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I can dig it ..., November 23, 2001
This review is from: Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (Audio CD)
Born in 1975, many of the songs on "Can You Dig It" bring me back to some of my earliest memories. "Rock the Boat," "Strawberry Letter 23," "I'll Take You There," "Why Can't We Be Friends," etc. Of course, this box sets lacks songs by Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin, but the people who would dish out this amount of money for this set probably already have their great albums. I am glad that the staples of the genre are underrepresented (Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Sly and the Family Stone, Isaac Hayes, Isley Brothers, James Brown etc.) because that gives more room for the "one-hit" wonders and less familiar acts. Also, growing up listening to pre-sample litigation rap records like "Paul's Boutique" and "Straight Outta Compton," many of the songs (which I had not heard in their entirety) sampled on those records appear here--"Express Yourself," "Be Thankful for What You Got," "That Lady," and others. I'm reminded of Steve Harvey's monologue about soul music in Spike Lee's "The Original Kings of Comedy." Many of these songs (like "Me and Mrs. Jones" and "Betcha By Golly Wow") express "soul" and "love" in ways that much of today's rap records don't. (This remark is not a condemnation of rap music but simply an observation.) This set is a time capsule, filled in an imitation eight-track cassette (remember them?) case, chock-full of great songs you either love, loved, forgotten, or never heard at all.
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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A Great 70's soul music collection, December 15, 2003
This review is from: Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (Audio CD)
I love this cd box set, and I love the way it looks! Rhino has done a good job of capturing the look, sound, and feel of 70's soul music with this attractive six cd collection. I love how they made the outside of the box look like an old 8 track tape rack! And it's great to hear songs like Betcha By Golly Wow, I'll Be There, Rainy Night in Georgia, War, Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time, Family Affair, Let's Stay Together, and so many others once again. I felt like it was 1973 all over again! I do have one minor complaint: Over 20 of these songs are on another Rhino Box set that I have called "Have a Nice Decade." I felt a little cheated, that Rhino could have sampled some other songs. Moreover, there were some great soul artists that didn't have songs represented on this collection at all: Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, and a few others. But this is still an excellent collection, and if you love 70's soul music, you might want to splurge and buy it.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love it, February 21, 2003
This review is from: Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (Audio CD)
Recommended listening. Sandwiched in time between the Motown of the 60s and the emergence of rap in the 80s is the forgotten cool of 70s soul. I remember these songs from watching Soul Train after American Bandstand and Casey Casem's Top 10, and was delighted with the richness of the sound and song. Makes me almost embarrassed by what I listened to as a teenager in the 80s, it doesn't hold up as well as the songs in this collection. Even if you don't like soul, R&B, get it anyway if you can. It will broaden you horizons. Added bonus is the booklet that accompanies the grammy-nominated packaging - you will enjoy every aspect of this set.
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