Funk Deluxe [Import] [Limited Edition]

1. Dance It Off

2. Tender Lovin'

3. This Time

4. Partime Lover

5. Take It To The Top

6. She's What I Need

7. Friends

8. Dance It Off (Remix)

9. This Time (12" Mix)

Funk Deluxe,Various Artists,Zyx,Dance

Standing in the Shadows of Motown: Deluxe Edition
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Unsung heros of the Motown era

The Funk Brothers Accompaniment Tracks

Get this!!

Can't stop dancing

Classic Motown

Standing in the Shadows of Motown: Deluxe Edition
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Breakfast in Bed

ASIN: B00021LPLA
Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

Heat Wave
You've Really Got A Hold On Me
Do You Love Me
Bernadette
Reach Out I'll Be There
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Shotgun
What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
You Keep Me Hanging On
Cool Jerk
Cloud Nine
What's Going On
Band Introduction / Ain't No Mountain High Enough
The Flick
Boom Boom
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
Scorpio

Tracks:

Funk Brothers In The House
Standing In The Shadows Of Love
Dialogue: Joe Hunter
The One Who Really Loves You
Pride And Joy
Dialogue: Robert White
My Girl
Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart
Don't Mess With Bill
The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
Dialogue: Eddie Willis, Uriel Jones & Jack Ashford
I Second That Emotion
I Was Made To Love Her
Dialogue: Richard "Pistol" Allen
Heard It Through The Grapevine
Home Cookin'
For Once In My Life
Dialogue: Jack Ashford
I Can't Get Next To You
It's A Shame
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Dialogue: Eddie WIllis
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Dialogue: Lamont Dozier
You're My Everything

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Unsung heros of the Motown era.......2007-07-14

If you liked "the Motown Sound" you will be pleased to listen to the great studio musicians who were the creators of this unique, magical music. It was a surprise at first to learn that all the great Motown singers were backed up in the studio by the same incredible musicians. These CDs contain the original band of musical brothers backing up our finest young contemporary singer-artists. Much of the music was recorded live, in concert for a very lucky audience. I wish I had been there. This collection puts you there for awhile.
You could do like I have done and purchase the documentary film on dvd for your television and the CDs for your ipod.

The Funk Brothers Accompaniment Tracks.......2007-07-08

I was familiar with the movie and soundtrack, "Standing in the Shadows of Motown", and thoroughly enjoyed them both. The second disc of this set with naked instrumental remixes of the original Motown hits was a welcome suprise. In particular, hearing the bass work of James Jamerson was like a master lesson in bass playing.

Get this!!.......2007-07-05

This is great. The Funk Brothers can still cook. Liner notes are a great read. Backing tracks on disc 2 are very interesting and fun to listen to. The performances on disc 1 from the Standing in the Shadows movie are all very good. You can tell however that the voice of the late David Ruffin is sorely missed in Aint to Proud to Beg.
Get it.....it will have you dancin'.

Can't stop dancing.......2007-04-13

I purchased this CD after watching the movie. I was not disappointed! My 7 year old daughter claims that she doesn't like Mom's music and there was no way she'd be dancing when I played it. Well, she couldn't sit down! I love to dance and I love upbeat music. This is highly recommended to anyone who likes something funky to move to. Get it!

Classic Motown.......2007-03-08

I bought this CD after previously buying the DVD and watching the documentary of the Funk Brothers. Joan Osborne (whom I never heard of before this album or DVD was released) is astounding. Her rendition of "What becomes of the broken hearted" is unmatched by anyone ever. The CD sounds excellent and could not be improved in any way. Instrumental's like "Bernadette" are very well crafted with different instruments coming in as the song requires. I would buy this one again or for gifts as it is one you won't put in your CD file and not play again. I keep my copy in my car and play it several times a week. It's great fun and professionally packaged..one of the best packaged CD's I have seen so far. They did a good job on this one and it shows...in every way.

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Marvin@his best
It's True!!!
GROWN AND SEXY FOR REAL
Loved it
Loved it

I Want You [2 CD DELUXE EDITION]
Marvin Gaye
Manufacturer: Motown
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Let's Get It On [Deluxe Edition]
What's Going On
Here, My Dear
In Our Lifetime
Midnight Love

ASIN: B00009QI3S
Release Date: 2003-07-29

Tracks:

I Want You
Come Live With Me Angel
After The Dance
Feel All My Love Inside
I Wanna Be Where You Are
I Want You (Intro Jam)
All The Way Around
Since I Had You
Soon I'll Be Loving You Again
I Want You
After The Dance
I Want You (Vocal)
I Want You (Instrumental)
Strange Love (Feel All My Love Inside)

Tracks:

I Want You (Vocal & Rhythm)
Come Live With Me Angel
After The Dance
Feel All My Love Inside
I Wanna Be Where You Are
I Want You
All The Way Around
Since I Had You
Soon I'll Be Loving You Again
I Want You
After The Dance
I Wanna Be Where You Are
You Are The Way You Are
Is Anybody Thinking About Their Living?

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Marvin@his best.......2006-06-23

Many people know Marvin Gaye for his top ten hits (What's going, Sexual healing, etc...) But there are lot of people who have not heard his other work (what a shame). I remember the first time I heard Marvin Gaye was in college. My roommate and I were both from Chicago attending college in the "dirty south" He told me that Sunday's would be resevred for playing only Jazz and other types of music (no hip hop for 24 hours ,damn!!). So when he put in the Marvin Gaye, I Want You tape, I was like "damn, who is that". I was amazed by his vocals and the sound of the music he was singing over, I never heard anything like this in my life.

I have just about every Marvin Gaye album and this is one of my favorites. Me being from Chicago and seeing pimpin first hand, I was just taken by the his singing of the line " I want you, the right baby, like I want you, but I want you to want me to. Classic, just classic. Both discs offer a different sound to each song that you will enjoy. After I listen to this cd, I realize why I don't like today's RB These fools can't singing (ok, maybe R.Kelly and John Lengend is good). When a new artist signs a record deal, a contract requirement should be for then to listen to any Marvin Gaye cd before recording. Marvin is the only artist (I've heard)that can sing his own background vocals and do it like its another person singing ( after I read that he had problems with the industry and paying other people and he still wasn't getting paid. He went for self). His voice is amazing and this is what make me appreciate his music even more.

If your thinking about buying this album, stop thinking about it and do it. This is a must have.

Other Marvin Gaye albums to get are Hear My Dear,In Our Lifetime and The Trouble Man Soundtrack.

It's True!!!.......2006-05-31

I thought about buying the Deluxe edition of this album for a while...
Then I read the reviews here and they persuaded me to do it...
man, did I ever make a great decision. Thanks a bunch reviewers. The second CD
is fantastic..
It's really worth it... this is some of the best soul you'll ever hear...
buy it now... buy it now...

GROWN AND SEXY FOR REAL.......2006-05-13

Although it's a far change from "What's Going On", this is most definitely baby making music, safe to say. Everything about the sound of this album, from the outstanding drum, bass, and conga drum arrangements, to the album cover (which was the same painting used on the opening to "Good Times") can set a mood for a house party where you been trying to get at somebody for almost the whole night. Nothing says this more than the title track, where Marvin describes the object of his affection but doesn't have all her attention. Later on in the album, the sounds enhanced by soft guitar riffs and moans of passion only intensify the feeling of finally reaching that special someone on what may be the most explicit songs of the album, "Feel All My Love Inside" and "Since I Had You". On a real note, if you think this is something, listen to "Let's Get It On" (you already know). But if you don't have that, then at least this is a must for any date.

Loved it.......2006-03-02

The six inches of space that Mr. Marvin Gaye commanded between his mouth and the microphone was a vacuum that no one could come in between. The alternate outtakes of disc 2 is worth the price alone, along with the last two cuts, which were like peering into the psyche of Gaye and what was going on in his mind during the sessions of this classic album.

Loved it.......2006-03-02

Street Songs (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

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Old Times(Good Times) Revisited....
"PASS THE R!"
Hands down, the best
Incredible live cd...motown bad decision
RICK JAMES WAS IN A LEAGUE BY HIMSELF

Street Songs (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Rick James
Manufacturer: Motown
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005O6HV
Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

Give It To Me Baby
Ghetto Life
Make Love To Me
Mr. Policeman
Super Freak
Fire And Desire (with Teena Marie)
Call Me Up
Below The Funk Pass (Pass The J)
Give It To Me Baby (12" mix)
Give It To Me Baby (instrumental)
Super Freak (12" mix)
Super Freak (instrumental)

Tracks:

Introduction (live)
Ghetto Life (live)
Big Time (live)
Come Into My Life (live)
I'm A Sucker For Love (live; with Teena Marie)
Square Biz (live) - Teena Marie
Fire It Up (live)
Love Gun (live)
Do You Want Some Funk? (live)
Mary Jane (live)
Super Freak (live)
You And I (live)
Give It To Me Baby (live)

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Rick James later made ludicrous attempts to keep up with Prince, but on 1981's Street Songs he stands in no one's shadow. This is, of course, the album that gave us "Super Freak," but James also scores with several funk protest numbers, including the bitter "Mr. Policeman" and the celebratory "Below the Funk (Pass the J)." Prince ended up running a much longer way with the "punk funk" ball; still, James executed more than one or two good plays here. The new deluxe edition adds 12-inch mixes of "Give It to Me Baby" and "Super Freak" as well as a second disc featuring previously unreleased live material recorded in Long Beach, California, in July, 1981. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Old Times(Good Times) Revisited...........2006-08-25

This record is what made Rick James a bona fide superstar as well as earning him his status as an innovator in R&B music as he carefully crafted his music and career moving from the late 1970's into his prime during the early 1980's. I remember when the first single; "Give It To Me Baby", launched on radio; an instant 'hit' with its' rolling bassline, squiggling synthesizers, and spittin' horns(it was the first song I ever heard played back in 'surround' sound - and a great tune to demo any audio system with); followed by the album which also rapidly climbed up the charts. Then "Super Freak" quickly put him into the "a cut above" class and served as a template for much of what came later in the funk/rock genre and led up to the rap/hip-hop explosion which followed it. Much of the focus on James' career and music centered on the negative aspects and his personal problems as he tried to live the "bad boy" image and lifestyle he chronicled through his music. But with this deluxe reissue of his strongest studio album and the long - withheld live recording of the Rick James/Teena Marie/Stone City Band tour package that followed the album's release; you now get both sides of this multi - talented artist's total spectrum; both as a performer and a savvy studio producer/singer/musician - and controversial rebel; before that became the fashionable mode of promoting a musical career(although Prince worked it better than anyone else). The comparisons between the two 'revolutionaries' will always be made; however; since both artists employed the same basic marketing strategy and both effectively mined the funk/rock movement pioneered by Sly & The Family Stone in the late 60's(another one of rock's icons who parlayed his 'bad boy image' into commercial success). But while Prince delved into his personal self - created fantasy explorations in his studio productions; 'Slick Rick' focused more on his own life experiences growing up on the streets; as writer's material. And this record was his 'personal' musical statement; preserved for all to reflect on as we now move into the next millenium. This disc; more so than his other releases; best showed his maturity and growth; especially as a writer and vocalist(besides being a multi - instrumentalist and producer of his own albums and other artists as well); where in just eight tracks he covers numerous social topics along with, naturally; 'dancin' and 'romancin'. The additional disc of one of his live shows is a real bonus; and particularly memorable for me as well. I saw basically the same performance that's on the music CD; but at a different venue(in San Bernardino)on that summer's tour(the music video released recently is a slightly different presentation of nearly the same lineup of songs; recorded a while later). I had purchased a ticket for the show - but I unexpectedly bumped into a musical compatriot whose own band had recently signed with Motown(I'd helped out during some rehearsals)and was opening as the warmup act on several of the tour stops; but didn't have an engineer that night to handle the sound mix - so he grabbed me before I could make my way to the front entrance; hustled me backstage and got me a stage pass - I sold my ticket - went inside and mixed the 45-minute warmup set(and got some great backstage photos, to boot!) - then went out in front and enjoyed Rick & Teena's performance afterwards - and both acts were on fire that night! If you want one album(or the combo with the video)that epitomizes Rick James' musical impact and fully delivers on the 'punk funk' experience - either way; this is the real deal!

"PASS THE R!".......2006-02-12

Rick James is tha man!! Street Songs was his strongest lp, allowing Superfreak to reach the top 20 in the billboard as well as #4 on the R&B charts. "TEMPTATIONS SING!" Hammer really ruined it 9 years latter and Rick should have continued to get money from him. Give It To Me Baby (#1 R&B) and Ghetto Life are dancable tracks far from the disco scene, but my favorite from here is definitely Below The Funk (Pass The J) - Reppin' his hometown in this 2 and a half minute funky lp track. Fire & Desire with Teena Marie was what sparked Fire & definitley Desire for the whole album. Too bad this was never a single, but it is probaly the most famous lp track by the ol' boy Rick James!

Just git this cd!!! "It's a Celebration!!!"

Hands down, the best.......2004-10-01

With the release of 1981's "Street Songs", The king of Funk,the late, great Rick James was catapulted into superstardom, and now his memory is etched forever into the hearts and minds of millions of loyal followers. This is one of, if not THE best album of the 80s in the R&B/Pop genres, in addition to Prince's "Purple Rain". While people compare Rick James to Prince, and I am hooked on both, there is NO comparison, since each artist has his own unique ways of presentation. 23 years later, I still play this album, and it sounds as fresh and new as the first day I bought it. Possibly one of the best duets of all time, Rick and the lovely Ms. Teena Marie's "Fire and Desire" is reason enough alone to get this masterpiece. F&D is stunning, intoxicating and mezmerizing like no other duet. In the song "Ghetto Life". Rick tells it like it is, not based on fantasy, but his own personal reality. Despite the trials and tribulations that plagued his life, Rick is a legend, and always will be. Get this album while it is still readily available. Mr James may be physically gone, but he will always live in us through his music.

Incredible live cd...motown bad decision.......2004-09-22

Motown bad decision not to release this CD much earlier is really all their fault. What an incredible package I will admit, but the live CD should have been released much earlier. Now I wonder what kind of material is out there of Teena Marie and other Rick James' albums promoting Glow or The Flag or the Mary Jane Girls.

RICK JAMES WAS IN A LEAGUE BY HIMSELF.......2004-08-21

I LOVE PRINCE,, BUT DO NOT ,, DO NOT,, MAKE SUCH AN ABSURED COMMENT LIKE RICK WAS IN PRINCE'S SHADOWS. FOR THE PEOPLE WHOM RICK MADE HIS MUSIC FOR,, HE IS THE KING OF PUNK FUNK. YOU HAD TO HAVE REALLY BEEN THERE. FROM THE SUMMER OF 1978 TO 1984, RICK JAMES MUSIC OWNED THE HOOD NIGHT CLUBS AND DISCO'S. NOTHING GOT A PARTY JUMPING FASTER. I MET MY FUTURE WIFE SLOW DANCING AT RANDOM AT NTC SAN DIEGO TO FIRE AND DESIRE. RICK JAMES PUT DOWN THE FUNK. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE RICK JAMES AND LISTEN TO HIM 69 TIMES (INSIDE JOKE TO THOSE WHO REALLY LOVED HIS MUSIC) RICK JAMES WAS A WESTCOAST PHENONEMON. AND HIS MUSIC REPRESENTS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MORE THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST.

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Gangland: Deluxe Sound & Vision
Kool & The Gang
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00023PAXW
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

Kool & The Gang
Funky Stuff
N.T.
Street Corner Symphony
Hollywood Swinging
Rhyme Time People
Electric Frog Part 1
More Funky Stuff
Open Sesame
Come Together
Ladies Night
Steppin' Out
Celebration
Get Down On It
Fresh
Jungle Boogie
Breeze & Soul
Sea Of Tranquility
Wichita Lineman
I Remember John W Coltrane
Heaven At Once
Sugar
Whiting H & G
Summer Madness
Winter Sadness
You Don't Have To Change
Messenger Of Wisdom
Free
Take My Heart
Too Hot
Jones Vs Jones
Wild & Peaceful
Celebration (Video)
Get Down On It (Video)
Take My Heart (Video)
Fresh (Video)
Emergency (Video)
Let's Go Dancing (Video)
Tonight (Video)
Raindrops (Video)
Cherish (Video)
Big Fun (Video)
Strong (Video)

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This Deluxe Sound and Vision (2 CDs and One Dvd) Version of the Double CD Career Retrospective Now Comes Complete with an 11 Track Dvd.

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Funk Deluxe
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Zyx
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001ZW69C
Release Date: 2004-05-24

Tracks:

Dance It Off
Tender Lovin'
This Time
Partime Lover
Take It To The Top
She's What I Need
Friends
Dance It Off (Remix)
This Time (12" Mix)

The Best of The Atlantic Years (Deluxe 14 CD Box Set)

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A Showcase of Mann

The Best of The Atlantic Years (Deluxe 14 CD Box Set)
Herbie Mann
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005YDK9
Release Date: 2002-02-05

Tracks:

Waterbed
Comin' Home Baby
Paradise Music
Bang! Bang!
Deus Xango
Violet Don't Be Blue
I Got a Woman
Body Oil

Tracks:

Draw Your Breaks
Cajun Moon
Creepin'
Easter Rising
Asa Branea
Sound of Windwood
Cricket Dance
Butterfly in a Stone Garden
Anata (I Wish You Were Here With Me)

Tracks:

No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)
More Rice Than Peas, Please
Hey Ho
Honeydripper
Beat Goes On
Swinging Shepherd Blues
West African High Life
Dream Garden
Soul Montuno
Is Paris Burning?
To Sir, With Love
Hold Back (Just a Little)
Sports Car
I Get Along Without You Very Well
There Is a Mountain
Flight of the Bluebird
Yesterday's Kisses
Please Send Me Someone to Love
It Was a Very Good Year
Gloomy Sunday

Tracks:

Bird in a Silver Cage
Aria
Fly, Robin, Fly
Birdwalk
Years of Love
Piper
Rhythmatism
Once I Had a Love
Summer Strut
Welcome Sunrise
In the Summertime
You Are the Song
Flute Love

Tracks:

Ooh Baby
Philly Dog
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot [Live]
Mississippi Gambler [Live]
Dippermouth [Live]
Respect Yourself [Live]
I've Been Loving You Too Long [Live]
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [Live]

Tracks:

Right Now
Desafinado
Challil
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
Borquinho
Cool Heat
Carnival
Meditation
Free for All
Harlem Nocturne
Fever
Not Now-Later On
Golden Striker
Insensatez
You Came a Long Way from St. Louis
Batida Differente
Nana
Groovy Samba
Influenza de Jazz

Tracks:

Man and a Woman
Day Tripper
Come Back to Me
Little Boat
It's Time That You Settled Down
Good Thing (Is Hard to Come By)
1-2-3
Only Yesterday
Sunny
How Insensitive
Sidewinder
Amor Em Paz (Love in Peace)
Desafinado - JoGilberto,
Bolinda de Papel - JoGilberto,
Insensatez
Maria Ninguem - JoGilberto,
O Barquinho - JoGilberto,
Samba da Minha Terra - JoGilberto,
Rosa Morena
Consolacao
One Note Samba
Bim Bom
Deve Ser Amor (It Must Be Love)

Tracks:

Scratch
Philly Dog
Happy Brass
Good Lovin'
(Theme From) This Is My Beloved
Free Jacques
Our Man Flint
Fiddler on the Roof
(Theme From) Malamondo
Down by the Riverside
Monday, Monday
Skip to My Lou
Turkish Coffee
Incense
Odalisque
Do Wah Diddy Diddy
Uskudar
Oud and the Pussycat
Yavuz
Dance of the Semites
Eli Eli

Tracks:

Superman
Etagui
Jisco Dazz
Rock Freak
Stomp Your Feet
Body Oil
Django

Tracks:

Yellow Fever
Comin' Home Baby
Hey Pocky A-Way
City of Dreams
Kidnappin' Lover
Walk on the Wild Side

Tracks:

Turtle Bay
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
(A Theme From ) Cries and Whispers
Do It Again
Now I've Found a Lady (Soul Rachanga)
Happier Then the Morning Sun
Family Affair
Never Ending Song of Love
Rainy Night in Georgia
(Just an Old) Balalaika Love Song
Reverend Lee

Tracks:

Hi-Jack
Pick Up the Pieces
Lady Marmalade
Mediterranean
I Can't Turn You Loose
I Won't Last a Day Without You
High Above the Andes
Bird of Beauty
Guava Jelly

Tracks:

Bend Down Low
Sir Charles Duke
Cecilia
Cinnamon Flower
Memphis Underground
Another Star

Tracks:

(Gimme Some of That Good Old) Soul Beat Momma [Live]
Never Can Say Goodbye [Live]
Respect Yourself [Live]
Memphis Underground [Live]
Hold On! I'm Comin' [Live]

Customer Reviews:

A Showcase of Mann.......2004-03-13

This set represents 20 years of music recorded by a Jazz legend on Atlantic Records. Mann passed away last year, so this collection of CDs represents one-third of his musical legacy.

This compilation of Herbie Mann albums is large. It requires many hours of time to listen to this collection. The liner notes are also extensive and worth reading to gain insight into the Mann and his music at Atlantic. This boxed set also features a galaxy of top flight musicians, composers, arrangers, producers and engineers that Mann worked with and showcased during his Atlantic years.

A must for all jazz musicians to own.

Back to the Jungle
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Back to the Jungle

Manufacturer: Reel Deal Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAEZ9A
Release Date: 2004-01-20