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Thread started 09/29/06 10:40am

dhalgren

S.O.S. Band

My interest in this band is growing and growing.

It seems I've heard a ton of their songs without realizing who they were. When I lived in the Bay Area (1994-1995), there was an excellent hip hop station that did excellent flashback sets peppered with Prince, Tom Tom Club, and, now that I've looked into it, the S.O.S. Band.

I've been grooving to "Take Your Time" ever since I heard "Get Together" by Madonna and thought that "Baby, we can do it/We can do it all right" lyric sounded familiar. Then, last Tuesday, I saw the Human League in concert. As a sort of tribute to Jam and Lewis, Phil let the girls take the lead on a cover of "Just Be Good to Me" that rocked my socks off. Of course, they followed it up with "Human." And then there's Janet sampling "Tell Me If You Still Care." Seems like this group is everywhere right now.

My question is, where do I start? After some initial research, they seem like the kind of band that has the bulk of their output out of print on CD, and there seems to be only one greatest hits compilation available with shoddy artwork and single edits of each song. If anyone could point me in the direction of something more comprehensive, that would be great. I love the 8+ minute versions of "Take Your Time" and "Just Be Good to Me" that I've heard.
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Reply #1 posted 09/29/06 10:45am

dancerella

dhalgren said:

My interest in this band is growing and growing.

It seems I've heard a ton of their songs without realizing who they were. When I lived in the Bay Area (1994-1995), there was an excellent hip hop station that did excellent flashback sets peppered with Prince, Tom Tom Club, and, now that I've looked into it, the S.O.S. Band.

I've been grooving to "Take Your Time" ever since I heard "Get Together" by Madonna and thought that "Baby, we can do it/We can do it all right" lyric sounded familiar. Then, last Tuesday, I saw the Human League in concert. As a sort of tribute to Jam and Lewis, Phil let the girls take the lead on a cover of "Just Be Good to Me" that rocked my socks off. Of course, they followed it up with "Human." And then there's Janet sampling "Tell Me If You Still Care." Seems like this group is everywhere right now.

My question is, where do I start? After some initial research, they seem like the kind of band that has the bulk of their output out of print on CD, and there seems to be only one greatest hits compilation available with shoddy artwork and single edits of each song. If anyone could point me in the direction of something more comprehensive, that would be great. I love the 8+ minute versions of "Take Your Time" and "Just Be Good to Me" that I've heard.



I got into them last summer and they have some great tracks. I would start with Greatest Hits cd first, since most of their cds are hard to find anyway. by the Finest Dreams is the bomb trax!
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Reply #2 posted 09/29/06 5:11pm

badujunkie

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I love 'em. Only have their greatest hits. Would like more. Best SOS jams:

Just Be Good to Me
Dit-Dit-Dit-Dit-Dash-Dash-Dash (S.O.S.)
Take Your Time Do it Right
High Hopes
Just the Way You Like It
It's a Long Way to the Top

Just saw them in concert about a month ago. Mary Davis killed it. I would love to own some of their acutal LPs.
I'll leave it alone babe...just be me
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Reply #3 posted 09/29/06 5:40pm

vainandy

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Start with this one:



1 Take Your Time (Do It Right)
2. Finest
3. Even When You Sleep
4. Weekend Girl
5. Tell Me If You Still Care
6. Just Be Good To Me
7. Sands Of Time
8. No One's Gonna Love You
9. High Hopes
10. What's Wrong With Our Love Affair?

The songs are the album versions. It is missing three good songs though....

S.O.S. (Dit, Dit, Dit, Dat, Dat, Dat, Dit, Dit, Dit)
For Your Love
Just The Way You Like It

If you are lucky enough to find the 12 Inch of "Just Be Good To Me" and "Just The Way You Like It", the dub version on the B Side is really great. The A Side is just the album version though.
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #4 posted 09/29/06 8:03pm

CinisterCee

It is easy to find the CD that vainandy recommended.
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Reply #5 posted 09/29/06 8:07pm

vainandy

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CinisterCee said:

It is easy to find the CD that vainandy recommended.


Very true. I've seen it in almost all the record stores.
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #6 posted 09/29/06 9:16pm

dhalgren

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Very true. I've seen it in almost all the record stores.


OK. I'm going to Tower tonight, and hopefully they have it. I didn't see an album with that cover art on Amazon, and most places I went to here didn't have a single S.O.S. Band CD. Lame.
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Reply #7 posted 10/01/06 2:36am

vainandy

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dhalgren said:

vainandy said:



Very true. I've seen it in almost all the record stores.


OK. I'm going to Tower tonight, and hopefully they have it. I didn't see an album with that cover art on Amazon, and most places I went to here didn't have a single S.O.S. Band CD. Lame.


You should find it at Tower or they can order it for you. It was their website that I cut and pasted the picture and tracklist from.....

www.towerrecords.com
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Reply #8 posted 10/01/06 11:29am

Najee

It's really a shame that the Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis-produced albums -- 1983's "On the Rise," 1984's "Just the Way You Like It" and 1986's "Sands of Time" -- are not readily available. The S.O.S. Band was the production team's first outright sucess and practically all their hit songs save "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" came from them.
THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS!
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Reply #9 posted 10/02/06 4:23am

SoulAlive

The first two albums are on CD.I bought those several years ago.I wish they would put the third album on CD.It contains my favorite SOS Band song "High Hopes",which was a sizable hit in late 1982.
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Reply #10 posted 10/02/06 4:24am

SoulAlive

vainandy said:

Start with this one:



1 Take Your Time (Do It Right)
2. Finest
3. Even When You Sleep
4. Weekend Girl
5. Tell Me If You Still Care
6. Just Be Good To Me
7. Sands Of Time
8. No One's Gonna Love You
9. High Hopes
10. What's Wrong With Our Love Affair?

The songs are the album versions. It is missing three good songs though....

S.O.S. (Dit, Dit, Dit, Dat, Dat, Dat, Dit, Dit, Dit)
For Your Love
Just The Way You Like It



it's also missing the 1981 hit "Do It Now",which was the first single from their second album.Sounds just like "Take Your Time"!
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Reply #11 posted 10/02/06 10:43am

chewwsey

SoulAlive said:

vainandy said:

Start with this one:



1 Take Your Time (Do It Right)
2. Finest
3. Even When You Sleep
4. Weekend Girl
5. Tell Me If You Still Care
6. Just Be Good To Me
7. Sands Of Time
8. No One's Gonna Love You
9. High Hopes
10. What's Wrong With Our Love Affair?

The songs are the album versions. It is missing three good songs though....

S.O.S. (Dit, Dit, Dit, Dat, Dat, Dat, Dit, Dit, Dit)
For Your Love
Just The Way You Like It



it's also missing the 1981 hit "Do It Now",which was the first single from their second album.Sounds just like "Take Your Time"!



I am a big fan of the song sending out an S O S dit dit dit and never heard them perform that song except when that lp came out. the 45 is a better version than the lp. high hopes is definitely the lick. they perfom that song still.
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