Best Philly Soul
Contains all of their classic Atlantic hits and more, including eight Top 20 pop smashes!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Classic group."
"This CD is one of my favorites."
"still singing and dancing."
"Good arrangement too, and great songs!"
"The spinners is one of the best groups I have ever heard."
Originally known as The Triumphs and later, The Mascots, The O'Jays would emerge at the forefront of Philadelphia soul with Back Stabbers in 1972.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It really brings back pleasant memories."
"great collection and brings back so many memories."
"I think it was an excellent CD."
"Smooth as silk and full of great music from one of the baddest groups.You can not beat these guys.The OJay's are in top form."
"I gave it 4 stars but the album is still great. I only gave it 4 stars because it's missing too many hits."
"Who doesn't love the O'Jays?"
"I love music!"
While they continued to make the charts (albeit sporadically) for another decade, the Stylistics' golden years had drawn to a close by the time this record hit the stands, so almost all of their key tracks are here. 2 and All-Time Classics cover different bases, while Greatest Love Hits is a theme compilation with some overlap.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"LISTENING TO THEM AGAIN TODAY BRINGS ME BACK TO A GREAT TIME IN MY LIFE AND THE MEMORIES I HAVE THAT WILL ALWAYS BE."
"This is a collection of stone soul classics in the very best tradition of love songs by harmony singing ensembles."
"Another oldie but goodie for all ages, this was when they still made good !"
"Their anthem, People Make The World Go Round, sounds as fresh, sweet, and relevant today as when it was released. Everybody likes to rock out and everybody likes to Wang Chung, but if there's a part of you that resonates with the gentle vulnerability of love offered up like a flower, you will find that this music wraps you like a warm coat in winter and a welcome breeze in summer."
"Sounds great, album is thick, seems like this pressing of the album was done with care."
"I would not have purchased this dvd if I had known that the full album was not recorded on this dvd."
Best Memphis Soul
Original 10-track collection from 1975 newly re-pressed on fat 180 gram vinyl.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Perfect, received exactly what I ordered, and well on time."
"I like Al Green so this was a great purchase."
"I was shocked at how great the audio quality was."
"It's AL Green!!!"
"Soul classics!"
"Such a wonderful album, received quickly and safely."
"Love Brother Al Green, you left us too soon !"
"Music is good but I received two warped albums."
Best Blue-Eyed Soul
Pressed on 180 gram vinyl, original packaging.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The only bummer is the Blu-ray audio won't play audio through a DAC."
"I bought the 2-disc expanded version when it first came out, but finally got the 4-disc version and I’m thrilled with the Blu Ray 5.1 mix."
"Thanks so much to Rhino for finally giving this release the care it deserves."
"This is my very first blue ray audio disc and with the 5.1 mix it is superb!"
"The out-takes have some funny and interesting studio chatter from Van."
"It was my first Van CD and opened my eyes to a soulfulness the likes of which I had never witnessed."
"Didn't think any album would be as good as Astral Weeks and I was blown away by how good Moondance was."
"What's not to love?"
Best Southern Soul
The Very Best splits ballads and up-tempo stuff half-and-half, letting you hear the great one's humanity in every mood--the pile-driving rock of "Respect," the preaching fervor of "Try a Little Tenderness," the nascent reflection of "Dock of the Bay."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Love Otis Redding."
"it is hard to mess up a CD so what can ya say - deliver was on time and it plays perfectly - great addition to my music collection."
"Timeless love songs, beautifully delivered."
"Can't beat Otis."
"Love everything Otis Redding!!!!"
Best Northern R&B
Nearly every one of these 104 tracks is a hit, and we mean a big hit, from 36 different, very famous artists-the Supremes, Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas et cetera, et cetera .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This box set was a gift to me back in the 80's. I was and still am big fan of MOTOWN , so I invested in vol #2."
"(If you are looking for the more esoteric material, however, you may need to supplement this with other collections or individual albums."
"The only other music that is in the same "league" is The Beatles music for the complete and udder joy and emotional rescue these magnificent songwriters, musician's, producers, arrangers, techs, etc...etc...provided from both sides of the "pond.""
"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. 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."
"Awesome compilation of old school music!"
"Some songs were put out by other singers but it's great to hear the Motown take."
"Some of the songs even brought tears to his eyes because, in his words, he had "not heard them since he was a young scrap of a boy"."
"My dad's one of those guys that doesn't like getting gifts, but I figured I'd grab him this collection for his birthday."