No. 1 Hits of Disco Soul Funk Rare Groove
Various Artists (8 CD Boxset)
RECORD LABEL / RELEASE INFO:
X-Media (UK) / 2003 / XMBOXCD03
8 CD Boxset (4 slimline double CD jewel cases) with slipcase
STUDIO CREDITS:
Producer: Various
TRACKLISTING:
Disc 1 of 8 - No. 1 Disco Hits
Don't Leave Me This Way 3:43 Thelma Houston
I Feel Love 8:16 Donna Summer
Love Macine 3:03 The Miracles
Shake Your Groove Thing 3:58 Peaches & Herb
Funkytown 3:58 Lipps Inc.
I Will Survive 3:19 Gloria Gaynor
You're The First, The Last, My Everything 3:27 Barry White
Upside Down 3:42 Diana Ross
Contact 6:51 Edwin Starr
Get Down 3:39 Gene Chandler
You Can Do It 6:29 Al Hudson
Got To Give It Up 4:14 Marvin Gaye
Disc 2 of 8 - No. 1 Disco Hits
Love Hangover 3:52 Diana Ross
Hot Stuff 3:53 Donna Summer
Love's Theme 4:09 The Love Unlimited Orchestra
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love 4:04 Barry White
I Love The Nightlife 5:36 Alicia Bridges
Now That We Found Love 7:37 Third World
Celebration 3:42 Kool & The Gang
Mama Used To Say 3:38 Junior
You Can't Hide Your Love 6:43 David Joseph
The Medicine Song 3:48 Stephanie Mills
Can't Live Without Your Love 7:15 Tamiko Jones
Spread Love 8:38 Al Hudson & The Soul Partners
Disc 3 of 8 - No. 1 Soul Hits
I Want You Back 3:01 The Jackson 5
Love Town 5:18 Booker Newberry III
Never Knew Love Like This Before 3:27 Stephanie Mills
Hong On In There Baby 3:24 Johnny Bristol
Strwaberry Letter 23 3:49 The Brothers Johnson
DonĄt You Get So Mad 3:54 Jeffrey Osbourne
All Night Long 5:36 Mary Jane Girls
ItĄs Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me 7:00 Barry White
Does She Have A Friend 4:12 Gene Chandler
Silver Shadow 4:59 Atlantic Starr
Walk Away From Love 3:20 David Ruffin
Piano In The Dark 4:22 Brenda Russell
Disc 4 of 8 - No. 1 Soul Hits
The Rain 5:08 Oran 'Juice' Jones
A Love Supreme 5:36 Will Downing
Razzamatazz 4:17 Quincy Jones
Nightshift 4:26 Commodores
Mine All Mine 5:02 Cashflow
I Want To Do Something Freaky To You 5:56 Leon Haywood
Ain't Nothing Going On But the Rent 3:30 Gwen Guthrie
You Used To Hold Me So Tight 5:46 Thelma Houston
PuttIng A Rush On Me 5:55 Stephanie Mills
Too Hot 5:09 Kool & The Gang
Men Should Not Sleep Alone 6:38 Ray Parker Jr.
Dont Look Any Further 5:27 Dennis Edwards
Disc 5 of 8 - No. 1 Funk Hits
Sex Machine 5:18 James Brown
Funky Stuff 3:05 Kool & The Gang
Brick House 3:36 Commodores
Fire 4:29 Ohio Players
Shake Your Rump To The Funk 3:40 The Bar-Kays
Make It Funky 3:18 James Brown
Jungle Boogie 3:06 Kool & The Gang
Rigor Mortis 5:26 Cameo
Car Wash 3:20 Rose Royce
Theme From "Which Way Is Up" 3:11 Stargard
Don't Stop The Music 7:52 Yarborough & Peoples
I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up & Dance (Oops) 8:44 The Gap Band
Disc 6 of 8 - No. 1 Funk Hits
Get Up Offa That Thing 4:12 James Brown
Running Away 6:58 Roy Ayers
You & I 3:14 Rick James
Burn Rubber On Me 5:38 The Gap Band
Let's Get Serious 7:58 Jermaine Jackson
Behind The Groove 6:03 Teena Marie
Let's Start The Dance (with Male rap-like vocals) 7:38 Hamilton Bohannon
Flashlight 5:33 Parliament
Get The Funk Outta My Face 5:59 The Brothers Johnson
Love Will Bring Us Back Together 6:00 Roy Ayers
I'm A Sucker For Your Love 3:14 Teena Marie
Tear The Roof Off The Sucker 5:28 Parliament
Disc 7 of 8 - No. 1 Rare Groove Hits
Blow Your Head 4:45 The JBs
I Know You Got Soul 4:44 Bobby Byrd
Think (About It) 3:25 Lyn Collins
I Believe In Miracles 4:52 The Jackson Sisters
'Cross The Track 3:22 Maceo And The Macks
Yes It's You 3:15 Sweet Charles
Message From The Soul Sisters 4:16 Myra Barnes
The Boss 3:17 James Brown
Same Beat 3:21 Fred Wesley & The JB's
Gimme Some More 3:07 The JBs
Soul Power '74 4:12 Maceo And The Macks
House Party 5:29 Fred Wesley
Disc 8 of 8 - No. 1 Rare Groove Hits
Hot Butterfly 7:52 Gregg Diamond / Bionic Boogie Featuring Luther Vandross
Is This The Best (Bop Doo Wah) 3:49 L.A. Boopers
Jungle Fever 4:26 Chakachas
Get It Up For Love 5:48 Tata Vega
I Want To Thank You 3:50 Alicia Myers
Choosing You 6:16 Lenny Williams
Your Sweetness Is My Weakness 8:04 Barry White
Moonlight Lovin Menage A Trois 10:03 Isaac Hayes
Shake Her Loose 2:29 The Jackson Sisters
It Must Be Love 6:08 Alton McClain & Destiny
Baby Baba Boogie 4:18 The Gap Band
I Just Want To Be 5:21 Cameo
NOTES:
This 8 CD boxset called No. 1 Hits of Disco, Soul, Funk and Rare Grooves appears at first to be a great value. What with all that music at such a low price and look, there are only 12 songs on each CD, one must assume that they've used the full and unedited versions? Dream on. Nowhere are the track times listed-not even on the inside booklet of each CD-NOWHERE. Some of these CDs clock in with a total time of around 50 minutes so they could have used full versions.
Number 1 Hits of Disco, Soul, Funk and Rare Grooves is a complete disgrace and a blatant attempt by X-Media to mislead the buying public. There really should be a legal mandate to require all record labels to post complete tracklistings AND timings on the outside packaging.
No other website or store mentions this or even bother to give a complete tracklisting - they just say buy it. I've had this box set for a while now and was not even going to post it, but thought better of it and hope this info is of use to someone.
Now on to the music and the selection. It's a shame as this boxset could have been a killer piece and I realize that licensing restrictions might have played a part in the way things came out. Firstly, all the tracks are culled from the Universal catalogue, which means classic material from MCA, Polydor, 20th Century, Delite, Motown, Casablanca, Island and other record labels.
The two compact discs for Disco have almost all the songs relegated to roughly three minute edits with the notable exceptions of Third World's "Now That We Found Love" and about 3 others that already have appeared in this form on other CDs.
Fortunately, it's the other three CDs that give this compilation some respectability despite the continued use of 3-4 minute versions for most tracks. Unlike the Disco CDs, there are a number of great tracks which one may not have on other compilations. Songs like Bionic Boogie's "Hot Butterfly" and Chakachas' "Jungle Fever." Look at the tracklisting and times that I listed above and you can make up your own mind whether you should buy this or not. Truth be told a better buy would be the CD compialtion Magnum Opus, which has full versions of similar songs.
The main reason why I am a bit negative on this box set is the obvious attempt to cover-up the track times. Had they been clearly labelled I would say No. 1 Hits of Disco, Soul, Funk and Rare Grooves is a great value despite the limitations.
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