Product Details

• Actors: Jerry Butler, The Three Degrees, The O'Jays, Harold Melvin, Sharon Paige
• Directors: Various
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Sony Legacy
• DVD Release Date: January 27, 2009
• Run Time: 115 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001NJY69S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,276 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Item Name: Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia - Live in Concert; Studio: Sony Legacy

Product Description

People Get Ready... for a very special musical celebration! Come back to a time when hometown radio & LP records ruled the day, and your local DJ hand-picked songs and dedicated them to the one you loved. You ll enjoy timeless hits that are as fresh today as when they came out of a small Philadelphia recording studio under the direction of two visionary music producers, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff who, with their family of singers, musicians, writers and arrangers, gave birth to the glorious and soulful Sound of Philadelphia.
This dynamic concert features The O Jays, Harold Melvin s Blue Notes, Russell Thompkins and the New Stylistics, Jerry Butler, The Soul Survivors, The Delphonics, The Three Degrees, Bunny Sigler, G.C. Cameron and Jean Carne, along with the 28-piece TSOP Orchestra and some of the best-known songs of our time.


1. Show Introduction: T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia); For The Love Of Money\ T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia)
2. The Love I Lost
3. Expressway To Your Heart Soul
4. I'm Stone In Love With
5. I Love Music
6. The Rubberband Man
7. Me & Mrs. Jones
8. Use Ta Be My Girl
9. Wake Up Everybody
10. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
11. Never Gonna Give You Up
12. La-La Means I Love You
13. People Get Ready/Love Train
14. Making Of Feature: The Music Is The Message
15. T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia) (Extended Version)
16. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
17. Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
18. I Love Music (Instrumental Jam)

Customer Reviews

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34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TSOP, March 16, 2009

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B. Melody (Yonkers,, NY United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia (DVD)

I got a glimpse of this concert on PBS a few weeks ago and couldn't wait to purchase the DVD. This is the music I grew up on. Man! the music took me way back in the day, to those basement parties. I thought the production was great, the TSOP orchestra did a magnificient job and the sound quality was great. The best performance, in my book was by "The Mighty O'jays". They definitely brought the house down with a mini O'jays concert, belting out "I love music", "She use to be my girl" and "Love train". All the performances was good, even the bonus tracks by The Delfonics and Harold Melvin's Blue notes. The documentary as a bonus, was well put together and really gave you a good insight of the history of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff the founders of TSOP.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What can I say ? : Phillysound rules!!, May 10, 2009

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Rico Vrijhoeven (Belgium, Aubel) - See all my reviews

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I buy al lot of "american" dvd's because in Europe these dvd's are not for sale. So everytime it's a bit of a surprise what you get. This dvd is amazing. The Sound and the performances of the O'Jays and Harold melvin make this dvd sparkling and takes you back to the seventies. My wish is to see those groups for once in my life. I hope they will come to Europe one of thes days!!!
Dont forget the bonus section with the full version of TSOP!!!! Dance across the room

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Proud to be from Philly, May 19, 2009

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Ronald J. Begley (Philadelphia, PA. United States) - See all my reviews
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And to have music like this representing my hometown. Understandably, some of the vocals here aren't on a par with the original recordings, but the best gauge of the quality of Gamble and Huff's music is that it doesn't sound dated 35 years after it was created.

The only disappointment for me was that there wasn't more concert footage included (The Intruders are conspicuously missing). Even that is partially made up for by the inclusion of a 40 minute plus mini-documentary on the making of the DVD.