Track Listing

1. Contact
2. War
3. I Have Faith In You
4. I'm Still A Struggling Man
5. Ooh Baby Baby - Edwin Starr, Blinky
6. You've Got My Soul On Fire
7. 24 Hours (To Find My Baby)
8. There You Go
9. Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On
10. I Want My Baby Back
11. Ain't It Hell Up In Harlem
12. Time
13. Back Street
14. Who Is The Leader Of The People
15. Easin In
16. Stop The War Now
17. H.A.P.P.Y. Radio

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28337 in Music
• Released on: 2001-03-19
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 50 minutes

Customer Reviews

Show me the back streets....
I was lucky enough to see ES live twice in my lifetime. Once at a scooter rally in the 80s, and once, a year or so before his untimely parting from us, in Peterborough.

I saw him perform at the Cresset Centre in Peterborough along with Freda Payne and Martha Reeves on the "dancing in the street" tour. No disrespect to Freda or Martha (they were brilliant), but it was Edwin's show. It was an all-seater venue, but as soon as we'd heard the first few bars of "stop her on sight" there wasn't a flat seat in the house!

A more unassuming man you couldn't wish to meet - despite his immense talent. He shook hands with us all after the show and seemed genuinely surprised at our adulation. The man was pure class and a true gentleman.

I will always count myself fortunate at having shaken the man's hand. Even if he hadn't had the voice of a god, you would have wanted Edwin Starr as your best friend.

We miss you Ed, but you left us some fantastic soul!

Edwin Starr - The Essential Collection
One of the series of low priced series of the 'Essential or Best of' series of Motown artists from Spectrum, this gives a wide cross section of the late Edwin Starr's output from his early days with Detroit's Ric-Tic label, such as Back Street, the label having been later purchased by Motown, through to his 1970's offerings on 20th Century, H.A.P.P.Y. Radio. It covers not only the classics, War, but shows off his lesser known sides like I Have Faith In You, the original B side of Stop Her On Sight, and of course a Northern Soul Favourite. It even features a 'hidden' track - My Kind Of Woman at track 12, shunting the remainder one down in order. All in all a very good effort.