The 70's Soul Experience

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: October 16, 2001
• Type: Collection (various artists), Compilation (best of), Box set
• Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

Like other super-ambitious genre overviews on Rhino, this six-CD box set is documenting a style so large and diverse that the track selection is not going to completely satisfy everybody, even with 136 songs. There are many good things to say about this release, though. To start with the positive, most of the major soul stars of the '70s are represented with at least one track, and sometimes with a couple cuts. In addition, there are lots of fine hits by dozens of artists who only had a few (or only one) big records, from the Winstons' "Color Him Father" and Jean Knight's "Mr. Big Stuff" to Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose's "Too Late to Turn Back Now" and Sylvia's "Pillow Talk." Rather than be strict about the chronological boundaries of the project, there are a half-dozen 1969 singles in the '70s soul vein to lead off disc one, as well as a solitary cut from the early '80s (Rose Royce's "Golden Touch," which could have been left off without any tears shed). Room is made for some non-African-American soul by whites and Latinos, and plenty of big-but-not-huge hits. Sensibly, the first half of the '70s is heavily represented, all but one of the post-1975 cuts getting shunted onto disc six. On the other hand, there is no way to boil down, say, the output of Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Sly & the Family Stone, and other superstars to just one or two representative songs, and some might quibble with the ones selected, though generally the compilers wisely played it safe by targeting big hits. In addition, some superstars are not present at all -- the Jackson 5, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder, for instance. There's nothing that might be considered rare, with nearly every one of the tracks having been a substantial hit single, even if some of those -- the Fuzz's "I Love You for All Seasons," the 8th Day's "She's Not Just Another Woman," and Brighter Side of Darkness' "Love Jones," for instance -- aren't exactly over-represented on compilations. The final disc might round out the chronology of the decade, but also is far inferior to the rest of the set, often illustrating soul's decline into pop slickness. But you know what? It's still a very good, intelligent overview of '70s soul, guaranteed to please someone who doesn't collect this stuff obsessively, but wants a lot of it around, sequenced in a manner that ensures variety and quality. The packaging is, as is always the case with major Rhino box sets, quite imaginative, with a 78-page information booklet and an outer cover that simulates a rack of eight-track tapes. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Grazing in the Grass (Lyrics)	Harry Elston, Hugh Masekela, Philemon Hou	The Friends of Distinction	(2:57)
Color Him Father	Richard Spencer, Robert Spencer	The Winstons	(3:07)
Hey There Lonely Girl	Leon Carr, Earl Shuman	Eddie Holman	(3:21)
Crumbs Off the Table	Ronald Dunbar, Edyth Wayne, Scherrie Payne	The Glass House	(2:40)
Rainy Night in Georgia (Lyrics)	Tony Joe White	Brook Benton	(3:39)
Everybody Is a Star (Lyrics)	Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart	Sly & the Family Stone	(3:03)
Give Me Just a Little More Time (Lyrics)	William "Poogie" Hart, Thom Bell	Chairmen of the Board	(2:42)
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)	William "Poogie" Hart, Thom Bell	The Delfonics	(3:28)
The Bells	Elgie Stover, Iris Gordy, Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye	The Originals	(2:56)
Turn Back the Hands of Time (Lyrics)	Jack Daniels, Bonnie Thompson	Tyrone Davis	(2:40)
Love on a Two-Way Street	Sylvia Robinson, Bert Keyes	The Moments	(3:33)
Band of Gold (Lyrics)	Edyth Wayne, Ronald Dunbar	Freda Payne	(2:56)
O-o-h Child (Lyrics)	Stan Vincent	The Five Stairsteps	(3:19)
Westbound #9	Ronald Dunbar, Edith Wayne, Daphne Dumas	Flaming Ember	(2:53)
Maybe (Lyrics)	Richard Barrett	The Three Degrees	(4:09)
The Sly, Slick, and the Wicked	Larry Brownlee, Lowrell Simon	The Lost Generation	(3:09)
War (Lyrics)	Norman J. Whitfield, Barrett Strong	Edwin Starr	(3:28)
Somebody's Been Sleeping	General Johnson, Angelo Bond, Greg Perry	100 Proof (Aged in Soul)	(2:47)
Express Yourself (Lyrics)	Charles Wright	Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	(3:51)
Precious, Precious (Lyrics)	Jackie Moore, Dave Crawford	Jackie Moore	(3:26)
Funky Nassau, Pt. 1	Tyrone Fitzgerald	The Beginning of the End	(3:13)
Groove Me	King Floyd, King Floyd III	King Floyd III	(3:02)
I Love You for All Seasons	Sheila Young	The Fuzz	(3:08)
Want Ads	General Johnson, Greg Perry, Barney Perkins	Honey Cone	(2:47)
Cool Aid	Gabriel Mekler	Paul Humphrey & the Cool Aid Chemists	(2:41)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Don't Knock My Love, Pt. 1	Brad Shapiro, Wilson Pickett	Wilson Pickett	(2:12)
Love or Let Me Be Lonely (Lyrics)	Anita Poree, Jerry Peters, Skip Scarborough	The Friends of Distinction	(3:14)
Deeper and Deeper	Edyth Wayne, Ronald Dunbar, Norma Toney	Freda Payne	(3:04)
Pay to the Piper	Greg Perry, Ronald Dunbar, Angelo Bond, General Johnson	Chairmen of the Board	(3:08)
Mr. Big Stuff	Ralph Williams, Joseph Broussard, Carrol Washington, Carol Washington	Jean Knight	(2:31)
Women's Love Rights	William Weatherspoon, Angelo Bond	Laura Lee	(3:14)
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (Lyrics)	Anthony Hester, Tony Hester	The Dramatics	(3:34)
Baby Let Me Kiss You	King Floyd III	King Floyd III	(2:52)
Right on the Tip of My Tongue	Van McCoy, Joe Cobb	Brenda & the Tabulations	(3:22)
Thin Line Between Love and Hate (Lyrics)	Richard Poindexter, Rob Poindexter, Jackie Members, Robert Poindexter	The Persuaders	(3:26)
Have You Seen Her?	Barbara Acklin, Eugene Record	The Chi-Lites	(5:11)
Theme from Shaft	Isaac Hayes	Isaac Hayes	(3:19)
Respect Yourself (Lyrics)	Luther Ingram, Sir Mack Rice	The Staple Singers	(3:34)
Family Affair (Lyrics)	Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart	Sly & the Family Stone	(3:07)
Let's Stay Together (Lyrics)	Al Jackson, Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr., Willie Mitchell	Al Green	(3:20)
Clean Up Woman (Lyrics)	Clarence Reid, William Clarke, Willie Clarke	Betty Wright	(2:50)
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, Pt. 1	Greg Perry, General Johnson	Honey Cone	(3:45)
Drowning in the Sea of Love	Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Kenneth Gamble	Joe Simon	(3:29)
Ain't Understanding Mellow	Homer Alexander Talbert III, Jerry Butler, Horsholt Polk	Brenda Lee Eager, Jerry Butler	(4:22)
I've Been Lonely for So Long	Jerry Weaver, Peter Knight	Frederick Knight	(3:22)
Suavecito	Richard Bean, Abel Zarate, Pablo Tellez	Malo	(3:28)
Hearsay	Norman West, Richard Adler, John Colbert	The Soul Children	(3:37)
She's Not Just Another Woman	Ronald Dunbar, Clyde Wilson	8th Day	(3:04)

CD 3

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
I'll Take You There (Lyrics)	Alvertis Isbell	The Staple Singers	(3:17)
In the Rain (Lyrics)	Clint Ballard, Jr., Tony Hester	The Dramatics	(5:09)
Betcha by Golly, Wow	Thom Bell, Linda Creed	The Stylistics	(3:18)
Oh Girl (Lyrics)	Eugene Record	The Chi-Lites	(3:14)
Lean on Me (Lyrics)	Bill Withers, William Becton	Bill Withers	(3:48)
I Gotcha (Lyrics)	Joe Tex	Joe Tex	(2:29)
Do Your Thing (Lyrics)	Isaac Hayes	Isaac Hayes	(3:20)
I'll Be Around (Lyrics)	Phil Hurtt, Thom Bell	The Spinners	(3:12)
Too Late to Turn Back Now (Lyrics)	Eddie Cornelius	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	(3:23)
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right	Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson	Luther Ingram	(3:28)
Starting All Over Again (Lyrics)	Phillip Mitchell	Mel & Tim	(3:56)
Back Stabbers	Russ Freeman, John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Al Smith, Leon Huff, John Lee Hooker	The O'Jays	(3:08)
You're Still a Young Man	Stephen Kupka, Emilio Castillo	Tower of Power	(3:38)
Everybody Plays the Fool (Lyrics)	Kenneth Williams, Rudy Clark, James Bailey, Jim Bailey	The Main Ingredient	(3:21)
Freddie's Dead [Theme from Superfly]	Curtis Mayfield	Curtis Mayfield	(3:19)
I Can See Clearly Now	Johnny Nash	Johnny Nash	(2:50)
If You Don't Know Me by Now	Kenny Gamble, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	(3:29)
Love Jones	Clarence Johnson, Randolph Murph, Ralph Eskridge	Brighter Side of Darkness	(3:21)
Me and Mrs. Jones (Lyrics)	Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Gilbert, Kenny Gamble	Billy Paul	(4:47)
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (Lyrics)	Norman J. Whitfield, Barrett Strong	The Temptations	(6:58)
Outa-Space	Billy Preston, Joe Greene	Billy Preston	(4:09)

CD 4

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Could It Be I'm Falling in Love (Lyrics)	Melvin Steals	The Spinners	(4:14)
Use Me (Lyrics)	Bill Withers	Bill Withers	(3:46)
Love Train	Kenny Gamble, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff	The O'Jays	(3:00)
Why Can't We Live Together (Lyrics)	Timmy Thomas	Timmy Thomas	(3:26)
Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter	The Four Tops	(3:07)
I'm Doin' Fine Now	Thom Bell, Sherman Marshall	New York City	(2:44)
Pillow Talk	Sylvia Robinson, Michael Burton	Sylvia	(3:55)
So Very Hard to Go	Stephen "Doc" Kupka, Emilio Castillo	Tower of Power	(3:40)
Natural High (Lyrics)	Charles McCormick, Freddy Powers	Bloodstone	(4:01)
Let's Get It On (Lyrics)	Ed Townsend, Marvin Gaye, Edward Townsend	Marvin Gaye	(3:59)
That Lady, Pt. 1	Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley, The Isley Brothers, Chris Jasper, Ronald Isley	The Isley Brothers	(3:12)
Keep on Truckin', Pt. 1	Leonard Caston, Frank Wilson, Anita Poree	Eddie Kendricks	(3:30)
Hurts So Good	Phillip Mitchell	Millie Jackson	(3:04)
Midnight Train to Georgia (Lyrics)	Jim Weatherly	Gladys Knight & the Pips	(3:57)
I Can't Stand the Rain (Lyrics)	Donald Bryant, Bernard Miller, Ann Peebles	Ann Peebles	(2:32)
The World Is a Ghetto	Lee Oskar, B.B. Dickerson, Howard Scott, Harold Brown, Papa Dee Allen, Charles Miller, Lonnie Jordan	War	(4:02)
Tell Her She's Lovely (Lyrics)	David Batteau	El Chicano	(3:03)
The Love Is Lost, Pt. 1	Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Kenneth Gamble	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	(3:41)
Cheaper to Keep Her (Lyrics)	Sir Mack Rice	Johnnie Taylor	(3:28)
Show and Tell (Lyrics)	Jerry Fuller	Al Wilson	(3:29)
Lookin' for a Love (Lyrics)	Neil Young, Zelda Samuels, James Alexander	Bobby Womack	(2:38)
Be Thankful for What You Got	William DeVaughn	William DeVaughn	(3:27)
Just Don't Want to Be Lonely (Lyrics)	John Freeman, Eli Tatarsky	The Main Ingredient	(3:39)

CD 5

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Payback, Pt. 1	James Brown, Fred Wesley, John Starks	James Brown	(3:31)
Hollywood Swinging (Lyrics)	Kool & the Gang, Robert "Kool" Bell	Kool & the Gang	(4:30)
Sideshow (Lyrics)	Vinnie Barrett, Bobby Eli	Blue Magic	(4:11)
Rock the Boat (Lyrics)	Wally Holmes	Hues Corporation	(3:09)
Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)	Ed Townsend, Edward Townsend	The Impressions	(3:06)
Rock Your Baby (Lyrics)	Richard Finch, Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey	George McCrae	(3:15)
Tell Me Something Good	Stevie Wonder	Rufus	(3:33)
Yes We Can Can	Allen Toussaint	The Pointer Sisters	(3:54)
Hang on in There Baby	Johnny Bristol	Johnny Bristol	(3:22)
Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)	Billy Nichols	B.T. Express	(3:11)
You Little Trust Maker	C. Jackson	The Tymes	(2:49)
Lovin' You	Richard Rudolph, Minnie Riperton	Minnie Riperton	(3:23)
Woman to Woman (Lyrics)	Eddie Marion, Henderson Thigpen, James Banks	Shirley Brown	(3:55)
Everlasting Love (Lyrics)	Buzz Cason, Mac Gayden	Carl Carlton	(2:35)
When Will I See You Again (Lyrics)	Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Kenny Gamble	The Three Degrees	(2:59)
Pick Up the Pieces	Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh, Malcolm Duncan, Hamish Stuart, Onnie McIntyre, Roger Ball	AWB	(3:02)
Lady Marmalade (Lyrics)	Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan	Labelle	(3:23)
Walking in Rhythm	Barney Perry	The Blackbyrds	(2:55)
Supernatural Thing, Pt. 1	Patrick Grant And The Rising, Gwen Guthrie	Ben E. King	(3:24)
Reasons (Lyrics)	Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Charles Stepney, Michael Mazzarella	Earth, Wind & Fire	(4:58)
Rockin' Chair	Willie Clarke, Robbie Robertson, Clarence Reid	Gwen McCrae	(3:18)
I Wanna Get Next to You (Lyrics)	Norman J. Whitfield	Rose Royce	(3:30)
Love Won't Let Me Wait (Lyrics)	Bobby Eli, Vinnie Barrett	Major Harris	(3:46)

CD 6

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Shining Star (Lyrics)	Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Maurice White, Larry Dunn, Sonny Burke	Earth, Wind & Fire	(2:52)
Express	Dennis Rowe, Bill Risbrook, Michael Thompson, Barbara Joyce Lomas, Carlos Ward, Louis Risbrook, Terrell Woods	B.T. Express	(3:32)
Cut the Cake	Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, The Average White Band, Onnie McIntyre, Alan Gorrie	AWB	(3:39)
Why Can't We Be Friends?	Thomas Allen, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Charles Miller, Howard Scott, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson	War	(3:50)
So in Love (Lyrics)	Curtis Mayfield	Curtis Mayfield	(2:49)
Love Rollercoaster	James "Diamond" Williams, Clarence Satchell, Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Billy Beck, Ralph Middlebrooks, William Beck, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, Leroy Bonner, Marvin Pierce, Clarence "Satch" Satchell, Marshall "Rock" Jones, James Williams	The Ohio Players	(2:54)
It Only Takes a Minute (Lyrics)	Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert	Tavares	(3:15)
Movin'	Wade Williamston, Bill Black, Randy Muller	Brass Construction	(3:58)
Kiss and Say Goodbye (Lyrics)	Lovett, Winfred "Blue" Lovett	The Manhattans	(3:33)
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (Lyrics)	Leon Huff, Kenny Gamble	Lou Rawls	(3:33)
Dazz (Lyrics)	Regi Hargis, Ray Ransom, Eddie Irons	Brick	(5:38)
Best of My Love (Lyrics)	Al McKay, Maurice White	The Emotions	(3:42)
Strawberry Letter 23	Shuggie Otis	The Brothers Johnson	(3:37)
Float On (Lyrics)	A. Ingram, James Mitchell, James Mitchell Jr., Marvin Willis	The Floaters	(4:15)
Always and Forever (Lyrics)	Rod Temperton	Heatwave	(3:42)
(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again	Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey	L.T.D.	(3:42)
You and I (Lyrics)	Rick James, Frank J. Myers	Rick James	(3:11)
What You Won't Do for Love (Lyrics)	Alfons Kettner, Bobby Caldwell	Bobby Caldwell	(3:32)
Reunited (Lyrics)	Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris	Peaches & Herb	(4:01)
Cruisin' (Lyrics)	Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin	Smokey Robinson	(4:29)
Golden Touch	Mark Kenoly, Norman J. Whitfield, Walter Downing	Rose Royce	(3:49)

Credits

Gabriel Mikler (Producer), Blue Magic (Performer), Jerry Weaver (Arranger), Johnny Bristol (Producer), Donald Byrd (Producer), Wardell Quezergue (Producer), Sammy Lowe (String Arrangements), Eugene Record (Producer), The Delfonics (Performer), General Johnson (Producer), Johnny Nash (Producer), The Five Stairsteps (Performer), Isaac Hayes (Producer), Charles Chalmers (String Arrangements), Stan Vincent (Producer), Peaches & Herb (Performer), The Manhattans (Performer), The Ohio Players (Producer), Don Renaldo (Horn Arrangements), The Soul Children (Performer), Steve Woolard (Discographical Annotation), Tom-Tom Washington (Arranger), Gladys Knight & the Pips (Producer), Aaron Varnell (Arranger), Greg Adams (Conductor), Pablo Tellez (Arranger), Tony Camillo (Arranger), Dave Crawford (Producer), Ray Cork, Jr. (Arranger), Major Harris (Performer), Freda Payne (Performer), Bill Inglot (Producer), Johnnie Taylor (Performer), Ronald Isley (Producer), Richie Rome (Arranger), The Moments (Performer), Kool & the Gang (Performer), James Brown (Arranger), Al Bell (Producer), The Lost Generation (Performer), Bobby Caldwell (Performer), Kenny Gamble (Producer), Labelle (Performer), James Gadson (Producer), Marvin Willis (Producer), Johnny Pate (Arranger), Trade Martin (String Arrangements), Laura Lee (Performer), Billy Paul (Performer), Johnny Nash (Arranger), Raymond Jackson (Producer), Allen Toussaint (Producer), Betty Wright (Performer), William DeVaughn (Performer), Randy Muller (Arranger), Tommy Cogbill (Producer), Greg Perry (Producer), The Dramatics (Performer), The Emotions (Performer), James Brown (Producer), Norman Harris (Producer), Bob Archibald (Producer), Emory Gordy (Conductor), Sly & the Family Stone (Performer), Bobby Eli (Producer), Jackie Moore (Performer), Michael Lespron (Producer), Greg Adams (String Arrangements), Paul Riser (Arranger), Tower of Power (Producer), Sylvia (Performer), Al Green (Performer), King Floyd III (Performer), Richard Barrett (Arranger), Mike Lewis (Conductor), Brad Shapiro (Conductor), Rudolph Isley (Conductor), Charles Wright (Arranger), Eddie Holman (Performer), Don Hockett (String Arrangements), The Four Tops (Performer), Billy Jackson (Producer), Edwin Starr (Performer), Ronald Isley (Arranger), Shirley Brown (Performer), Robert Lee (Producer), Isaac Hayes (Arranger), Pip Williams (Horn Arrangements), Mike Lewis (String Arrangements), Norman Harris (Arranger), Amy Utstein (Project Assistant), The Fuzz (Performer), Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Performer), Al Jackson, Jr. (Producer), Don Davis (Producer), Rich Tufo (Arranger), Gerald Sims (Producer), Perry Botkin, Jr. (Conductor), Millie Jackson (Performer), Al Bell (Arranger), Bob Monaco (Producer), Stan Vincent (Conductor), John Davis (Arranger), David Rubinson (Producer), Wade Marcus (Horn Arrangements), Bill Withers (Producer), Mike Vernon (Producer), Abel Zarate (Arranger), Sylvia Robinson (Producer), Timmy Thomas (Producer), The Tymes (Performer), The Beginning of the End (Arranger), Quincy Jones (Producer), Randy Perry (Project Assistant), L.T.D. (Performer), Richard Finch (Producer), Arif Mardin (Arranger), O'Kelly Isley (Producer), Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (Performer), Thom Bell (Conductor), Don Hockett (Woodwind Arrangement), Sevie Bates (Design), Papa Don (Producer), Malo (Performer), Roger Ball (Horn Arrangements), Joe Simon (Performer), Shawn Amos (Liner Note Coordination), Brighter Side of Darkness (Performer), Heatwave (Performer), Al Wilson (Performer), Mel & Tim (Performer), Ron Capone (Producer), Peter DeAngelis (Arranger), O'Kelly Isley (Arranger), Charles Garrett (Editorial Research), Chairmen of the Board (Performer), Mike Lewis (Arranger), Brad Shapiro (Arranger), Tyrone Davis (Performer), Emory Gordy (Arranger), Jim Healy (Producer), The Impressions (Performer), Hues Corporation (Performer), Steve Barri (Producer), Billy Preston (Performer), Bloodstone (Performer), Clarence Reid (Producer), Paul Riser (Conductor), Rick James (Performer), Brook Benton (Performer), David Van De Pitte (Arranger), John Florez (Producer), Brenda & the Tabulations (Performer), Bert de Coteaux (Arranger), Clarence McDonald (Producer), The Glass House (Performer), Jerry Peters (Vocal Arrangement), Brick (Producer), The Three Degrees (Performer), Howard H. Scott (Producer), H.B. Barnum (Arranger), Luther Ingram (Performer), Raymond Jackson (Arranger), James Mack (Arranger), Melvin Dunlap (Producer), Allen Toussaint (Arranger), Ray Cork, Jr. (Conductor), El Chicano (Performer), Flaming Ember (Performer), O'Kelly Isley (Conductor), Bert de Coteaux (Producer), The Persuaders (Performer), Clarence McDonald (Vocal Arrangement), Wade Marcus (String Arrangements), Bobby Eli (Arranger), Rose Royce (Performer), 8th Day (Performer), Jerry Long (Arranger), Raymond Jackson (String Arrangements), Ben E. King (Performer), Charles Wright (Producer), Charles Stepney (Arranger), Tony Hester (Producer), Jean Knight (Performer), The Brothers Johnson (Performer), Michael Omartian (Conductor), Arif Mardin (Producer), William Weatherspoon (Producer), Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (Performer), Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart (Producer), The Main Ingredient (Performer), John Davis (Producer), The Spinners (Performer), Jerry Goldstein (Producer), Earth, Wind & Fire (Arranger), David Rubinson (Arranger), Brad Shapiro (Producer), Norman J. Whitfield (Producer), John Cameron (Conductor), Peter DeAngelis (Producer), Reggie Collins (Discographical Annotation), Wilson Pickett (Performer), Bernarce Blackman (Producer), The Pointer Sisters (Performer), Carl Carlton (Performer), Maurice White (Producer), Tavares (Performer), Johnny Musso (Producer), Gilda Woods (Producer), Willie Clarke (Producer), Brass Construction (Performer), Lou Rawls (Performer), Lonnie Jordan (Producer), Thom Bell (Arranger), Bob Archibald (Arranger), Don Renaldo (String Arrangements), Jeffrey Mayer (Photography), Ann Peebles (Performer), Roger Hawkins (Producer), Van McCoy (Producer), The Blackbyrds (Performer), Ann Holloway (Producer), The O'Jays (Performer), Fred Wesley (Arranger), War (Performer), The Winstons (Performer), Jeff Lane (Producer), Quincy Jones (Arranger), Paul Humphrey & the Cool Aid Chemists (Performer), John Cameron (Arranger), Gabriel Flemings (Arranger), Jim Britt (Photography), Willie Mitchell (Producer), John Davis (Conductor), Marvin Gaye (Producer), Don Carroll (Producer), Ronald Isley (Conductor), Steve Swanson (Arranger), Michael Burton (Arranger), The Beginning of the End (Producer), Honey Cone (Performer), Brian Potter (Producer), Little Beaver (Arranger), New York City (Performer), John Baylor (Producer), Joe Tex (Performer), David Gorman (Reissue Producer), Wardell Quezergue (Arranger), Leonard Caston (Producer), Freddie Perren (Producer), Jerry Butler (Producer), Tony Camillo (Conductor), Mike Lewis (Horn Arrangements), Johnny Allen (Arranger), Stan Vincent (Arranger), Quincy Newell (Product Manager), The Friends of Distinction (Performer), Rudolph Isley (Producer), Perry Botkin, Jr. (Arranger), Sheryl Farber (Editorial Supervision), The Floaters (Performer), Bert de Coteaux (Conductor), Dennis Lambert (Woodwind Arrangement), Willie Henderson (Producer), Richard Finch (Arranger), Thomas Washington (Arranger), B.T. Express (Performer), Sevie Bates (Art Direction), Frank Wilson (Producer), George McCrae (Performer), Eddie Kendricks (Performer), Lester Snell (Arranger), Dave Crawford (Vocal Arrangement), Craig Werner (Liner Notes), Buddy Killen (Producer), Thom Bell (Producer), The Isley Brothers (Performer), Curtis Mayfield (Producer), Leon Huff (Producer), Ray Cork, Jr. (Producer), Van McCoy (Arranger), Richard Barrett (Producer), The Chi-Lites (Performer), Michael Omartian (Arranger), Ginger Dettman (Research Assistant), Bobby Espinosa (Producer), Barry Blue (Producer), Bruce Miller (String Arrangements), Michael Putland (Photography), Charles Stepney (Producer), Joe Tate (Arranger), 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) (Performer), Rene Hall (Arranger), Smokey Robinson (Producer), Pip Williams (Conductor), Bobby Womack (Producer), Gwen McCrae (Performer), Dennis Lambert (Producer), Tony Camillo (Producer), Dennis Lambert (String Arrangements), Frederick Knight (Performer), The Stylistics (Performer), James Anthony Carmichael (Arranger), Minnie Riperton (Performer), Richie Rome (Conductor), Randy Muller (String Arrangements), Ed Townsend (Producer), AWB (Arranger), Rufus (Performer), Brenda Lee Eager (Performer), Barry Beckett (Producer), Sylvia Robinson (Arranger), Art Stewart (Producer), Sonny Burke (Arranger), Elijah Walker (Producer), The Temptations (Performer), The Originals (Performer), Rudolph Isley (Arranger), Pip Williams (String Arrangements), John Baylor (Arranger), The Staple Singers (Performer), Michael Burton (Producer)