Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. LUTHER VANDROSS - NEVER TOO MUCH (12")
2. D TRAIN - YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME (12" MIX)
3. CHAKA KHAN - I'M EVERY WOMAN (FULL LENGTH)
4. ALYSON WILLIAMS - SLEEP TALK (12")
5. DE LA SOUL - ME MYSELF & I (12")
6. ERIC B & RAKIM - I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL (US 12")
7. GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE - WHITE LINES (US 12")
8. YOUNG MC - KNOW HOW (12")
9. KURTIS BLOW - IF I RULED THE WORLD (12")
10. OLLIE & JERRY - BREAKIN'...THERE'S NO STOPPIN' US (FULL VERSION)
11. JACKSON SISTERS - I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES (12")
12. MACEO & THE MACKS - CROSS THE TRACKS (WE BETTER GO BACK) (12" MIX)

Disc 2:

1. CHANGE - CHANGE OF HEART (12")
2. THE POINTER SISTERS - AUTOMATIC (LONG MIX)
3. SHANNON - LET THE MUSIC PLAY (12")
4. BOBBY BROWN - MY PREROGATIVE (12")
5. HEAVY D AND THE BOYZ - WE GOT OUR OWN THANG (12")
6. TONE LOC - FUNKY COLD MEDINA (FULL VERSION)
7. FULL FORCE - ALICE, I WANT YOU JUST FOR ME! (12")
8. DAZZ BAND - LET IT ALL BLOW (FULL LENGTH)
9. JODY WHATLEY - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE (REMIX)
10. KOOL & THE GANG - FRESH (12" MIX)
11. WOMACK & WOMACK - TEARDROPS (12" VERSION)
12. CAMEO - WORD UP (ORIGINAL 12" CLUB MIX)

Disc 3:

1. JOCELYN BROWN - SOMEBODY ELSE'S GUY (12")
2. MARY JANE GIRLS - ALL NIGHT LONG (12")
3. FATBACK BAND - I FOUND LOVIN' (12" Mix)
4. DENNIS EDWARDS - DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER (12")
5. GWEN GUTHRIE - AIN'T NOTHING GOING ON BUT THE RENT (12" MIX)
6. ORAN JUICE JONES - THE RAIN (12" Mix)
7. COMMODORES - NIGHT SHIFT (LONG VERSION)
8. WILL DOWNING - A LOVE SUPREME (EXTENDED)
9. THIRD WORLD - NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE (12")
10. GREGORY ISAACS - NIGHT NURSE (12")
11. GRACE JONES - MY JAMAICAN GUY (12")

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4713 in Music
• Released on: 2007-09-24
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Running time: 186 minutes

Customer Reviews

A great collection of classic tunes...
The series of 12" 80's era CD box sets highlight just what a rich tapestry of output this period had, and reading through the reviews, also how opinions divide so much over track listings.

Dealing with the track listing issue, I won't be doing a track by track analysis as others have already done so (no point in repeating others work), and I reckon if you are looking at the items page, the track listing, and my review, you will already know if this album is what you want, and if you know or like the tracks or not.

The albums in the 12" series seem to average between 30-40 tracks, so back in the day (let alone now at collectors' fairs) to buy all of the tracks included would cost at least a £120 or more. You can now buy a collection for a tenth of that price. So by my reckoning, if you buy any of these compilations and you have only a few that you like, or get hold of an old favourite that is totally unavailable by any other means, you are quid's in. For me the ultimate compliment to this series, are the other pale imitators that have been subsequently released by other labels, in a bid to cash in on the success and quality of the 12" series of albums.

Ignore the critics, these albums represent outstanding value for money, and for those of us who where around at the time (or maybe wish they were) the 12" series of CD's represent an outstanding opportunity to acquire a collection of quality tracks that realistically, would be otherwise virtually impossible to achieve.

great comp & good work
I have been buying these 12"/80s collections since the first one. They are excellent as they cover the period of my 12"-buying youth (when there was no way I could have afforded all these); and they have some tracks I would never have considered buying.
So not only do they stay away from the obvious tracks seen on all the other 80s compilations, but they are doing good work too...
There are tracks on here that sound like they have been mastered (is that the word?) from vinyl. From this I assume that the original recordings are lost and the mixes are being preserved by appearing on a compilation like this. That has got to be good!
By the way, the fact that some appear to have come from vinyl is not a criticism of the sound quality. It is well done and if I was listening to the originals on my deck, they would sound much worse (and be deteriorating with each play).
Now, where can I send my suggestion for the eagerly awaited next volume...?

Now correct as of 1st Nov
An excellent collection for those of us whose vinyl is hidden in the loft and in the digital age unplayable.
Hours of fun to play in the car and annoy the boy racers....plus you can sing along to this too!