Ohio Players Definitive Collection Plus CD

2018 three CD set. For the very first time you can now get your hands on a Definitive Collection of the Funk sensation that was The Ohio Players. Robinsongs are proud to be the first label to combine the Capitol, Westbound, Mercury, Arista and Boardwalk repertoire to make this unique compilation, but we did not stop there, we have also included material from band members Junie Morrison, Sugarfoot and Shadow (Billy Beck, Clarence Willis & Diamond) to give you a total career overview of this exceptional funk band. This package also includes a 28-page color booklet, that includes an essay by Christian John Wikane with contributions by the band's drummer and architect of the Ohio Players beat James "Diamond" Williams. Robinsongs have divided the package in three parts The Early Years, The Golden Years and The Later & Solo Years, the early years kicks the package off with two tracks from the Capitol Records album The Observations In Time where we can see the direction that the band is heading, onto Westbound where the band recorded their breakthrough single 'Funky Worm', a R&B #1 which featured Junie as the voice of Granny, other standout Westbound tracks are 'Pleasure', 'Pain' and 'Ecstasy', Disc One finishes with two cuts from their first Mercury album Skin Tight including the hit 'Jive Turkey'. Disc Two kicks off with arguably the band's biggest hit 'Fire' which went to #1 in the R&B chart and the Album went to #1 in the Billboard album chart, three other #1 singles feature on this disc 'Sweet Sticky Thing', 'Love Rollercoaster' and 'Who'd She Coo' which was also the band's only UK chart single. Other stand out tracks on this disc are 'I Want To Be Free'

1. Here Today and Gone Tomorrow 2. Find Someone to Love 3. Pleasure 4. Walt's First Trip 5. Varee Is Love 6. Funky Worm 7. Pain 8. Players Balling (Players Doin' Their Own Thing) 9. Ecstasy 10. Food Stamps Y'all 11. Sleep Talk 12. Climax 13. Skin Tight 14. Jive Turkey 15. Fire 16. I Want to Be Free (Single Version) 17. Granny's Funky Rolls Royce - Junie 18. Sweet Sticky Thing 19. Love Rollercoaster 20. Happy Holidays (Part 1) 21. Fopp (Single Version) 22. Suzie Thundertussy - Junie 23. Who'd She Coo? 24. Far East Mississippi 25. Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco) 26. Contradiction 27. Merry Go Round 28. Body Vibes 29. O-H-I-O 30. Good Luck Charm 31. Magic Trick 32. Funk-O-Nots 33. Time Slips Away 34. Everybody Up 35. Don't Say Goodbye 36. Take Da Funk Off, Fly 37. Love Has Taken Me Over (Be My Baby) - Junie 38. Try a Little Tenderness 39. Skinny 40. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay 41. Born to Hustle - Shadow 42. Just Me 43. Kiss - Sugarfoot 44. Fire 85 - Sugarfoot