Tom Joyner's Old School Mix Returns

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 5, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B000063109
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,618 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Holy Ghost - The Bar-Kays

2. I Like Girls - Fatback

3. Clouds - Chaka Khan

4. Always There - Side Effect

5. Let's Start The Dance - Hamilton Bohannon

6. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield

7. Must Be The Music - Secret Weapon

8. Car Wash - Rose Royce

9. Movin' - Brass Construction

10. I Hear Music In The Streets - Unlimited Touch

11. Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang

12. Bodyheat (Part 1) - James Brown

13. Street Life - The Crusaders

14. Get Down Tonight - KC & The Sunshine Band

15. The Glow Of Love - Change

16. Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll Pt. 1 - Vaughan Mason & Crew

17. Peanut Butter - Twennynine Featuring Lenny White

18. Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside

19. Good Times - Chic

20. Joy And Pain - Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This one is even better than the first one!, May 15, 2002

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B. Foster "thamacdaddy" (Olathe, KS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tom Joyner's Old School Mix Returns (Audio CD)

Is this a must-have for true old-school funketeers? As "Melvin" would say, "Oh yesssss!" You will dance, you will sing, you will smile -- and the best part is, a portion of the proceeds go to the Tom Joyner Foundation. Anyone claiming to be a fan of old-school R&B will be totally rewarded with this CD's collection of hits.

From hard-to-find jams like "Must Be The Music" and "I Hear Music in the Streets" to funk-tastic standbys "Holy Ghost", "Fantastic Voyage" and "Good Times", there is no way anyone who grew up in the 70s and 80s will be disappointed. Steve "Silk" Hurley picked 20 great songs, and the mix is fluent and flawless. I hadn't heard Bohannon's "Let's Start the Dance" since I was in college in Atlanta (Clark College, now CAU).

Hey, Mr. Joyner, may I recommend including Brick's "We Don't Wanna Sit Down, We Wanna Get Down", Teena Marie's "Square Biz", and Imagination's "Just An Illusion" on the next CD? Bet. Keep 'em coming; I'll holla!

Brian

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back to "Skool", May 10, 2002

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Karl Miller "kemspeaks" (Phoenixville, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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Sheer pleasure from start to finish.
Steve "Silk" Hurley outdoes himself with the mixing of some incredibly juicy old-skool classics on this disc. The mix of Chaka Khan's rockin' Clouds into Side Effect's "Always There" is worth the ticket for admission. When you hear the guitar riff from CLouds launching into the vocal intro of Always There, you can understand why Hurley is a Grammy Winner.
There are many other enjoyable nuggets on this disc, especially if you are a child of the best ever generation of soul music (1973-1979). Change's "The Glow Of Love" (with Luther Vandross on vocals) sounds sparkling, with a tremendous bass line brought front and center in this mix. "Street Life" sounds great, with emphasis added to the horns. And as always, Rapper's Delight, with its "Ho-tel, Mo-tel, Holiday Inn" chorus will have you singing just like Wonder Mike.
As with any mix disc, don't buy this looking for full original versions of these songs (some of which are exceedingly difficult to locate on CD). Most cuts eliminate final verses. But the mix itself is incredible, and you will have little reason to hit the skip button from start to finish.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As good as the first one!, May 22, 2002

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Diaspora Chic "diaspora_chic" (Silver Spring, MD) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tom Joyner's Old School Mix Returns (Audio CD)

Tom Joyner does it again with his old school mix. The hits get better as he pulls out some of the best songs ever heard from back in the day. Keep on putting out more hits for us to listen and dance to Mr. Joyner. Thank you again!