What's left ?
A shelved album of recordings from the 1975-1979 period entitled YOU GOT THE LOVE which had been planned in 1983. 6 of its 10 tracks were released since then. The tracklisting from YOU GOT THE LOVE is (songs in bold characters are the four songs still in the vaults today) : "You Got the Love"/"You Got Away"/"Oh Love"/"Wasn't I Good to You"/"Why Can't I Get Next to You"/"Every Little Bit Hurts"/"Don't Turn Your Back on Me"/"Love Just Wouldn't Be Right"/"Hey Boy"/"Co-Pilot to Pilot"
Around this time (1982/83) she was feuding with Motown.Since there was no new album,I guess they were planning to release this instead? A collection of old songs from the vault? | |
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Motown was famous for releasing vault tracks or even albums by artists who had "defected from" the label, the "Farewell My Summer Love" album by MJ and the "We Could Never Light That Old Flame Again" single by Diana Ross are just two examples, so the fact that they wanted to release an album of vault material by Teena in 1983 seems pretty legit.
I'm pretty sure we'll see several Teena Marie releases from Motown/Universal before the end of the year, they already have the "Icon" budget release lined up for February and I wouldn't be suprised if the remaining unreleased Motown tracks end up on a compilation or an expanded edition.
The expanded edition of "Wild and Peaceful" was supposed to be the first, with Lady T and Irons in The Fire due after that, but they never happened. I don't know if it's because sales of "Wild..." fell short or if it was just a matter of priorities at UME, but I hope these expanded editions will come some day. Then again, it took UME several years to come up with decent Rick James product after he died... All I know is, they had better get Teena's ad Rick's expanded editions out soon before the music industry turns to DD only. I want proper cd's and booklets! Just like the white winged dove... | |
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I agree.I especially want expanded versions of 'Throwin Down' and 'Cold Blooded'. | |
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First post of the new year ... very sad news Teena Marie had a massive underground following in the UK and her songs are being played in tribute to her talent ....
As you know she was due to play the UK in Feb 2011...
Sad
Eye Was Born & Raised On The Same Plantation In The United States Of The Red, White And Blue Eye Never Knew That Eye Was Different Til Dr. King Was On The Balcony
Lying In A Bloody Pool......Call me a Dreamer 2 - R.I.P - James Brown and Michael Jackson | |
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Wow. What an awesome vocal & am loving the Prince reference 2!! Have both greatest hits sets but am now ploughing through her back catalog & have just ordered `La Dona` & `Sapphire`. I was tempted 2 order the whole lot but i wanted 2 wait & fully digest each album. 2 be honest i`d slept on Teena & have only really started LOVING her now that she`s passed!! However what a legacy she has left & now this beautiful, talented & gracious woman will live forever!! | |
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I don't know for sure. But Teena still had the unreleased Black Rain album. But some of the tracks ended up on the La Dona album. | |
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Teena apparently finished a new album mere days before she died. So we'll definitely get that. Just like the white winged dove... | |
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I remember in 2009 when Congo Square was released, she promised that she would re-release her 1994 independently released, Passion Play and the unreleased Black Rain sessions sometime in the near future on her Twitter page, when one of her fans were asking her about it. Check me out and add me on:
www.last.fm/user/brandosoul "Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -Bob Marley | |
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on the ivory cd there is a track called "just us two"ever get a chance check it out reminds me of the sound of the group loose ends track "spice of life " | |
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I'm sure glad I got Passion Play a few years ago on CD. Look at the price used on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Pas...=1-2-spell
A friend sent me a bootleg of Black Rain a couple years back. I dunno where she got it. I believe it was a 2 CD set. It's in storage somewhere. Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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Someone sent me a digital CD-quality copy of Passion Play on the internet and I burned it on CD-R. I never really brought a legitimate copy. Anways, my copy sounds so superior. Such a great album. Check me out and add me on:
www.last.fm/user/brandosoul "Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -Bob Marley | |
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Funny you say that I first got PP on a cassette bootleg.
Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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Yeah it's pretty unfortunate that it didn't get the love it deserved in '94-'95. You can tell she was coming into her own once again with that album. [Edited 1/13/11 20:36pm] Check me out and add me on:
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One of my favorite Lady T performances from the Sinbad Summer Funk Festival:
She was smokin' hot that night, laying the crowd out with those jams... Check me out and add me on:
www.last.fm/user/brandosoul "Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -Bob Marley | |
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Her muscial legacy stands strong . . . . RIP Lady T Life has a way of making you live it. . . . | |
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love your collection. I have blood lettinga few to get yet. I will wait until vultures clear.
I was so busy buying her cd's trying to get my vinyl collection on disc that I bought the same CD twice.
I will sell that in about a month or so for the same price range that I bought it 2 years ago. "Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack | |
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I have made that error on more than one occasion Life has a way of making you live it. . . . | |
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From benjaminira:
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Now that I would like to aim towards... for now: | |
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I've never even seen Passion Play on CD before. | |
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I bought it on import when it was 1st released purely for this track
Life has a way of making you live it. . . . | |
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Old news.
In his autobiography, Rick James already outed Teena's bisexuality. He even confirmed the story in a thread on his former website just a few months before he died. | |
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Teena always came across as a very open minded, spiritual kind of person. I'm not suprised that she was bi at all. "And When The Groove Is Dead And Gone, You Know That Love Survives, So We Can Rock Forever" RIP MJ ![]() "Baby, that was much too fast"...Goodnight dear sweet Prince. I'll love you always ![]() | |
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Best book I ever read!! | |
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Awww, My Dear, Mr. Gaye just popped up on my playlist. Such a shame known one talented enough is popular today to write a song to her. Space for sale... | |
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