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Fans of classic R&B---check out these remasters from Big Break Records
Big Break Records (BBR) is a label that specialises in classic black dance music from the sixties, seventies and eighties. We plan to take listeners We love all the music we put out and we don't make concessions about that. We will bring you titles that have the best packaging, bonus tracks and Big Break Records is a Cherry Red label started by Wayne A. Dickson in 2009.
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Time to start some early Christmas shopping | |
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I am waiting on the delivery of Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes :Black & Blue and also Evelyn "champagne" Kings : Smooth Talk
Just pre ordered The Three Degrees : International Life has a way of making you live it. . . . | |
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I cant wait to get my hands on that I gotta order these CDs:
Odyssey Evelyn Champagne King 'Smooth Talk' Heatwave 'Current' Harold Melvin & The BlueNotes 'Black and Blue' EW&F 'Faces' A Taste Of Honey' (both albums)
It's nice to see a Tavares album being remastered.I hope they go back and remaster their classic 70s albums,especially 1976's 'Sky High'.
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I asked them if they had any plans to release Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes "To Be True"
And the word is they are on the case Life has a way of making you live it. . . . | |
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Have the first 11 and all the others on preorder .
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My copy of "Smooth Talk" arrived this morning & I have to give it to these guys for another fantastic reissue.
Great liner notes & the sound is on point. Yes Im very happy with this purchase Life has a way of making you live it. . . . | |
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I bought an import version of 'Smooth Talk' a few years ago.It doesn't have any bonus tracks.I'm happy that the bbr remaster includes the 12" versions of "Shame" and "I Don't Know If It's Right".This is important because the regular album versions aren't nearly as exciting.On the 12",these tunes sound much more lively. | |
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A friend of mine is into producing dance music & for the longest while I have been telling him he needs to loop the intro to that mix & he would have one hot record on his hands. Life has a way of making you live it. . . . | |
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the 12" mix of "I Dont Know If It's Right" is a must have.There are some recent Heatwave remasters that are quite expensive,but I see that bbr has their own set of Heatwave remasters,which are considerably cheaper....
PRE ORDER!!! NOVEMBER RELEASE! Released on 8/11/10. During their most commercially successful years, Heatwave were a band that crossed many borders, laying claim to such international hits as Boogie Nights, Too Hot To Handle, The Groove Line, Eyballin', and Always And Forever, all having a huge impact on both sides of the Atlantic. Heatwave's fourth album, Candles, saw Johnnie Wilder Jr take on the producers role alongside James Guthrie, best known for his work with Pink Floyd, returning to work with Heatwave since serving as an engineer on both Too Hot To Handle and Central Heating. Fresh off his success of contributions to Michael Jackson's Off The Wall album, Rod Temperton remained the bands chief songwriter penning a total of five tracks including hit single, Gangsters Of The Groove which provided Heatwave with further R&B chart success reaching #21 and gaining a top 20 UK pop spot accompanied by an early foray into music video. Further hits include the touching, R&B, Doo Wop flavoured single, Where Did I Got Wrong and the Rod Temperton penned UK Top 40 single Jitterbuggin, both of which helped drive this album into the UK Pop and US R&B Top 30. Gangsters Of The Groove / Jitterbuggin / Party Suite / Turn Around / Posin Till Closin / All I Am / Dreamin You / Goin Crazy / Where Did I Go Wrong Bonus Tracks - Gangstersof The Groove (7 Version) / Jitterbuggin (7” Version) / Where Did I Go Wrong(US 7” Version) / Turn Around (US 7” Version) / Posin Till Closin (7” Version) / Posin Till Closin (12” Version) / Gangsters Of The Groove (12” Version) / Someone Like You (7” B-Side) / Wack That Axe (7 B-Side) 9.95 (plus postage) | ||||||||||||
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![Heatwave : Current [Expanded Edition]](http://cherryred.co.uk/bbr/sleeves/cdbbr0010.jpg)
![Heatwave : Hot Property [Expanded Edition]](http://cherryred.co.uk/bbr/sleeves/cdbbr0021.jpg)
![Heatwave : Candles [Expanded Edition]](http://cherryred.co.uk/bbr/sleeves/cdbbr0024.jpg)
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Hey, stop it, SoulAlive. They're re-releasing as you speak. When you started the thread there were 20 CDs in their catalog (that I already physically had or at least pre-ordered)Been listening to Evelyn for most of this afternoon & unlike The Three Degrees remaster which was flawless there are a couple of tracks that sound a bit flat
that said im still pleased with the purchase, in comparison to some of the remasters I have purchased over the years (bluebird records Life has a way of making you live it. . . . | |
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) its still a good package. while we're at it Funky Town Grooves Wounded Bird
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I'm a huge Pointer Sisters fan and cannot wait to get June Pointer's Baby Sister CD in the mail!!! |
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Wow! So many other titles I need to order | |
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Funkytown are a bit hit & miss with their remasters
They did a great job on the Janice McClain reissue But I was greatly disappointed by the "Hot Butterfly" reissue, especially as it was supposedly remastered by Tom Moulton Life has a way of making you live it. . . . | |
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Yeah, not everything comes from the original masters. Sometimes copied from clean lp-pressings, but with today's technology i believe there's much more possible to update sound-recordings.
I must say that although FTG's reissues might not always be all that, if i look at their upcoming releases ... Platinum Hook's original vinyl EP from 1983 is even still a good collector's item and often priced high.
And i once bought an earlier UK cd-reissue of the late Robert Brookins debut-album. That earlier pressing didn't pop-up so often online if i remember. Good to see it's reissued. Solid album which demonstrates this talented brother who's missed. | |
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Everytime I make a list of the titles I want to buy,I hear about more remasters coming soon | |
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Yes, be very careful of those Funky Town Groove reissues. I have a couple that sound half-way decent but there have been several reissues that were poorly mastered from vinyl, complete with hissing, pops and portions of songs being chopped off. The Melba Moore twofer for "Read My Lips" and "Never Say Never" is the worst. "It's not nice to fuck with K.B.! All you haters will see!" - Kitbradley
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Thanks Shango. I would definitely be interested in Chocolate Milk and Ca$hflow. Chocolate Milk put the stank on Grand Theft and Girl Callin. As far as the BBR masters i would probably only be interested in the Heatwave cd's. I already have Champagne King's Get Loose on vinyl. I will convert that to cd myself. Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint | |
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It's about TIME, Soul! Also worth givin' a sniff is Goldlegion.com. They've got some interesting titles on the way out too, but so far, Big Break is where it's AT! Peace, my friend! Hungry? Just look in the mirror and get fed up. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yep,I've seen those CDs for sale at the GoldLegion site.If you're a 70s disco fan,that site is a dream come true | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A slow dream come true. Just yesterday I got an email saying the last CD of my April order had just been shipped.
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So they take awhile to ship the CDs out,huh? That's a bummer. | |
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They are slowly preparing the CDs you see on their site. My first order was 6 CDs and only after I had placed it I learned they only had 2 instock. The rest were still in the process. Don't misunderstand me. I like to support them. They are releasing stuff I want. I'd only wish they were more efficient and clarify when you're pre-ordering an approximate date of release
If you're considering getting them, know the only ones they have released so far are Roberta Kelly's Troublemaker and Zodiac Lady Munich Machine Selftitled and A whiter Shade Of Pale Paul Jabara's 3rd Album and Giorgio and Chris Love's In You, Love's In Me
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I love BBR and have bought several (5 I think) of their re-releases which I enjoy a lot and sound great. However, some people weren't happy with their Gloria Gaynor (which I don't have) remasters because the wav's clearly showed that the tracks were clipped. They also do a very good job as far as artwork for the CD's are concerned, the booklets contain informative liner notes and single and label scans. Plus they redesign the cd's itself to resemble the original label that the album was on which I think is pretty neat (for example the CD of their June Pointer CD looks like the Planet records label although it's BBR).
Along with Hip-O, Reel Music and Edsel (who have been doing a great job in releasing Philadelphia International Records product for years), BBR is among the best reissue labels in my opinion. And I am amazed at the number of releases they have been able to put out in such a short time. PTG releases ALWAYS disappoint (crummy artwork and average sound) and with Funkytown Grooves it's hit or miss. Plus I'm reluctant to buy stuff from them straight away because a few months down the line they sell their cds in clearance sales for only a few euros each.
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