Soul Box [Import]

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Three CDs titled I Just Wanna Make Love To You, Mad About The Boy & Papa Was A Rollin' Stone. Artists include Fontella Bass, The Commitments, CeCe Peniston, Kool & The Gang, The Floaters, Brenda Russell, Dina Carroll, Michael Jackson, The Isley Brothers, Rare Earth, The Temptations, The Miracles and more. Universal. Standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2002.

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Soul Box [Import]

Soul Box [Import]
Back to Mono (1958-1969)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • good box set, great bargain.
  • A great collection missing many cuts that Rhino should have put out.
  • Greatest bargain
  • Cruisin' Music Extraordinaire
  • Essential Musical History
 Back to Mono (1958-1969)
Phil Spector
Manufacturer: Abkco
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003BDM
Release Date: 1991-11-12

Tracks:

  1. To Know His Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears
  2. Corrine, Corrina - Ray Peterson
  3. Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
  4. Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee
  5. Every Breath I Take - Gene Pitney
  6. I Love How You Love Me - The Paris Sisters
  7. Under The Moon Of Love - Curtis Lee
  8. There's No Other Like My Baby - The Crystals
  9. Uptown - The Crystals
  10. He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss) - The Crystals
  11. He's A Rebel - The Crystals
  12. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans
  13. Puddin' N' Tain - The Alley Cats
  14. He's Sure The Boy I Love - The Crystals
  15. Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans
  16. (Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry - Darlene Love
  17. Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
  18. Heartbreaker - The Crystals
  19. Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love - Veronica
  20. Chapel Of Love - Darlene Love
  21. Not Too Young To Get Married - Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans
  22. Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home - Darlene Love
  23. All Grown Up - The Crystals

Tracks:

  1. Be My Baby - The Ronettes
  2. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals
  3. A Fine, Fine Boy - Darlene Love
  4. Baby, I Love You - The Ronettes
  5. I Wonder - The Ronettes
  6. Girls Can Tell - The Crystals
  7. Little Boy - The Crystals
  8. Hold Me Tight - The Treasures
  9. (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up - The Ronettes
  10. Soldier Baby Of Mine - The Ronettes
  11. Strange Love - Darlene Love
  12. Stumble And Fall - Darlene Love
  13. When I Saw You - The Ronettes
  14. So Young - Veronica
  15. Do I Love You? - The Ronettes
  16. Keep On Dancing - The Ronettes
  17. You, Baby - The Ronettes
  18. Woman In Love (With You) - The Ronettes
  19. Walking In The Rain - The Ronettes

Tracks:

  1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers
  2. Born To Be Together - The Ronettes
  3. Just Once In My Life - The Righteous Brothers
  4. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
  5. Is This What I Get For Loving You? - The Ronettes
  6. Long Way To Be Happy - Darlene Love
  7. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - The Righteous Brothers
  8. Ebb Tide - The Righteous Brothers
  9. This Could Be The Night - The Modern Folk Quartet
  10. Paradise - The Ronettes
  11. River Deep-Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner
  12. I'll Never Need More Than This - Ike & Tina Turner
  13. A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knockin' Everyday) - Ike & Tina Turner
  14. Save The Last Dance For Me - Ike & Tina Turner
  15. I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine - The Ronettes
  16. You Came, You Saw, You Conquered - The Ronettes
  17. Black Pearl - Sonny Charles And The Checkmates
  18. Love Is All I have To Give - The Checkmates

Tracks:

  1. White Christmas - Darlene Love
  2. Frosty The Snowman - The Ronettes
  3. The Bells of St. Mary - Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans
  4. Santa Claus is Coming to Town - The Crystals
  5. Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes
  6. Marshmallow World - Darlene Love
  7. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Ronettes
  8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Crystals
  9. Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love
  10. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
  11. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
  12. Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans
  13. Silent Night - Phil Spector and Artists

Amazon.com

Among producers, his name remains the simile of choice. If some hotshot studio whiz emerges in, say, hip-hop, he's inevitably labeled "the Phil Spector of rap." That's quite a statement given that decades have passed since this boy from the Bronx remodeled rock & roll to suit his own visions of grandeur. The story of the girl-group auteur is a fascinating one. Spector composed a No. 1 hit at 17 (the Teddy Bears' "To Know Him Is to Love Him," its title inspired by the inscription on his father's tombstone). By 19 he was head of A&R for Atlantic Records. By the time he was 22, he'd founded his own label (Philles) and was churning out Wall of Sound hits at an unprecedented clip, beginning with the Crystals' "He's a Rebel." The four-disc Back to Mono befits its singular subject in both presentation (the richly annotated booklet includes a piece by Tom Wolfe) and content (60 songs cut between 1958 and 1969, plus the entire classic Yuletide LP A Christmas Gift for You). --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars good box set, great bargain........2007-08-03

This box set has been around for while and is a great bargain at $18.98, marked down from $75. Four discs of Spector-produced tracks, when he was at his peak, including the famous Christmas album. The Ronettes, The Crystals, Righteous Bros.and others in the Wall Of Sound which changed pop music forever. It comes in an LP-sized box with a large, nicely-done book of the lyrics. A must-have for any student of rock history or the nostalgia-seeker. The Christmas album alone is worth the price. This box set takes us back to a more innocent time when he was a teen millionaire and many would say, a musical genius.

4 out of 5 stars A great collection missing many cuts that Rhino should have put out. .......2007-07-21

All the hits are here played back on a vintage Ampex 351 tube tape recorder by Larry Levine and Phil himself in NYC.
If you put the treble all the way up on your set, this set can sound OK.
Why the Christmas Album was put in here I'll never know.
I wish Rhino would have put this box together instead of ABKCO.
Mine cost 69.00 US
Some things go up.
Remember Lana Clarkson. She cant defend herself.

4 out of 5 stars Greatest bargain.......2007-05-16

A few months ago I ordered this set for only about $20 & it is the best CD bargain I've ever had. This set originally sold for about $75 back in the 90's (glad I waited to buy it!)& I keep wondering why it's so cheap now. (Is Spector not allowed to make money on his music anymore?) It is a BIG set in an LP size box (I store it with my old LPs on my shelf),comes with a great big book printed on high quality paper, comes with the Christmas album & even a button. Only thing not big about this set is the sound quality, it's typical 80s & early 90s thin-sounding CD quality, not exactly what I'd call a wall of sound. Also the book has the lyrics to all the songs except the ones on the Christmas album. So if you can get past the fact that Spector may have killed someone 40 years after these recordings (if he did,how could he? He produced John Lennon's "Imagine" for goodness sake!)this is still some of the 60s greatest music.

5 out of 5 stars Cruisin' Music Extraordinaire.......2007-05-15

When I saw the "Back to Mono" box for 20 bucks, I first thought of the barrage of criticism that greeted this set when first released more than 15 years ago and, in particular, the near universal condemnation of the absolutely horrendous digital remastering that marred what should have been an unbeatable compilation. Then I thought, "So what? I LOVED this music 45 years - AUGH! - ago! This is the background music of my life! And a great collection! And I don't have much of it, vinyl or otherwise." So I bought it.

And yes, the remastering is indeed horrible, particularly when listened to through earphones. But if you can pump this music through a tinny 5-inch speaker, perhaps boosted from a '57 Chevy, it all sounds pretty damn fine. So: don't play it on your audiophile equipment: my vintage boom box does the music all the honor it requires.

And what music. A lot of this stuff didn't chart in the New York metropolitan area, so I'd never heard several tracks, but it's all vintage, no filler, hits and non-hits, lots of Ronnie Spector and the Ronnettes, the Crystals, and fewer, but important, sides from Curtis Lee), Ben E. King, Bob B. Soxx, the Righteous Brothers, the majestic Tina Turner and that sidekick of hers, and, of course, the patented Spector Wall of Sound, complete with timpani, maracas, glockenspiels, strings, horns, full brass section, yackety sax, everything INCLUDING the kitchen sink. On the tree of rock, Phil Spector is a taproot (and Bruce Springsteen the most celebrated emulator/branch).

But let's be serious: these are very basic sentiments, harking back to a very different, much simpler time, before Vietnam, Watergate, and universal irony really invaded our consciousness (the first 29 tracks before the Kennedy assassination). The Spector chronology tracks along through LBJ's "Great Society" and civil rights legislation, Nixon, and the onset of cynicism, skepticism, and the beginning of a much more complicated social and political fabric. Through all this, we underestimate the role this and other top-forty music played in shaping our imaginations: it played, constantly, to GROUPS of people in packed cars, at parties and dances, not to one solitary listener through iPod earphones, shaped romantic vocabularies, taught kids how to say "I love you" and how to rebel against parents who screamed "that guy's no good!" My wife's parents.

In short, this music and its peer recordings helped fill in pieces of our emotional identities. In this set we hear lots of 16 year olds pouring out their hearts into diaries via girl-group doo-wop. From the Righteous Brothers, a more mature, wistful kind of heartbreak with full choirs of strings. And from Ike and Tina, my god - River Deep, Mountain High has enough emotional energy to blow a bank of Marshalls, a clear high-point on a collection of high points.

The 96-page booklet is almost worth the price of the box. I didn't need the lyrics - many of them, goofy, saccharine, maudlin, trite as can be, are grafted into my brain, courtesy of that Chevy speaker - but the photos of those wonderful, innocent, vibrant faces, the essays (one by Tom Wolfe), and the discography are all splendid.

So: if you've ever loved this music - that's a significant qualifier: my kids (all in 20s and 30s) think it's virtually unadulterated corn (with the exception of River Deep, Loving Feeling, and a few other tracks) - forget about the atrocious remastering. (I'll bet Rhino will take care of that, sooner or later, and we'll hear these in gorgeous, layered monaural.) Just buy this now while you can get all four discs, the big booklet, and the huge box for 20 dollars or less. Then boogaloo or slow-dance your baby to these legendary tunes.

5 out of 5 stars Essential Musical History.......2007-05-13

With his name in the news, it is easy to dismiss Phil Spector for current accusations, but you can never deny his place is Rock'N'Roll pantheon of musical touchstones.

This collection is an absolute must have for all those who love great rock and roll and the extras in this box are phenomenal. The booklet documenting these historic recordings is amazing, as are the collection musicians that sat in on these sessions (Sonny Bono, Brian Wilson, Leon Russell, etc.).

Just having the classic recordings of The Ronettes (Be My Baby, Walkin' In The Rain, Baby I Love You), The Crystals, Darlene Love -- along with Ike and Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High" (referred to by George Harrison as the greatest single ever made) and the complete "Phil Spector's Christmas Album" -- makes this collection indispensable!!!
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Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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ASIN: B000068ZVP
Release Date: 2002-07-02

Tracks:

  1. Whip It - Devo
  2. Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
  3. Empire Strikes Back (Medley) - Meco
  4. Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
  5. Celebration - Kool & The Gang
  6. The Breaks (Part 1) - Kurtis Blow
  7. Let My Love Open The Door - Pete Townshend
  8. Call Me - Blondie
  9. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
  10. Turning Japanese - The Vapors
  11. Lost In Love - Air Supply
  12. 9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
  13. I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbit
  14. Sailing - Christopher Cross
  15. Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr. w/ Bill Withers
  16. Cars - Gary Numan
  17. Ah! Leah! - Donnie Iris
  18. Sweetheart - Franke & The Knockouts
  19. Shake It Up - The Cars
  20. General Hospi-Tale - The Afternoon Delights
  21. The Stroke - Billy Squier

Tracks:

  1. Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
  2. Working For The Weekend - Loverboy
  3. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
  4. Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club
  5. Centerfold - J. Geils Band
  6. At This Moment - Billy & The Beaters
  7. Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
  8. Hold On Loosely - .38 Special
  9. Theme From "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury
  10. Take Off - Bob & Doug McKenzie
  11. Super Freak (Part 1) - Rick James
  12. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
  13. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
  14. Time - Alan Parsons Project
  15. Gloria - Laura Branigan
  16. Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates
  17. The Theme From "Hill Street Blues" - Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton
  18. Valley Girl - Frank Zappa
  19. Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha) - Trio
  20. You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band

Tracks:

  1. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
  2. The Look Of Love (Part 1) - ABC
  3. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
  4. Rock This Town - Stray Cats
  5. Lies - Thompson Twins
  6. Words - Missing Persons
  7. Don't You Want Me - The Human League
  8. Love Plus One - Haircut One Hundred
  9. Down Under - Men At Work
  10. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
  11. I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
  12. Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
  13. Mickey - Toni Basil
  14. Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
  15. You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester
  16. Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
  17. Pac-Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
  18. Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
  19. Africa - Toto
  20. Goodbye To You - Scandal
  21. Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco

Tracks:

  1. Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
  2. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
  3. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
  4. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
  5. Our House - Madness
  6. The Salt In My Tears - Martin Briley
  7. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
  8. Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
  9. Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
  10. Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
  11. In A Big Country - Big Country
  12. One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx
  13. Der Kommissar - After The Fire
  14. Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels
  15. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
  16. Let's Go To Bed - The Cure
  17. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
  18. Maniac - Michael Sembello
  19. Sister Christian - Night Ranger
  20. Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot

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  1. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
  2. Mr. Roboto - Styx
  3. I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters
  4. Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
  5. I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
  6. Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
  7. Missing You - John Waite
  8. 99 Luftballoons - Nena
  9. Tenderness - General Public
  10. They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman
  11. Heaven - Bryan Adams
  12. White Horse - Laid Back
  13. Let The Music Play - Shannon
  14. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
  15. Cool It Now - New Edition
  16. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
  17. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
  18. We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
  19. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
  20. The Glamorous Life - Sheila E.

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  1. Obsession - Animotion
  2. Shout - Tears For Fears
  3. Take On Me - A-Ha
  4. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
  5. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves
  6. Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday
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  8. You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive
  9. "Miami Vice" Theme - Jan Hammer
  10. Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy
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  14. St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr
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  17. Rhythm Of The Night - DeBarge
  18. You Look Marvelous - Billy Crystal
  19. Heartbeat - Don Jonhson
  20. Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung

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  1. Venus - Bananarama
  2. Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
  3. Paranoimia - The Art Of Noise w/ Max Headroom
  4. If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
  5. Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites
  6. What You Need - INXS
  7. Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C.
  8. Rumors - Timex Social Club
  9. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
  10. Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
  11. I'll Be Loving You (Forever) - New Kids On The Block
  12. Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
  13. Since You've Been Gone - The Outfield
  14. Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson
  15. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
  16. La Bamba - Los Lobos
  17. Wild, Wild West - The Escape Club
  18. Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
  19. Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
  20. Roam - The B-52's

Album Description

You want your '80s! Fer sure! This is the mother of all tributes to the era of skinny ties, Reaganomics, and Pac-Man! Seven CDs, 142 hit songs, from New Wave to Pop to R&B to Hip-Hop to Novelty, including an incredible 49 #1 tracks! Starring Queen, New Edition, Duran Duran, Richard Marx, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Men At Work, Toto, The Cure, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, Simple Minds, Bangles, New Kids On the Block...and many more. Plus a 90-page book with hundreds of historical photos, facts, and memories from the decade that wanted it all! Limited edition sculpted rubber cover! Approx. 10 x 8 x 3/4 inches. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "Totally Gnarly" or "Gag me with a Spoon"?.......2007-05-31

Some of the greatest moments of my life were in high school!! The mid 80's when I was carefree and lived life unfettered! No bills, no boss, no cares! Just me and my pastel suits and thin leather ties and full head of hair....(Man, I actually WORE those suits?!?!)
Fond nostalgia aside, the whole 'retro' thing is forcing the 80's upon us once again and you might as well admit that you were one of the characters from The Breakfast Club! (Mmmmmm....Ally Sheedy.)
Dropping these discs into my player and hitting shuffle just makes it all come flooding back!
But to tell a shameful truth? I really HAD to buy this set because of "Pac-Man Fever" by Buckner and Garcia and "Sweetheart" by Franke & the Knockouts. I've never seen these songs anywhere else!
I'm not sure I even looked at the other songs before my credit card was being swiped by the good folks at Amazon!!
So, yeah, again, I bought on impulse but I damn sure don't regret it!! In fact, I'd suggest we embrace the "ME, ME, ME" decade just once more and "BUY, BUY, BUY" this set.
If you went to high school in the 80's like I did, simply put, this will bring back some great memories.
(Unless, of course, your high school years sucked. To which, I say, "That's too bad. I'm sorry for you.")
Either way, just admit that the 80's were a great time for music and pastel suits and thin leather ties.........(chicks dig the thin tie still, right? Right? Anybody? Can I get a witness?)
Where's Don Johnson when I need him?
Oh, here he is....Disc 6, Song 19!

4 out of 5 stars Time Warp.......2007-05-23

I guess only someone who was a teen or 20something could really appreciate
this set. The 80s were my high school and college years and I was
certainly guilty of listening to the radio .... This set is awesome and
is really made indispensable with the booklet. My only gripe lies with
the artists that were huge in the 80s, but evidently could not be licensed
for this set....Notably U2, REM, Hoodoo Gurus, Wall of Voodoo, etc

3 out of 5 stars Shut up!.......2007-03-04

Like, for sure, half of it is like totally major gross-out, but the other half is like bitchin! Just shut up already and buy it!

2 out of 5 stars missing tracks.......2007-02-26

lots of great 80's music available in these cds, but missing one of the greatest groups of the decade...Wham!

5 out of 5 stars Excellent CD Set!.......2007-01-18

I purchased this set for my 13 year old daughter. It seems the 80's are making a big comeback. She loves it! I love it, too!! It has all the most popular songs from the 80's plus a few you do not hear anywhere now. It's great! It brings back a lot of memories, GOOD TIMES!!
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ASIN: B00004Z3ZW
Release Date: 2000-11-07

Tracks:

  1. Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) - Carla Thomas
  2. Last Night - The Mar-Keys
  3. Green Onions - Booker T. & The MGs
  4. Walking The Dog - Rufus Thomas
  5. Respect - Otis Redding
  6. Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam And Dave
  7. B-A-B-Y - Carla Thomas
  8. Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
  9. Soul Finger - The Bar-Kays
  10. Tramp - Otis & Carla
  11. Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
  12. Soul Man - Sam & Dave
  13. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
  14. Private Number - William Bell/Judy Clay
  15. Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor
  16. Time Is Tight - Booker T. & The MGs
  17. Do The Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas
  18. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
  19. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - The Dramatics
  20. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
  21. Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
  22. I've Been Lonely (For So Long) - Frederick Knight
  23. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
  24. Starting All Over Again - Mel & Tim
  25. I'll Be The Other Woman - The Soul Children
  26. Woman To Woman - Shirley Brown

Tracks:

  1. 'Cause I Love You - Carla & Rufus
  2. You Don't Miss Your Water - William Bell
  3. These Arms Of Mine - Otis Redding
  4. Can Your Monkey Do The Dog - Rufus Thomas
  5. Big Party - Barbara & The Browns
  6. Jump Back - Rufus Thomas
  7. Mr. Pitiful - Otis Redding
  8. Can't See You When I Want To - David Porter
  9. Boot-Leg - Booker T. & The MGs
  10. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) - Otis Redding
  11. Candy - The Astors
  12. I Want Someone - The Mad Lads
  13. Philly Dog - The Mar-Keys
  14. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Otis Redding
  15. Things Get Better - Eddie Floyd
  16. Let Me Be Good To You - Carla Thomas
  17. I'll Run Your Hurt Away - Ruby Johnson
  18. Your Good Thing (Is About To End) - Mable John
  19. Patch My Heart - The Mad Lads
  20. Crosscut Saw - Albert King
  21. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down - Sam And Dave
  22. Groovin' - Booker T. & The MGs
  23. Give Everybody Some - The Bar-Kays
  24. Cold Feet - Albert King
  25. I Thank You - Sam And Dave
  26. I Got A Sure Thing - Ollie & The Nightingales
  27. Big Ford - Eddie Floyd
  28. A Tribute To A King - William Bell
  29. I Ain't Particular - Johnnie Taylor

Tracks:

  1. Soul Limbo - Booker T. & The MGs
  2. I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Eddie Floyd
  3. What A Man - Linda Lyndell
  4. I Like Everything About You - Jimmy Hughes
  5. I Forgot To Be Your Lover - William Bell
  6. I Like What You're Doing (To Me) - Carla Thomas
  7. So I Can Love You - The Emotions
  8. Walk On By - Isaac Hayes
  9. Black Boy - Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
  10. I Have Learned To Do Without You - Mavis Staples
  11. Play The Music Toronados - The T.S.U. Toronados
  12. Can Say Goodbye - Isaac Hayes
  13. The Breakdown (Part 1) - Rufus Thomas
  14. Son Of Shaft - The Bar-Kays
  15. That's What Love Will Make You Do - Little Milton
  16. In The Rain - The Dramatics
  17. Hearsay - Soul Children
  18. Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) - Isaac Hayes/David Porter
  19. Dedicated To The One I Love - The Tempress
  20. Breaking Up Somebody's Home - Albert King
  21. I Believe In You (You Believe In Me) - Johnnie Taylor
  22. Short Stopping - Veda Brown
  23. Cheaper To Keep Her - Johnnie Taylor
  24. If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) - The Staple Sisters

Tracks:

  1. Green Onions - Booker T. & The MGs
  2. Raise Your Hand - Eddie Floyd
  3. Something Good (Is Going To Happen To You) - Carla Thomas
  4. Grab This Thing (Part 1) - The Mar-Keys
  5. The Dog - Rufus Thomas
  6. You Don't Miss Your Water - William Bell
  7. Soothe Me - Sam And Dave
  8. You Don't Know Like I Know - Sam And Dave
  9. Shake - Otis Redding
  10. Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
  11. Oh La De Da - The Staple Singers
  12. (Do The) Push And Pull (Part 1) - Rufus Thomas
  13. Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone - Johnnie Taylor
  14. Killing Floor - Albert King
  15. Blues Power - Albert King
  16. Show Me How - The Emotions
  17. Hang 'Em High - Booker T. & The MGs
  18. Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
  19. Theme From The Men - Isaac Hayes

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When you hear a Stax record, you know it's a Stax record: the urgent, passionate gospel inflections of the singer; the behind-the-beat horn arrangements; the prominent, pulsating rhythm section. It is the sound of South Memphis in the 1960s. Few labels have such an identifiable sound--or, for that matter, one that's as infectious. This four-disc collection gets right to the heart of the Stax sound, tracing its development from 1960 to 1975 and thus unveiling the development of modern soul music itself. The 98-song selection is wide and deep, with room for both international smashes and obscure curiosities. Disc one covers the best-known hits, but the highlight may be disc four, which is dedicated to incendiary live recordings and is where you can hear Rufus Thomas's "Do the Push and Pull" for more than five glorious minutes and hear Albert King break down his relationship troubles. The middle two discs fill in the gaps with lesser-known gems from famous artists and famous songs by lesser-known artists. Sure, any longtime Stax fan will quibble with a few of the song choices (and omissions), but that just proves how consistently rewarding the Stax output was. With packaging and annotation worthy of such indispensable music, The Stax Story will delight any fan of funk and soul. --Marc Greilsamer

Album Description

'The Stax Story' brings together most of the company's biggest selling singles along with a well-chosen sampling of rarities and an entire disc of live recordings made around the world, including a couple of previously unissued gems. The 4 discs trace the evolution of a truly American style from the exquisite simplicity of the firm's early output through the often-lavish innovations of the later years. In addition to its 98 scorching selections, box set includes a richly illustrated booklet featuring the commentary of Rob Bowman, Stax historian & author of the award-winning Soulsville U.S.A.- The Story of Stax Records.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Long lasting music of the 60's from Stax.......2007-07-28

Together with my wife always been big fan of the Stax performers. Wasn't aware one can find still this music and even on CD. Over here in Europe, market is rather weak. Since I am working in the states I was happy to see the opportunities with the Amazon offers.
Just one word: GREAT

5 out of 5 stars Want a Piece of Music History?.......2006-04-24

Then buy this set of quality disks before the sun sets! (Sun Recording, Memphis has already set!) THIS IS THE true Memphis sound and one that many of us have tried to copy over the years. At the center of the Memphis sound are the several music pros in this set...if you get a chance, attend a Memphis Blues Festival held annually (at different dates and times) and puts all the rest to shame. This music was around a long time before Beal Street ever came on the scene and it's a real treat to sit in the clubs during Festival and watch who walks up from the audience and sits in...some well knowns, a lot of unknowns but don't let appearances fool you. It is a treat for me and likely for you to put one of these disks on, sit back in an easy chair and I defy you to not tap your foot and snap your fingers! This is music at it's finest........

5 out of 5 stars Ninety Eight Stars (Count 'Em...98) One For Every Great Hit.......2001-07-11

WOW, This is the real thing...The motherlode...Incredible!!! Sure the Complete Stax Volt Singles 6-CD box set gives you every single released up until Atlantic pulled out as their national distributor. The Atlantic Rhythm & Blues collection covers the years 1947-1974 and includes numerous artists of the late forties and fifties like Ruth Brown, Al Hibler, Big Joe Thorton, Lavern Baker and Ray Charles. Then there's the Rhino box set, Thirty Years of Rhythm and Blues, a great retrospective in that it crosses over numerous labels and artists. This is a great place to explore the diversity of styles covering all the great regional styles from Motown to Philly to Memphis.

But if your bent is hard driving, gut wrenching, R&B with a pinch of gospel and soul, then look no further. This collection is the bomb. With 98 (count 'em...98) bonifide super soul hits, this is positively essential for any collector. Five Stars just scratches the surface. This one should get 98 Stars (count 'em...98) one for every great single in this marvelous set.

5 out of 5 stars Stax Soul Necessity.......2001-02-18

This set provides a welcome alternative to the pricey Complete Singles Vols. 1-3 box sets. This set is four discs. The first disc contains 26 well known Stax hits. The second disc highlights the Atlantic distribution period 1960-68. It contains lesser known singles and album tracks. Disc 3 highlights the years Mid 1968-1973 with more obscure singles and album tracks. The last disc is a sort of a live "Best of the Stax/Volt Soul Revue". All four discs are filled to capacity which is a good value. The 64 page booklet is well annotated with chart positions and contains rare photos of lp covers and promo literature as well as photos of some of the artists included in the set. The set highlghts not only the tight playing of Booker T. & the MGs but also the excellent songwriting of the Stax writers including; the MGs, Isaac Hayes, David Porter, Eddie Floyd, Mack Rice et al. Highlights abound with Albert King, Sam & Dave, Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Johnnie Taylor, the Staple Singers and others. The lesser known cuts by the stars are just as good or better in some cases, than their hits. Some of the more obscure artists included such as the Mad Lads and Ollie & the Nightingales are highlighted with excellent cuts. Someone might have a quibble with the track selection but if so think about investing in cds by the individual artists or the much more expensive singles collections. This is an interesting and judiciously chosen sampler of one of the best soul/funk labels of the sixties and early seventies. If you like this set I highly recommend the "Otis: The Definitive Otis Redding" 4 cd box set on Rhino and "Time Is Tight" a 3 cd Booker T. & The MGs box set from Fantasy.

5 out of 5 stars A Must-Have.......2000-12-29

This is great. Period. If you're into soul & funk, you need this in your collection. It's got everything you want, and then some. The graphic design of the packaging is terrific, too.
Have A Nice Decade: The '70s Pop Culture Box
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ASIN: B000006OIT
Release Date: 1998-06-16

Tracks:

  1. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse
  2. Venus - Shocking Blue
  3. Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
  4. American Woman - Guess Who
  5. Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
  6. Vehicle - Ides Of March
  7. Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
  8. Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image
  9. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
  10. Superstar - Murray Head
  11. Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board
  12. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delfonics
  13. O-O-H Child - 5 STAIRSTEPS
  14. ABC - Jackson 5
  15. Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
  16. Fire And Rain - James Taylor
  17. Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) - Raiders
  18. Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean
  19. One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley
  20. Signs - Five Man Electrical Band
  21. Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
  22. Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo
  23. Wild World - Cat Stevens
  24. Joy To The World - Three Dog Night

Tracks:

  1. Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
  2. Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone
  3. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - Dramatics
  4. Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
  5. Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites
  6. Want Ads - Honey Cone
  7. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
  8. Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
  9. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
  10. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
  11. Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) - Daddy Dewdrop
  12. Brand New Key - Melanie
  13. One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack) - Coven
  14. School's Out - Alice Cooper
  15. Popcorn - Hot Butter
  16. Joy - Apollo 100
  17. I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
  18. A Horse With No Name - America
  19. I'll Take You There - Staple Singers
  20. Everybody Plays The Fool - Main Ingredient
  21. I Gotcha - Joe Tex
  22. I'll Be Around - Spinners
  23. Lean On Me - Bill Withers
  24. Day By Day - Godspell

Tracks:

  1. Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
  2. Precious And Few - Climax
  3. Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
  4. Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest
  5. Nice To Be With You - Gallery
  6. The Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr.
  7. Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton
  8. Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
  9. Rock And Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter
  10. The Cover Of 'Rolling Stone' - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
  11. You're So Vain - Carly Simon
  12. Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
  13. Freddie's Dead (Theme From 'Superfly') - Curtis Mayfield
  14. The Morning After - Maureen McGovern
  15. That Lady (Part 1) - Isley Brothers
  16. I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby - Barry White
  17. Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
  18. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
  19. Tell Her She's Lovely - El Chicano
  20. Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
  21. Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree - Dawn
  22. Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Brownsville Station
  23. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
  24. Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg

Tracks:

  1. Love Train - O'Jays
  2. Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
  3. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
  4. Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers
  5. Brother Louie - Stories
  6. Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren
  7. Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
  8. The Air That I Breathe - Hollies
  9. Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
  10. The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
  11. Tell Me Something Good - Rufus
  12. Billy, Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
  13. Lady - Styx
  14. The Payback-Part 1 - James Brown
  15. You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt
  16. The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch
  17. Rock The Boat - HUES CORPORATION
  18. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
  19. Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur
  20. The Streak - Ray Stevens
  21. Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express
  22. Radar Love - Golden Earring

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  1. Beach Baby - First Class
  2. Sideshow - Blue Magic
  3. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
  4. I'm Not In Love - 10cc
  5. The Bertha Butt Boogie-Part 1 - Jimmy Castor Bunch
  6. Black Superman 'Muhammad Ali' - Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band
  7. Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
  8. Chevy Van - Sammy Johns
  9. Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
  10. Why Can't We Be Friends? - War
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  12. Feelings - Morris Albert
  13. Miracles - Jefferson Starship
  14. Magic - Pilot
  15. Love Machine (Part 1) - Miracles
  16. You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
  17. Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
  18. Fame - David Bowie
  19. Sky High - Jigsaw
  20. Convoy - C.W. McCall
  21. Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka
  22. Slow Ride - Foghat

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  2. Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
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  4. Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
  5. The Rockford Files - Mike Post
  6. Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
  7. Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention
  8. Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
  9. Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) - Diana Ross
  10. Happy Days - Pratt & McClain
  11. Making Our Dreams Come True - Cyndi Grecco
  12. Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
  13. Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk) - Parliament
  14. Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale
  15. Fooled Around And Fell In Love - Elvin Bishop
  16. Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
  17. Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
  18. I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
  19. Disco Duck (Part 1) - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots
  20. Turn The Beat Around - Vickie Sue Robinson
  21. Car Wash - Rose Royce
  22. More, More, More (Pt. 1) - Andrea True Connection
  23. You Are The Woman - Firefall
  24. Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller

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  1. Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton
  2. Free Bird (Live Version) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  3. Ridin' The Storm Out (Live) - REO Speedwagon
  4. Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band - Meco
  5. Disco Inferno - Trammps
  6. Brick House - Commodores
  7. Got To Give It Up (Pt. 1) - Marvin Gaye
  8. Feels Like The First Time - Foreigner
  9. Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul
  10. Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
  11. Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
  12. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
  13. I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) - Alicia Bridges
  14. Happy Anniversary - Little River Band
  15. Baby Hold On - Eddie Money
  16. Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon
  17. Kiss You All Over - Exile
  18. I Want Your Love - Chic
  19. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
  20. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead

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When this material originally resurfaced in an earlier Rhino-celebrates-the-'70s program, many rock scribes contorted themselves into revisionist pretzels: this isn't so bad, they argued--none too convincingly. There'll be none of that here: much of the music on this colossal box set is godawful. The world doesn't miss the likes of Sammy ("Chevy Van") Johns and Sammy ("Candy Man") Davis. Or at least it doesn't miss the records they cut during the decade of disaster flicks and Jonathan Livingston Seagull. That said, this elaborate box is something to behold. The lovingly compiled 92-page booklet provides background on the ridiculous (David Soul, C.W. McCall, Carl Douglas) and the sublime (Parliament, James Brown, the Staple Singers), and the music swings on the same pendulum, with Harry Chapin, Bill Withers, and Cat Stevens sitting amid Wayne Newton, The Captain & Tennille, and Meco's jittery electro-take on the Star Wars theme. Seven discs, 160 selections! To paraphrase a popular ad slogan of the era, you won't believe you listened to the whole thing. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars yuck.......2007-07-13

I should have read the description better regarding the sound bites between some songs. I found them to be annoying. The Time Life collection is so much better and it doesn't cost much more.

5 out of 5 stars Peace, man............2007-05-31

O.K. I'm 38. I was born in 1968 and I wasn't into a lot of the 70's music until the decade was on its way out. But my parents had so many great vinyl compilations by that time and I had my cool new little record player that I HAD to listen to all the songs.
And now, I find that I'm doing the same thing with this set of CD's! It's freakin' 1979 all over again!
How can you cram so much 70's goodness into this box set? And to get the ORIGINAL songs from the ORIGINAL stars is just groovy. Too many compilations now have the original stars doing remakes of their songs and it just seems pointless to me.
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl), unabashedly my favourite song of ALL TIME, (just ask those that have to endure it EVERY time I karaoke) finds a great spot here in its ORIGINAL glory.
If you're thinking of getting a 70's compilation, STOP THINKING!! BUY THIS ON IMPULSE AND ENJOY A HASTY DECISION FOR ONCE!!
There'll be no time to feel any guilt when you're singing along to all the classics you grew up with.
"Billy, Don't Be A Hero!" "You're No Good" if you don't "Rock The Boat" and "Let Your Love Flow"! "Me and Mrs. Jones" will be "Stuck In The Middle With You" just "Smokin' In The Boys Room" if you don't "Get Down Tonight"!!
But hey, if you think "I'm Not In Love" with this set and you don't buy it?
Well....."Everybody Plays The Fool" "You Sexy Thing"!!

5 out of 5 stars The great, the good, the bad and the plain awful, in one delightful package.......2007-04-15

So the decade of the '70's corresponds to my junior high, high school and college years. During that time AM and later FM radio supplied the leitmotifs for that era of my life. This CD collection captures completely what we listened to as fed by the top 40 charts of the time. Much of this material is outstanding, some of it was silly and some of it was awful (Morris Albert's Feelings, Terry Jacks Seasons in the Sun! So bad it is fun to listen to). This magnificent compilation captures it completely in all its '70's era glory. And in typical Rhino fashion, it is elegantly packaged with an outstanding booklet and boxed set. True I'm biased in that I even liked the sound bites.

It is a bit expensive, and some have criticized the inclusion of the Top 40 single versions over the definitive album versions, but hey guys/gals, this is what they played on the radio at the time. Also missing are some of the superstars, but as the booklet says, you probably have lots of those already (e.g., Paul McCartney, Elton John, mid-period Stones, Billy Joel, etc.)

I was hesitant about the cost, but after one full listen through, I'm extremely pleased. Thank you Rhino (and thanks to Amazon, too who listed the delivery time as several weeks but it came within one week).

4 out of 5 stars GREAT MUSIC, DODGY PACKAGE.......2007-03-12

This is as comprehensive as a Seventies collection can get. The MIAs are obvious (no Eagles, Neil Diamond, Fleetwood Mac, Carpenters, Pink Floyd) but what's surprising is the number of major artists that DID get on here. The sound quality of 'Superstar' isn't great, the soundbites ARE fabulous, but the packaging is hopeless. While the write-ups are excellent, and the content generally flawless, the booklet itself fell apart after I read through it three times. I know for a fact mine isn't the only one this happened to. Is this a ruse to pretend it's more than 25 years old?

5 out of 5 stars A must have.......2007-01-13

If you like all the old 70's songs then you have to get this nice box set, well worth every single penny.
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  • I love the 80s!
  • Gotta Have My 80's
  • This album has a bunch of good songs, but a few sucky ones
  • essential
  • LOVE 80s music
 I Want My 80's Box
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005LZVD
Release Date: 2001-07-17

Tracks:

  1. Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
  2. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? - Culture Club
  3. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
  4. 867-5309 / Jenny - Tommy Tutone
  5. Rapture - Blondie
  6. You Dropped A Bomb On Me - Gap Band
  7. Let It Whip - Dazz Band
  8. Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
  9. Poison Arrow - ABC
  10. The Heat Of The Moment - Asia
  11. Mickey - Toni Basil
  12. Celebration - Kool & The Gang
  13. Tempted - Squeeze
  14. Tainted Love - Soft Cell

Tracks:

  1. Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
  2. Cuts Like A Knife - Bryan Adams
  3. Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics
  4. Take On Me - A-Ha
  5. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
  6. One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx
  7. In A Big Country - Big Country
  8. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
  9. Our House - Madness
  10. Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
  11. Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels
  12. Sister Christian - Night Ranger
  13. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
  14. Missing You - John Waite

Tracks:

  1. Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
  2. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
  3. She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
  4. Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
  5. Walk This Way - Run DMC
  6. Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
  7. Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
  8. Oh Yeah - Yello
  9. Luka - Suzanne Vega
  10. Lady In Red - Chris De Burgh
  11. I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
  12. Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
  13. My Prerogative - Bobby Brown
  14. Higher Love - Steve Winwood

Amazon.com

God bless punk and new wave. Without them, '80s pop music might well have ended up as vapid and ghettoized as, well, pop music of the '90s. Those late '70s movements were frankly reactionary at heart (seeking to counter what was perceived as the overwrought tendencies of rock's prog and hard-rock elite and calling for a return to the diverse energy of '60s Top 40), but their influences can be felt on nearly every cut of this triple-disc hits anthology, from the Buggles' all-too-prophetic "Video Killed the Radio Star" to the nouveau funk of Kool and the Gang, the Dazz Band, and the Gap Band, to the nascent big-hairdom of Night Ranger ("Sister Christian") and Whitesnake. If you're looking for the roots of alternative rock or obscure college playlist fodder, look elsewhere; this is prime-time '80s pop chart glory, as seen on MTV (over and over and over). Though the songs here cover a breadth of style and genre (if not necessarily substance), there's a remarkable unity of purpose and hook-laden musical accomplishment that's sorely missed. If this collection woefully shortchanges hip-hop, it still underscores a distinctly irony-free era where style admittedly triumphed over substance, as opposed to the '90s, where style caricatured substance. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I love the 80s!.......2007-01-15

This boxed set has all of your favorites from the 80s. I bought it for my sister for Christmas and we listened to it over and over again on New Year's Eve and beyond. Every song brought back a memory from the "old days" and made us smile. What a great way to start the new year!

5 out of 5 stars Gotta Have My 80's.......2007-01-12

GREAT CD, a must have if you are into the 80's music.

4 out of 5 stars This album has a bunch of good songs, but a few sucky ones.......2005-11-05

I luuuuv some of these songs, but some of them suck. hoever, if u like these songs u should totally get it!

5 out of 5 stars essential.......2005-09-16

I mix 80s dance music and the number of times when mixing that I find myself reaching for either this compilation or its companion, "Hit Me With Your 80s Box," is extraordinary. These are two outstanding collections. They are pricey, but worth every penny. For many people, owning these two will be all the 80s music you'll ever need.

Fidelity is outstanding, the tracks are well organized more or less chronologically, and the sequences in which tracks are placed is excellent. The "box" itself in which the 3 CDs come is sturdy, it is easily folded out in part or in whole to access any of the CDs quickly and easily (unlike many multi-CD offerings). Liner notes are extensive and interesting.

This offering is a class act all the way. Highly, highly recommended. 7 stars.

4 out of 5 stars LOVE 80s music.......2005-08-02

I am such an 80s child. This box set is great. Has a lot of the great songs of the 80s.
Billboard Top Hits: 1980-1984
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Great musical snapshots from the early 1980s
  • U have to own one if you were a teenager in 1984
  • I want my MTV!
  • this is a great collection of the top songs
 Billboard Top Hits: 1980-1984
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000033L1
Release Date: 1995-06-06

Tracks:

  1. Call Me - Blondie
  2. Fame - Irene Cara
  3. Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, Girl - The Spinners
  4. Funkytown - Lipps, Inc.
  5. Little Jeannie - Elton John
  6. Upside Down - Diana Ross
  7. He's So Shy - Pointer Sisters
  8. Please Don't Go - KC & The Sunshine Band
  9. Do That To Me One More Time - Captain And Tennille
  10. Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1 - The S.O.S. Band

Tracks:

  1. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
  2. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
  3. The One That You Love - Air Supply
  4. The Tide Is High - Blondie
  5. Physical - Olivia Newton-John
  6. 9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
  7. Queen Of Hearts - Juice Newton
  8. Kiss On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates
  9. Being With You - Smokey Robinson
  10. Celebration - Kool & The Gang

Tracks:

  1. Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
  2. Rosanna - Toto
  3. Eye In The Sky - The Alan Parsons Project
  4. Gloria - Laura Branigan
  5. Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work
  6. Open Arms - Journey
  7. Don't Talk To Strangers - Rick Springfield
  8. Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates
  9. Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
  10. Centerfold - The J. Geils Band

Tracks:

  1. Down Under - Men At Work
  2. Africa - Toto
  3. Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
  4. Maniac - Michael Sembello
  5. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
  6. True - Spandau Ballet
  7. Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
  8. Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
  9. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
  10. Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Air Supply

Tracks:

  1. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
  2. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
  3. Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
  4. Jump (For My Love) - Pointer Sisters
  5. Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) - Billy Ocean
  6. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!
  7. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
  8. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
  9. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
  10. What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great musical snapshots from the early 1980s.......2007-07-30

I listened to completely different kinds of music at the time, so I didn't have many memories attached to these songs. The musical quality of the songs is actually suprisingly good, and the mastering has been done well. This is a nice review of hits of the early 1980s. Ten songs per CD isn't much, so there could have been more songs from each year.

5 out of 5 stars U have to own one if you were a teenager in 1984.......2001-12-10

This was during Xmas 1984. One lovely girl from Texas brought to Poland (this is where I live) the 10 cassetes pack with "The Best of Billboard - 1984". I still hear this music. Now I can buy a piece of it.

To anyone who was ...teen in 1984: you have to own this one. Don't tell me there is no music you remember from these years. It must be one at least. Remember the first girlfriend. The first kiss maybe? Yes! That's it!.

5 out of 5 stars I want my MTV!.......2000-06-17

This set takes me back to the early days of MTV. Pac-Man fever, Atari and great times in my life. As a child of the 80s it was a special time and special music. This box set helps take you back from time to time!

5 out of 5 stars this is a great collection of the top songs.......1999-09-16

again billboard has done well in putting together a box set of the best songs of this time period. you will appreciate this gathering of the best. every listening minute of this box set is pure elation. not to be passed up.
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • MONO-TOWN
  • the sound of a young america
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  • Pretty Much All You Need
  • This is the Motown sound!
 Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Motown
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ASIN: B000006NUW
Release Date: 1992-11-03

Tracks:

  1. Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong
  2. Shop Around - The Miracles
  3. Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
  4. Jamie - Eddie Holland
  5. The One Who Really Loves You - Mary Wells
  6. Do You Love Me - The Contours
  7. Beechwood 4-5789 - The Marvelettes
  8. You Beat Me To The Punch - Mary Wells
  9. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow - Marvin Gaye
  10. Two Lovers - Mary Wells
  11. You've Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles
  12. Come and Get These Memories - Martha & the Vandellas
  13. Pride And Joy - Marvin Gaye
  14. Fingertips- Part 2 - Little Stevie Wonder
  15. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Martha & the Vandellas
  16. Mickey's Monkey - The Miracles
  17. Leaving Here - Eddie Holland
  18. The Way You Do The Things You Do - The Temptations
  19. My Guy - Mary Wells
  20. Devil With The Blue Dress - Shorty Long
  21. Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
  22. Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops
  23. Dancing in the Street - Martha & the Vandellas
  24. My Smile Is Just a Frown (Turned Upside Down) - Crawford, Carolyn
  25. Needle in a Haystack - Velvelettes
  26. Baby Love - Supremes
  27. Come See About Me - Supremes
  28. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) - Gaye, Marvin

Tracks:

  1. My Girl - The Temptations
  2. He Was Really Sayin Somethin' - The Velvelettes
  3. Ask The Lonely - Four Tops
  4. Shotgun - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
  5. Nowhere to Run - Martha & the Vandellas
  6. When I'm Gone - Brenda Holloway
  7. OOO Baby Baby - The Miracles
  8. I Can't Helf Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - Four Tops
  9. First I Look At The Purse - The Contours
  10. The Tracks Of My Tears - The Miracles
  11. It's The Same Old Song - Four Tops
  12. Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things) - Martha & the Vandellas
  13. Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) - Kim Weston
  14. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
  15. Don't Mess With Bill - The Marvelettes
  16. Darling Baby - The Elgins
  17. This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) - Isley Brothers
  18. Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) - The Monitors
  19. Function At The Junction - Shorty Long
  20. (I'm A) Roadrunner - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
  21. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations
  22. What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin
  23. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
  24. Love Gone Bad - Chris Clark
  25. You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
  26. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep - The Temptations
  27. Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Elgins

Tracks:

  1. Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops
  2. I'm Losing You - The Temptations
  3. Standing In The Shadows Of Love - Four Tops
  4. It Take Two - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
  5. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game - Marvelettes
  6. Jimmy Mack - Martha & The Vandellas
  7. Bernadette - Four Tops
  8. Ain't No Mountian High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  9. More Love - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
  10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips
  11. I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
  12. I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations
  13. I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You - Rita Wright
  14. Does Your Mama Know About Me - Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
  15. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrel
  16. Love Child - Diana Ross & The Supremes
  17. For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
  18. Cloud Nine - The Temptations
  19. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
  20. Baby, Baby Don't Cry - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
  21. Twenty-Five Miles - Edwin Starr
  22. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) - David Ruffin
  23. What Does It take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
  24. I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations
  25. Baby I'm For Real - The Originals
  26. Up The Ladder To The Roof - The Supremes

Tracks:

  1. I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
  2. The Bells - The Originals
  3. Gat Ready - Rare Earth
  4. ABC - The Jackson 5
  5. Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) - The Temptations
  6. The Love You Save - The Jackson 5
  7. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
  8. War - Edwin Starr
  9. It's A Shame - The Spinners
  10. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
  11. Still Water (Love) - Four Tops
  12. I'll Be There - The Jackson 5
  13. The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
  14. Stoned Love - The Supremes
  15. If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips
  16. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations
  17. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
  18. Never Can Say Goodbye - The Jackson 5
  19. Nathan Jones - The Supremes
  20. I Don't Want To Do Wrong - Gladys Knight & The Pips
  21. Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth
  22. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Mavin Gaye
  23. I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth

Amazon.com

Motown did so many things well in the '60s and early '70s that this overview of the label's smashes (and some lesser-known classics) practically demands four CDs. It gets them, too, filling them with single mixes of more than 100 tracks. That the running order begins with Barrett Strong's statement of purpose "Money (That's What I Want)" and ends with Marvin Gaye's statement of concern "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" says a lot about how far the company moved in its golden decade--but no more so than what the same two cuts' differences in sound get across. The company was able to blend the smooth and the harsh in ways that few other pop entities have ever mastered, thereby getting over not only to the feet and the wallet, but to the heart. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars MONO-TOWN.......2007-02-25

HITSVILLE USA is a box set that's clearly marked as a SINGLES COLLECTION-- that means these 104 tracks are in the original monaural sound. If you're looking for stereo mixes, this isn't the collection for you. That issue aside, the only real criticism of the album is one of programming-- songs tend to be clustered by artist or group. Perhaps a more thorough shuffle was in order.

Each CD jewel case is fronted with a repro of a Gordy Co. label, including one of the very first MOTOWNs, which was pale pink in color. The accompanying 68-page long box book is quite comprehensive. Recording dates for all songs and chart positions are given. There's lots of great photos; artists and groups are given a few pages of bio each. This HITSVILLE USA four-CD box set is fairly extensive, and about all you'd ever need in a compilation of MOTOWN 45s.

TOTAL RUNNING TIMES --
DISC ONE -- 76:10
DISC TWO -- 75:21
DISC THREE -- 77:09
DISC FOUR -- 74:10

5 out of 5 stars the sound of a young america.......2006-12-28

this was my true introduction to the music of motown and now i see why motown was great a lot of these song i frist heard by other artist but hearing the orginals has made appericate the motown sound so much more and i believe anyone who hears these songs will enjoy them for a lifetime and i know i am

4 out of 5 stars Longer Songs.......2006-12-09

The Songs on this are FANTASTIC! I Love Mono Recording. Everyone says that if it's stereo, it "sounds better". I think NOT! It Sounds alright. But, Hey, if you want longer mono versions of the music, without the unnecessary extensions, buy this. For example, Nowhere To Run on this box set-2:58.
Motown Box-Nowhere To Run-2:46-TWELVE SECONDS!There's A Big Difference there.
Also, With Dancing In The Street, my favorite part is on this, when Martha says "Yeah", at the end, on Motown Box, 4 seconds are 'remastered'. (frown)Therefore, it is'nt there. BUT, people, There are a few notable songs missing. Quicksand, By Martha & the Vandellas, Bye Bye Baby, By Mary Wells, Playboy, by the Marvelettes, When The Lovelight starts shining through His eyes, by the Supremes, Hitch Hike, By Marvin Gaye, and others, you know what I mean? So, overall, this is the better box to get.

5 out of 5 stars Pretty Much All You Need.......2006-10-17

There are so many good songs here, you can't go wrong. Don't let the whole 'mono' thing scare you away, either. With a decent stereo, these sound just fine. Just turn up the bass a little and crank it loud. I like about 80% of the songs in this collection, and for the price you can't go wrong; Nice booklet w/ lots of cool pictures included. With this collection, you'd only need to buy a handful of other discs to complete your Motown collection...

5 out of 5 stars This is the Motown sound!.......2006-08-11

What is Motown all about? The answer lies within the music of this rather impressive line-up of songs on "Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971." It's the story of how a gifted songwriter, Berry Gordy, Jr., makes his way on up the ladder of success spearheading one of if not the most successful
of all R&B-based record companies during the golden age of American popular music. Detroit, Michigan, known as the Motor City, gained yet another nickname: Hitsville USA. Everyone referred to it as Motown. In this collection, all of the well-known groups (The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Miracles, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jr. Walker & the All-Stars, The Jackson 5) are represented as well as the known solo artists (Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, Brenda Holloway). Included also are some wonderful one or two-shot wonders (Shorty Long, Brenda Holloway, Eddie Holland [of Motown's hit-making songwriting trio H-D-H], The Velvelettes, The Elgins, The Monitors, The Contours) and more. What's interesting about this set is that there are many of the well-known songs along with some songs that you probably just don't hear anymore or weren't that well-known. So you get your fair share of both like the Supremes' well-known "Baby Love" and Shorty Long's rare but wonderful "Function at the Junction." The downside of this set is nothing too alarming. Not all the artists' hit songs, big and small, are included and I think that's done so that other little-known-but-definitely-worth-discovering are given a chance at spin time, too; even some from the top artists, too. Think about it: if every single Motown record that made the charts was included, this collection would just balloon up, and there'd be no telling how far. So this is a very nice general overview of those first 12 and golden years of Motown. That's what this is all about: the general overview. Granted, if you want to investiagte further about a certain artist's music, there are numerous collections out there devoted just to them like the single "Ultimate Collection" CDs, or box collections of the artist. But, back to this one. Included within is a very nice 68-page booklet containing essays and phots of ALL the artists, plus musician credits, the track-by-track listing of the whole set, including original release date, label, and chart position.
In the middle of the book the different 45s are pictured all together on a two-page spread which was neat, and on the cover are the picture sleeves. It was an unusual move to put no artists and only songs on the back of the individual discs. The same goes for the back of the box. The paper inserts of the CD cases are record labels that have just the label name: Gordy, Soul, Motown, Tamla. Still, out of all the Motown best of various artists collections, this is the big one! It's great party music and dance music. People young and old will love this. The sound on here is terrific and powerful, but, yes, it is in mono. If you look in the back of the booklet, there is noted that the original single masters were used (the 45 RPM versions), so what does that tell you? Nevertheless, the sound is strong for 1992 remastering. Together, this set is living proof that Motown wasn't just a hit-making machine of a record-company, it was a feeling!
The Collection
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Must-have.
  • So much great material, but not quite as complete as it could be.
  • 4.5 stars: Could even be the box set of the year...
  • Sorry, its not the full collection
  • Great overview
 The Collection
Sly & the Family Stone
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000N69PD4
Release Date: 2007-04-10

Tracks:

  1. Small Talk
  2. Say You Will
  3. Mother Beautiful
  4. Time for Livin'
  5. Can't Strain My Brain
  6. Loose Booty
  7. Holdin' On
  8. Wishful Thinkin'
  9. Better Thee Than Me
  10. Livin' While I'm Livin'
  11. This Is Love
  12. Crossword Puzzle [Early Version][*]
  13. Time for Livin' [Alternate Version][*]
  14. Loose Booty [Alternate Version][*]
  15. Positive [*][Instrumental]

Tracks:

  1. Luv N' Haight
  2. Just Like a Baby
  3. Poet
  4. Family Affair
  5. Africa Talks to You "The Asphalt Jungle"
  6. There's a Riot Goin' On
  7. Brave & Strong
  8. (You Caught Me) Smilin'
  9. Time
  10. Spaced Cowboy
  11. Runnin' Away
  12. Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa
  13. Runnin' Away [Single Version][*]
  14. My Gorilla Is My Butler [#][*][Instrumental]
  15. Do You Know What? [*][Instrumental]
  16. That's Pretty Clean [#][*][Instrumental]

Tracks:

  1. Stand!
  2. Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
  3. I Want to Take You Higher
  4. Somebody's Watching You
  5. Sing a Simple Song
  6. Everday People
  7. Sex Machine
  8. You Can Make It If You Try
  9. Stand! [Simple Version]
  10. I Want to Take You Higher [Single Version]
  11. You Can Make It If You Try [Unissued Single Version][#]
  12. Soul Clappin' II [#]
  13. My Brain (Zig-Zag) [#][Instrumental]

Tracks:

  1. Underdog
  2. If This Room Could Talk
  3. Run, Run, Run
  4. Turn Me Loose
  5. Let Me Hear It from You
  6. Advice
  7. I Cannot Make It
  8. Trip to Your Heart
  9. I Hate to Love Her
  10. Bad Risk
  11. That Kind of Person
  12. Dog
  13. Underdog [Single Version][*]
  14. Let Me Hear It from You [Single Version][*]
  15. Only One Way out of This Mess [*]
  16. What Would I Do [*]
  17. You Better Help Yourself [#][*][Instrumental]

Tracks:

  1. Dynamite!
  2. Chicken
  3. Plastic Tim
  4. Fun
  5. Into My Own Thing
  6. Harmony
  7. Life
  8. Love City
  9. I'm an Animal
  10. M'Lady
  11. Jane Is a Groupee
  12. Dynamite! [Single Version][*]
  13. Seven More Days [#][*]
  14. Pressure [#][*]
  15. Sorrow [#][*][Instrumental]

Tracks:

  1. In Time
  2. If You Want Me to Stay
  3. Let Me Have It All
  4. Frisky
  5. Thankful N' Thoughtful
  6. Skin I'm In
  7. I Don't Know (Satisfcation)
  8. Keep on Dancin'
  9. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
  10. If It Were Left Up to Me
  11. Babies Makin' Babies
  12. Let Me Have It All [Alternate Mix][#][*]
  13. Frisky [Alternate Mix][#][*]
  14. Skin I'm In [Alternate Mix][#][*]
  15. Keep on Dancin' [Alternate Mix][#][*]
  16. Babies Makin' Babies [Alternate Mix][#][*]