Love Train: Sound of Philadelphia (2008)

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Label: PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL REC
UPC: 00886973527924
Release Date: 10/21/2008
Buy.com Sku: 209254045
Item#: M4FPQM
Buy.com Sales Rank: 26050
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Song Listing
 
Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Expressway To Your Heart ~ The Soul Survivors------
2. La ~ La Means I Love You ------
3. Cowboys To Girls ~ The Intruders------
4. Hey, Western Union Man ~ Jerry Butler------
5. Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love) ~ The Delfonics------
6. Only the Strong Survive ~ Jerry Butler------
7. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) ~ The Delfonics------
8. Brand New Me ~ Dusty Springfield------
9. Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You ~ Wilson Pickett------
10. You're the Reason Why ~ The Ebonys------
11. Drowning In the Sea of Love ~ Joe Simon------
12. I'm Stone In Love With You ~ The Stylistics------
13. I Miss You ~ (featuring Teddy Pendergrass)------
14. Back Stabbers------
15. Sunshine------
16. I'll Be Around ~ The Spinners------
17. Slow Motion (Part 1) ~ Johnny Williams------
18. Me and Mrs. Jones ~ Billy Paul------
19. If You Don't Know Me By Now------
20. Love is Here ~ The Futures------
Disc 2
Song TitleSample
1. Love Train------
2. Break Up To Make Up ~ The Stylistics------
3. Family Affair------
4. It's Forever------
5. Time To Get Down------
6. There's No Me Without You ~ The Manhattans------
7. I'll Always Love My Mama ~ The Intruders------
8. Love I Lost, The------
9. I Wanna Know Your Name ~ The Intruders------
10. Dirty Ol' Man ~ The Three Degrees------
11. Put Your Hands Together------
12. Thanks For Saving My Life ~ Billy Paul------
13. Mighty Love ~ The Spinners------
14. Be Thankful For What You Got (Pt.1)------
15. For the Love of Money------
16. Where Do We Go From Here ~ The Trammps------
17. T.S.O.P. (the Sound of Philadelphia) ~ (featuring The Three Degrees)------
Disc 3
Song TitleSample
1. Then Came You------
2. Love is the Message------
3. When Will I See You Again ~ The Three Degrees------
4. Where Are All My Friends------
5. Picture Us ~ Bunny Sigler------
6. Bad Luck------
7. Give the People What They Want------
8. Billy's Back Home ~ Billy Paul------
9. Hope That We Can Be Together Soon ~ (featuring Sharon Paige)------
10. Do It Any Way You Wanna ~ People's Choice------
11. Big Hurt, The ~ People's Choice------
12. Let Me Make Love To You------
13. Wake Up Everybody------
14. I Love Music------
15. Don't Leave Me This Way------
16. Let's Groove ~ Archie Bell & The Drells------
17. Livin' For the Weekend------
Disc 4
Song TitleSample
1. Kiss and Say Goodbye ~ The Manhattans------
2. I'm Not In Love ~ Dee Dee Sharp------
3. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine ~ Lou Rawls------
4. Rubberband Man ~ The Spinners------
5. Enjoy Yourself ~ The Jacksons------
6. Free Love ~ Jean Carn------
7. I Don't Love You Anymore ~ Teddy Pendergrass------
8. See You When I Git There ~ Lou Rawls------
9. Use Ta Be My Girl------
10. Close the Door ~ Teddy Pendergrass------
11. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now ~ McFadden & Whitehead------
12. You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody ~ The Jones Girls------
13. Hurry Up This Way Again ~ The Stylistics------
14. Love T.K.O ~ Teddy Pendergrass------
15. I Ain't Jivin', I'm Jammin'------
16. It's Gonna Take a Miracle ~ Deniece Williams------
17. If Only You Knew ~ Patti LaBelle------


 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Sony/Legacy's 2008 four-disc Love Train: The Ultimate Sound of Philadelphia isn't the first box set assembled on Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff's legendary Philadelphia International Records -- most notably it follows the triple-disc Philly Sound: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and the Story of Brotherly Love (1966-1976) by just over a decade -- but it is surely the best, covering more ground and painting a fuller picture of the Philly soul sound than any other similar compilation. This is largely due to how Love Train doesn't focus solely on singles released on Philadelphia International: it encompasses sides released on early, pre-PIR imprints like Crimson, Philly Groove, and Gamble but, more importantly, it weaves in outside productions by Gamble & Huff and their crucial partner Thom Bell. Adding all these non-PIR singles greatly expands Love Train, as does the decision to have this set run all the way into 1983, thereby emphasizing how Gamble & Huff's symphonic soul opened the doors for both disco and quiet storm. Part of the set's appeal is that it does offer some education, illustrating how the psychedelicized soul of 1967's "Expressway (To Your Heart)" led to the cool, soft grooves of 1980's "Love T.K.O.," a document of how rich and adventurous '70s soul was thanks to Gamble & Huff and Bell, and all their artists and associates, but this set never drags like a history lesson. It keeps moving from peak to peak, spending the first disc on early triumphs from the Delfonics ("La-La -- Means I Love You," "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)"), Joe Simon ("Drowning in the Sea of Love"), the O'Jays ("Back Stabbers"), the Spinners ("I'll Be Around"), Billy Paul ("Me and Mrs. Jones") and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ("If You Don't Know Me by Now"), the songs that established the Philly Sound, then giving way to the glory days documented on the second disc, which opens with the O'Jays' "Love Train" and closes with "T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)," the singles that helped cement the Philly sound on a broader scale. The third disc finds Gamble & Huff and Bell expanding their lush signature, ushering in disco with singles like Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes' "Don't Leave Me This Way," then the fourth disc charts the aftermath through the Spinners' "The Rubberband Man," Lou Rawls' "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mind," and Deniece Williams' "It's Gonna Take a Miracle." Although there are assorted lesser-known singles scattered throughout the box, this is by design hits-heavy, which is how it should be, as this showcases a body of work -- and as this superb set proves, Gamble & Huff's body of work ranks among the strongest popular music of the 20th century. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Musical Guests
Teddy Pendergrass
The Three Degrees
Sharon Paige

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 10/21/2008
Original Release Date : 2008
Catalog ID : 88697352792
Label : Legacy Recordings
Number of Discs : 4
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00886973527924

 
Professional Reviews
Spin (p.98)
- 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "This four-CD box collects all the hits plus rarities, with forceful message songs..."

Record Collector (magazine)
(p.91)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "Three decades removed from its heyday and, without too many of these songs having reached ubiquitous radio play status, the freshness, yet immediate familiarity of this compilation cannot be ignored."

  
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