Pure Slow Jams (2002)

Product Summary Label: Polygram Label Group UPC: 00731458399827 Release Date: 9/10/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60567638 Item#: M25YT9 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation - The Dells ~ Various Artists 2. Float On - The Floaters ~ Various Artists 3. Easy - The Commodores ~ Various Artists 4. Lean On Me - Bill Withers ~ Various Artists 5. Love Ballad - L.T.D./Jeffrey Osborne ~ Various Artists 6. Special Lady - Ray, Goodman & Brown ~ Various Artists 7. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - The Delfonics ~ Various Artists 8. Have You Seen Her - The Chi-Lites ~ Various Artists 9. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations ~ Various Artists 10. I'll Be There - The Jackson 5 ~ Various Artists 11. I Want You - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists 12. Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul ~ Various Artists 13. Let's Stay Together - Al Green ~ Various Artists 14. Show & Tell - Al Wilson ~ Various Artists 15. Reunited - Peaches & Herb ~ Various Artists 16. 'Cause I Love You - Lenny Williams ~ Various Artists 17. Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin ~ Various Artists 18. Neither One Of Us (Want To Be The First To Say Goodbye) - Gladys Knight & The Pips ~ Various Artists (P) 2002 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 2002 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Photographer: Igor Vishnyakov. Pure Slow Jams, part of Universal's genre-specific series of compilations released under its "Pure" brand name (Pure Funk, Pure Disco, etc.) contains 18 major R&B ballad hits of the 1970s. Most of them were drawn from Universal's vast catalog of acquired record companies (MCA, Motown, etc.), although several have been licensed from other companies, notably Bill Withers' "Lean on Me" and Billy Paul's "Me and Mrs. Jones" from Sony, the Delfonics' "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" from BMG, Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" from EMI, and Aretha Franklin's "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" from Warner. Major stars such as the Commodores, the Temptations, the Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, and Gladys Knight & the Pips are represented, along with less-prominent artists such as Al Wilson and Lenny Williams. Some of the songs, such as "Lean on Me" and "Let's Stay Together," have arguably become standards in the ensuing quarter-century; others, such as the Floaters' "Float On" (in which each bandmember introduces himself, announces his astrological sign, and explains what kind of woman he likes) are dated novelties. But they were all R&B (and in most cases pop) hits, and they all proceed at slow and medium tempos, all the better for close dancing. The album is a bonanza for anyone who grew up listening to R&B radio in the '70s and favored the softer sounds. ~ William Ruhlmann Producer: Jeff Moskow (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 09/10/2002 Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : 583998 Label : UTV Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00731458399827    Product Image