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Hurry Up This Way Again/Closer Than Close/1982

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Gamble and Huff loaned themselves to the Stylistics on these two projects and the cd's are nothing less that great. During the 70's and 80's, Gamble and Huff were the best and the Stylistics were nothing short of awesome!

I'm a huge Stylistics fan and could not believe my eyes when i saw that these 3 rare albums were available at one time on cd....There are a lot of good lesser known tracks as well as the one's you know and love....I'd have to put the Stylistics in my top 5 groups of all times....I'm sure you'll enjoy this 3 lp set on 2 cd's....Heres to good music

As it says in the booklet of this three(!)-disc compilation these three late 70 / early 80 records from The Stylistics are some of the most overlooked releases in all of the philly-soul catalogue.

The sound found here is your typical late 70:ies slick and groovy soul (at times flirting with disco). What makes this record so interesting is that the material is not at all as cliché as other albums from this period can be, the songwriting comes of as fresh and creative and contain a lot of tracks that really have a unique feeling to them.

If you're a fan of phillysoul or just late 70:ies soul than this compilation should not make you dissapointed. Personal favourites include "Call on you" and "It started out".

I've spent alot of my life listening to these guys. When I think about it, the Stylistics stoped me from listening to those Temptations, and that says alot. "Hurry Up This Way Again" was always one of my favorite albums, with alot of gems on it. "1992, only for the true Stylistic fan "you're leaving" and "United" another couple of gems. What a great job they do on "United" (old "Intruders" classic) Now let me tell you about the one I never heard or heard about, "closer than close". If you're like me, it'll take awhile to get pass
"almost there", only then can you truly appreaciate the other tracks, "closer than close", "mine all mine" and "serchin'". You'll see how "closer than close" got lost in that disco era. Don't think that these guys didn't make money on disco also, you got to check there record sales in the UK, Asia and Europe.

This CD took me back to the good ole days. . .Man. . .I put it on and just smiled. . . .People Make the world go round! They just dont make songs like this anymore. Guys if ya read this. . . .Thank you so much for this music!
You'll never get to heaven If you Break my heart. . . .I just loved it. . .
I downloaded it right into my Ipod!

This 2-CD set includes three albums which The Stylistics recorded for Philadelphia International Records from 1980-83. The group was desperately in need of a career revival back then and such PIR stalwarts as Thom Bell, Dexter Wansel, Cynthia Biggs, Sherman Marshall and even Gamble & Huff themselves gave the group some great songs--but commercial success was (sadly) not in the cards. This IS, however, great music which is eminently enjoyable and highly recommended to all Soul fans.

the sylistics have always been one of my favorite groups. i adore their musical style a lot.