Give Your Body Up: Club Classics & House Foundations, Vol. 1

Track Listings

1. Funky Sensation - Gwen McCrae

2. Over Like a Fat Rat - Fonda Rae

3. Can't Play Around

4. What Can I Do for You? - LaBelle

5. Always There - Side Effect

6. Why Leave Us Alone - Five Special

7. Is It All over My Face? - Loose Joints, Loose Joints

8. Free Man [Disco Version] - South Shore Commission

9. Bad for Me - Dee Dee Bridgewater

10. I Love Music - The O'Jays

Give Your Body Up: Club Classics & House Foundations, Vol. 1,Various Artists,Rhino / Wea,80's,90's,Club/Dance,Dance Music,Disco,Funk,Pop,Soul

Tracks:

Girl You Need A Change Of Mind - Eddie Kendricks
Runaway Love - Linda Clifford
I Want To Thank You - Alicia Myers
I'll Do Anything For You - Denroy Morgan
Clouds - Chaka Khan
You Got Me Running - Lenny Williams
Vertigo/Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman
Weekend - Phreek
The Music Got Me - Visual
Give Your Body Up To The Music - Billy Nichols

Customer Reviews:

I WANT TO THANK YOU.......2003-05-24

if it were not for this disc I would have never found a copy of Alicia Meyer's doing I Want to Thank You I instantly became a fan of the series and brought the othert two to add to the collection I suggest when you have old friends over and want a quick game of remember when pop in these CD's and relive some great memories again

the golden days of dance.... again!.......2002-05-06

First, get all 3 volumes, put 'em on your multi-disc cd player, then let these dancefloor gems do their thaaang... Can be played at a bbq on Memorial Day, July 4, Labour Day, etc... or while you're playing Twister (tangled up in a pretzel position while trying to grab that Bacardi & Coke that's waaaay on the other side of the mat ;) whatever... you get the idea. Your cooler friends will scream and shout when their favorite joints get those memories flooding back.

More than five stars.........2000-06-24

Anyone who has experienced the club scene (especially NYC) in the late 70's and early 80's must get this CD POST HASTE! I'm sitting here right now taking a trip down memory lane. The compilation of songs is PERFECT. That rarely happens. All of the selections are not only awesome but arranged well in their order. I seriously urge anyone who was growing up through that period (and enjoyed it) or who is curious about the club music to get this CD. Make no mistake, club/house music has a totally different flavor than your garden variety "disco".

Give Your Body Up: Club Classics & House Foundations, Vol. 1

Average customer rating:

Rare Grooves
CLUB CLASSIC & HOUSE FOUNDATION REVIEW
HEY, NOW THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!!!
oooooh yeah, the way it used to be... it still can be!
oooooh yeah, the way it used to be... it still can be!

Give Your Body Up: Club Classics & House Foundations, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music

Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music

1980s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music

1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000033NX
Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

Funky Sensation - Gwen McCrae
Over Like A Fat Rat - Fonda Rae
Can't Play Around - Lace
What Can I Do For You? - LaBelle
Always There - Side Effect
Why Leave Us Alone - Five Special
Is It All Over My Face - Loose Joints
Free Man (Disco Version) - South Shore Commission
Bad For Me - Dee Dee Bridgewater
I Love Music - The O'Jays

Customer Reviews:

Rare Grooves.......2004-10-02

First of all, this CD is very hard to find now because it's out of print for long even though it's rather popular among collectors like me. You should buy it if you are a real disco music fan and able to find somewhere, I think. Give Your Body Up series includes many rare disco tunes, moreover, in the extended versions in most cases. But this Vol.1 is most recommendable. I like Why Leaves Us Alone and Bad For Me, both of which are exciting up-tempo disco gems and really really hard to find on any CD. The disco version of Free Man is also good.

CLUB CLASSIC & HOUSE FOUNDATION REVIEW.......2002-09-15

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SERIES TO DATE, ALL THREE VOLUMES HAS CLASSICS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD IN YEARS. I HAVE ALL THREE AND I HOPE THEY COME OUT WITH 4,5, AND 6.

HEY, NOW THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!!!.......2002-05-25

Great collection of dance-cuts. I have volume 1-3, and I'm glad I decided to buy them. With the exception of a couple of songs, all the jams are full-length extended versions. This is what I've been asking for all along. The average person from that era don't want alot of three-minute cuts from back in the day. Hey, we want the whole un-cut versions and this series delivers.

Plus, while listening to it, I came across a few long-loved jams that I haven't heard in years (decades, even). For instance, as soon as I heard the song "BRA" by CYMANDE, man, I almost cried. And then there's the vocal-version of the jam, "ALWAYS THERE" by SIDE EFFECT. Man, I was looking for these cuts; in CD-format, for a long time.

Hey, if your on a serious quest for great un-cut dance-jams from back in the day; you definitely can't go wrong with "GIVE YOUR BODY UP", it's one of the best series.

oooooh yeah, the way it used to be... it still can be!.......2002-05-06

Give Your Body Up: Club Classics & House Foundations, Vol. 2

Average customer rating:

House Rockers Please enter the Club!!!
Jersey is in the House
Save your money
stood the test of time....
A Thoughtful Series

Give Your Body Up: Club Classics & House Foundations, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

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General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music

Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000033NZ
Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

Just Us - Two Tons O' Fun
Baby I'm Scared Of You - Womack & Womack
Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown
Touch And Go - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
Love Is The Message - MFSB
Running Away - Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Now That We Found Love - Thirld World
Bra - Cymande
Down To Love Town - The Originals
Over And Over - Sylvester

Customer Reviews:

House Rockers Please enter the Club!!!.......2004-05-16

If you are or were in my case, a serious house music aficionado, this CD is a must! If you were just a casual listener then don't buy, pick up a Donna Summer album or something to that effect. If you can identify with Womack & Womack, Weather Girls, Brothers Johnson, Roy Ayers, Sylvester, Jocelyn Brown etc. you got the right CD!!!
This is not for "percolators", Old School Rockers only!

Jersey is in the House.......2003-05-24

Now if you grew up in Jersey especially North and Central Jersey you know that we love underground club classic hits one song you will always hear if you are drving around Newark is BABY I'M SCARED OF YOU by WOMACK AND WOMACK reminds me of my childhood and watching your parents dance in the basement parties when the kids were supposed to be sleeping Great memories!

Save your money.......2003-02-24

Touch and Go and Love is The Message was the only reason to give the cd 2 stars, it is really not worth buying maybe you can find other cd's w/ above listed songs w/ better choices.
Save your money!

stood the test of time...........2002-05-06

A Thoughtful Series.......2001-09-08

Give Your Body Up is an interesting collection of discs. It achieves its aim of preserving foundational songs essential to the progression of modern dance club music. The discs contain rareties that are difficult to find elsewhere. Each disc in the series, this one in particular, may cover too much ground and have too much variety. There was a good bit of difference stylistically between the Philly Sound and string/horn drenched dance music of the 70's on the one hand and the synth-based, drum machine sound of the early and mid 80's on the other. Both decades are intermixed, not in chronological order. So we find the organic, gospel-inflected "Over and Over" next to the electronic "BRA," the orchestral "Love Is The Message" alongside the reggae-laced "Now That We've Found Love." As a source for songs, however, this series is definitely different from those "Disco" sets that focus on radio hits.

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