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3CD released: Jan 26, 2018

Tracklisting:
Disc 1 : Here Today And Gone Tomorrow
1. Here Today And Gone Tomorrow
2. Find Someone To Love
3. Pleasure
4. Walt's First Trip
5. Varee Is Love
6. Funky Worm
7. Pain
8. Players Balling (Players Doin' Their Own Thing)
9. Ecstasy
10. Food Stamps Y'all
11. Sleep Talk
12. Climax
13. Skin Tight
14. Jive Turkey
Disc 2 : Fire
1. Fire
2. I Want To Be Free (Single Version)
3. Granny's Funky Rolls Royce - Junie
4. Sweet Sticky Thing
5. Love Rollercoaster
6. Happy Holidays (Part 1)
7. Fopp (Single Version)
8. Suzie Thundertussy - Junie
9. Whoæd She Coo?
10. Far East Mississippi
11. Feel The Beat (Everybody Disco)
12. Contradiction
13. Merry Go Round
14. Body Vibes
15. O-h-i-o
16. Good Luck Charm
Disc 3 : Magic Trick
1. Magic Trick
2. Funk-o-nots
3. Time Slips Away
4. Everybody Up
5. Donæt Say Goodbye
6. Take Da Funk Off, Fly
7. Love Has Taken Me Over (Be My Baby) - Junie
8. Try A Little Tenderness
9. Skinny
10. Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
11. Born To Hustle Û Shadow
12. Just Me
13. Kiss - Sugarfoot
14. Fire 85 - Sugarfoot
OHIO PLAYERS
THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION… PLUS: 3CD DIGIPAK
Label: ROBINSONGS
Cat No: ROBIN21CDT
Barcode: 5013929952126
Packaging: 3CD Box Set

For the very first time you can now get your hands on a Definitive Collection of the Funk sensation that was The Ohio Players.Robinsongs are proud to be the first label to combine the Capitol, Westbound, Mercury, Arista & Boardwalk repertoire to make this unique compilation, but we did not stop there, we have also included material from Band members: Junie Morrison, Sugarfoot & Shadow (Billy Beck, Clarence Willis & Diamond) to give you a total career overview of this exceptional Funk Band.This package also includes a 28-page colour booklet, that includes an essay by Christian John Wikane a New York based music journalist, with contributions by the bandÆs drummer and architect of the Ohio Players beat James ôDiamondö Williams.Robinsongs have divided the package in three parts ôThe Early Yearsö, ôThe Golden Yearsö & ôThe Later & Solo Yearsö, the early years kicks the package off with two tracks from the Capitol Records album ôThe Observations In Timeö where we can see the direction that the Band is heading, onto Westbound where the Band recorded their breakthrough single æFunky WormÆ, a R&B #1 which featured Junie as the voice of Granny, other standout Westbound tracks are æPleasureÆ, æPainÆ & æEcstasyÆ, DISC ONE finishes with two cuts from their first Mercury album ôSkin Tightö including the hit æJive TurkeyÆ.DISC TWO kicks off with arguably the bandÆs biggest hit æFireÆ which went to #1 in the R&B chart and the Album went to #1 in the Billboard album chart, three other #1 singles feature on this disc æSweet Sticky ThingÆ, æLove RollercoasterÆ and æWhoÆd She CooÆ which was also the Bands only UK chart single. Other stand out tracks on this disc are æI Want To Be FreeÆ,

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