Cheryl Lynn's self titled debut CD has being issued. The disc includes liner notes, 24-bit remastering and bonus tracks.

http://www.dustygroove.co...=index.php

Thanks! Well worth re-purchasing

Tracklist:
1. Got To Be Real
2. All My Lovin'
3. Star Love
4. Come In From The Rain
5. You Saved My Day
6. Give My Love To You
7. Nothing You Say
8. You're The One
9. Daybreak (Storybook Children)
10. Got To Be Real (Original 7" Version)(Bonus Track)
11. You Saved My Day (12" Single)(Bonus Track)

Gotta pick this up

SoulAlive said:

and you know this!

TD3 said:

L LYNN: CHERYL LYNN
CHERYL LYNN: CHERYL LYNN
Item# 78023
$15.99
Product Description
Cheryl Lynn first hit in 1979 with her debut single "Got To Be Real". Selling over a million copies, it proved the perfect springboard for this, her debut album. Produced by David and Marty Paich, the album also includes the Top 20 hit "Star Love" andthe dance success "You Saved My Day". Long out of print, this album has sold over 500,000 copies. The new expanded edition features two bonus tracks - the 7" hit version of "Got To Be Real" with its alternate vocals, along with the 12" version of "You Saved My Day" which was not commercially released at the time. 16 page full color booklet draws on new interviews from Cheryl Lynn, David Paich and James Gadson. Remastered in 24 bit from the original analog master tapes.


Tracks:
1. Got To Be Real
2. All My Lovin'
3. Star Love
4. Come In From The Rain
5. You Saved My Day
6. Give My Love To You
7. Nothing You Say
8. You're The One
9. Daybreak(Storybook Children)
Bonus Tracks:
10. Got To Be Real (Original 7” Version)
11. You Saved My Da

SoulAlive said:

Ms. Lynn career should have been so, so, so much bigger and successful.

TD3 said:

I agree, but to me, I think it was the material. If you listen to all of her albums, a lot of her material was pretty weak. She had some MONSTER songs, but the fill in songs were (overall) weak to me.

My comment was on in general. Yep, the material was weak but "the suits" or someone should have and could've helped Lynn maximize that beautiful voice and persona.

I'd buy it.

TD3 said:

I totally agree. Maybe Larkin Arnold (or whoever was running CBS at the time) was not that into her.

She had a HUGE out the box hit and there is no reason why they couldn't have built on that.

daPrettyman said:

I disagree. There are plenty of weak songs and albums that have been huge successes. IMO, "In The Night" and "Instant Love" were excellent efforts. Cheryl had lousy management and she just wasn't promoted outside of R&B circles. Also, if we are going to be honest, Cheryl's weight had a lot to do with her lack of promotion & not being a major success. Those of us of a certain age remember hearing plenty of stories from artists in the 80's and 90's who were saying weight discrimination in the music business was relentless and the code words that were being used by the labels were "She's/He's not video-friendly".
[Edited 1/21/10 16:47pm]

kitbradley said:

There may be some merit in what you say but Cherly career started in the 70's. Tho' I've always found it curious that many assume Black artist have to "crossover" to become a success,when we are the source of the music.. this strikes me as ironic. Besides, plenty R&B groups were succesfull and made bank as well. I'm not sure if I buy the weight discrimination whole heartly. Even if she'd stayed within in R&B to put it blunlty, black folks have never had hang ups about weight -that's some white men and women b.s.- them sista's in those choirs by and large ain't never been all that skinny. I think the stigma of disco may have hurt her career, most of those men and women didn't survive the era which is funny since most of them could "blow". I think DaPrettyman maybe right, management didn't see Lynn's worth which wouldn't surprise me. I agree with you, Lynn's own management team didn't serve her well nor did she appear to know how to change direction in order to get the right people to help her.


As Timmy says, "Could've, Would've, Should've but didn't".


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[Edited 1/22/10 3:25am]

She needs a really good 'Best Of' CD,because this one is really flawed


It includes the single version of her biggest hit "Got To Be Real"

It also includes the single version of "Encore" The extended 12" version is essential!

It's missing the singles "In The Night","Instant Love" and "New Dress" How are you gonna do a 'best of' CD and leave out three of her singles?!

SoulAlive said:

Those Legacy reissues that Sony did in the 90s are all like that. I think the best one that I have is the Heatwave one. The rest are pretty weak and missing a lot of material.

daPrettyman said:

I agree,the Heatwave one is excellent,but those other compilations are flawed.