I distinctly remember this band back in the day because of their involvement w/ the Jam/Lewis production team.Anybody remember Weekend Girl & Just be Good to Me?Turns out the albums w/ these classic R/B songs have been out of print for years on CD??!!What a shame..

Good news is that their debut album was reissued on CD a while back.It of course has their classic songsWhat's wrong w/ Our Love Affair & Take Your Time(Do It Right).I highly recommend this release along w/ other classic Tabu records debuts from Alexander O'Neal & Cherrele.Tabu records, please reissue On The Rise & Just The Way You Like it now!!

NO WAY!!


REISSUE "SANDS OF TIME" NOW!!


That was mentioned as one of the most requested unavailable albums of all time a while back...

not many people know this but...the sos in sosgemini is in honor of SOS Band *and* Swing Out Sister...

I read in the Liner notes that the original name of the group was Santa Monica??!! In honor of a well received gig in that city.Somebody suggested the S.O.S.(Sounds of Sucess) Band thank god
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I just bought the extended version of "Just The Way U Like It b/ Instrumental Remix" 2day!

The segue between :

No One's Gonna Love U
Weekend Girl
Just The Way U Like It

is the most beautiful flowing of consistency of songs i have ever heard (in competition with Lovesexy & Rainbow Children).


No Ones Gnna Love U & Weekend Girl are on my top 20 of all time favorite songs of my life.

I have "On The Rise" & "Sands Of Time" & "Just The Way U Like It" & Greatest Hits.

paisleypark4 said:

co-sign

Darla said:

really? Hell yeah. I have Weekend Girl suege (with the sitar and wind) going over and over again for 9 minutes...very calming and reminds me of looking over a beach. It is so calming and beautiful that whole first side.

Their first two albums were remastered,and I picked them up a few months ago.

S.O.S. Band

I was just thinking about doing a thread about them the other day...


I can't think of a bad song they did!!

I might be mistaken but isn't Maceo's guitar player Brono Speight a former SOS Band member? He smokes!

I made a 32 minute loop of "just be good to me" that damn near killed some folks, but they just kept on dancin, and even had someone ask to "PLAY IT AGAIN"



loopin the editeditedit
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"High Hopes" (1982)


"I had High Hopes for you and me
Thought we'd stay together,eternally
High Hopes,for our love
Felt like it was heaven-sent from above"



That's my favorite SOS Band song!!

sosgemini said:

SHANNA said:

and all this time,I thought he was a fan of the "son of sam"...lol...

hectim said:

Yeah Hectim: altho' it's Bruno ... also Maceo's drummer Jamal is from SOS... hey that's quite a line up old SOS, orginal P-Funk (Greg Boyer and Skeet Curtis) and then Morris Hayes...
hmmm...

00769BAD said:

daym

hectim said:

Yeah Bruno used to play with S.O.S. He's bad! I always liked Ernesto Phillips from Starpoint, too. Peep the "Object Of My Desire" guitar solo and you'll know what I'm talkin' bout!

I just recently saw the Band here in Dallas a couple of months ago, giving a free concert. They still look and sound great. I'm glad they are still together and performing.

paisleypark4 said:

I'm with ya on those 2 songs! Love 'Em!

I especially love this remix that Maxwell did of his song "Don't Ever Wonder" where he sampled the music from "No One's Gonna Love You"! Those 2 songs mixed together is just pure unadulterated stankiness!

DavidEye said:

Me too

I don't know what the hell happend 2 their 95's GH LP. All of a sudden it got out of print from every shop. I can't find it in the net either!

Tabu Records sadly went out of business in 1996,Tabu went through many major label changes 1st when they started in 1976 Tabu was dist. through RCA and had only one band signed to them at the time "Brainstorm: if which thier Debut album from 77 isnt available on cd anywhere. trust me i looked, Tabu closed up shop for many years when they resurfaced in 1980 with the SOS band..then Alex, then Cherelle. and that in a nutshell is the history of Tabu Records

BlaqueKnight said:

dug that Solo as well.

i still feel that Jam&Lewis did there Best stuff with SOS Band &along with the Albums they did on Alexender O'Neal&Cherelle tops for me.I dug Control&Elements of Rhythm Nation but those 3 acts got the Best of Jam&Lewis IMHO.