This was released awhile back,but I just ordered it now I think Phunkdaddy got this one last year.

plus,I just purchased 'Spirit Of Love' on iTunes

What are your favorite Con Funk shun albums? In addition to the three albums listed above,I have 'To The Max' on vinyl...does anyone know if that was ever available on CD? Any plans for a remaster? Are there any other essential albums that I should get? Discuss....

on amazon,I found this interesting review of the 'Loveshine/Candy' remaster.It was written by the widow of one of the group members......

As the widow of Louis A. McCall, Con Funk Shun's founder and drummer, as well as having being either production assistant, project coodinator and/or songwriter on both of these albums, please allow me to give a professionally objective review about their work. These CDs are a good pairing of the third and fourth of the 11 albums recorded while under contract with Mercury Records, since neither of these two works is strong enough to stand on their own. Grammy award winner Clarence "Skip" Scarborough (Earth Wind & Fire, L.T.D., Bill Withers, Patti LaBelle, Emotions, Anita Baker) produced all of the group's RIAA-certified gold albums ("Secrets", "Loveshine", "Candy" and "Spirit of Love"). Frankly, "Loveshine" is the better of the set, balancing out the weaker "Candy", which was co-produced by Con Funk Shun, a critical flaw in the group's artistic direction, as they had not developed the skills to oversee their own projects at that point. (Their first effort at total production control on their 6th Mercury album, "Touch", really showed their inexperience to the extent that the record label insisted they bring Skip back for their seventh album "7" which, unfortunately for them, was the group's last collaboration with him.) On "Loveshine" the standout cuts are the dance tune "Shake & Dance With Me", the moderate "So Easy" and the ballad "Make It Last" (I don't even care for my own song "I Think I Found The Answer", my first ever attempt at songwriting). The "Candy" LP's best offering is "Chase Me", which can be heard on feature films "Gone In 60 Second" and "Next Friday", and "Let Me Put Love On Your Mind", both showcasing the group's lead vocalists' very different talents. Michael Cooper's was the master of the band's funk/dance tunes while Felton Pilate handled the ballads with his mellow falsetto. Put that together with the tight rhythm section (Cedric Martin on bass, Danny Thomas on keyboards, Louis McCall on drums, Cooper on lead guitar) and the hot brass sound of the horns (Karl Fuller-trumpet, Paul Harrell on sax and flute, Pilate on trombone) with all the guys providing well-harmonized background vocals, and you have the perfect combination for funky dance tunes and romantic love ballads. I look forward to other releases of the group's albums on CD. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank everyone here for their continued support of Con Funk Shun.

forgot to add: I also have the 'Secrets' CD

SoulAlive said:

This was released awhile back,but I just ordered it now I think Phunkdaddy got this one last year.

plus,I just purchased 'Spirit Of Love' on iTunes

What are your favorite Con Funk shun albums? In addition to the three albums listed above,I have 'To The Max' on vinyl...does anyone know if that was ever available on CD? Any plans for a remaster? Are there any other essential albums that I should get? Discuss....

Candy is my favorite ConFunkShun album. I used to play the hell out of it

as a kid. I'm long overdue to burn Spirit of Love on cd.

My favorite album is either 'To The Max' or 'Spirit Of Love'.Can't decide There are a few albums that I still need to hear.

All I've had for years was Funk Essentials best of Con Funk Shun, and don't really know where to go from here.

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I noticed this shit is not on there though:

Did they move around label to label?

"Make It Last" is on their 1978 album 'Loveshine'.I don't think that it was ever released as a single,which is why it's not on some of those compilations.It's one of their best slow jams.....a smooth,haunting track with a spare arrangement

HohnerCatcher said:

All I've had for years was Funk Essentials best of Con Funk Shun, and don't really know where to go from here.

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Start with the 'Loveshine/Candy' set