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Product Details

  • Audio CD (March 4, 2008)
  • Original Release Date: March 4, 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B0012RLWE8
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #67,808 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

 
1. Love Train - The O'Jays
2. Back Stabbers - The O'Jays
3. If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes(Featuring Teddy Pendergrass)
4. The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Featuring Teddy Pendergrass)
5. The Sound of Philadelphia - MFSB (Featuring The Three Degrees)
6. Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
7. When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees
8. Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Featuring Teddy Pendergrass)
9. Do It Any Way You Wanna - People's Choice
10. I'll Always Love My Mama - The Intruders
11. Use Ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays
12. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls
13. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead
14. Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else - The Jones Girls
15. Close The Door - Teddy Pendergrass
16. If Only You Knew - Patti LaBelle

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Product Description

Newly elected to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the American masters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff of Philadelphia International Records wrote and produced some of the most musically creative and socially significant records of our time.
These sixteen American classics celebrate the enduring power and passion of their voice and vision as tastemakers, hitmakers, educators and keepers of the cultural flame.
There's a message in the music, and the message is love.
Get on board the love train

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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, March 30, 2008
By David Jensen (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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I already had most of these tracks on other CDs, but often with less-than-stellar sound quality. I purchased this collection in the hope that 2008 remastering technology would finally get me these great songs with the sound they deserve. Boy, was I disappointed! Many of the tracks, including "Love Train", "T.S.O.P.", and "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" are overly bright and strain the ears. These actually sound worse than on my other, older CDs. Conversely, "If You Don't Know Me by Now" sounds warm and pleasant. Perhaps the larger set mentioned by previous reviewers is a better product both in terms of track selection and remastering. There's really no excuse for a new release from a major label to sound this poor.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Why would you buy this?, March 28, 2008
By Fred "chifpn" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
Stupid question but... for anyone who loves Gamble & Huff, why wouldn't you buy the AWESOME 3-CD box set released a few years ago to wild acclaim? Sure, it's more expensive, but well worth it. (Box set name: The Philly Sound 1966-1976: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great collection of timeless Philly Soul., April 3, 2008
By Justo Roteta (Los Angeles, California United States) - See all my reviews
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Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's legendary Philadelphia International Records label was the most important and influential R&B label of the 1970s and most of the all-time classics featured on this CD remain both fresh and timeless (and still get considerable airplay on oldies stations and radio shows). The O'Jays, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass, Lou Rawls, Patti LaBelle, The 3 Degrees, The Intruders and Billy Paul were all consistent hitmakers whose classic PIR records still sound as great today as they did when originally released. Gamble and Huff's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is well-deserved indeed and this compilation pays a nice tribute to them.
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