https://www.soultracks.co...e-magic-40

I remember having to repurchase this LP in the mid-80s because between my brother and I, we wore the vinyl out by playing it so much. While the remastered CD was nice, I wish they would have included some alternate takes of the songs instead of the couple of live tracks that ended up on the disc.

Interesting article. I would've assumed that "Irons In The Fire" was her 1st gold.

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Side note- one thing that I've always loved about Lady T is that she's the only artist that I'm aware of that has 2 completely different but dope "Greatest Hits" albums- one on Motown and one on Epic.

kitbradley said:

https://www.soultracks.co...e-magic-40

I remember having to repurchase this LP in the mid-80s because between my brother and I, we wore the vinyl out by playing it so much. While the remastered CD was nice, I wish they would have included some alternate takes of the songs instead of the couple of live tracks that ended up on the disc.

Her BEST Album!!!

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I remember back in the early days of CDs, (when companies were just dumping stuff onto CDs instead of remastering), Motown put Irons in the Fire and It Must Be Magic on 1CD, and since then, I kept listened to them as if it were one great double album. LOL!

But Yeah , It Must be Magic was arguably her best!!

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"Portugese Love" is one of the greatest songs that Teena has done sexy,jazzy and exotic...it's a definite highlight of the album.

SoulAlive said:

"Portugese Love" is one of the greatest songs that Teena has done sexy,jazzy and exotic...it's a definite highlight of the album.

So is '365'...great cut

uPtoWnNY said:

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I remember back in the early days of CDs, (when companies were just dumping stuff onto CDs instead of remastering), Motown put Irons in the Fire and It Must Be Magic on 1CD, and since then, I kept listened to them as if it were one great double album. LOL!

But Yeah , It Must be Magic was arguably her best!!

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I used to have this back in the early 90s. I hated it because some of the songs were single or edited versions. I believe this was released before each title was available individually on CD?

kitbradley said:

paligap said:

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I remember back in the early days of CDs, (when companies were just dumping stuff onto CDs instead of remastering), Motown put Irons in the Fire and It Must Be Magic on 1CD, and since then, I kept listened to them as if it were one great double album. LOL!

But Yeah , It Must be Magic was arguably her best!!

I used to have this back in the early 90s. I hated it because some of the songs were single or edited versions. I believe this was released before each title was available individually on CD?

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Yup-back then, they didn't give a shit --at that same time, they were taking tracks off of Prince's 1999, just to make it fit on a single CD, LOL!

But yeah, it was before each one was available as a separate CD......

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We're going to need a 40th Anniversary thread for Rick James' "Street Songs". These were two of the five LPs I played the most during the summer of 1981 (the other three were Quincy Jones' "The Dude", Chaka's "What 'cha Gonna Do for Me", and the debut LP from "Unlimited Touch").

Her Background Vocalist??? JILL JONES!!!

uPtoWnNY said:

This was one of my high school favorites

uPtoWnNY said:

Quincy Jones' "The Dude"

yep,"Razzamatazz" got alot of airplay that summer! Quincy was on fire back then.

kitbradley said:

While the remastered CD was nice, I wish they would have included some alternate takes of the songs instead of the couple of live tracks that ended up on the disc.

I agree.Give us some alternate takes and outtakes! It's a nice remaster,though.

Going off-topic here to ask you this......have you heard about the new,big,massive Phyllis Hyman box set that is coming out soon? I think you would love this

SoulAlive said:

kitbradley said:

While the remastered CD was nice, I wish they would have included some alternate takes of the songs instead of the couple of live tracks that ended up on the disc.

I agree.Give us some alternate takes and outtakes! It's a nice remaster,though.

Going off-topic here to ask you this......have you heard about the new,big,massive Phyllis Hyman box set that is coming out soon? I think you would love this

Yes. I heard about the Phyllis box set being released through Soulmusic.com. Unfortunately, there is nothing new on it. All of the bonus tracks are available on other CDs. They could have at least added the extended version of "Ain't You Had Enough Love" as a bonus on "Livng All Alone" and the remix for "It's Not About You" on "I Refused To Be Lonely" but they didn't bother to do it. Those could have possibily enticed me to cop the box set.

I'm extremely disappointed because I'm assuming this means Gamble & Huff have no intention of releasing the vault tracks they promised a few years ago. Box set is nice because it includes her complete albums from her Arista and Philadelphia catalog as well as other songs that she guest appeared on. Good for those who don't already have all of that stuff. I'm a Phyllis completiest so I already own it all. I'm curious to see the packaging. Soulmusic.com has released some box sets over the past couple of years. I have the Emotions box set and was not impressed with the packaging. The only reason why I purchased it was because I needed a remastered version of "Sunbeam". The original Japan press that I have sounds very flat.

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80s R&B flashback: "Square Biz" by Teena Marie (1981)

Teena Marie - Square Biz - YouTube

Ottensen said:

This was one of my high school favorites

Robbery seems to be an underrated album in her catalog.Surprisingly,it didn't generate any big hits.I think it's a strong album."Midnight Magnet" is great and my favorite track is the slow groove "Stop The World".Like "Portugese Love",it has a latin feel which is delightful.

Robbery is my fav Tee album followed by It Must Be Magic, Starchild, & Naked To The World...

seems most fans write her Epic years off in favor of the Motown years

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