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| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Polygram UK
Category: Music
List Price: $161.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 454642
Format: Box Set, Explicit Lyrics, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 731454151825
EAN: 0731454151825
ASIN: B000059586
Release Date: February 13, 2001
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Maple Leaf Rag - Joplin, Scott | | • | Crazy Blues - Bradford, Perry | | • | Dippermouth Blues - King Oliver | | • | Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground) - Johnson, Blind Will | | • | Statesboro Blues - McTell, Blind Willi | | • | How Long, How Long Blues - Carr, Leroy | | • | Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Smith, Pinetop | | • | St. Louis Blues - Handy, W.C. | | • | Ol' Man River - Kern, Jerome | | • | Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) - Grant, Coot | | • | Minnie the Moocher - Calloway, Cab | | • | Stormy Weather - Koehler, Ted | | • | Honeysuckle Rose - Razaf, Andy | | • | Hellhound on My Trail - Johnson, W. | | • | Good Morning, Schoolgirl - Williamson, Sonny B | | • | Jumpin' at the Woodside - Basie, Count | | • | We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) - Robertson | | • | Strange Fruit - Allan, Lewis | | • | Summertime - Gershwin, George | | • | T-Bone Blues - Hite, Les | | • | God Bless the Child - Herzog, Arthur Jr. | | • | After You've Gone - Creamer, Henry | | • | I Wonder - Gant, Cecil | | • | Koko - Parker, Charlie | | • | Things Ain't What They Used to Be - Ellington, Mercer | | • | Straighten up and Fly Right - Cole, Nat King |
Disc 2
| • | That's All Right - Crudup, Arthur "Big | | • | Let the Good Times Roll - Moore, Fleecie | | • | Chicken Shack Boogie - Cullum, Lola Anne | | • | I Can't Be Satisfied - Waters, Muddy | | • | Good Rockin' Tonight - Brown, Roy [1] | | • | Up Above My Head - Tharpe, Rosetta | | • | Were Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll - Reig | | • | Boogie Chillen' - Hooker, John Lee | | • | All She Wants to Do Is Rock - Harris, Wynonie | | • | The Fat Man - Domino, Fats | | • | Every Day I Have the Blues - Memphis Slim | | • | Please Send Me Someone to Love - Mayfield, Percy | | • | Black Night - Brown, Charles [1] | | • | Flamingo - Anderson, Edmund | | • | Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Price, Lloyd | | • | One Mint Julep - Toombs, Rudy | | • | Honey Hush - Turner, Big Joe [50 | | • | Hound Dog - Leiber, Jerry | | • | Money Honey - Stone, Jesse | | • | Dust My Broom - James, Elmore | | • | Smokstack Lightnin' - Burnett, Chester Ar | | • | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Porter, Cole | | • | Crying in the Chapel - Glenn, Artie | | • | Teardrops From My Eyes - Toombs, Rudy | | • | Manhattan - Rodgers, Richard |
Disc 3
| • | The Loco-Motion - Goffin, Gerry | | • | Johnny B. Goode - Berry, Chuck | | • | Yakety Yak - Leiber, Jerry | | • | Tutti Frutti - LaBostrie, Dorothy | | • | Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet) - Carlo, Tyran | | • | Duke of Earl - Dixon, Eugine | | • | Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Lymon, Frankie | | • | Hit the Road Jack - Mayfield, Percy | | • | Blueberry Hill - Lewis, Al [1] | | • | Stand by Me - King, Ben E. | | • | My Baby Just Cares for Me - Kahn, Gus | | • | Tears on My Pillow - Bradford, Sylvester | | • | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Kern, Jerome | | • | It's All in the Game - Dawes, Charles Gate | | • | Passing Strangers - Mann, Barry | | • | I Can't Stop Loving You - Gibson, Don | | • | Didn't It Rain - Martin, R.A. | | • | Handy Man - Blackwell, Otis | | • | Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Goffin, Gerry | | • | Bo Didley - McDaniel, Ellas | | • | Good Golly Miss Molly - Marascalco, John | | • | The Twist - Ballard, Hank | | • | Green Onions - Cropper, Steve | | • | Sweet Little Sixteen - Berry, Chuck | | • | It Never Entered My Mind - Rodgers, Richard |
Disc 4
| • | Dancing in the Street - Stevenson, William | | • | People Get Ready - Mayfield, Curtis | | • | Rescue Me - Smith, Carl [Vocals | | • | Baby Love - Dozier, Lamont | | • | Reach Out (I'll Be There) - Holland, Brian | | • | Under the Boardwalk - Resnick, Arthur | | • | Walk on By - Bacharach, Burt | | • | When a Man Loves a Woman - Lewis, Calvin | | • | What Becomes of the Broken Hearted - Weatherspoon, Willi | | • | Mad About the Boy - Coward, Noel | | • | My Girl - Robinson, Smokey | | • | Try a Little Tenderness - Campbell, Jimmy [Vo | | • | Tell It Like It Is - Davis, George [1] | | • | My Guy - Robinson, Smokey | | • | In the Midnight Hour - Pickett, Wilson | | • | Harlem Shuffle - Nelson, Earl | | • | Shotgun - DeWalt, Autry | | • | Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - Brown, James [1] | | • | The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) - Clark, Rudy | | • | Then He Kissed Me - Spector, Phil | | • | Knock on Wood - Cropper, Steve | | • | Where Did Our Love Go - Holland, Brian | | • | Uptight (Everything's Alright) - May, Sylvia | | • | A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement - Coltrane, John |
Disc 5
| • | Respect - Redding, Otis | | • | Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - Brown, James [1] | | • | Sweet Soul Music - Redding, Otis | | • | Soul Man - Hayes, Isaac | | • | Band of Gold - Dunbar, Ronald | | • | Higher and Higher - Jackson | | • | Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Ashford, Nickolas | | • | I Want You Back - Perren, Freddie | | • | I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Whitfield, Norman | | • | The Tracks of My Tears - Moore, Warren "Pete | | • | Only the Strong Suvive - Butler, Jerry | | • | I'd Rather Go Blind - Foster, Bill | | • | My Cherie Amour - May, Sylvia | | • | (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Redding, Otis | | • | Private Number - Jones, B.T. | | • | I Say a Little Prayer - Bacharach, Burt | | • | O Happy Day - Rimbault | | • | Young Gifted and Black - Irving | | • | Declaration of Rights - Jamrec | | • | The Israelites - Dekker, Desmond | | • | Grazing in the Grass - Elston, Harry | | • | The Thrill Is Gone - Hawkins, Roy | | • | Purple Haze - Hendrix, Jimi |
Disc 6
| • | War - Whitfield, Norman | | • | Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - Strong, Barrett | | • | Theme from "Shaft" - Hayes, Isaac | | • | Nutbush City Limits - Turner, Tina | | • | Move on Up - Mayfield, Curtis | | • | What's Going On - Cleveland, Al | | • | I'll Take You There - Isbell, Alvertis | | • | Family Affair - Stewart, Sylvester | | • | If You Don't Know Me by Now - Gamble, Kenneth | | • | Me and Mrs. Jones - Gamble, Kenneth | | • | Hey There Lonely Girl - Carr, Leon | | • | Have You Seen Her? - Acklin, Barbara | | • | Let's Stay Together - Green, Al | | • | You Make Me Feel Brand New - Bell, Thom | | • | Let's Get It On - Gaye, Marvin | | • | Ain't No Sunshine - Withers, Bill | | • | Summer Breeze - Seals, James | | • | Everything I Own - Gates, David [1] | | • | When Will I See You Again - Gamble, Kenneth | | • | Love Train - Gamble, Kenneth |
Disc 7
| • | We Are Family - Rodgers, Nile | | • | Boogie Wonderland - Lind, Jon | | • | Disco Inferno - Green, Leroy | | • | Car Wash - Whitfield, Norman | | • | The Hustle - McCoy, Van | | • | Young Hearts Run Free - Crawford, David [1] | | • | I Feel Love - Bellotte, Pete | | • | You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester | | • | Good Times - Edwards, Bernard | | • | I Will Survive - Fekaris, Dino | | • | Lady Marmalade - Nolan, Kenny | | • | You're the First, the Last, My Everything - Radcliffe, Peter | | • | Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel - Perren, Freddie | | • | Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - Cohen, Jerry | | • | Now That We Found Love - Gamble, Kenneth | | • | One Drop - Marley, Bob | | • | Midnight Train to Georgia - Weatherly, Jim | | • | The Whole Town's Laughing at Me - Marshall, Sherman | | • | Loving You - Riperton, Minnie | | • | Three Times a Lady - Richie, Lionel |
Disc 8
| • | Upside Down - Edwards, Bernard | | • | Can You Feel It - Jackson, Michael [1 | | • | Celebration - Bell, Ronald | | • | I Can Make You Feel Good - Shelby, William | | • | All Night Long (All Night) - Richie, Lionel | | • | Forget Me Nots - Rushen, P. | | • | Never Too Much - Vandross, Luther | | • | Razzamatazz - Temperton, Rod | | • | Superfreak - James, Rick | | • | Rapper's Delight - Rodgers | | • | Planet Rock - Bambaataa, A. | | • | The Message - Fletcher, E. | | • | Rockit - Beinhorn, Michael | | • | Ain't Nobody - Wolinski, "Hawk" Da | | • | Joy and Pain - Beverley, Frankie | | • | Sexual Healing - Gaye, Marvin | | • | Rainy Night in Georgia - White, Tony Joe | | • | One Day in Your Life - Armand, Renee | | • | With You I'm Born Again - Connors, Carol | | • | Baby Come to Me - Temperton, Rod |
Disc 9
| • | Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) - Hooper, Paul | | • | Teardrops - Dr. Rue | | • | Don't Turn Around - Warren, Diane | | • | Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) - Diamond, Keith | | • | Hangin' on a String (Contemplating) - McIntosh, Carl | | • | Solid - Ashford, Nickolas | | • | Word Up! - Blackmon, Larry | | • | That's the Way Love Is - Burke, Byron | | • | Do Me Right - Riley, T. | | • | Eye Know - Mercer, K. | | • | Express Yourself - Wright, Charles | | • | Scenario - Jackson | | • | Ghetto Heaven - Lor, Peter | | • | Optimistic - Hines, Gary | | • | Summertime - Taylor, Alton | | • | Close to You - Benson, Gary | | • | If It Isn't Love - Harris | | • | I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone - Parker |
Disc 10
| • | No Diggity - Riley, Teddy [1] | | • | Phenomenon - Smith, James Todd | | • | Brown Sugar - D'Angelo | | • | Tha Crossroads - Henderson A. | | • | It Was a Good Day - Isley, Ernie | | • | C.R.E.A.M. - Prince Rakeem | | • | Ruf Ryders' Anthem - Simmons, Earl | | • | Do You Wanna Go Our Way??? - Hawk, Tom E. | | • | You Know My Steez - Elam, Keith | | • | Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) - Carter | | • | Mr. Wendal - Thomas, Dennis "Dee | | • | Real Love - Morales, Mark | | • | On and On - Wright, Erica | | • | Walk on By - Bacharach, David | | • | All My Life - Bennett, Rory | | • | I Believe I Can Fly - Kelly, R. | | • | I Wanna Be the Only One - Winans, Bebe | | • | Inner City Life - Goldie [1] | | • | A Little Bit of Luck - DJ Luck |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
With 220 seminal tracks spanning 100 years, this magnificent 10 CD box-set features some of the most influential black artists and tracks of the 20th century. Features a 64 page deluxe booklet containing in-depth history, rare photographs & essential facts. Artists include Billie Holiday, Nat 'King' Cole, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Domino, Nina Simone, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Supremes, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Ike and Tina Turner, Al Green, Sly and The Family Stone, Marvin Gaye, Gloria Gaynor, Barry White, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, Diana Ross, Jacksons, Sugarhill Gang, Mary J. BLige, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, Aswad, D' Angelo, Erykah Badu R Kelly and Gabrielle. 2001 release. Box measures 12 x 7 x 1.5 inches. Mastered using 24-bit digital technology.
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| Customer Reviews:
Tries to do too much, but succeeds in doing a lot December 30, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Putting the musical contributions of African-Americans into perspective is a daunting task, but at the close of the century, a group of execs at Universal decided they should do it. Fortunately they chose to take ten full CDs and a long essay, complete with photos and historical context, to tell the story, creating in the process a sort of 20th-century time capsule.
The collection focuses on popular vocal music, so jazz is largely ignored (though at least they didn't leave out Miles Davis or John Coltrane), and it condenses the first half of the century (1900 - 1945) into a single disc. But their choices for that disc are impeccable: Scott Joplin, Louis Armstong, Paul Robeson, Bessie Smith, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Robert Johnson, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Nat "King" Cole, and more than a dozen other giants give props to a representative slice of Black artists.
None of the nine remaining CDs covers more than 8 years. But what years they were! The choices on these discs are generally as judicious as on the first disc, though with the greater space, a bit of dross slips in, particulary in CD 7 (Disco Inferno) and the last few discs, where a lack of time and perspective make it difficult to judge what really is of lasting value. But the first six are to die for, especially the soul sides (CDs 4 - 6). Almost without exception, the songs included are ones the performers are most famous for (and justly so).
Since there are 220 sides in all, however, there are dozens of performers and performances that you may have forgotten or never heard, and they flow together well. And the box is a great conversation-starter; what recordings would you have included or left out?
Only ten singers rate more than one cut: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, James Brown, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Marvin Gaye. A sprinkling of blues artists (among them B.B. King), rock (Jimi Hendrix), reggae (Bob Marley), pop (Michael Jackson), and rap (Public Enemy) round out the collection. Recent hits by the major stars of hip-hop and rap are well-covered.
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