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    I want a refund...bad lp's!!

    Hey gang,how many of us have albums that are just not good,and i mean awful...some that i have are..have mercy-don covay[only good song is the title song]...who wrote the book of love-the monotones[a collection of thier work but they deserved better]...current-heat wave[not thier best work]...steppin out-the chi-lites[this one is sad because it is the chi-lites with eugene record,a piece of crap]ok gang let it all out!!

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    A "bad" album is always a subjective call. If I get an album with only one or two good songs on it, i'll rip those to the hard drives and get rid of the CD, or whatever.

    Right now I can't think of any bad albums I have, but i'll list one if I think of it later.

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    Soulster,you are a rare tresure indeed.

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    It seem to happen to me regularly whenever I would buy follow up albums of artists that had started off with great albums.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    Soulster,you are a rare tresure indeed.
    Why do you say that?

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    It's a compliment of some sort, i mean no bad albums in your collection,heck i'm sending you a coconut cake from grady's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    It's a compliment of some sort, i mean no bad albums in your collection,heck i'm sending you a coconut cake from grady's.
    I get rid of albums I don't like. Think about it: if you like an album, it's not bad, right?

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    I bought an album by Teena Marie's backing band, Ozone, and it is one of the best records in my collection. They played like a younger version of the Crusaders in that album, which was exciting because I'm a huge Crusaders fan. Their second album broke and I bought it without hearing it, only to hear a bunch of horrible pop tracks masquerading as punk rock. I played it twice and forgot about it. I still listen to the other one 30 years later. What a missed opportunity.

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    I hate to say this,but i have lp's from smokey and eddie kendricks that are not all that,not crap but you expect more from those legends.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    I hate to say this,but i have lp's from smokey and eddie kendricks that are not all that,not crap but you expect more from those legends.
    I bet those were made in the mid 70s right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by marv2 View Post
    I bet those were made in the mid 70s right?
    Oh no! His best albums were made in the mid-70s. "He's A Friend" and "The Hit Man" were the two best ones. Hell, "Boogie Down!" was also classic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Oz View Post
    I bought an album by Teena Marie's backing band, Ozone, and it is one of the best records in my collection. They played like a younger version of the Crusaders in that album, which was exciting because I'm a huge Crusaders fan. Their second album broke and I bought it without hearing it, only to hear a bunch of horrible pop tracks masquerading as punk rock. I played it twice and forgot about it. I still listen to the other one 30 years later. What a missed opportunity.
    Dang, being both a Crusaders and a Teena Marie fan I don't how the hell I missed the Ozone
    release.Have to look into that. Anyway, I like to think that I don't own any bad albums but
    I'll confess to 2: The Ohio Players Mr Mean soundtrack and Ramsey Lewis's Tequila Mockingbird. Good Luck Charm is the only track that I love on the first and what makes the second hurt even more is that Maurice let Larry Dunn EWF's keyboardist produce it and IMO
    Larry dropped the ball on this one, sorry folks....

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    "Gigolette" by Ozone featuring Teena Marie was a JAM back in my college days:


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    I'm a huge fan of SOLAR records from back in the '80s. They had one year where they dumped a bunch of albums full of tracks that were obviously left off of the artists previous releases. The tracks were inconsistent in quality and many of them seemed like they were not final mixes. I bought albums by Lakeside, the Whispers, and Shalamar that had maybe one track each that was playable and I am a big fan of those outfits. What a shameless money grab.

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    Quote Originally Posted by splanky View Post
    Dang, being both a Crusaders and a Teena Marie fan I don't how the hell I missed the Ozone
    release.Have to look into that. Anyway, I like to think that I don't own any bad albums but
    I'll confess to 2: The Ohio Players Mr Mean soundtrack and Ramsey Lewis's Tequila Mockingbird. Good Luck Charm is the only track that I love on the first and what makes the second hurt even more is that Maurice let Larry Dunn EWF's keyboardist produce it and IMO
    Larry dropped the ball on this one, sorry folks....
    "Tequila Mockingbird"? That's a classic album! I like it. Is it anything like "Don't It feel Good" or "The In Crowd"? No, but it's good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Oz View Post
    I'm a huge fan of SOLAR records from back in the '80s. They had one year where they dumped a bunch of albums full of tracks that were obviously left off of the artists previous releases. The tracks were inconsistent in quality and many of them seemed like they were not final mixes. I bought albums by Lakeside, the Whispers, and Shalamar that had maybe one track each that was playable and I am a big fan of those outfits. What a shameless money grab.
    That would be the year 1981 when they switched distribution from RCA to Elektra, right? Those albums had at least one good song on them, and the rest filler.

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    Quote Originally Posted by marv2 View Post
    i bet those were made in the mid 70s right?
    yep,the early 70's lp's were thier best.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    yep,the early 70's lp's were thier best.
    That's debatable.

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    Oh,contrare...did eddie record a better lp than[eddie kendricks-1973]i'm talking about song quality not record sales.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    Oh,contrare...did eddie record a better lp than[eddie kendricks-1973]i'm talking about song quality not record sales.
    Yes, i'm talking quality.

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    Ok what do you consider a better album from eddie? Now i agree that smokey's[quiet storm-1975]is his best which is a mid-seventies lp.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    Ok what do you consider a better album from eddie? Now i agree that smokey's[quiet storm-1975]is his best which is a mid-seventies lp.
    I already named them in post #11.

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    Well,we all have our own opinions,i have those lp's and to my ears they can't touch his self titled lp.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    Well,we all have our own opinions,i have those lp's and to my ears they can't touch his self titled lp.
    His biggest hits also came from the albums from 1973-1976.

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    Open up[ray,goodman,brown]a wasted session.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    soulster,you are a rare tresure indeed.
    waaayy too funny

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    Quote Originally Posted by glencro View Post
    waaayy too funny
    I would have been happier if he had said "breed". Haha!

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    steppin out-the chi-lites[this one is sad because it is the chi-lites with eugene record,a piece of crap]
    i'm a sucka for synthfunk lol, so tracks such as "Gimme What Cha Got", "Keep Coming Back For You" and "Stop What You're Doing" are earcandy to me. There's also a great slowjam on "Steppin' Out". And the song "Bottom's Up" from their album before "Steppin' Out" rocks in the pocket, together with the expanded single mix. I remember being at a funk festival around the late 90's/early 00's, when "Bottom's Up" blew through the speakers for a packed dancefloor. Excellent party. Even once bought a promotional poster of their 1983 joint.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Oz View Post
    I bought an album by Teena Marie's backing band, Ozone, and it is one of the best records in my collection. They played like a younger version of the Crusaders in that album, which was exciting because I'm a huge Crusaders fan. Their second album broke and I bought it without hearing it, only to hear a bunch of horrible pop tracks masquerading as punk rock. I played it twice and forgot about it. I still listen to the other one 30 years later. What a missed opportunity.
    Yeah, Ozone's debut album "Walk On" is indeed a pleasure to hear, and a special project because it's totally instrumental, next to all their mainly vocal releases. Other favourite Ozone rotations:
    - Gigolette
    - Jump On It
    - Let The Ozone Take Your Mind
    - Funkin' On The One
    - She's A Ten
    - Strutt My Thing
    - Here I Go Again
    - Our Hearts Will Always Shine
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Oz View Post
    I'm a huge fan of SOLAR records from back in the '80s. They had one year where they dumped a bunch of albums full of tracks that were obviously left off of the artists previous releases. The tracks were inconsistent in quality and many of them seemed like they were not final mixes. I bought albums by Lakeside, the Whispers, and Shalamar that had maybe one track each that was playable and I am a big fan of those outfits. What a shameless money grab.
    i'm curious which releases those were

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    Quote Originally Posted by marv2 View Post
    "Gigolette" by Ozone featuring Teena Marie was a JAM back in my college days
    Right on. I remember seeing interview footage on the website of Ozone's bassplayer, where he told how thrilled he was when working with Teena Marie in the studio for Gigolette.

    Some years ago, there appeared online a mini concert from 1982 by Ozone. Not shure though if they performed Gigolette.
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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    Oh,contrare...did eddie record a better lp than[eddie kendricks-1973]i'm talking about song quality not record sales.
    Still want to explore Eddie's earlier work.

    Years back, i have seen an interesting remaster on a website which specialises [[or specialised?) in Motown releases [[Teena Marie's debut album was another reissue on that website). Anyway, the Eddie Kendricks project i saw there has a 70's front cover of him sitting in a chair at a blue-ish photo studio.

    At the moment i have Eddie's albums "Love Keys" [[1981) and "I've Got My Eyes On You" [[1983, produced by the SOS Band).
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    Quote Originally Posted by cozmic View Post
    i'm curious which releases those were
    The only two I know about are "This Kind Of Lovin'" by The Whispers. Another was "Go For It" by Shalamar. The Whispers album was the better of the two, IMO.

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    Hey, Ramsey Lewis released a string of awful easy listening albums on the Chess label in the late 60s and early 70s after he did "Another Voyage". It's like he did them just to get out of his contract.

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    Quote Originally Posted by soulster View Post
    The only two I know about are "This Kind Of Lovin'" by The Whispers. Another was "Go For It" by Shalamar. The Whispers album was the better of the two, IMO.
    Those were the records. Lakeside released "Keep On Moving Straight Ahead", which had a great song [["Be My Lady") but the rest of which was their worst music to that point. I'm a huge fan of The Whispers collaboration with Leon Sylvers and Dick Griffey, but that album was trash. The fact that it was released on the heels of a much better record [["Love Is Where You Find It") was problematic for me.

    Now that I think about it, Lakeside's release followed "Fantastic Voyage". Releasing discarded material in the wake of successful albums was borderline deceptive marketing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cozmic View Post
    still want to explore eddie's earlier work.

    Years back, i have seen an interesting remaster on a website which specialises [[or specialised?) in motown releases [[teena marie's debut album was another reissue on that website). Anyway, the eddie kendricks project i saw there has a 70's front cover of him sitting in a chair at a blue-ish photo studio.

    At the moment i have eddie's albums "love keys" [[1981) and "i've got my eyes on you" [[1983, produced by the sos band).
    i've got my eyes on you is actually quite good,but sadly eddie's vocals were on the downside by then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by soulster View Post
    The only two I know about are "This Kind Of Lovin'" by The Whispers. Another was "Go For It" by Shalamar. The Whispers album was the better of the two, IMO.
    Ok i see. Yeah, from around 1981, a few excellent Solar album songs which come to mind are from Collage [[Do You Like Our Music, Money In Your Pocket), Dynasty [[Fast Lane), Midnight Star [[Can't Give You Up, I've Been Watching You, Tuff), Lakeside [[have to recheck their album) and The Sylvers re-named as "Sylver" [[Taking Over, The Unfinished Letter).
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    Cheers also Arr&Bee for your thoughts

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    Quote Originally Posted by cozmic View Post
    Years back, i have seen an interesting remaster on a website which specialises [[or specialised?) in Motown releases [[Teena Marie's debut album was another reissue on that website). Anyway, the Eddie Kendricks project i saw there has a 70's front cover of him sitting in a chair at a blue-ish photo studio.
    Just saw it online. It's actually a compilation: Keep On Truckin' - The Motown Solo Albums, Volume 1. The background on the frontcover is blue, although Eddie is not sitting in a chair, but he is in a framed portrait from the middle to his top, and looking sideways in the camera.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    ...current-heat wave[not thier best work]...
    The Big Guns track is a winner though imo. May Rod groove on this jam on his peaceful journey.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Oz View Post
    Those were the records. Lakeside released "Keep On Moving Straight Ahead", which had a great song [["Be My Lady") but the rest of which was their worst music to that point. I'm a huge fan of The Whispers collaboration with Leon Sylvers and Dick Griffey, but that album was trash. The fact that it was released on the heels of a much better record [["Love Is Where You Find It") was problematic for me.

    Now that I think about it, Lakeside's release followed "Fantastic Voyage". Releasing discarded material in the wake of successful albums was borderline deceptive marketing.
    I didn't think that Whispers album was that bad. It's also available for download.

    I forgot the exact reason Dick Griffey released all of those albums, but it was connected to his lawsuit against RCA, and his move to Elektra distribution.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cozmic View Post
    Ok i see. Yeah, from around 1981, a few excellent Solar album songs which come to mind are from Collage [[Do You Like Our Music, Money In Your Pocket), Dynasty [[Fast Lane), Midnight Star [[Can't Give You Up, I've Been Watching You, Tuff), Lakeside [[have to recheck their album) and The Sylvers re-named as "Sylver" [[Taking Over, The Unfinished Letter).
    I thought that I was the only one here who appreciated Collage. Their "Get In Touch" LP had one of my favorite sides from the '80s [[b-side). I still listen to it and sing along when I'm alone.

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    I have a[kool an the gang]lp that ain't so[kool]either!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    I have a[kool an the gang]lp that ain't so[kool]either!!
    Which one? I lost interest in them after the "As One" album in 1982.

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    The last one I bought was "Something Special". That, along with "Celebrate!" before it, was too much of a pop album for my tastes. I thought it was a bad direction for such a good band.

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    Quote Originally Posted by soulster View Post
    which one? I lost interest in them after the "as one" album in 1982.
    the force from back in[1977]

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    Arrrgggghhhhhh....don't get me started with the Fool and The Gang bizness!...Sorry,
    Bell brothers, I loved you all but JT's introduction to the group may have gotten you guys
    big hits but it was the beginning of the end of the Kool sound, IMO...
    Anyway, I wanted to add another to my thankfully short list of bad releases. Dr Buzzard's
    Savannah [[they didn't even bother with the phrase "Original") Band's Calling All Beatniks
    was largely a major fail. Like the later Ohio Players album, it was an album with basically
    only one track that I thought was stellar and can still listen to today: the Cory Daye led
    We Went Into This Thing. Her delivery gave me chills, otherwise I was like WTF?...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Oz View Post
    I thought that I was the only one here who appreciated Collage. Their "Get In Touch" LP had one of my favorite sides from the '80s [[b-side). I still listen to it and sing along when I'm alone.
    Excellent Jerry, indeed always great to hear songs which get you moving. From what i remember reading somewhere is that for a number of years, Collage used to be the touring band for The Whispers. I've heard audio from one of The Whispers' Budweiser shows at Anaheim, during their Rock Steady era. That was some impressive high energy gig.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arr&bee View Post
    I hate to say this,but i have lp's from smokey and eddie kendricks that are not all that,not crap but you expect more from those legends.
    Especially Smokey. Maybe I just need to play them more but I have no enthusiasm for wanting to.

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    Of course in all fairness to smokey,many of those songs were written by others and a bad song is a bad song no matter who's singing it.

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