Murdock,Shirley As We Lay: Elektra Recordings 1985-1991 CD

Three CDs. First-of-it's-kind box set includes Shirley's trio of albums plus ten bonus tracks. Shirley Murdock's work and success with famed funk group Zapp and Roger Troutman in 1984 provided a springboard for her solo career which began in earnest in 1986. Featuring the self-titled US certified gold LP Shirley Murdock!, which included the US Top 20 and R&B Top Five hit, 'As We Lay' which established Shirley as a mainstream recording artist and performer; 1988's A Woman's Point Of View, featuring the US RnB chart- making single 'Husband'; and the 1991 set Let There Be Love! Which, like Shirley's previous solo albums, included a number of Shirley's own compositions and was also produced by Roger Troutman. With stellar artwork from Roger Williams and excellent mastering by Donald Cleveland, As We Lay includes a total of ten bonus tracks: Disc 1 reprises six cuts from the expanded edition of Shirley Murdock!, released by SoulMusic Records in 2018; Disc 2 includes three edits and mixes not previously available on CD; while Disc 3 also has Shirley's version of The Clark Sisters' classic, 'You Brought The Sunshine', first released in 1990 on the 40th Elektra anniversary compilation, Rubaiyat, which has been out of print for a number of years.

1. Be Free 2. No More 3. Go on Without You 4. Truth or Dare 5. Danger Zone 6. Teaser 7. As We Lay 8. The One I Need 9. Tribute 10. Be Free (Sexy Sax Thang Mix) 11. No More (Extended Mix) 12. Go on Without You (Vocal/Extended Mix) 13. Truth or Dare (European Mix) 14. As We Lay (Midnight Mix) 15. Tribute (Extended Mix) 16. Husband 17. (Everybody Wants) Somethin' for Nothin' 18. Found My Way 19. If I Know 20. Woman's Point of View 21. Oh What a Feeling 22. I Still Love You 23. Spend My Whole Life 24. Modern Girl 25. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going 26. Instrument of Praise 27. Husband (Single Edit) 28. Found My Way (Single Edit) 29. Oh What a Feeling (Extended Version) 30. In Your Eyes 31. Stay with Me Tonight 32. Let There Be Love 33. Say It, Mean It 34. The Last Hurrah 35. We Should Be Together 36. Anywhere 37. Everywhere 38. Heavenly 39. Save the Children 40. You Brought the Sunshine