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Bill Withers: The Complete Sussex and Columbia Albums [Box]

CD / Legacy / 2012-11-06

Tracks: Harlem; Ain't No Sunshine; Grandma's Hands; Sweet Wanomi; Everybody's Talkin'; Do It Good; Hope She'll Be Happier; Let It Be; I'm Her Daddy; In My Heart; Moanin' and Groanin'; Better Off Dead; Lonely...
Artists: Bill Withers

Liner Note Authors: Michael Eric Dyson; Joe Johnson ; Bill Withers.

Recording information: A&R Studios, New York, NY (10/06/1972); Bill Withers' Home (10/06/1972); Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (...continue...

Run-D.M.C.: The Essential Run-D.M.C. *

CD / Legacy / 2012-10-30

Tracks: Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1); They Call Us Run-D.M.C.; Peter Piper; Rock Box; Beats to the Rhyme; Ooh, Whatcha Gonna Do; Dumb Girl; Mary Mary; School of Old, The - (featuring Kid Rock); King of Roc...
Artists: Run-D.M.C.

Liner Note Author: Bill Adler.

Recording information: The Funhouse (08/05/1983).

Photographers: Michael Ochs; Josh Cheuse.

The Essential Run-D.M.C. is no small consolation for bei...continue...

Heather Headley: Playlist: The Very Best of Heather Headley

CD / Legacy / 2012-05-29

Tracks: Sista Girl; Why Should I Cry; Rain - (featuring Shaggy); Like Ya Use To; Back When It Was; What's Not Being Said; Always Been Your Girl; He Is; I Wish; I Wish I Wasn't; Me Time; Love Will Find a Way;...
Artists: Heather Headley

Liner Note Author: Ernest Hardy.

Photographers: Holly Harris; James Patrick Cooper; Warren Darius Aftahi.

Playlist: The Very Best of Heather Headley features highlights from the singer's...continue...

Sam Cooke: X2: Night Beat/One Night Stand! Sam Cooke Live At The Harlem Square Club [Digipak]

CD / Legacy / 2011-08-29

Tracks: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen; Lost and Lookin'; Mean Old World; Please Don't Drive Me Away; I Lost Everything; Get Yourself Another Fool; Little Red Rooster; Laughin' and Clownin'; Trouble Blue...
Artists: Sam Cooke

Audio Mixer: Steve Rosenthal.

Liner Note Author: Peter Guralnick.

This two-disc set combines what are arguably Sam Cooke's two best LPs, 1963's Night Beat and 1985's One Night Stand! Sam...continue...

Luther Vandross: Playlist: The Very Best of Luther Vandross

CD / Legacy / 2011-01-25

Artists: Luther Vandross

Inferior to single-disc Luther Vandross anthologies like, say, The Ultimate Luther Vandross (released in 2001), this disc, part of an extensive budget series of Sony-distributed titles, is seriously f...continue...

Tyrese: Playlist: The Very Best of Tyrese

CD / Legacy / 2011-01-25

Tracks: I Like Them Girls; Fling; Lately; On Top of Me; Sweet Lady [Darkchild Mix w/o Rap] - (remix); Signs of Love Makin', Pt. 2 - (featuring R. Kelly); All Ghetto Girl; Come Back to Me Shawty; Just a Baby ...
Artists: Tyrese

From 1999 through 2006, Tyrese released 14 singles that reached Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Playlist: The Very Best of Tyrese contains half of them, including "How You Gonna Act Like That...continue...

R. Kelly: Playlist: The Very Best of R. Kelly [PA]

CD / Legacy / 2010-06-01

Tracks: I Believe; Step in the Name of Love [Remix] - (remix); I Wish (To the Homies That We Lost) [Remix] - (remix); Your Body's Callin'; Same Girl - (featuring Usher); I Believe I Can Fly; Hair Braider; Bu...
Artists: R. Kelly

Like a lot of the releases in Legacy's Playlist series, the R. Kelly volume is far from a "very best of" compilation. Ironically, it's just as likely to appeal to casual listeners as those who own all...continue...

TLC: Playlist: The Very Best of TLC

1 CD / Legacy / 2009-06-30

Tracks: Ain't 2 Proud To Beg; Baby-Baby-Baby; What About Your Friends; Creep; Red Light Special; Waterfalls; Diggin' On You; No Scrubs; If I Was Your Girlfriend; Unpretty; Girl Talk; Damaged; Get It Up; Das ...
Artists: TLC

Sony/Legacy's 2009 budget-line compilation PLAYLIST is an excellent collection of TLC's biggest hit singles. This 14-track collection may be missing a handful of charting hits, but they're all relativ...continue...

Wu-Tang Clan: Playlist: The Very Best of Wu-Tang Clan [PA]

1 CD / Legacy / 2009-06-30

Tracks: Shame On A Nuh; Projects, The; As High As Wu-tang Get; C.R.E.A.M.; Cash Still Rules/Scary Hours; Uzi (Pinky Ring); Triumph; In The Hood; Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'; Rules; Visionz; Method Man; Soul Po...
Artists: Wu-Tang Clan

Since presentation is so important to the revolutionary rap group the Wu-Tang Clan, this 2009 compilation falls well outside the Wu universe on looks alone. That said, it is meant to fit the design st...continue...

Sir Mix-A-Lot: Playlist: The Very Best of Sir Mix-A-Lot [Digipak] *

1 CD / Legacy / 2009-06-30

Tracks: Buckin' My Horse; Baby Got Back; Why Do Rappers Lie? - (previously unreleased); Posse On Broadway [Thunder Mix] - (remix, previously unreleased); Put 'Em On the Glass; Posin Like a Playa - (previousl...
Artists: Sir Mix-A-Lot

For most intents and purposes, PLAYLIST is the first Sir Mix-A-Lot compilation ever released, as the 2000 collection BEEPERS, BENZOS & BOOTY never got wide circulation, and while it's missing a fair s...continue...

Wu-Tang Clan: Playlist: The Very Best of Wu-Tang Clan

1 CD / Legacy / 2009-06-30

Tracks: Shame On A Nuh; Projects, The; As High As Wu-tang Get; C.R.E.A.M.; Cash Still Rules/Scary Hours; Uzi (Pinky Ring); Triumph; In The Hood; Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'; Rules; Visionz; Method Man; Soul Po...
Artists: Wu-Tang Clan

Since presentation is so important to the revolutionary rap group the Wu-Tang Clan, this 2009 compilation falls well outside the Wu universe on looks alone. That said, it is meant to fit the design st...continue...

Tyrese: I Wanna Go There/Tyrese [Box]

2 CD / Legacy / 2009-05-12

Tracks: How You Gonna Act Like That; U Don't Give a Damn About Me; How Do U Want It (Situations) - (featuring Mr. Tan); I Must Be Crazy; She Lets Me Be a Man; Signs of Love Makin'; Somebody Special; Girl I C...
Artists: Tyrese

Sade: Stronger Than Pride/Love Deluxe

2 CD / Legacy / 2009-02-10

Tracks: No Ordinary Love; Feel No Pain; I Couldn't Love You More; Like a Tattoo; Kiss of Life; Cherish the Day; Pearls; Bullet Proof Soul; Mermaid; Love Is Stronger Than Pride; Paradise; Nothing Can Come Bet...
Artists: Sade

Surface: Super Hits *

1 CD / Legacy / 2009-02-03

Tracks: First Time, The; Shower Me With Your Love; Never Gonna Let You Down; Happy; Lately; Closer Than Friends; You Are My Everything; Can We Spend Some Time; All I Want Is You; I Missed
Artists: Surface

A budget compilation -- its title and thoughtless packaging are glaring indications --Super Hits contains almost all of the charting singles from these balladeers' three albums for Columbia (1987's Su...continue...

The Isley Brothers: Beautiful Ballads

1 CD / Legacy / 2009-01-20

Tracks: Brown Eyed Girl; Hello It's Me; Let's Fall In Love (Parts 1&2); You're The Key To My Heart; You're Beside Me (Parts 1&2); I Once Had Your Love (And I Can't Let Go); Caravan Of Love; All In My Lover's...
Artists: The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers: Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley (vocals); Ernie Isley (guitar, drums, timbales, congas, percussion); Chris Jasper (piano, keyboards, congas, percussion); Marvin Isley (b...continue...

Mariah Carey: The Ballads

1 CD / Legacy / 2009-01-20

Tracks: Hero; One Sweet Day; Vision of Love; Without You; Can't Let Go; Love Takes Time; I'll Be There - (featuring Trey Lorenz); Thank God I Found You [Make It Last Remix] - (featuring Joe/Nas); Endless Lov...
Artists: Mariah Carey

2009 collection of heart-tugging musical moments from one of the most successful female vocalists of all time. Mariah Carey has sold in excess of 200...continue...

Teddy Pendergrass: Playlist: The Very Best of Teddy Pendergrass

CD / Legacy / 2009-01-13

Artists: Teddy Pendergrass

PLAYLIST: THE VERY BEST OF TEDDY PENDERGRASS covers TP's career through 1981's It's Time for Love. In addition to including his major turn with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, "If You Don't Love Me by...continue...

Wu-Tang Clan: Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan [PA]

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-11-18

Tracks: Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit; Method Man; Protect Ya Neck; C.R.E.A.M.; Shame On a Nigga; Da Mystery of Chessboxin'; Incarcerated Scarfaces - (featuring Raekwon); Shimmy Shimmy Ya - (featuring...
Artists: Wu-Tang Clan

Explicit Version featuring the Wu's biggest hits as well as classics from several of the members' solo endeavors, this CD collection is an essential part...continue...
Wu-Tang Clan: Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon (vocals).

Programmer: RZA.

Arranger: RZA.

In 1993, Staten Island native and recent film school grad Gerald K. Barclay was recr...continue...

Wu-Tang Clan: Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-11-18

Tracks: Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit; Method Man; Protect Ya Neck; C.R.E.A.M.; Shame On a Nigga; Da Mystery of Chessboxin'; Incarcerated Scarfaces; Shimmy Shimmy Ya; Daytona 500 - (featuring Raekwon/...
Artists: Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan: Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon (vocals).

Programmer: RZA.

Arranger: RZA.

In 1993, Staten Island native and recent film school grad Gerald K. Barclay was recr...continue...

Herbie Hancock: Playlist: The Very Best of Herbie Hancock [Digipak]

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-10-28

Tracks: Maiden Voyage - (live); Chan's Song (Never Said); Dolphin Dance; Calypso; Watermelon Man; Chameleon (Single version); Butterfly; Hang Up Your Hang Ups (Single version); Rockit
Artists: Herbie Hancock

One of the few jazz players to navigate confidently between the post-bop tradition and more outward-bound funk and electronic influences, the versatile keyboardist and composer Herbie Hancock has esta...continue...

Omarion: Playlist: The Very Best of Omarion [Digipak]

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-10-28

Tracks: Touch; Entourage; Drop That Heater; Ice Box; Bump, Bump, Bump; B2K; O; Obsession; I'm Tryna; Just Can't Let You Go; Never Gonna Let You Go (She's A Keepa) - (featuring Big Boi); Midnight; Uh Huh B2K;...
Artists: Omarion

When Omarion got his own installment in Sony's PLAYLIST series, he had two solo albums to his credit, and it's not as if O and 21 are jam-packed with early-2000s R&B classics, so it is filled out with...continue...

Amerie: Playlist: The Very Best of Amerie [Digipak]

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-10-28

Tracks: I'm Coming Out; Hate 2 Love U; I Thing; Why Don't We Fall In Love; Touch; Gotta Work; Talkin' To Me; Take Control; Can We Go; Losing U; Talkin' About; Just What I Needed To See; Too Much For Me; Take...
Artists: Amerie

Consistently underrated yet possessing vocal talents beyond many of her contemporaries, Amerie first exploded onto the U.S. charts in 2002 with the breezy pop-R&B confection, "Why Don't We Fall In Lov...continue...

The O'Jays: Playlist: The Very Best of the O'Jays [Digipak]

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-10-28

Tracks: Back Stabbers; 992 Arguments; Love Train; Time To Get Down; Put Your Hands Together; For The Love Of Money; Sunshine; Give The People What They Want; I Love Music; Livin' For The Weekend; Stairway To...
Artists: The O'Jays

This disc, part of Sony's PLAYLIST series, covers 1972 through 1978, when the O'Jays (and Gamble & Huff) were at the peak of their powers. "Sunshine" excepted, each song here placed somewhere within t...continue...

Marvin Gaye: Playlist: The Very Best of Marvin Gaye

CD / Legacy / 2008-10-28

Artists: Marvin Gaye

It's difficult to call this set "the very best" of Marvin Gaye since it contains none of his classic hits from Motown Records but is cobbled together instead from sides originally included on 1982's M...continue...

Various Artists: Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia [Long Box]

4 CD / Legacy / 2008-10-21

Tracks: Expressway To Your Heart - The Soul Survivors; La-La Means I Love You - The Delfonics; Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders; Hey, Western Union Man - Jerry Butler; Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide Fr...
Artists: Various Artists

Some of the best soul, pop, disco, ballads ever recorded can be found on this whopping 4CD set featuring 71 tracks. Includes world famous songs...continue...
Sony/Legacy's 2008 four-disc Love Train: The Ultimate Sound of Philadelphia isn't the first box set assembled on Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff's legendary Philadelphia International Records -- most not...continue...

Teddy Pendergrass: Teddy Pendergrass [Total Soul Classics] [Digipak]

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-10-14

Tracks: You Can't Hide from Yourself; Somebody Told Me; Be Sure; And If I Had (aka Someone to Love Me); I Don't Love You Anymore; Whole Town's Laughing at Me, The; Easy, Easy, Got to Take It Easy; More I Get...
Artists: Teddy Pendergrass

Personnel: Teddy Pendergrass (vocals); Roland Chambers, Dennis Harris (guitar); Victor Carstarphen, Ron Kersey, Dexter Wansel (keyboards); Michael "Sugar Bear" Foreman, James Williams (bass); Keith Be...continue...

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: Wake Up Everybody

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-10-14

Tracks: WAKE UP EVERYBODY; KEEP ON LOVIN' YOU; YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD; DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY; TELL THE WORLD HOW I FEEL ABOUT 'CHA BABY; TO BE FREE TO BE WHO WE ARE; I'M SEARCHING FOR A LOVE;...
Artists: Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Personnel: Harold Melvin, Teddy Pendergrass, Bernie Wilson, Larry Brown, Lloyd Parks, Sharon Paige (vocals); Bobby Martin, Norman Harris, Ronnie Baker (arranger); MFSB.

Recorded at Sigma Sound ...continue...

Billy Paul: 360 Degrees of Billy Paul

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-10-14

Tracks: Brown Baby; I'm Just a Prisoner; It's Too Late; Me and Mrs. Jones; Am I Black Enough For You?; Let's Stay Together; Your Song; I'm Gonna Make It This Time; Me and Mrs. Jones - (live)
Artists: Billy Paul

Personnel includes: Billy Paul (vocals, arranger); Bobby Martin (arranger); David Bay, Bunny Sigler, Norman Harris, Roland Chambers, Bobby Eli (guitar); Eddie Green, Leon Huff (piano); Lenny Pakula (o...continue...

The O'Jays: Back Stabbers

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-10-14

Tracks: WHEN THE WORLD'S AT PEACE; BACK STABBERS; WHO AM I; (THEY CALL ME) MR. LUCKY; TIME TO GET DOWN; 992 ARGUMENTS; LISTEN TO THE CLOCK ON THE WALL; SHIFTLESS, SHADY, JEALOUS KIND OF PEOPLE; SUNSHINE; LOV...
Artists: The O'Jays

The O'Jays: Eddie Levert, William Powell, Walter Williams (vocals).

Additional personnel: Leonard Pakula (arranger, organ); Ronnie Baker (arranger, bass); Thom Bell, Norman Harris, Bobby Martin...continue...

Herbie Hancock: Future Shock/Head Hunters [Box]

2 CD / Legacy / 2008-10-14

Tracks: Rockit; Future Shock; Tfs; Earth Beat; Autodrive; Rough; Chameleon; Watermelon Man; Sly; Vein Melter
Artists: Herbie Hancock

This slipcase box packs two of Herbie Hancock's most commercially successful and wildly inventive recordings into one package. Issued exactly a decade apart, these two records both issued in specific ...continue...

Earth, Wind & Fire: The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire [Columbia/Legacy] [Slipcase]

3 CD / Legacy / 2008-08-26

Tracks: Mighty Mighty; Evil; Devotion; Keep Your Head To The Sky; Kalimba Story; Shining Star; That's The Way Of The World; Yearnin' Learnin'; All About Love; Reasons; Sing A Song; Can't Hide Love; Getaway; ...
Artists: Earth, Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire: Maurice White (vocals, kalimba, timbales, drums); Verdine White (vocals, bass, percussion); Philip Bailey (vocals, congas, percussion); Larry Dunn (piano, organ, synthesizer, progr...continue...

Sly & the Family Stone: The Essential Sly & The Family Stone [Sony] [Digipak]

3 CD / Legacy / 2008-08-26

Tracks: Underdog; I Cannot Make It; Dance To The Music; Are You Ready?; Fun; M'Lady; Life; Love City; Stand!; Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey; I Want To Take You Higher; Somebody's Watching You; Sing A Simple S...
Artists: Sly & the Family Stone

Sly & the Family Stone: Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Freddie Stone (vocals, guitar); Jerry Martini (saxophone); Cynthia Robinson (trumpet); Rosie Stone (keyboards); Larry...continue...

Luther Vandross: The Essential Luther Vandross [Digipak]

3 CD / Legacy / 2008-08-26

Tracks: Any Love; So Amazing; Wait For Love; Power Of Love / Love Power; For You To Love; I (Who Have Nothing) - (featuring Martha Wash); Anyone Who Had A Heart; House Is Not A Home, A; Never Too Much; Since...
Artists: Luther Vandross

Personnel: Luther Vandross, Martha Wash, Cheryl Lynn, Dionne Warwick, Mariah Carey (vocals); Doc Powell, Georg Wadenius, Paul Jackson, Jr. (guitar);

Nat Adderley, Jr. (piano, keyboards, synthes...continue...

TLC: CrazySexyCool/3D [Box] [PA]

2 CD / Legacy / 2008-08-05

Tracks: 3D (Intro); Quickie; Girl Talk; Turntable; In Your Arms Tonight; Over me; Hands Up; Damaged; Dirty Dirty; So So Dumb; Good Love; Hey Hey Hey Hey; Give It To Me While It's Hot; Intro-lude; Creep; Kick...
Artists: TLC

Run-D.M.C.: Run-D.M.C./King of Rock [Box]

2 CD / Legacy / 2008-08-05

Tracks: Hard Times; Rock Box; Jam-Master Jay; Hollis Crew (Krush-Groove 2); Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1); It's Like That; Wake Up; 30 Days; Jay's Game; Rock Box [B-Boy Mix]; Here We Go [Live At The Funhous...
Artists: Run-D.M.C.

Two CD set of Run DMC's albums, Run DMC and King Of Rock. Run-D.M.C. is the eponymous debut album of the influential hip hop group...continue...
Combining two deluxe editions of untouchable classic albums from hip-hop's yesteryear, RUN-D.M.C./KING OF ROCK offers newcomers a taste of the seminal Hollis, Queens, innovators at their rowdy, shout-...continue...

Cypress Hill: Playlist: The Very Best of Cypress Hill [Slipcase]

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-07-08

Tracks: Latin Lingo; When the Ship Goes Down; How I Could Just Kill a Man; Hand On the Pump; Hits From the Bong; Latin Thugs; Looking Through the Eyes of a Pig; Illusions; Insane In the Brain; Tequila Sunris...
Artists: Cypress Hill

In the early 1990s, as rap went pop and many acts began to sound achingly familiar, L.A. trio Cypress Hill sounded like no other band out there. Over swirlingly hazy, Eric-B.-meets-the-circus beats, B...continue...

Cypress Hill: Playlist: The Very Best of Cypress Hill [PA]

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-07-08

Tracks: Latin Lingo; When the Ship Goes Down; How I Could Just Kill a Man; Hand On the Pump; Hits From the Bong; Latin Thugs; Looking Through the Eye of a Pig; Illusions; Insane In the Brain; Tequilla Sunris...
Artists: Cypress Hill

In the early 1990s, as rap went pop and many acts began to sound achingly familiar, L.A. trio Cypress Hill sounded like no other band out there. Over swirlingly hazy, Eric-B.-meets-the-circus beats, B...continue...

Daryl Hall & John Oates: Original Album Classics

5 CD / Legacy / 2008-06-17

Tracks: Camellia; Sara Smile; Alone Too Long; Out Of Me, Out Of You; Nothing At All; Gino (The Manager); You Know It Doesn't Matter Anymore; Ennui On The Mountain; Grounds For Separation; Soldering; What's I...
Artists: Daryl Hall & John Oates

2008 five CD box. The Original Album Classics series, courtesy of Sony/BMG, packages together five classic albums from one of the most popular artists on...continue...
Personnel: Sandy Allen.

Audio Mixers: Hugh Padgham; Michael Brauer; Neil Kernon; Robert Wright .

This is quite a package, but one that makes little sense in a way. As a way of clearing i...continue...

Patti LaBelle: The Essential Patti LaBelle

2 CD / Legacy / 2008-06-10

Tracks: If Only You Knew; Love, Need And Want You; If You Don't Know Me By Now (Live) - (live); Best Is Yet To Come, The - (featuring Grover Washington, Jr.); Spirit's In It, The; New Attitude; On My Own - (...
Artists: Patti LaBelle

Two CD set of winner of two Grammy Awards and seven N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards (including Entertainer of the Year) Patti Labelle's career has spanned four...continue...
As comprehensive a compilation of soul diva Patti LaBelle's work as one could hope for, this two-disc set follows every phase of the singer's stylistic development. From her early girl-group-style wor...continue...

The O'Jays: The Essential O'Jays

2 CD / Legacy / 2008-06-10

Tracks: Lonely Drifter; Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette); Stand In For Love; I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Today); There's Someone (Waiting Back Home); One Night Affair; Deeper (In Love With You); Bac...
Artists: The O'Jays

Supplanting the first ESSENTIAL O'JAYS collection (a single disc limited to the 1970s), this edition is a two-disc set that covers the full breadth of the R&B legends' career. From early tunes such as...continue...

Cypress Hill: Black Sunday/Cypress Hill [Box] [PA]

2 CD / Legacy / 2008-05-13

Tracks: I Wanna Get High; I Ain't Goin' Out Like That; Insane In The Brain; When The Sh-- Goes Down; Lick A Shot; Cock The Hammer; Interlude; Lil' Putos; Legalize It; Hits From The Bong; What Go Around Come ...
Artists: Cypress Hill

This two-for-one compilation captures the critically acclaimed first two records by the highly influential, famously pot-touting Los Angeles rap trio, Cypress Hill. CYPRESS HILL introduced the crew's ...continue...

Nas: It Was Written/Stillmatic [Box] [PA]

2 CD / Legacy / 2008-05-13

Tracks: Album Intro; Message, The; Street Dreams; I Gave You Power; Watch Dem Niggas; Take It In Blood; Nas Is Coming; Affirmative Action; Set Up, The; Black Girl Lost; Suspect; Shootouts; Live Nigga Rap; If...
Artists: Nas

This two-in-one compilation gathers together the second and fifth records of the groundbreaking Queens rapper Nas, a deft pairing of two records that found it their lot to try and live up to the MC's ...continue...

Luther Vandross: Never Too Much/The Night I Fell in Love [Box]

2 CD / Legacy / 2008-02-26

Tracks: Never Too Much; Sugar And Spice (I Found Me A Girl); Don't You Know That?; I've Been Working; She's A Super Lady; You Stopped Loving Me; House Is Not A Home, A; 'Til My Baby Comes Home; Night I Fell ...
Artists: Luther Vandross

Personnel: Luther Vandross (vocals, background vocals); Yvonne Lewis (vocals, soprano, background vocals); Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Lisa Fischer, Alfa Anderson (vocals, soprano); Michelle Cobbs (vo...continue...

Michael Jackson: Thriller [25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] [Remaster]

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-02-12

Tracks: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'; Baby Be Mine; Girl Is Mine, The; Thriller; Beat It; Billie Jean; Human Nature; P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing); Lady in My Life, The; Vincent Price Excerpt - (From "Thriller"...
Artists: Michael Jackson

Deluxe Casebook Edition includes DVD. The 25th anniversary edition of Michael Jackson's Thriller celebrates the groundbreaking album with eight bonus tracks, five previously unreleased. The...continue...
Personnel includes: Michael Jackson (vocals, percussion); Paul McCartney (vocals); Vincent Price (spoken vocals); Steve Lukather (guitar, bass); Eddie Van Halen, Dean Parks, Paul Jackson (guitar); Lar...continue...

Aretha Franklin: Beautiful Ballads & Love Songs

1 CD / Legacy / 2008-01-15

Tracks: (It's Just) Your Love; Love Pang; I Got Your Love; You Are My Joy; Misty; Freeway of Love; This Is For Real; Love Me Right; Every Girl (Wants My Guy); When You Love Me Like That; Unforgettable; Gimme...
Artists: Aretha Franklin

One of the 20th century's greatest soul singers performs a typically high-quality selection of romantic ballads on this seductive set. Downbeat versions of popular classics such as Erroll Garner's "Mi...continue...

Lou Rawls: The Essential Lou Rawls

2 CD / Legacy / 2007-11-06

Tracks: You'll Never Find Another Like Me; Groovy People; Natural Man, A; Love Is a Hurtin' Thing; Early Morning Love; Spring Again; See You When I Git There; This Song Will Last Forever; Let's Fall in Love ...
Artists: Lou Rawls

Alongside the Right Stuff's two-disc ANTHOLOGY compilation, ESSENTIAL is one of the best Lou Rawls collections on the market, arguably besting that set with its song selection, sequencing, and overall...continue...

Teddy Pendergrass: The Essential Teddy Pendergrass

2 CD / Legacy / 2007-11-06

Tracks: I Don't Love You Anymore; When Somebody Loves You Back; Come Go With Me; Whole Town's Laughing at Me, The; Somebody Told Me; Love T.K.O.; You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration; And If I Had; Don'...
Artists: Teddy Pendergrass

Personnel: Teddy Pendergrass (congas, bongos, hand claps, percussion); Dennis Harris , Norman Harris, Roland Chambers, Anthony Bell, Bobby Eli, Cecil Womack (guitars); Sam Reed (saxophone); Leon Huff ...continue...

Luther Vandross: Love, Luther [Tri-Fold Book Version]

4 CD / Legacy / 2007-10-16

Tracks: Ready for Love - (previously unreleased); If You Can't Dance - (previously unreleased); Meet Luther Vandross; Glow of Love, The; Never Too Much; Don't You Know That?; House Is Not a Home, A; Bad Boy/...
Artists: Luther Vandross

Tri-fold display book version. 2007 four CD box set, the first career-spanning celebration of the amazing artist who has sold over 30 million albums, won...continue...
Personnel: Luther Vandross (vocals, background vocals); Marcus Miller (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Cheryl Lynn, Sybil Thomas, Cindy Mizelle, Cissy Houston, Brenda White-King, Darlene Love, Charlo...continue...

Luther Vandross: Love, Luther [Box]

4 CD / Legacy / 2007-10-16

Tracks: Ready for Love - (previously unreleased); If You Can't Dance - (previously unreleased); Meet Luther Vandross; Glow of Love, The; Never Too Much; Don't You Know That?; House Is Not a Home, A; Bad Boy/...
Artists: Luther Vandross

Slipcase brick version. 2007 four CD box set, the first career-spanning celebration of the amazing artist who has sold over 30 million albums, won eight...continue...
Personnel: Luther Vandross (vocals, background vocals); Marcus Miller (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Cheryl Lynn, Sybil Thomas, Cindy Mizelle, Cissy Houston, Brenda White-King, Darlene Love, Charlo...continue...

The O'Jays: Beautiful Ballads [Remaster]

1 CD / Legacy / 2006-12-26

Tracks: Let Me Make Love to You; Stairway to Heaven; Family Reunion; Cry Together; Sunshine; Listen to the Clock on the Wall; Who Am I; Now That We Found Love; You Got Your Hooks in Me; I've Got the Groove; ...
Artists: The O'Jays

The O'Jays: Sammy Strain, Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, William Powell.

Additional personnel: MFSB.

The legendary R&B band the O'Jays had a bunch of great dance hits, but they were also...continue...