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Give It Up for Slave, the Midwest Music Monsters!! Here's some tracks from their heyday, circa 1979-1981...and a tip'o the hat to Mr. Mark Adams on Bass.....



Sizzlin' Hot




Party Lights




Spice Of Life




For The Love of You




Dreamin'





Steal Your Heart







Starting Over










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what's the name of this group?

purplebutterfly2 said:

Slave




One of the finest funk groups ever!

"Sizzlin' Hot" dammitt, and that's exactly what the song is.

whats the best slave compilation?

badujunkie said:

For a more 'definitive' collection, try their 'Definitive Collection'


If you want something a little more compact, try this

FuNkeNsteiN said:

The Definitive Collection is Definitely Kool--great selection of cuts--though I still think people need to own the entire Stone Jam cd ---probably Showtime, too :










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Man,...I've tooted Slave's horn on here many times. Slave is the shit. They kept funk rock on the radio and kept it raw when many others started going pop or disco. Or both. Can I say enough about my man Mark "Drac" Hicks? No, I don't think I can. Hail to a brutha that threw down on one of the greatest rock guitar solos to ever grace black radio. They had it all, especially when Steve joined. Great musicianship, great vocals, great hooks. They were doin' it and keeping the musicianship all out and up front. Just like I like it. The bass guitar was ALWAYS to the fore. No mistake who's band it was! "Snapshot" was the supreme jam. So much of Slave is bangin'. I have all of their shit.

blackguitaristz said:

Oh, Ndeed! The only reason I didn't do cuts like "Slide", Drac's Tour de Force-- or "Snapshot", and "Just a Touch of Love" is that those cuts always get their due...so I was trying to find a handful that didn't make the radio --not mainstream radio anyway,

I also like the fact that they were coming on strong with the raw funk at at a time when most other funk groups were losing their funk edge...


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paligap said:

Oh I know where u were coming from. And you're right too.

blackguitaristz said:

Oh, I know U know, bgz,




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paligap said:[quote]

blackguitaristz said:

Oh, I know U know, bgz,



Oh and how can I forget my fave Slave cut, besides "Slide" is "Wait For Me". Man oh man,...that's the cut right there, pali. I remember when this song came out...I used to hum the bass line all the damn time. I would be at school, in class, humming that bass line. It was that and Snapshot. Radio wore those at when it first hit.

paligap said:

Slave was the group that turned me on to rock with
the concept album. I liked drac is back and we got your party.

Partay! Get down yall!

phunkdaddy said:

Yup, That album is No Joke!!!!! Serious Rock-Funk!





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My favorite Slave song is Snapshot. The bass:

paligap said:

Your boys...bangin'


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theAudience said:

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Stone Jam is definitely an essential album. One of the greatest funk albums of all time. Absolutely NO filler.
Also features one of my top 10 songs of all time, Watching You (which also is the first Slave cut I ever heard)

Actually, come to think of it, their first six albums are all essential

I was just listening to some cuts off of the Bad Enuff album yesterday. Released in 1983, but doesn't sound "too" eighties, at least not the cuts I listened to. Gotta cop that album at some point.

Is New Plateau any good?

blackguitaristz said:

In your post,I know you're referring to "Slide"....that truly is one of the greatst rock guitar solos ever heard on black radio.

SOME OF THE NASTIEST "FOUR ON THE FLOOR" FUNK I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!!!!
THE COMBINATION OF ARRINGTON ON DRUMS & ADAMS ON BASS WAS "STOOPIDCRAZYPHONKAY"!!!!
-JUST A TOUCH OF LOVE
-SNAPSHOT
-PARTY LIGHTS
-STEAL YOUR HEART
-WAIT FOR ME
-SIZZLIN' HOT
-WATCHING YOU
-JUST FREAK
-STELLAR FUNGK
-STONE JAM
.....WHEW!!!!!


p.s.: WE STILL MEAN BIZNESS!!!!!

woogiebear said:

My eyes must be deceiving me.I don't see "Slide" on your list

FuNkeNsteiN said:

i have the second one,released on Rhino Records in 1994.Gotta pick up that Definitive Collection.It's a 2-CD set,right? Does it contain the full-length versions?

SoulAlive said:

It's a two-CD set. As far as I recall, most of the cuts are full length, expect 'Stellar Fungk', which has been cut down to 4 min 39 seconds, and 'The Party Song', which has been cut to 3 minutes and 28 seconds.
I actually don't own the comp, so there might be some shortened cuts I missed, but I skimmed through the tracklisting real quick and those were the two cuts that caught my eye as being edited versions. Other than that, they all appear full length.
Also, in addition to the regular version of 'Just A Touch Of Love' there's a 'Jazzy Instrumental Version' of the cut included. Haven't heard it, but it sounds good

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I'm gonna go get this set Thanks for the info

SoulAlive said:

No probs
Oh and, it does include some cuts from Steve Arrington's solo LPs and some cuts from the 'Bad Enuff' & 'Just A Touch Of Love' albums, which are not on CD, so it should be worth the $$$

I like Steve Arrington's first solo album,from 1983....


I'll make you weak at the knees
I'll make you weak at the knees

SoulAlive said:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

It is. And it's relatively cheap, too.

I have the "Best Of" CD which is the second picture you posted. I saw the 2 CD set of the first picture you posted but I know I had seen a volume 2 of the "Best Of" CD that I already have so I've been hoping it would turn up somewhere again.

As for the first picture you listed, I'm thinking about going ahead and buying it, even though it has sooooo many of the tracks I already have on the "Best Of" CD. I have several 2 CD sets that have the same cover art as the first picture you listed such as Sister Sledge and Grandmaster Flash, and both are pretty thorough and contain full length album or 12 Inch versions.