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In the same tradition of the great Motown groups like the Temptations and the Four Tops a decade earlier, The Spinners were the most successful soul group of the Seventies compiling an amazing seven million-selling singles with hits like "I'll Be Around," Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" and "The Rubberband Man." Tracks 1-10 were all produced and arranged by Thom Bell. My only complaint is that this collection omits the Top 20 hit "I'm Coming Home." [It should have been included in place of "How Could I Let You Get Away," which was the Spinners' debut single release on Atlantic, but was replaced by the b-side: "I'll Be Around."] While not as comprehensive as some other anthologies, this is a hit-packed collection of the Spinners' essential hits. RECOMMENDED

I have an earlier Spinners GH collection, and the sound on this one blows it away. There is a reason they call music of today in this genre "R & B" and not soul, because they don't have the soul that the performers did in the 70's. Stevie Wonder, Ohio Players, War, Billy Preston, Spinners, these are all groups that I grew up with. It does not get any better than this. The Spinner's GH should be an essential part of anyone's collection. The sound on this release is phenomenal.

After they left Motown they put out a string of great hits and some classic tunes as a group, and with guest vocalists. Great dance music and tunes you will hear a lot at wedding receptions.

Cannot go wrong with this one. You will love it.

I really wanted to get "Games people play", but I got many many good hits on this cd.

My only gripe is that the quality on this "remastered" version sounds almost identical to the original compilation I bought a few years ago on Rhino. If you're buying for the music, it's a great starter set...the remastering, however, is insignificant on this release.

Motown sound of the sixites...throwback to A.M. radio. It's nice to go back in time to the sixties and early seventies with music of the Spinners. Most of the songs on this CD are worth it. It will bring back that brief moment when most music on the radio was good.

Some reviewers refer to this as Motown music when in fact the music on this cd was recorded during the later part of their career when they were based in Philly. The Spinners only had one big hit when they were the Motown Spinners. The move to Philly saw them team up with great song writers in Philly to really create some classic soul music! I'm talking about Tom Bell and Linda Creed. The Philly Sound actually followed Motown and was a 70s thing. It used more sophisticated arrangements and some groups even had the backing of the Phila Orchestra moonlighting musicians! Smooth would be the best way to describe this sound. The Delphonics, Ojays, Blue Magic, Harold Melvin, Teddy and yes the Spinners are all big names from the Philly Sound era! (Only one of the Spinners was actually from Philly. Not sure about the rest.) ... (FYI.. the three big soul cities are Motown (Detroit), Stax (Memphis) and Philadelphia!)