Ultimate Rhythm & Soul Collection

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Product Description
40 all Time Classic Rhythm and Soul Tracks Spanning Three Decades, featuring Classic Tracks from Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Just to Name a Few.

Ultimate Rhythm & Soul Collection,Various Artists,Sony,R&B/Soul,Soul/R & B Collections

Tracks:

The Way You Do The Things You Do
My Girl
It's Growing
Since I Lost My Baby
Don't Look Back
Get Ready
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
(I Know) I'm Losing You
All I Need
You're My Everything
Angel Doll
I Wish It Would Rain
Cloud Nine
I Can't Get Next To You
Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Shakey Ground
Treat Her Like A Lady
Error Of Our Ways
My Girl (A Cappella) (Excerpt)

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A brave effort at cramming one disc full of Temptations classics, The Ultimate Collection nevertheless makes a couple of puzzling choices. Why, for instance, include "Error of Our Ways," a very minor mid-'90s hit, and ignore "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" or "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)," both number ones from their classic period? Still, for the price, it's hard to argue with. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Sound is not as good as I had hoped for, but it has everything I wanted on it.......2007-07-05

I dislike any title "Ultimate" because ultimate really is in the ear of the listener, but this CD had everything I wanted from the Temptations on it. It only lost one star because it's touchy working in my MacIntosh and the sound quality in general is not as good as I hoped for.

Poor .......2007-06-01

I'm only a passing fan of The Temps, but wanted at least a "Greatest Hits" CD in my collection so they would have some representation.

While (most) of the songs I know and like are on the disc, the sound quality is abysmal... unless you want to hear it like it was on that mono transister radio you had back in 1971. As far as I can tell, there was no remastering done whatsoever. A disappointment.

hearing is believing.......2007-05-12

customers lose faith in vendors when they deliver defective merchandise. The CD would not perform in any player used. Vendors must earn a customer's trust by supplying reliable quality in the first place or standing up with ready replacements when they don't. This vendor did neither.

Oldies But Goodies.......2007-01-09

This CD is awesome! It contains most of their hit songs from back in the day! I recommend this CD to anyone who likes The Temptations.

The best of the best.......2006-11-10

The Temptations were Motown and this CD has their biggest hits and some that I had never heard before. Now I can say that I love everything the Temps did. The talent and voices are like majic. Otis Williams sure knew what he was doing when he put this group together.

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Ultimate Four Tops
Let's Cruise the Boulevard!!!
Sound quality deserves something better... Good compilation anyway!
One of Motowns Best-Ever Groups!
You get what you pay for!

The Ultimate Collection
The Four Tops
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ASIN: B000001ANV
Release Date: 1997-10-07

Tracks:

Reach Out I'll Be There
Standing In The Shadows Of Love
Bernadette
Ask The Lonely
Baby I Need Your Loving
Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)
It's The Same Old Song
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
I Can't Help Myself (Suger Pie, Honey Bunch)
Something About You
I Got A Feeling
I'm In A Different World
Walk Away Renee
What Is A Man
A Simple Game
Still Water (Love)
(It's The Way) Nature Planned It
It's All In The Game
You Keep Running Away
If You Don't Want My Love
7-Rooms Of Gloom
I'll Turn To Stone
Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)
Sad Souvenirs
Yesterday's Dreams

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Cramming 25 songs onto a single CD, this set captures the Tops during their peak 1960s years, when they rode the pens of Holland, Dozier, and Holland to the top of the charts. Combining the writers' pop melodies, a gentle Motown groove, and Levi Stubbs' earthy lead vocals, the group landed 11 Top 40 singles by 1967, all of which are included on this compilation. Unfortunately, The Ultimate Collection omits later gems such as "Keeper of the Castle," "Ain't No Woman," and "When She Was My Girl," but that leaves room to delve into the unique partnership between the Tops and their songwriting triumvirate. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Ultimate Four Tops.......2007-05-26

Another great Motown classic! This includes all of their hits and then some.

Let's Cruise the Boulevard!!!.......2007-03-12

Wonderful CD. Probably the greatest Motown groups ever. Great lyrics and expressions of love. My 23 yr old son even liked it. I'm surprised more current day artists havent redone some of these classics. Made me want to go cruise Bellflower Blvd in a 63 Chevy low-rider!!

Sound quality deserves something better... Good compilation anyway!.......2007-03-06

No Soul fan can say he/she has heard the best of Soul, without having this good compilation of Four Tops greatest hits. "Reach Out I'll be There", "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch" and other great hits from this excellent vocal group are included.

One of Motowns Best-Ever Groups!.......2006-05-02

The Four Tops were formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1953 though they never really struck lucky until they signed to Berry Gordys pioneering all-black record label, Tamla Motown Records, home to many legendary soul acts including Diana Ross, The Supremes, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, The Isley Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Martha Reeves And The Vandellas, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Marvelettes and many, many more.

The Four Tops were just simply a KNOCKOUT! Lead singer Levi Stubbs rocketing vocal delivery was capable of such impressive, immense power and volume and were one of Motowns best male acts during the companys heyday in the swinging sixties.

The Four Tops, like Diana Ross and the Supremes, enjoyed an extensive and dynamic collaboration with the genius songwriting and production trio, Holland-Dozier-Holland. Holland-Dozier-Holland helped put Motown Records on the map by creating and defining that classic Motown sound of the 60's along with the legendary muscian team known as The Funk Brothers. The Four Tops enjoyed a river of classics through the duration of the 1960's with the most magical of these offerings recorded under the guidance of Holland-Dozier-Holland.

I Can't Help Myself, one of The Four Tops signature tunes, contained a hooky melody and lyrics that could appeal to both the spirited and the saccharine. Levi Stubbs inimitable and persuasive voice on this classic is just pure SOUL! I Can't Help Myself shot up the charts landing at No.1.

The follow up to I Can't Help Myself, the appropriately titled It's The Same Old Song admitedly lacked the initial immediacy of that track but still holds its own individual merits and became another classic to their credit.

In 1966 The Four Tops literally exploded onto the charts with the far more adventurous and highly ambitious Reach Out I'll Be There. Reach Out I'll Be There was haunting and atmospheric in its tone. Levi Stubbs puts in another phenomenal, breathtaking performance with his grittily earthy, soulful delivery seamlessly surfboarding along the tidal wave of musical arrangements that consists of flutes, oboes and tambourines. It also delivered The Four Tops their first real taste of big chart success in the U.K. In the U.S Reach Out I'll Be There became their second chart topper.

The Four Tops music was always dramatically orchestrated that lands somewhere between soul,r&b and pop. Their staggeringly impressive run of hits continued with the magnificent Standing In The Shadows Of Love where there diverse and unique blend of harmonies gel remarkably well together which adds to its dazzling, magical effect.

Bernadatte was yet another infectious classic with its masterpiece musical production and astounding delivery from Levi Stubbs but there is a far darker and more atmospheric mood on the chilly and haunting 7 Rooms Of Gloom. Stubbs' whips along the verses with utter conviction that's literally spine-tingling across the rollercoaster and stark musical arrangements.

Holland-Dozier-Holland swiftly left Motown Records in early 1968 after a bitter dispute over back royalty payments with Motown boss Berry Gordy (many of Motowns stars subsequently sued the company years later for claims of unpaid record royalties). The Motown sound was slowly dissolving after their departure and was virtually extinct by the early 70's following Motowns headquarters move from downtown Detroit to swinging L.A. As a result The Four Tops chart-action became erratic.

They did still manage to come up with some winners. Their divine, unique cover of The Left Bankes' Walk Away Renee, which is arguably far more effective than the origanal and mereley conveyed Levi Stubbs versatile vocal approach. Walk Away Renee commendably proved that Stubbs' unforgetable voice could be just as effective when working on ballads. Walk Away Renee may have been sombre in its tone though still had a touching quality.

Another excellent ballad from The Four Tops that emerged in the late 60's was another atmospheric number, Still Waters Run. This classic hit was a remarkably exhilirating masterpiece featuring an exuberant performance from Stubbs. Still Waters Run also captures Stubbs' at perharps his smoochiest.

It's All In The Game and If I Were A Carpenter both encapsulate that swinging Motown sound and both are of significant value to this collection. However by the early 70's their once unstoppable momentum was now sadly beginning to wear thin. The Four Tops fled from Motown Records in the early 70s and had a number of record deals that didn't amount to too much and gradually they faded from view (though enjoyed a few minor revivals in the 1980's).

To this day The Four Tops continue to sporadically perform on the customary golden oldies circuit but its their glorious, golden 1960's era for what they will always be remembered for. This compilation titled The Ultimate Collection guides you through these fabulous, ground-breaking classics and capture the group at their prime. The Four Tops - The Ultimate Collection is ESSENTIAL to any serious soul music collection!

You get what you pay for!.......2005-09-24

Great group, great cd, great value. This Cd has all the hits, its a must buy.

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Smokin
Ours Is An Age Of Miracles
Very good recording and music
Wonderful
Love Smokey more than his tenure with the Miracles

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Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
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ASIN: B000001AOH
Release Date: 1998-02-10

Tracks:

Going To A Go-Go
I Second That Emotion
Shop Around
Way Over There
Bad Girl
Who's Lovin' You
I'll Try Something New
You've Really Got A Hold On Me
Mickey's Monkey
I Like It Like That
Ooo Baby Baby
Choosey Beggar
My Girl Has Gone
The Tears Of A Clown
Baby, Baby Don't Cry
The Tracks Of My Tears
The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage
(Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need
More Love
Special Occasion
If You Can Want
Yester Love
We've Come Too Far To End It Now
What's So Good About Goodbye
(You Can) Depend On Me

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Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' 25-cut disc is the single most impressive one of Motown's Ultimate Collection series (which features 17 artists). Combining Smokey's endlessly inventive twists on romance (good and bad) with the Miracles' handful of straight-up party hits, it showcases one of American pop's most sure-footed and touching acts. The frontman's prowess as singer, writer, and producer lights up each of these single mixes; less-celebrated tracks like "My Girl Has Gone," "(You Can) Depend on Me," and "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" stand as tall as the many oldies-radio staples featured here. (For much more, including "Mirage's" unstoppable flip side, "Come Spy with Me," check out the four-disc 35th Anniversary box set.) Robinson and his collaborators, both in and out of the group, regularly injected undeniable emotion into their creamy constructions, making for a stack of tracks that remain as relevant as the contemporary creations of fans Lennon-McCartney and Bob Dylan. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Smokin.......2007-07-24

This is a good collection of Smokey Robinson tunes, a good Motown sound record. Smokey's voice is great. This is a long CD, over one hour, with 25 tunes, so fans will get their money's worth from this CD. For me the CD is an enjoyable listen. It's just not the genre I'm particularly into, so I gave it 4 stars. Fans of the 60s Motown stuff might consider it a 5 though. My favs:

Second That Emotion
Tears of a Clown
Tracks of My Tears

Ours Is An Age Of Miracles.......2007-01-08

So you find a 10-spot on the street. Whatever will you do with it? Bribe a Congressman? Take it to your local greasy spoon for a hearty bowl of squirrel surprise, and a slice of the meringue pie you've been eyeing for months as it circled in its rotating glass case? Maybe skip down to the spirits store and pick up a bottle of Chateau Wallaby, ignoring the warning label which clearly states, "Caution: Consuming this product may cause nausea, dizziness, and an intense desire to burst into tears."

Or, you could buy this CD. (Highly recommended).

No R&B/soul collection would be complete without Smokey represented, and this exceptional Best Of anthology represents him admirably. At 25 cuts deep, it is virtually exploding with content, replete with must-have classics and unfamiliar gems. Like Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, Robinson's voice evokes a visceral, emotional response. It has, of course, an ethereal beauty that sounds more suited to heaven than earth. The precision of the back-up harmonies and arrangements makes for an effect that is uniformly appealing, and genuine. This music is never overtly clever or self-conscious - it is masterfully crafted and sincere.

The generation doomed to endure hip-hop and rap would do well to take this CD out for a test drive, if only to discover that there was once music both pleasing to the ear and nourishing to the soul. Smokey spoke to women in a language that made them melt, a language men strained to learn and understand. Put on "I'll Try Something New." In 2:36, Robinson evokes the sentiments of romantic love in a way that is nothing short of transcendent.

Very good recording and music.......2007-01-05

What can I say: It is Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Who can say anything bad about this?

Wonderful.......2006-11-10

It really brought back memories of watching Smokey Robinson and the Miracles back in the day.

Love Smokey more than his tenure with the Miracles.......2006-08-25

The first time we listened to this alblum we were a bit dissapointed. I guess we are Smokey fans. We love his voice.
The earlier songs on the alblum came from his days with the Miracles. It was good for us , but not great. The second half of the alblum highlighted Smokey and we really enjoyed it. Hey 25 songs for this price. Who can complain.

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I concur!
Barry White
Barry White, The Ultimate Collection
simple GREAT
A true Classic!

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ASIN: B0000457HB
Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

I'm Gonna Love You, Just A Little More Baby
I've Got So Much To Give
Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up
Honey, Please Can't Ya See
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
Baby Blues
You're The First, The Last, My Everything
What Am I Gonna Do With You
I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To
Let The Music Play
You See The Trouble With Me
My Sweet Summer Suite
Don't Make Me Wait Too Long
I'm Qualified To Satisfy You
Midnight And You

Tracks:

Love's Theme
It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me
Oh What A Night For Dancing
Playing Your Game, Baby
Your Sweetness Is My Weakness
Just The Way You Are
Love Serenade, Parts 1 And 2
Satin Soul
It Ain't Love Babe (Until You Give It)
Love Makin' Music
Sho' You Right
Put Me In Your Mix
Practice What You Preach
Come On
Staying Power

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If the one-disc All-Time Greatest Hits leaves you panting for more, but the three-disc box set Just for You proves that one can, in fact, get enough of Barry White's love, well, then the two-disc Ultimate Collection is the anthology for you. An entire slow-jams industry has been erected in White's wake, but no one has done it better. Call it "funkzac"--an inimitable fusion of lush strings and suave brass dancing on a bed of funk and disco rhythms, with the manly maestro mixed prominently atop his seduction soundscapes. Ultimate Collection serves up enough cherry Barry to produce another baby boom. --W.C. Sweeney

Customer Reviews:

I concur!.......2007-07-08

this is the best collection of his works, so many hits come at you. I did like the first disc better than his second in the set, but I'm sure when I revisit them they'll all grow on me too. =)

Barry White.......2007-07-08

Absoutely love this CD....so easy to listen to......I take it to work and listen to it all day......nice combination of music...the man can sing..

Barry White, The Ultimate Collection.......2007-07-05

Have to give 3 stars but to be fair it is based on what we thought we might be getting and selected the cd based on one song alone "Love is in the Air". We listened to the cd through to the end at one sitting and would consider it good background music for a gathering of friends but not something we would listen to again for mere enjoyment.

simple GREAT.......2007-05-23

This CD is simply GREAT. It brings me back to a time when you had to have talent to create music. It is why so many of his songs/music is sampled and reused!!! This is music at it's BEST.

A true Classic!.......2007-01-24

"The Ultimate Collection," is indeed a classic. Every track on this CD is great. Barry White's music never fails to please. Highly recommended.

Diana Ross and the Supremes - The Ultimate Collection

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It's About the Music
The best!!
Damn, these girls could SING!
Not entirely Supreme
Awesome songs, bad audio

Diana Ross and the Supremes - The Ultimate Collection
Diana Ross & Supremes
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ASIN: B000001ANZ
Release Date: 1997-10-07

Tracks:

When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
Where Did Our Love Go
Baby Love
Come See About Me
Stop! In The Name Of Love
Back In My Arms Again
Nothing But Heartaches
I Hear A Symphony
My World Is Empty Without You
Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart
You Can't Hurry Love
You Keep Me Hangin' On
Love Is Here And Now Your Gone
The Happening
Reflections
In And Out Of Love
Forever Came Today
Some Things You Never Get Used To
Love Child
I'm Livin' In Shame
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
I'll Try Something New
The Composer
No Matter What Sign You Are
Someday We'll Be Together

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The title is a bit of a misnomer: The Supremes are anthologized in more comprehensive fashion on Motown's three-volume Greatest Hits series, while this package is denser, and has a higher hit-per-track ratio. But if you'd rather pick up one collection than three, and if you want a good, thorough skimming of cream from the group's catalog, this is the better choice. All of the familiar songs are here, with no major omissions--and they're packed in with a liberal helping of second-magnitude hits. For a collection that samples only the extreme top end of the Supremes' output, there's Every Great No. 1 Hit, also on Motown. It's missing a lot, but it delivers exactly what it promises. --Gavin McNett

Customer Reviews:

It's About the Music.......2007-06-27

Diana Ross and The Supremes were the leading girl group at Berry Gordy's Motown Records during the 1960's and 70's. Furthermore, they were a leading group among all girl groups of the 1960's; you've only got to count their hits to know that. But recently, with the Broadway stage and movie success of "Dreamgirls," and its non-Motown, non-original sound track, many of us may be more familiar with the backstory than the group's music.

This record collection can remedy that situation. Among its 20 tracks, I count 14 songs that were big, reasonably rocking hits, Motown style, before the studio started going for a softer style that better suited the emerging solo star Diana Ross's slender voice. Holland-Dozier-Holland surely knew how to write rocking songs; the studio had a celebrated, tight backing band, and The Supremes could deliver. Listen to "Come See About Me," one of their earliest hits, and hear those girls belt it out. Or try "Back In My Arms Again," "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart,""Stop! In the Name of Love." Any one of their 14 original hits: these girls were not peddling bubblegum.

The backstory doesn't explain their great success: it's about the music...

The best!!.......2007-01-05

Good quality and great selection!!! This is Diana Ross and the Supremes. What could be better?

Damn, these girls could SING!.......2006-07-26

The Supremes (or Diana Ross & the Supremes, whatever you wanna call 'em) had two very important things today's R&B stars lack: the undeniable songwriting power of Holland/Dozier/Holland is one. For another, they had SOUL!!! If you're tired of the cut-and-dry, emotionless "soul" (read: rap) music from Mariah Carey & friends, give this one a spin! Good songs... where can I start? At the beginning, I suppose... When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes, Where Did Our Love Go?, Baby Love, Come See About Me, Back in My Arms Again (the latter five all #1's), I Hear a Symphony, You Can't Hurry Love (their best song in my mind), You Keep Me Hangin' On, Love Child, I'm Livin' In Shame, I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (with the Temps, a winning combo in my mind!) and the beautiful Someday We'll Be Together. And there's only one bad track over the course of 25 (yes, I'm actually admitting there is a bad song here. I deserve whatever flames I may be given) is the seriously dated No Matter What Sign You Are. Buy it, buy it, BUY IT!!!

Not entirely Supreme.......2006-01-20

OK, what you hear are all hits, but there are more hits than on this CD. And plenty of other CD-sets to pick from. But I don't want more than one CD you say. Well, then pick the #1 Supreme hits CD. With a better track-listing an far better sound quality than this one. So you have to pay a bit more; you'll be dissapointed if you buy this one and then listen to the #1 CD.

And are you really sure you don't want to hear the gems that are finally discovered on the Supremes Box set?

Awesome songs, bad audio.......2005-03-20

No sense repeating the extensive reviews regarding how influential and entertaining this music is. It's truly astounding, and the music is brilliant.

However...

In remastering these recordings, the audio engineers have apparently done what I always call a "boost and compress," which reduces dynamic range, increases overall apparent loudness, and often increases distortion. Back in the 60's, the tendency was to mix songs with vocals much louder than the accompanying music, and with very little deep bass. Nowadays the tendency is right the opposite, with electronically generated deep bass notes, and vocals barely peeking over the music. To give the Supremes a more modern sound, they seem to have compressed these tracks to bring up the music, especially the bass. The result is distorted and unnatural vocals, and compressed dynamic range, especially on the older songs. It's really a shame.

If you can't tell the difference between mp3's and CDs, you won't care. If you're an audiophile, you'll be disappointed.

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Who could argue ...???
Jackson 5 CD
What Happend to the Jermaine Vocals
Timeless ...
Pure Bubble Gum Pop

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Tracks:

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It's hard to think of a more quintessential pre-disco-era supergroup, and this really is the ultimate collection of the Jackson 5's finest. From the super-sweet "I'll Be There" (which went on to become one of the most-covered songs in recent history) to the peppy pop of "I Want You Back," the period's essence is in every single high note. The Afros, the bell-bottoms, Michael pre-identity crisis, it's all there and so much more fun than anything any of the clan has done since. This is a great party album: classics like "ABC," "Never Can Say Goodbye," and "Rockin' Robin" sit alongside more jazz-influenced tracks like a cover of the Isleys' "It's Your Thing," and are guaranteed to keep all feet on the dance floor. --Rebecca Wallwork

Customer Reviews:

Who could argue ...???.......2007-05-22

Timeless pop and soul when Michael and family were more into the sound and less into weirding us out.Classics.Feed it your kids, if you can get the Ipods out of their ears.

Jackson 5 CD.......2006-11-03

what a great CD, all the greatest hits from the Jackson 5. CD arrived in perfect condition and has given me hours of enjoyment. A great CD for a flash back party or just listening to

What Happend to the Jermaine Vocals.......2006-09-21

I Want You Back is one of my favorite songs and Jermaine was my favorite Jackson. On this CD his vocals are missing from the song, major disapointment for me. But overall CD is excellent!

Timeless ..........2006-03-16

B2K took notes ... and ran
N'Sync/The Backstreet Boys/98 Degrees took notes ... ran
Dru Hill took notes ... and ran
112 took notes ... and ran
Jodeci took notes ... and ran
Boyz II Men took notes ... and ran
New Edition took notes ... and ran

But the J-5 set the precedent and their music keeps going and going and going!!!

Michael was still Black, the brothers were gettin' along, LaToya's clothes were still on, Janet was makin' us fall in love with her on "Good Times" and the craziness that was Joe and Katherine's relationship was still a well-kept family secret.

In between, you'll get this CD of timeless classics from the Jackson 5 -- "The Ultimate Boy Band ... Period."

"Dancing Machine," "Never Can Say Goodbye Girl (No, No, No; No, No, No)," "Rockin' Robin," "I Wanna Be Where You Are (Oh!)" ... the list LITERALLY goes on and on and on.

And to think as soon as the Jacksons first hit it big, Mainstream America tried to quell their thunder by pushing so-called more "mainstream" (read between the lines) family acts like the Osmonds and the Partridge family (as if?!?!?)

This was just another time and place in life.

This album captures a more pure, innocent time in music.

Highly recommended album!

Pure Bubble Gum Pop.......2005-04-23

The Jackson 5 were bubble gum teenie-bopper pop just like The Osmonds, The Partridge Family, The Monkees, New Kids on the Block, 'N Sync, Backstreet Boys, Hanson, and The Moffetts . The Jackson 5 were no better than the The Osmonds or The Partridge Family and just as bad as the the monkees. The vocals are teenie-bopper, the lyrics are tennie-bopper, the music is tennie-bopper. This is bubble gum teenie-bopper pop at its worst. If you like the monkees, the partridge family, the osmond then your sure to like this dated bubble bum pop junk.

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GREAT, GREAT
The Sweetest Sax this Side of Heaven
Junior Walker & the All-Stars
Great Trumpet
Consensual Sax

The Ultimate Collection
Junior Walker & the All-Stars
Manufacturer: Motown
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001AO1
Release Date: 1997-10-07

Tracks:

Shotgun
Shake And Fingerpop
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Cleo's Mood
Shoot Your Shot
(I'm A) Road Runner
Pucker Up Buttercup
Do The Boomerang
Tune Up
Money (That's What I Want)
Come See About Me
Sweet Soul
Cleo's Back
Satan's Blues
Hip City - Pt. ll
Home Cookin'
Twist Lackawanna
What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)
These Eyes
Gotta Hold On To This Feeling
Do You See My Love (For You Growing)
Take Me Girl, I'm Ready
Way Back Home
Walk In The Night
Last Call

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Saxophonist Jr. Walker was the most gutbucket of Motown's consistent '60s hit makers. Even when trying his hardest to conform to label formulas ("What Does It Take [To Win Your Love]," "Gotta Hold On to This Feeling"), he sounded like he'd be just as much at home in the backroom of a barbecue joint. When pursuing his muse in even more minimalist form ("Shotgun," "[I'm a] Road Runner," the smoky "Cleo's Mood"), he sounded like the owner of the place. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

GREAT, GREAT.......2007-06-08

I one of people who do not have much liking for much of the music of today, I guess you can say I'm into the what they call 'Old School' style
of music.
This CD by Jr. Walker & the All-Stars has so much 'Soul' that it brings back that spirit when artist could sing and they were able to carry
a message in their songs where it made you feel good a time when artist could play instruments. To understand what I'm trying to say go to number 23 on this CD 'Way back home' I don't have
to say much more. If this CD do not move you then you don't have SOUL.

The Sweetest Sax this Side of Heaven.......2007-02-03

Nobody, I mean nobody, played saxophone like Junior Walker. When he passed away several years ago, the world of Rock and Soul suffered a major loss. This collection provides a rich history of Junior and his legacy as an artist. I challenge anyone to listen to songs like "Home Cookin", the seminal "Shotgun", "How Sweet it Is", and numerous others, and see if you can sit still. I guarantee you'll be moving to the music! But Junior's sax can evoke other moods as well. On "What Does It Take", (a major hit in 1969, and one of my all-time favorite songs), you can feel the despair and desperation in his voice and sax. He also reaches the heighths of happiness and exuberance on songs such as: "Gotta Hold On To This Feeling", "Take Me Girl I'm Ready", and "Do You See My Love".

I was privileged to see Junior Walker and the All Stars live in concert twice. This CD stimulates warm memories for me, and every song is a winner. Junior, I miss you, man.

Junior Walker & the All-Stars.......2007-01-10

This C. D. is just what I was looking for, to copy some sounds on the sax....J. W. was really ahead of his time ...

Great Trumpet.......2007-01-10

This product is recommended for true lovers of great music. I hope other albums by the same artist could be made available.

Consensual Sax.......2006-11-05

Junior Walker wrote the book on soul, R&B, and funk sax, nobody has touched him since. His singing was not flashy, but it was strong, and he succeeded by staying within his comfort zone.

Even as a kid plugged into Motown I noticed that Jr. Walker & The All Stars stood apart. For one thing, the sax was up front, ahead of the vocals. More than that though, JW&TAS had an earthy, funky groove that was raw, authentic, and infectious. While the other Motown acts were going for smooth, Walker went for the down-home, house party foot stomp.

What I didn't know then was that the folks at Motown had made a conscious decision to step back and let Junior do his thing. The times they did decide to run him through the Motown mill produced his most forgettable efforts, (How Sweet It Is, Come See About Me, What Does It Take, and These Eyes.)

Songs like Shotgun, Shake And Fingerpop, I'm A Road Runner, and Pucker Up Buttercup caused uptight, suburban teenagers to leap out of their seats and be transformed by the sheer joy of line dancing. Walker's music felt good all the way down to the shoes.

No discussion of Junior Walker is complete without mentioning Cleo's Mood, arguably the sexiest, sultriest song ever recorded by anyone. He stretches the groove out in Cleo's Back, and shows it off again in the outrageously slinky Satan's Blues. Sweet!

Many obscure gems on this anthology. Tune Up is the perfect throwdown track while Twist Lackawanna is so hot it could only have been played before an intermission. Hip City, though not obscure, is wonderful to hear again. Folks, if it gets any better than this - nobody told me.

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This Is A Great CD
Jeffrey Osbourne at his best
#1 Album
Ultimate Collection
Classic

Ultimate Collection
Jeffrey Osborne
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ASIN: B00000K3WY
Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

Love Ballad
Holding On (When Love Is Gone)
We Both Deserve Each Other's Love
On The Wings Of Love
Don't You Get So Mad
I Really Don't Need No Light
Stay With Me Tonight
She's On The Left
Plane Love (12in Mix)
You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)
We're Going All The Way
The Last Time I Made Love
Don't Stop
The Borderlines
Love Power
Only Human
(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again (12in Mix)

Album Description

The first-ever Jeffrey Osborne HITS package. EVERY TRACK on this collection charted. Contains FOURTEEN TOP 10 HITS

Customer Reviews:

This Is A Great CD .......2007-03-20

Have been a fan forever... no one puts it down vocally like Mr. Osborne we need more artist like him today... Great voice and a Great collection CD to have...

Jeffrey Osbourne at his best.......2007-01-03

Great cd contains all the hits you know and love from Jeffrey. Great collector's cd

#1 Album.......2006-12-29

My favorite song is "Only Human".................That song gave a good sprit to me. I really do also loved "She's on the left", "Plane Love", "Stay with me tonight", "You should be mine(The woo woo song)", and "The Boarderlines". Those 6 songs are cool, but I don't know about the rest of this album. Thank You.

Ultimate Collection.......2006-11-11

This is the best collection of songs from Jeffrey Osborne. I wish he had a boxed set, but this will have to do for now. Great voice and great music on this cd.

Classic.......2004-12-16

There is hardly a song by this man that does not meet the 5 star category. Personally, he is pure genius. The songs are delivered brilliantly. The only minus is that there are not enough songs on this album.

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Not Quite Ultimate - But A Pretty Good Compilation Even So
Excellent
Dramatically wonderful
Ultimate collection
RIP Lenny Mayes

Ultimate Collection
The Dramatics
Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
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ASIN: B00004YLO3
Release Date: 2000-09-19

Tracks:

Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
Get Up And Get Down
In The Rain
Hey You! Get Off My Mountain
Fell For You
Me And Mrs. Jones
Choosing Up On You
Door To Your Heart
You're Fooling You
Be My Girl
(I'm Going By) The Stars In Your Eyes
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Shake It Well
I Can't Get Over You
Stop Your Weeping
I Just Wanna Dance With You
Ocean Of Thoughts And Dreams
Welcome Back Home
That's My Favourite Song
You're The Best Thing In My Life

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Not Quite Ultimate - But A Pretty Good Compilation Even So.......2007-07-31

You're at a party and someone says "name me the greatest male vocal groups of the 1970s to come out of Detroit." The first responses will be predictable - The Miracles, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Spinners. I would wager that few would come up with The Dramatics, and yet, when you look at their record closely you will see that, from 1971 to 1989, they had 34 selections make the Billboard R&B charts, with 12 crossing over to the Pop Hot 100 [and two more which "bubbled under]."

After starting out in high school as The Dynamics, they became The Dramatics in 1965, undergoing several changes in personnel by the time they cut their first record for the tiny Wingate label, Inky Dinky Wang Dan Doo, which, predictably considering the small label curse, went nowhere on a national scale.

In 1967, now consisting of Ron Banks, Larry Demps, Elbert Wilkins, Willie Ford, and William Howard, the group scored their initial national hit for the equally-small Sport label when All Because Of You reached # 43 R&B b/w If You Haven't Got Love. In 1968, however, they flopped again with Toy Soldier b/w Hello Summer which was released by both Bell and Crackerjack.

In 1969 they joined the larger Stax/Volt operation where their first Volt release, Your Love Has Changed b/w Since I've Been Gone also failed. In fact, it wasn't until the summer of 1971 that they really hit it big with Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get [based upon a Flip Wilson TV schtick], which rose to # 3 R&B and # 9 on the Billboard Pop Hot 100.

After that, although their pop success was modest at best, they were rarely off the R&B charts for the next nine years. This collection, in addition to the hit just mentioned, offers up 20 of their biggest hits, five of the seven they had for Volt from 1971 to 1974, two of the five with the Cadet label in 1974/75 [two records there were double-sided hits], nine of the eleven registered for ABC Records from 1975 to 1978, and four of the six with MCA in 1979/80.

They also had one minor R&B hit hit with Mainstream in 1975 [No Rebate On Love - # 26], two for Capitol in 1982 [Live It Up - # 40, and Treat Me Right - # 62], one for Fantasy in 1986 [One Love Ago - # 61], one for Volt again in 1989 [a cover of the Simon & Garfunkel hit, Bridge Over Troubled Water, which reached # 93 R&B], and, finally, their last in 1996 for Hyped Int'l, Try Love Again [# 82].

In 1973 Howard [who would record solo as Wee Gee in 1978] and Wilkins had been replaced by L.J. Reynolds [formerly with Chocolate Syrup] and Lenny Mayes, and in 1981 Reynolds left to pursue a solo career, followed by Banks in 1983.

As mentioned above, their pop success was nowhere near as good as the other Detroit groups, with only two making the Top 40 - their first for Volt mentioned above and In The Rain, their best hit ever which reached # 1 R&B [and stayed there for four weeks] and # 5 Hot 100. After that their best pop entries were Hey You! Get Off My Mountain [# 5 R&B/# 43 Hot 100 in late spring 1973], Fell For You [# 12 R&B and # 45 Hot 100 in the fall of 1973], and their cover of the Billy Paul 1972 smash, Me And Mrs. Jones [# 4 R&B/# 47 Hot 100].

As for this being the "ultimate" Dramatics collection, it certainly comes close, although by omitting Toast To The Fool [# 18 R&B/# 67 Hot 100 in 1972] and the Mainstream entry mentioned earlier, they overlooked two that were bigger hits than [or just as good as] tracks 7, 8, 12, 16, and 19.

However, that's a minor quibble. This is ultimate enough.

Excellent.......2007-02-20

If you love the sound of the 70 and 80 YOU MUST GET THIS CD. Perfect quality, song selections also. Good price

Dramatically wonderful.......2007-01-12

I really am glad that I bought this CD. I play it over and over again more than any other CD that I have. My favorite songs are Door to Your Heart, I Think I'm Falling, Me and Mrs. Jones, Hey You Get Off My Mountain, I Want To Go Outside In The Rain and I Can't Get Over You. I like all of the songs but these are my favorite ones. The background music is wonderful. The Dramatics voices are wonderful too. Those guys can really sing. A lot of recording artists today are not very good singers with a few exceptions. The falsetto voice is amazing and the voices compliment one another with perfect timing and pitch. I strongly recommend this CD.

Ultimate collection.......2006-03-14

This is a classic especially Ocean of Thoughts and Dreams - when you hear "Destiny's Child with their Hey Girl - you start signing the "Dramatics immediately.

RIP Lenny Mayes.......2004-11-14

i always dug the Dramatics."Be my Girl" the great cut that Michael Henderson did for them is timeles. 'whatcha see,is whatcha get" is also a jam. dig there Harmony&soulful presentation."In the rain" which later Keith Sweat re-made is a timeless jam as well.

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Get Ready For Romance
Ultimate Collection - Aaron Neville's Best?
Great Cd
Superstar
Simply the Best

Ultimate Collection
Aaron Neville
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ASIN: B00005NGX0
Release Date: 2001-08-21

Tracks:

To Make Me Who I Am
Don't Know Much (Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville)
For Your Precious Love
Everybody Plays the Fool [7" Listen Baby Mix]
A Change is Gonna Come (The Neville Brothers)
Arianne (The Neville Brothers)
Warm Your Heart
Hercules
Why Worry
Sweet Little Mama
Over You
I'm Waitin' At the Station
Jailhouse
Mojo Hannah
Show Me the Way
Ten Commandments of Love
You Never Can Tell
All My Life (Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville)
Pledging My Love
Tell It Like It Is

Album Description

Aaron Neville's story is one of struggling and trouble, but ultimately triumph. He's labored on the docks of his hometown, battled with narcotics addiction and done jail time. However, he overcame his personal demons to become an international radio favorite, a multi-Grammy. Award winner and, along the way, even entertained the President of the United States.

The third of four bothers, Aaron Neville - whose voice at times seems to on loan from a higher power - was born January 24, 1941, and grew up in a close knit family on Valence Street in Uptown New Orleans before moving to the newly constructed Calliope Projects. Neville's father, Arthur, worked in the merchant marine and drove a cab; his mother, Amelia, took care of rearing the children.

"My mother was the sweetest and most understanding woman I ever knew," said Neville. "She read us Peter Rabbit. I've always felt I got my strength from my father, my compassion from my mother."

As a youth, Neville was a fan of radio serials, especially those with a Western theme. When he had some change in his pocket, he'd go to the Carver or the nearby Gallo Theater to watch Roy Rogers, Lone Ranger, Hop Along Cassidy and Gene Autry films. Inspired by what he say at the movies, Neville organized games of Cowboys and Indians in the Calliope's courtyard. He referred to himself as "Apache Red" and terrorized his playmates on a stick horse he made from his mother's floor mop.

Customer Reviews:

Get Ready For Romance.......2007-05-07

I love Aaron Neville's voice and the song choices on this album take me back to the old days. Can't listen without cranking it up for those fantastic runs.

Ultimate Collection - Aaron Neville's Best?.......2005-03-21

I'm listening to this CD right now, and I'm so entranced by all the tunes on this CD! Just one beautiful song after the other, full of gorgeous harmony and soulful expression!
I think this is my favorite Aaron Neville CD - I've got five, so I guess I'll just have to order the rest of them to be sure! :)

Great Cd.......2005-02-13

This was a must have addition to my husband's collection. You won't be disappointed with this CD.

Superstar.......2003-06-29

I have heard Aaron Neville in concert with his brothers in the past. I must say I would rather hear just him with his brothers in the background. He must have a six octave voice. Just glorius pipes. Duets with Ronstat are great! He needs to be on break out on his own more. He is truly a superstar. Thank you Aaron!

Simply the Best.......2002-09-27

I can honestly say this is the best CD I have ever listened to. If you love the voice of Aaron Neville and love music that speaks from the heart, buy this CD-- You won't regret it.

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