traditional American Songs And Instrumental Music Featured In The Film By Ken Burns: Original Soundtrack Recording ASIN: B00000JLL0 Release Date: 1999-09-07

Tracks:

1. The Cherry Tree Carol
2. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
3. A Virgin Most Pure
4. I Heard From Heaven Today
5. Bright Morning Stars Are Rising
6. Babe Of Bethlehem
7. Down Came An Angel
8. Away In A Manger
9. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
10. Jehovah, Hallelujah
11. The Blessings Of Mary
12. Brightest And Best
13. I Wonder As I Wander
14. We Three Kings Of Orient Are
15. Mary, What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby?
16. Go Tell It On The Mountain
17. Rise Up, Shephard, And Follow

Customer Reviews:

A Magical Christmas Album !.......2004-12-14

Jacqueline Schwab's plaintive piano is recognized almost immediately as the background music for Ken Burns' reknowned public broadcasting films covering Baseball and the Civil War...in this disc, she turns her considerable talents to the soothing, ethereal hymns, carols, and spirituals of the Christmas season. Upon my first hearing, I was reminded of my sitting in the parlour of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church's parsonage as the wife of the Pastor effortlessly, without benefit of sheet music, tinkered with the old-but-finely-tuned upright piano, playing Christmas hymns that made me weep. This disc is a gift. I defy you to listen to it and not be moved to your heart.

my CD of the year.......2002-11-25

Jacqueline Schwab's Down Came an Angel wins my best album of the year award (which goes to the best CD I first heard this year). This is Christmas music as it should be. Even without words, these recordings of these songs speak more to my heart and to the meaning of the season than I have heard music do in a long, long time.

Mrs. Schwab's playing has an unbelievable emotional (and I would argue spiritual) range. She is introspective one moment, exuberant the next, and then quietly adoring in the next. Rarely have I been so consistently impressed by an artist.

There are many highlights on this album, but the one that cries out to be heard is Mrs. Schwab's Away in a Manger--if I had a song of the year award, it would go to this song. This is music of hope for a hopeful season. Dorian's sound is, as usual (I'm going to start writing "of course" instead of "as usual"), outstanding.

Get a copy of Down Came an Angel--this is music at its best.

Capturing the Mood of Christmas.......1999-12-25

I first heard An Angel Came Down on KFUO-FM here in St Louis. I was transfixed. The solo piano captured the mood of each Christmas song, with strong hints of melody weaving in with light hints of melody - always serene.

Average customer rating: i love it

The Best Of Christmas Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Franck, César | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000025F8U Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

1. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Russian State Chorus
2. Holy City - Russian State Chorus
3. Holiday Concerto, No. 15 - Russian State Chorus
4. What Child Is This - Russian State Chorus
5. Good King Wenceslas - Russian State Chorus
6. Amen Chorus - Russian State Chorus
7. Panis Angelicus - Russian State Chorus
8. Oh Holy Night - Russian State Chorus
9. Amazing Grace - Russian State Chorus
10. Quiet Light - Russian State Chorus
11. Praise the Lord's Name - Russian State Chorus
12. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Russian State Chorus
13. Ave Maria - Russian State Chorus
14. Hallelujah Chorus - Russian State Chorus

Tracks:

1. O Come All Ye Faithful - The Red Army Chorus
2. O Little Town of Bethlehem - The Red Army Chorus
3. O Tannenbaum - The Red Army Chorus
4. Carol of the Bells - The Red Army Chorus
5. Pray to the Lord - The Red Army Chorus
6. Holly and the Ivy - The Red Army Chorus
7. Once in a Royal David's City - The Red Army Chorus
8. 12 Days of Christmas - The Red Army Chorus
9. Ave Maria - The Red Army Chorus
10. Ding, Dong, Merrily on High - The Red Army Chorus
11. White Christmas - The Red Army Chorus
12. First Noel - The Red Army Chorus
13. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - The Red Army Chorus
14. On the Day Christ Was Born - The Red Army Chorus
15. Singing Angels - The Red Army Chorus
16. Joy to the World - The Red Army Chorus
17. Auld Lang Syne - The Red Army Chorus
18. Hooray for Christmas - The Red Army Chorus

Tracks:

1. Jingle Bells
2. I Saw Three Ships
3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
4. Silent Night
5. I Walked Away
6. Kaliada
7. Deck the Halls
8. Toyland
9. Let It Snow
10. Concerto (We Praised the Lord)
11. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
12. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
13. Lone Star
14. Away in the Manger
15. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
16. We Sing for You, The Happy Child
17. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
18. Little Drummer Boy
19. Jingle Bell Rock

Customer Reviews:

i love it.......2007-01-09

it is wonderful music. thank you very much. i really love it!

Average customer rating: Extended album versions here decent cross selection of the group's earlier music

The Best of Midnight Star Midnight Star Manufacturer: Sequel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000024FM3 Release Date: 1996-04-23

Tracks:

1. I've Been Watching You
2. I Won't Let You Be Lonely
3. Hot Spot
4. Wet My Whistle
5. Headlines
6. Midas Touch
7. Don't Rock The Boat
8. Feels So Good
9. Curios
10. Playmates
11. Let's Celebrate
12. Scientific Love
13. Operator

Album Description

1994 hits comp for the '80s dance/ R&B group on Castle's Sequel label. 13 tracks, including their top 20 smash from 1985, 'Operator'.

Album Description

1994 hits comp for the '80s dance/ R&B group on Castle's Sequel label. 13 tracks, including their top 20 smash from 1985, 'Operator'.

Customer Reviews:

Extended album versions here.......2005-03-19

If you're thinking "why should I choose this Midnight Star collection over the others?", this CD won't disappoint you. I discovered 2 rewards from this album: "Wet My Whistle" and "Playmates". These 2 songs are actually longer versions that what's on their original album No Parking on the Dance Floor. It's strange how the liner notes don't even mention that these 2 songs are extended versions.
Even if you have all Midnight Star's albums, you still need to get this compilation for the "extended" versions.

decent cross selection of the group's earlier music.......1999-01-02

Fairly decent selection of music. It's difficult to locate tracks like "I've Been Watching You" from early LP "Standing Together," one of group's better efforts.

Average customer rating: Wet My Whistle

The Best of Midnight Star: Wet My Whistle Midnight Star and Calloway Manufacturer: Sanctuary UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002JU7F2 Release Date: 2004-12-06

Tracks:

1. I've Been Watching You
2. I Won't Let You Be Lonely
3. Hot Spot
4. Wet My Whistle
5. Feels So Good
6. Curious
7. Playmates
8. Let's Celebrate
9. Scientific Love
10. Operator
11. Headlines
12. Midas Touch
13. Don't Rock the Boat

Album Description

Details TBA. Sanctuary. 2004.

Album Details

Midnight Star was Formed by the Calloway Brothers, Reggie and Vincent, at Kentucky State University, Along with Vocalist Belinda Lipscomb. After Some Success, the Trio Fleshed Out to a Septet and Finally Hit it Big with their Third Album "no Parking on the Dance Floor". It Yielded the Hit Singles "Freak a Zoid' as Well as the Title Track. The Success Streak Continued for Two More Albums, When the Calloway Brothers Decided to Go it on their Own and Formed the Group Calloway. Subsequently, They Hit on their Own with "i Wanna Be Rich" and were Some of the Most In-demand Producers Among R&B Acts. This Convenient Disc Collects Both Groups' Hits on a Single Disc.

Customer Reviews:

Wet My Whistle.......2006-08-22

I originally bought this disc for the 5+ minutes version of "Playmates." For me "Playmates" is a very infectuous dance tune. Overall, a very good import disc - Funny how we have to go overseas for better "American" product. Four stars!

Average customer rating: All The Jams It's magnificent.It brings back all the good memories. GOOD DANCE ALBUM, IF YOU DONT HAVE IT YOU SHOULD GET IT

The Very Best of Midnight Star Midnight Star Manufacturer: Castle Music UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000725P Release Date: 1999-01-12

Customer Reviews:

All The Jams.......2000-03-30

Midnight Star always had a Jam and now they are all here on this set.No Parking On The Dance FLoor you could do the SMurf off of it&Pop to it.Midas Touch is the jam as well.Slow Jam,Wet my whistle are also tight.Synth FUnk early 80's style.

It's magnificent.It brings back all the good memories........1999-06-11

All the tracks I love happened to be on this album.Also I will be grateful if you can help me know the artist of these songs;ELECTRIC BOOGIE,LAST NIGHT DJ SAVE MY LIFE.

GOOD DANCE ALBUM, IF YOU DONT HAVE IT YOU SHOULD GET IT.......1999-05-15

YOU'LL REMEMBER ALL THE SONGS IF YOU EVER WENT SKATING AND ARE IN THE AGES OF 20 TO 30. ONCE YOU HEAR NO PARKING ON THE DANCE FLOOR, OPERATOR, AND FREAKAZOID YOU BE GLAD YOU GOT THIS ALBUM. ALSO SLOW JAM IS ON THERE WHICH WAS REDONE BY USHER, YOULL LOVE THIS VERSION TOO.

Average customer rating: Um-hum, um-hum um-hum....

Best of Midnight Star Midnight Star Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003PGZ Release Date: 1995-04-18

Customer Reviews:

Um-hum, um-hum um-hum...........1998-05-09

This group is competant, but Curious is really one of the only songs that will excite you. Their stuff is funky and at other times quirky. Curious is definitely solid though, it almost sounds like it really isn't them.

Average customer rating:

Best of Christmas Various Artists Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00006L3JD Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

1. O Holy Night - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
2. Joy To The World - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
3. Ave Maria - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
4. O Christmas Tree - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
5. We Three Kings Of Orient Are - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
6. A Child Is Born In Bethlehem - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
7. Shepherds Left Their Flocks A-Straying - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
8. O Christmas, You Season Of Childlike Delight - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
9. Thy Little Ones, Dear Lord, Are We - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
10. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
11. Dear Nightingale Awak - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
12. Ding, Dong, Merrily On High - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
13. You Green And Glittering Tree, Good Day - The Sacrum Chamber Choir
14. While By My Sheep I Watched At Night - The Sacrum Chamber Choir

Tracks:

1. Deck The Halls
2. Coventry Carol
3. The Friendly Beasts
4. Amen
5. I Saw Three Ships
6. Cherry Tree Carol
7. He Is Sleeping In A Manger
8. Blest Are The Pure In Heart
9. As Lately We Watch
10. Little Jesus Lay A-Sleeping
11. Angels O'er The Fields Were Singing
12. Christmas
13. The Cricket's Christmas
14. Ring Little Bells
15. Above On The Mountain
16. When Christmas Morn Is Dawning
17. The Christmas Tree With Its Candles Gleaming
18. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
19. Come Running, You Shepherds
20. How Brightly Shines The Morning Star
21. We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Tracks:

1. Silent Night, Holy Night
2. What Child Is This?
3. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
4. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
5. A Virgin Unspotted
6. Sleep, O Sleep My Lovely Child
7. Touro-Louro-Louro
8. What Is This Perfume So Appealing?
9. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
10. On Christmas Night
11. Away In A Manger
12. La Marche Des Rois
13. Whom Of Old The Shepherds Praised
14. Maria Wanders Through The Thorn
15. I Am So Glad On Christmas Eve
16. Hark The Herald Angels Sing
17. Angels We Have Heard
18. O Holy Night
19. I Hear The Bells On Christmas Day
20. O Thou Joyful Day

Average customer rating:

Best of Midnight Star Midnight Star Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000A2PFWQ Release Date: 1996-11-21

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