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Music CD - Gladys Knight & the Pips: The Ultimate Collection
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Music CD: The Ultimate Collection
Artist: Gladys Knight & the Pips
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Manufacturer: Motown
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1. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
2. The End Of Our Road
3. Everybody Needs Love
4. Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me
5. It Should Have Been Me
6. I Wish It Would Rain
7. Every Little Bit Hurts
8. Didn't You Know (You'd Have To Cry Sometime)
9. Just Walk In My Shoes
10. The Nitty Gritty
11. Friendship Train
12. You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You?)
13. If I Were Your Woman
14. I Don't Want To Do Wrong
15. Here I Am Again
16. Make Me The Woman That You Go Home To
17. Help Me Make It Through The Night
18. Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say...
19. Daddy Could Swear, I Declare
20. All I Need Is Time
21. Between Her Goodbye And My Hello
22. It's Time To Go Now
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731453082625
Label: Motown
Manufacturer: Motown
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Motown
Release Date: 1997-10-07
Studio: Motown
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Summary: Motown's "The Ultimate Collection" Series Deliver The Goods
Comment: One of the very best series of compilations on the market today are those identified on the cover as "The Ultimate Collection" [some others include The Four Tops, The Marvelettes, The Supremes, Mary Wells, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles].
Gladys Knight & The Pips, named after their manager and cousin James "Pip" Woods, began their long string of R&B hits way back in 1961 when their initial version of Every Beat Of My Heart was recorded for the tiny Huntom label. After they moved to the Fury label they re-recorded that tune which, billed to Gladys Knight & The Pips, was soon in competition with their original cut which had, in the meantime, been sold to Vee-Jay. Their simultaneous release, billed to The Pips, won out, rising to # 1 R&B and # 5 Billboard Pop Hot 100, whereas the Fury cut stalled at # 15 R&B/# 45 Hot 100.
From that point to 1988 they would add 57 more R&B hits, over 40 of which crossed over to the Pop Hot 100 and 16 to the Adult Contemporary (AC) charts. for seven different labels (Huntom/Vee-Jay, Fury, Maxx, Soul, Buddah, Columbia, and Arista).
Here, of course, the selections concentrate on their output for Motown's subsidiary label Soul and includes, along with the hit singles covered, the hard-to-find It's Time To Go Now, the B-side to their biggest Hot 100 hit [# 2 and # 1 R&B for 6 weeks] I Heard It Through The Grapevine, in late 1967. Also included are the album cuts Every Little Bit Hurts, Just Walk In My Shoes, and Here I Am Again.
The sound quality is excellent and you get several pages of informative liner notes, including a complete discography of the contents and some nice shots of the group. Most definitely a compilation worth having.
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Summary: best of the best
Comment: Been a fan pf gladys knight forever. This is a great collection.
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Summary: Rarely Heard Clasics
Comment: If your only exposure to the music of Gladys Knight and the Pips is the slick, adult-contemporary stuff from the '70s and beyond, then you're in for a real surprise. This collection of the group's Motown material is generally more upbeat and more soulful than the smooth lite stuff they're more famous for. Gladys is one of the most underrated soul singers ever, and could really belt it out, as demonstrated on this disc. Her deep alto voice is tailor made for conveying the pain and heartache of the deepest of blues. And her backing singers, The Pips, harmonize beautifully. The highlight of this set (besides the definitive version of "I Heard It Thru The Grapevine") is probably "Didn't You Know You'd Have to Cry Sometime", an aching, soulful blast of pure sadness. But really, there are lots of highlights here. Towards the second half of the disc, the more familiar, slow-burn sound of GK and the Pips comes to the fore, demonstrating the group's transition from Motown ravers to soul-lite groovers. There's plenty of stuff to explore here, and marvel over Gladys Knight's incredible voice.
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Summary: COLLECTOR ITEM
Comment: IT HAS MANY SONGS NOT ON MOST COLLECTIONS, BUT DOES NOT HAVE A NUMBER OF # 1 HITS. THIS COLLECTION CONTAINS MANY OF THE 45'S THAT DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE ALBUM COLLECTIONS. BUT, IF YOU ARE A FAN OF GLADYS KNIGHT YOU'LL ENJOY THIS COLLECTION. IT COVERS SOME OF THE RARE RECORDINGS THAT WERE PASSED OVER BY THE INDUSTRY.
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Summary: Heart and Soul
Comment: Gladys Knight was treated a bit torridly by Motown in the 1960's, but it worked to her advantage in the end as being a cutting edge soul queen in the 1970's. In 1969, a struggling news broadcaster named Don Cornelius was starting a show in the Chicago market called "Soul Train" and it was 'Gladys Knight and the Pips' who agreed to perform on the show. It wasn't Aretha, it wasn't Dianna Ross, nor Martha Reeves, or Marvin Gaye (they all wanted a comfortable fee). Gladys embodied what soul music meant, giving it up for the people, and lending a helping hand when you could. An embodiment of the true 1960's spirit. Soul Train toook off, but it was Gladys Knight who performed first.
This comp is excellent. I was at a Mod/Soul DJ night in San Francisco in December 2002 and the DJ spun "Walk In My Shoes" off a 45Rpm and I was gassed instantly. I knew about her work in the 1970's, but this......this was good, danceable raw soul. I looked into Gladys's career and music before the 1970's and stumbled upon this comp. The music is danceable, and Gladys put every effort into what was provided for her, swooning harder, better, than any modern 'diva' could today. The backing by the Pips is stellar, always hitting the beat, and backing up "what she's talking about" and that was in itself something she should be proud of.
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Editorial Reviews:
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This Motown release covers only this seminal R&B act's recordings for the company's Soul subsidiary well; don't look here for, say, the Buddah-label "Midnight Train to Georgia." But all is not lost on this supposed "ultimate collection." Especially when you get Gladys--easily one of the most underrated soul singers--and her Pips tearing through their church-drenched 1967 version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" or ripping into the peace and love anthem "Friendship Train" or the rousing, finger-wagging "It Should Have Been Me" (one of the greatest you're-gonna-miss-somebody songs of the soul era). With the Pips' seamless harmonies and Gladys's wide-open, no-nonsense vocals, these 22 songs are a great introduction to one of the most beloved R&B/pop groups of the '60s and '70s and well worth owning--even if it only tells half of the story. --Amy Linden
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