Customer Reviews

Birthday: It's Been a Long Time

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This 2 cd combined in one is terrifice. The first "Birth Day" is one of my all time favorite ones, because it's not too many albums where I would play it all the way through more than once. Man, now DC loved this group. Them & Parliament-Funkadelic got plenty of air play. When the BIrth Day came out, I was over a buddy of mines house, (I was 15)and his sister was cranking this. Songs like. "I Can Uncerstand It", "It's Time TO GO" "Got To Get A Knutt"/ and thier verion of "Stop Look & Listen" is off the chain. I like theirs better than the Stylistics. And that joint"You are what I am All about" That is one that Jr Mafia sampled with Notorious BIG ......Then "Been succh a long time" man oh man. IF your are into classic R&B, u gotta get this cd. You wont' be mad that you did.

I remember in college being turned on to this ALBUM yes album and good enough to want the CD in my collection. If you like funk you need this in your collection EXCELLENT.

I dug this out of my bought but unplayed stack after hearing an album by the Nite-Liters, who I THINK eventually merged with this band.
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Both funk and soul are here, and balanced perfectly. The funk is creamy and melodic enough to have groove, but also go way beyond it. The sweeter soul has a nice 1970s burnish, but is never too sappy. The singer is excellent--he can kick AND croon.

Get this.

I had been searching for this CD and finally I found it. It lives in my CD player, I love it!!!!!

I was very excited to finally find these albums on CD. This group is fairly obscure I think, but Birth Day has one of my all time favourite songs on it - Until It's Time For You To Go. The final vocals on this song by Londee Wiggins are simply mind-blowing! And again on the 2nd album - Wild Flower - is another classic with terrific vocals. The rest of this double album is standart Soul & Funk. This is a great deal just for the two songs I've alrready mentioned, but for any fan of 70s R&B this CD is well worth the money!

All I can say, this group was a very Good/Tight Group. The music still sounds good today. I was a kid, like 5 when this came out, but I recall my mom and older cusins playing this music. It's sound great today. If you want to know what true soul / R&B should sound like listen to this CD. The gril in this group can hit some seriously high notes. I would like for someone to remake "Until it's time for you to go" You might have to change the beat, but keep the vocals they way they are!

they will the stars for a long time,it would real nice if all come back doa live show on music station like vh one or tv 13 for old time to let prople what music was really back there in the past till now. if you like me who likes real funk soul music,just dig it man i will say that rap made big but funk will never die.iam 54 of age i must say again funk is here to stay. from the god father of soul(james brown) brass construction,koolandthe gang,i still say that new brith will always the best in funk sound.so they get five stars. from bill chappel brooklyn ny.

This was a horriable exsperience. The packaging and the label stated that what i had was New Birth Birth Day/It's Been a Long Time. How ever what was on the cd ws some country western music. by Hank watson or someone like that. I have since reordered it from another seller. but have not recieved it as of yet.