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VARIOUS - 80s Groove 2 Sessions

Here's another excellent double from the Union Square people. This double CD, 28 tracker represents wonderful value, both in terms of cost and the quality of the music included. The Album sets out to explore the dancey soul grooves that lit up the eighties and if you were there then, then you'll have to admit that compiler Quinton Scott has done an excellent job. He's included many "big" tracks like Oliver Cheatham's Get Down Saturday Night" and Shalamar's "Take The To The Bank" but where he scores is when he uses less obvious cuts from other big names. So with Heatwave instead of "Boogie Nights" we get "Gangsters Of The Groove" and with D. Train it's "Keep On" not "You're The One For Me". Right at the end you get Lonnie Hill's "Galveston Bay", a tune that would stand out on any compilation.

  DISC 1 - TRACK LISTING
01 Pull Up To The Bumper - Grace Jones
02 Gangsters Of The Groove - Heatwave
03 Get Down Saturday Night - Oliver Cheatham
04 Feel The Real - David Bendeth
05 Act Like You Know - Fat Larry's Band
06 You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me) (Larry Levan Mix) - David Joseph
07 All & All - Joyce Sims
08 The Smurf - Tyrone Brunson
09 Jump Back (Set Me Free) - Dhar Braxton
10 I'll Be A Freak For You - Royalle Delite

  DISC 2 - TRACK LISTING
01 Encore - Cheryl Lynn
02 Take That To The Bank - Shalamar
03 It's A Love Thing - The Whispers
04 Single Life - Cameo
05 Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent - Gwen Guthrie
06 Every Way But Loose - Plunky & The Oneness Of Juju
07 Far Out - Crown Heights Affair
08 Go Bang! (Francois K Mix) - Dinosaur L
09 Running Away - Roy Ayers
10 Just An Illusion - Imagination

VARIOUS - 80s Groove 2 Sessions is available through Union Square Music, and distributed by Creative Vibes

 

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