Patrice Rushen, Feels So Real: The Complete Elektra Recordings 1978-1984 [Strut 2022]

[Motown Eddie]

Info from SecondDisc.com-
Jazz-turned R&B singer Patrice Rushen met with commercial and artistic success when she signed with Elektra Records. Now, Strut Records has revisited all five of her albums for the label plus an array of bonus tracks on the new 5-CD box set Feels So Real: The Complete Elektra Recordings 1978-1984.

CD 1: Patrice and bonus material

1. Music of the Earth
2. When I Found You
3. Changes [In Your Life]
4. Wishful Thinking
5. Let's Sing a Song of Love
6. Hang It Up
7. Cha-Cha
8. It's Just a Natural Thing
9. Didn't You Know
10. Play!
11. Music of the Earth [Danny Krivit Edit]
12. Hang It Up [12" Version]
13. Play! [Unreleased Extended Take] *
14. Didn't You Know [Unreleased Extended Take] *

Tracks 1-10 released as Elektra 6E-160, 1978
Track 11 released on Edits by Mr. K. Vol. 2: Music of the Earth - Strut 067 EP, 2010
Track 12 released on Elektra 12" single AS-11404, 1978

CD 2: Pizzazz and bonus tracks

1. Let the Music Take Me
2. Keepin' Faith in Love
3. Settle for My Love
4. Message in the Music
5. Haven't You Heard
6. Givin' It Up is Givin' Up
7. Call on Me
8. Reprise [Message in the Music]
9. Haven't You Heard [12" Version]
10. Let the Music Take Me [12" Version]
11. Givin' It Up is Givin' Up [Instrumental Version] *

Tracks 1-8 released as Elektra 6E-243, 1979
Track 9 released on Elektra 12" single AS-11436, 1979
Track 10 released on Elektra 12" single AS-11445, 1979


CD 3: Posh and bonus track

1. Never Gonna Give You Up [Won't Let You Be]
2. Don't Blame Me
3. Look Up!
4. I Need Your Love
5. Time Will Tell
6. The Dream
7. The Funk Won't Let You Down
8. This is All I Really Know
9. Look Up! [12" Version]

Tracks 1-8 released as Elektra 6E-302, 1980
Track 9 released on Elektra 12" single AS-11469, 1980


CD 4: Straight from the Heart and bonus tracks

1. Forget Me Nots
2. I Was Tired of Being Alone
3. All We Need
4. Number One [Instrumental]
5. Where There is Love
6. Breakout
7. If Only
8. Remind Me
9. [She Will] Take You Down To Love
10. Forget Me Nots [12" Version]
11. Breakout [12" Version]
12. I Was Tired of Being Alone [12" Version]
13. Number One [12" Version]

Tracks 1-9 released as Elektra E1-60015, 1982
Track 10 released on Elektra 12" single AS-11555, 1982
Tracks 11 and 13 released as Elektra 12" single 0-67999, 1982
Track 12 released on Elektra 12" single 0-67959, 1982

CD 5: Now and bonus tracks

1. Feels So Real [Won't Let Go]
2. Gone With the Night
3. Gotta Find It
4. Superstar
5. Heartache Heartbreak
6. Get Off [You Fascinate Me]
7. My Love's Not Going Anywhere
8. Perfect Love
9. High in Me
10. To Each His Own
11. Get Off [You Fascinate Me] [12" Version]
12. Get Off [You Fascinate Me] [Instrumental]
13. Feels So Real [Edit]
14. Feels So Real [Won't Let Go] [Dub Version]

Tracks 1-10 released as Elektra 60360, 1984
Track 11 released on Elektra 12" single ED-5003, 1984
Track 12 released on Elektra U.K. 12" single E9702T, 1984
Track 13 released on Elektra single 7-69742, 1984
Track 14 released on Elektra 12" single 0-66970, 1984

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[Danno]

I bought it at the end of October. To be honest, I pretty much already had the material but went ahead anyway. It's one of those digipak releases, the five albums fold out flat. Nice enough booklet with it for around 20 quid. The music speaks for itself, great value especially if you don't have much of the material already. Would've been even better if the three earlier Prestige releases had been included. Nice package.