SOUL CELEBRATION,a 5-DVD set from TimeLife.A few years ago,there was a big R&B concert shown on PBS-TV.This show featured a bunch of (mostly) 70s soul music artists performing their hits and now it's available on a stunning 5-DVD set,with one bonus disc of Motown performers.These DVDs feature many performances that weren't shown on the TV special.

DISC ONE---
Norma Jean Wright and Lucy Martin "Le Freak"
Wild Cherry "Play That Funky Music"
The Trammps "Disco Inferno"
The Trammps "Hold Back The Night"
A Taste Of Honey "Boogie Oogie Oogie"
The Hues Corporation "Rock The Boat"
Irene Cara "Flashdance...What A Feeling"
Martha Wash of the Weather Girls "It's Raining Men"
Anita Ward "Ring My Bell"
Carol Douglas "Doctor's Orders"
Carl Carlton "She's A Bad Mama Jama"
Bonnie Pointer "Heaven Must Have Sent You"
Isaac Hayes "Don't Let Go"
Temptations Revue featuring Dennis Edwards "Ball Of Confusion"
Clarence Carter "Doctor C.C."
Clarence Carter "Slip Away"
Clarence Carter "Patches"
The Ohio Players "Fire"
Temptations Revue featuring Dennis Edwards "Just My Imagination"
Tyrone Davis "Can I Change My Mind"

DISC TWO---
Patti LaBelle "New Attitude"
Isaac Hayes "Theme From Shaft"
Wilbert Hart "Didn't I Blow Your Mind"
Temptations Revue featuring Dennis Edwards "Papa Was A Rollin Stone"
Cuba Gooding Sr. and The Main Ingredient "Everybody Plays The Fool"
The Undisputed Truth "Smiling Faces Sometimes"
Al Wilson "Show and Tell"
Russell Thompkins Jr. and The New Stylistics "You Are Everything"
A Taste Of Honey "Sukiyaki"
Clarence Carter "Strokin"
The Whispers "And The Beat Goes On"
Peaches and Herb "Reunited"
Blue Magic "Sideshow"
Evelyn 'Champagne' King "Shame"
Howard Hewitt Medley (The Second Time Around,Make That Move and A Night To Remember)
Billy Paul "Me and Mrs.Jones"
The Whispers "In The Mood"
The Whispers "Rock Steady"
Heatwave "The Groove Line"
The Ohio Players "Love Rollercoaster"
Isaac Hayes "Never Can Say Goodbye"
Cuba Gooding Sr. and the Main Ingredient "Just Don't Want To Be Lonely"
Russell Thompkins and The New Stylistics "Rockin Roll Baby"
Russell Thompkins and The New Stylistics "Betcha By Golly Wow"
Thelma Houston "Don't Leave Me This Way"

DISC THREE---
Patti LaBelle "Lady Marmalade"
Earl Young's Trammps "Disco Inferno"
Heatwave "Always And Forever"
Patti LaBelle "Over The Rainbow"
George McCrae "Rock Your Baby"
Maxine Nightingale and Pure Gold "Right Back Where We Started From"
The Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston and Blue Lovett "Shining Star"
The Stylistics "Betcha By Golly Wow" and "You Are Everything"
The Stylistics "You Make Me Feel Brand New"
McFadden and Whitehead "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"
Harold Melvin's Blue Notes "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Bloodstone "Natural High"
The Emotions "Best Of My Love"
The Chi Lites with Eugene Record "Have You Seen Her"
The Chi Lites with Eugene Record "Oh Girl"
The Commodores "Brick House"
Yvonne Elliman "If I Can't Have You"
Tavares "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel"
Debi and Joni Sledge of Sister Sledge "We Are Family"
The Intruders "Cowboys To Girls"
Tyrone Davis "If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time"

DISC FOUR---
Patti LaBelle "Opening/You Are My Friend"
Earl Young's Trammps "Hold Back The Night"
Heatwave "Boogie Nights"
Maxine Nightingale and Pure Gold "Lead Me On"
The Stylistics "Betcha By Golly Wow (full version)"
The Stylistics "You Are Everything (full version)"
The Stylistics "I'm Stone In Love With You"
The Stylistics "Break Up To Make Up"
Harold Melvin's Blue Notes "The Love I Lost"
The Chi Lites "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)"
The Commodores "Nightshift"
The Commodores "Just To Be Close To You"
The Commodores "Sweet Love"
Yvonne Elliman "I Don't Know How To Love Him"
Tavares "More Than A Woman"
Tavares "It Only Takes A Minute"
Debbie and Joni Sledge of Sister Sledge "Lost In Music"
The Intruders "I'll Always Love My Mama"
The Intruders "Together"
Jean Terrell of the 70s Supremes "Stone Love"

DISC FIVE---
Aretha Franklin "Respect"
Aretha Franklin and Lou Rawls "At Last"
Lou Rawls "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"
Dennis Edwards and The Temptations Review "Medley (Can't Get Next To You and Papa Was A Rolling Stone)"
Edwin Starr "25 Miles"
Barbara Mason "Yes,I'm Ready"
Carl Carlton "Everlasting Love"
The Three Degrees "When Will I See You Again"
Billy Paul "Me and Mrs.Jones" (different performance than the one on disc two)
Freda Payne "Band Of Gold"
Blue Magic "Sideshow" (different performance than the one on disc two)
Peaches and Herb "Reunited"
Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive"
Gloria Gaynor "I Never Knew"
Thelma Houston "Don't Leave Me This Way" (different performance than the one on disc two)
The Manhattans "Kiss And Say Goodbye"
Aretha Franklin "Freeway Of Love"
Mary Wilson,Johnny Bristol & the entire cast "Someday We'll Be Together"

BONUS DISC "MOTOWN LEGENDS"---
The Four Tops "Baby I Need Your Lovin"
Dennis Edwards' Temptations Review "Get Ready"
Martha Reeves "Love Is Like A Heatwave"
The Four Tops "It's The Same Old Song"
plus 11 more performances

To those of you who want to order it,here's the link:

http://www.timelife.com/c...uctId=2551

It'll make an excellent Christmas gift and if you have children,this should be required viewing for them.Let them see some REAL soul performers,showing them how it's done!

thankfully I'm so young, that I am not familiar with anyone of those artists

Dancelot said:

Aren't you 41?

SoulAlive said:

But why only Debbie and Joni

Icicle said:

Not sure why Kathy and the other sister wasn't there.

SoulAlive said:

They were here in Norway a few months ago (didn`t get the chance to see them though...), but it was only Debbie and Joni and two daughters....

Kathy still sounds great!!

http://www.youtube.com/wa...RcpAMwKoFM

Icicle said:

Yeah,they toured with KC and The Sunshine Band last year on a bill that also featured Tavares and Gloria Gaynor.It was all four sisters,too.

Prettymansson,what do you think of this?

Great set.
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I'm what you call jealous.

David you already have all these songs on something else.


Oh my bad, I actually saw a bit of that concert on PBS!
[Edited 12/13/06 12:35pm]

So with this new collection of yours, you now have every song, concert, video, album ever produced in the 70s, correct?

TommyRoss said:

Pretty much

CinisterCee said:

I saw much of this footage on PBS,too.These DVDs contain many performances that were never shown on TV.You should order it,this is a great gift for anyone who loves 70s soul music.

SoulAlive said:

Which I do.

This is my xmas present to myself

It kinda bugs me how they name this stuff 'Soul Collection' or whatnot and then include funk songs. Now don't get me wrong, this is a very nice collection and there ain't nothin' wrong about spreadin' the funk around, BUT what I'd like is for the people who make these compilations to distinguish between musical genres.
(Ok well, they didn't exactly include an overwhelming amount of funk songs but anyway...)
Rant over.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

You just want them to gather up the funk bands and do a big funk concert then release it on a 5-DVD set

Scrapluv said:

I don't think I've heard of her before...who is she?

"You Can't Turn Me Away" is on that one.

SoulAlive said:

SoulAlive said:

one of roy ayers' best side projects

I had posted almost the exact same thing you did until I went back and saw it was a concert and not a CD set. That's why I have an edit in my post.

I saw some of that concert on PBS also. I've got some on tape too.
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I would be the first to order that set!