Archie Bell & The Drells: The Albums 1968-1979 [5CD Cherry Red-1/19/2024]

[Motown Eddie]

The first definitive box set of the complete Archie Bell & The Drells albums, plus an additional disc of Bonus Tracks.
With sleeve notes by journalist Charles Waring contributor to MOJO, Record Collector and uDiscover Music.


DISC ONE
Tighten Up
1 Tighten Up [Part 1]
2 Tighten Up [Part 2]
3 I Don’t Wanna Be A Playboy
4 You’re Mine
5 Knock On Wood
6 Give Me Time
7 In The Midnight Hour
8 When You Left Heartache Began
9 A Thousand Wonders
10 A Soldier’s Prayer, 1967
I Can’t Stop Dancing
11 I Can’t Stop Dancing
12 [Sittin’ On] The Dock Of The Bay
13 Do The Choo Choo
14 You’re Such A Beautiful Child
15 Monkey Time
16 Do You Feel It?
17 I’ve Been Trying
18 Jammin’ In Houston
19 Love Will Rain On You
20 Sometimes I Wonder
DISC TWO
There’s Gonna Be A Showdown
1 I Love My Baby
2 Houston Texas
3 [There’s Gonna Be A] Showdown
4 Giving Up Dancing
5 Girl You’re Too Young
6 Mama Didn’t Teach Me That Way
7 Do The Hand Jive
8 My Balloon’s Going Up
9 Here I Go Again
10 Go For What You Know
11 Green Power
12 Just A Little Closer
Dance Your Troubles Away
13 Let’s Groove
14 I Could Dance All Night
15 I Won’t Leave You Honey, Never
16 Dance Your Troubles Away
17 The Soul City Walk
18 Let’s Go Disco
19 I Love You, But You Don’t Even Know It
DISC THREE
Where Will You Go When The Party’s Over
1 Don’t Let Love Get You Down
2 Where Will You Go When The Party’s Over
3 Right Here Is Where I Want To Be
4 Dancin’ Man
5 Everybody Have A Good Time
6 I Swear You’re Beautiful
7 Nothing Comes Easy
8 I Bet I Can Do The Dance You’re Doin’
Hard Not To Like It
9 Glad You Could Make It
10 Disco Showdown
11 Disco Fever
12 On The Radio
13 It’s Hard Not To Like You
14 There’s No Other Like You
15 Real Good Feeling
16 I’ve Been Missing You
DISC FOUR
Strategy
1 Show Me How To Dance
2 I Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love
3 How Can I
4 We’ve Got Something
5 Tighten Up At The Disco
6 Strategy
7 You’re The Only One
8 We Got ‘Em Dancin’
DISC FIVE
Bonus Tracks
1 A World Without Music
2 Deal With Him
3 Dog Eat Dog
4 Wrap It Up
5 Don’t Let The Music Slip Away
6 Get It From The Bottom
7 I Wish
8 Love At First Sight
9 I Just Want To Fall In Love
10 Archie’s In Love
11 Let The World Know You Got Soul
12 I Can’t Face You Baby
13 Let’s Groove – 7” Version
14 The Soul City Walk – 7” Version
15 Dancin’ Man
16 Old People [The Philadelphia International All- Stars]

Archie Bell & The Drells: The Albums 1968-1979, 5CD Box Set - Cherry Red Records

[daviddesper]

CDs still coming out in 2024??? Gotta love it!!! But to think there are soooooooooo many artists for whom this kind of project could be released. Let's hope these companies keep mining those vaults and giving us opportunities like this.

[tjl]

Get's no better than "Soul City Walk-in' " two steps forward, two-steps back!

[MIKEW-UK]

Madeline Bell. Archie yet again. But Universal seems to have entirely given up on Motown when they cannot even release the much sought after Ivy Jo Hunter is in his Bag.

[mr_june]

The first 3 albums shown above bring back great memories. I was big on the group as well as The Intruders. I'll never forget reading the back of the album's cover and finding out that they basically had the same producers and writers in Philly. I liked the songs that Archie wrote also. I remember going to a Mexican store in 1968 in Chicago and hearing their version of one of the groups songs. I can't remember the song's title but I got a kick out of that. HDTracks has the Showdown album in high resolution.