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Good Times

 
Album Review: Good Times

  • Artist: V/A
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: September 12, 2000
  • Type: Mix-album, Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

Though the Good Times Sound System ruled London's riotous Notting Hill Carnival for over a decade, they made less of an impression on electronica fans. To the rescue ride the dance aficionados at Nuphonic, who financed this precious two-disc set of material from master mixers Joey and Norman Jay. There's no one sound that defined Good Times, and it's reflected perfectly here; mostly classic disco and soul (most of it rare-groove), as well as a few more recent dance tracks from Masters at Work (a mix of BeBe Winans' "Thank You") and Incognito, and hip-hop from Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions. One caveat: the Jays are more selectors than mixers, which makes for a few bumps along the way. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks



CD 1

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Open Up Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Chic (3:52)
Don't Let Love Get You Down Victor Carstarphen, John Whitehead, Leon Huff, Gene McFadden Archie Bell & the Drells (4:20)
I Hear Music in the Streets Galen Underwood, Bert Reid Unlimited Touch (5:23)
Summertime George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward MFSB (4:49)
Mission Impossible Lalo Schifrin Byron Lee & the Dragonaires (4:01)
Ali Baba (Lyrics) John Holt John Holt (2:37)
Prophecy Fabian (4:37)
Rebel Without a Pause (Lyrics) Hank Shocklee, Nile Rodgers, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Carlton Ridenhour, Chuck D Public Enemy (5:02)
Sound of da Police (Lyrics) L. Parker KRS-One (4:12)
Feel Like Jumping Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, Marcia Griffiths Marcia Griffiths (3:36)
I Heard That Quincy Jones Eddie Russ (4:17)
Runaway R.M. James, Vince Montana Loleatta Holloway, The Salsoul Orchestra (4:45)
Too Blind to See It [Hurley's House Mix] Kym Sims (5:01)
Spread Love [Classic Vocal Mix] Al Hudson Black Sun, Lenny Fontana (7:04)


CD 2

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Thank You [MAW Mix] Rhett Lawrence, BeBe Winans, Travon Potts BeBe Winans (10:18)
Fearless Dominic "Ski" Oakenfull, Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick Incognito (6:12)
El Bobo Webster Lewis Webster Lewis (3:57)
Joyous Michael Hepburn Pleasure (6:27)
Funky Nassau Tyrone Fitzgerald, Ray Munnings Ray Munnings (6:14)
Stone to the Bone [7" Version] James Brown James Brown (3:28)
The Nicest [Instrumental] (3:40)
Hanging on a String (Contemplating) [Extended Dance Mix] Jane Eugene, Steve Nichol, Carl McIntosh Loose Ends (5:56)
Greater Love Kenny Ortíz, Marcus Johnson, Faye Simpson, Lawrence Johnson, Kerri Chandler Nu Colours (4:52)
Optimistic [Album Version] Jimmy Jam, Gary Hines, Terry Lewis Sounds of Blackness (5:17)
Just Us Eric Robinson 2-Ton (4:39)
If You Really Love Me Syreeta Wright, Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder (2:58)
California Soul Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson Marlena Shaw (2:57)

Credits

Charles Richards (Arranger), Bert Reid (Arranger), Security of the First World (Group Member), Byron Lee (Producer), William Anderson (Arranger), Archie Bell & the Drells (Performer), Chris Clunn (Photography), Victor Carstarphen (Producer), Maurice Joshua (Producer), Flavor Flav (Group Member), Stevie Wonder (Arranger), Neville Hinds (Arranger), Eric "Vietnam" Sadler (Assistant Producer), Nile Rodgers (Arranger), Terminator X (Group Member), Hank Shocklee (Producer), Craig Kallman (Executive Producer), "Little" Louie Vega (Producer), Terry Lewis (Producer), Gene McFadden (Producer), Webster Lewis (Producer), Jamecia Bennett (Group Member), Nile Rodgers (Producer), Bernard Edwards (Conductor), KRS-One (Vocals), Stevie Wonder (Producer), Norman Jay (Mixing), Maurice Joshua (Production Consultant), Loleatta Holloway (Vocals), Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez (Producer), Professor Griff (Group Member), Rick Rubin (Executive Producer), Steve "Silk" Hurley (Producer), DJ Spinna (Producer), Norman Jay (Group Member), Johnny de Mairo (Director), David Van De Pitte (Arranger), Bob Thomas (Vocals (Background)), Ashley Beedle (Quotes Researched & Compiled), Femi Fem (Quotes Researched & Compiled), Nick Martinelli (Producer), Harvey Fuqua (Producer), Frank Rodrigo (Executive Producer), Patricia Lacy (Vocals), Evan Lamberg (Executive Producer), Jimmy Jam (Producer), Jamecia Bennett (Vocals), Steve "Silk" Hurley (Mixing), Carrie Harrington (Group Member), Nile Rodgers (Group Member), Kym Sims (Performer), Dwight Brewster (Producer), Public Enemy (Performer), Johnny de Mairo (Post Producer), Unlimited Touch (Performer), Lenny Fontana (Performer), 2-Ton (Performer), William Anderson (Producer), Steve "Silk" Hurley (Executive Producer), John Whitehead (Producer), Lenny Fontana (Producer), Marcia Griffiths (Performer), Terrence Frierson (Vocals (Background)), Black Sun (Performer), Loleatta Holloway (Guest Appearance), James H. Brown (Producer), Frank Rodrigo (Producer), Gilles Peterson (Quotes Researched & Compiled), Kenny Lehman (Arranger), Maurice Joshua (Mixing), Bernard Edwards (Group Member), Ron Shapiro (Executive Producer), Wendy Ingram (Vocals (Background)), Sounds of Blackness (Vocals (Background)), Duke Reid (Producer), Carl Ryder (Producer), Mint Condition (Handclapping), Johnny de Mairo (Post Production Director), Bert Reid (Producer), BeBe Winans (Executive Producer), Donald Pikney (Vocals), Bernard Edwards (Producer), The Salsoul Orchestra (Performer), Paolo Hewitt (Quotes Researched & Compiled), Charles Richards (Producer), Core Cotton (Vocals), Eddie Russ (Performer), Patricia Lacy (Group Member), James H. Brown (Arranger), Nu Colours (Performer), Core Cotton (Group Member), Norman Jay (Turntables), Frank Broughton (Quotes Researched & Compiled), Trevor Nelson (Quotes Researched & Compiled), Chuck D (Group Member), Renee Coles (Vocals), Marlena Shaw (Performer), Terry Farley (Quotes Researched & Compiled), Stan Lucas (Producer), Gary Hines (Producer), Frank Rodrigo (Mixing), Bernard Edwards (Arranger), Loleatta Holloway (Performer), John Holt (Performer), DJ Spinna (Turntables), Nile Rodgers (Conductor), KRS-One (Mixing), Carrie Harrington (Vocals), Martin Giles (Mastering), Skip Scarborough (Producer), Tony Farsides (Quotes Researched & Compiled)
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