Show Time / Visions of Life

Slave | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B000AQKVAI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,401 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Snap Shot

2. Party Lites

3. Spice of Life (Oh Yes, You're the Best)

4. Smokin

5. Wait for Me

6. Steal Your Heart

7. For the Love of U

8. Funken Town

9. Intro (Come to Blow Ya Mind)

10. Do You Like It... (Girl)

11. I'll Be Gone

12. Friday Nites

13. Be My Babe

14. Sweet Thang

15. Stay in My Life

16. Visions

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Lived To See This On CD!, October 31, 2005

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Funky Cold Medina (Cali) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Show Time / Visions of Life (Audio CD)

Are you ready? The number one band in land! The Midwest music monsters! S-L-A-V-E! It's Slave!

Give yourself a chance! Let the FUNK create the new DANCE!

Slave has indeed come to blow ya mind! I guess I can speak for us old school folks when I ask, "What took sooo looong for the "Show Time" album to make it on CD? Now I can safely put away both of my sratched up vinyl records and listen to "Show Time/Visions Of The Lite" in CD quality sound! How sweet is that! I would've been satisfied with just "Show Time" on CD but adding "Visions Of The Lite" to it was a real added bonus. How much better can it get, you say? How about the fact that "Hardness Of The World/Concept is finally on CD, as well! You really have to love old school to undertand the significance of this! Thanks Collectable Records, for finally

doing something that Rhino records didn't do!

Slave had a very unique sound to them. There first three albums (Slave, Hardness Of The World, & Concept) incorporated a hard rock edge to their very raw funk sound. Even though Steve Arrington was added to the band on the Concept album, it was not until the next album "Just A Touch Of Love" that Steve had brought their sound to a whole new level, which was just a taste of what was to come. The next two albums "Stone Jam" and "Show Time" really brought Steve Arrington to the forefront as he smoothed out and polished up their raw funk sound and brought it to a whole new dimension, if you know what I mean. In my opinion, "Show Time" is by far the best album they put out with "Stone Jam" coming a close second. The next album "Visions of The Lite" was good,as well, but it didn't quite match the quality of their previous two albums. I guess it may of had something to do with the fact that Steve Arrington had a very unique sound to him and that he left the band after the "Show Time" album and went solo, what a shame. Anyhow, 'Visions Of The Lite" does sound sweeter in CD quality especially the jams with the monster bass solos. And the next album "Bad Enuff, was respectable, but they went downhill after that. To all you hardcore funkateers, this CD is a must! They don't make music like this no more. It's all about the sampling now! No originality!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Show Time" at last y'all!!!!, January 18, 2006

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Bad Willow (Sunnydale,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Show Time / Visions of Life (Audio CD)

When I was 13,I remember a Slave album from late 1981 called "Showtime" was out.On it was the unedited version of Wait For Me,Party Lites,Snapshot,Steal Your Heart,Smokin' and Funkentown.In short,the album was the bomb.It was just re-released on October 25,2005 as a twofer CD.Damn,I'm glad someone finally got around to issuing this classic of a funk masterpiece on a CD.

A lot of different people will have different Slave album picks.For some " "Stone Jam" is it.For others it's "The Concept".Mine is "Show Time".I think Mark Adams trademark bass stylings and Steve Arrington's vocals made this one for the DJ crates and home stereos.

THIS IS TRUE OLD SCHOOL FUNK AT IT'S PUREST

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well its about time d_mn!!, May 20, 2006

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The*hot*wax*kid - See all my reviews

This review is from: Show Time / Visions of Life (Audio CD)

I have been waiting for this album to be released on Cd for several years. I have the vinyl that I went out and found (in mint condition to) and copied to a disc. ButI always hoped that someone would have the good since to put it out on disc. Well that time has come, and I could not be happier. This is definately slave's best album. Steve Arrington's vocals are simply fantastic and Mark adams is a monster on funk bass, if you like funk then this is a must have. This is the album that influenced a zillion funk bassist back in the day. The songs here are basically the songs that made the band famous, this is the ohio band at its best.