Gold [2008]

by Ohio Players

Overview

With a bottom-heavy funk sound driven by bright and brilliantly arranged killer horn riffs, the Ohio Players were one of the best and most consistent of the 1970s funk bands, and their approach and lyric sensibility in many ways prefigured the hip-hop explosion that hit some 30 years later. This two-disc, 24-track survey of their key Mercury Records tracks explodes like a party-in-a-box straight out of the gate, and includes the irresistible hits "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster," as well as lesser known (but no less impressive) sides like "Far East Mississippi" and the gorgeous "Time Slips Away." This band still sounds great and that they also sound surprisingly contemporary in both tone and theme is revelatory. Everything essential is here. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	03/11/2008
Label:	Island / Island/Mercury / Mercury
UPC:	0602517626317
Rank:	26131

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Skin Tight
2. Jive Turkey
3. Heaven Must Be Like This
4. Fire
5. I Want to Be Free
6. It's All Over
7. Fopp
8. Sweet Sticky Thing
9. Love Rollercoaster
10. Let's Love (Interpolated with "Let's Do It")
11. Alone
12. Happy Holidays, Pt. 1

Disc 2

13. Who'd She Coo?
14. Bi-Centennial
15. Far East Mississippi
16. Only a Child Can Love
17. Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco)
18. O-H-I-O
19. Body Vibes
20. Merry-Go-Round
21. Good Luck Charm
22. Funk-O-Nots
23. Time Slips Away
24. Everybody Up

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ohio Players   Primary Artist
William "Billy" Beck   Vocals,Keyboards,Percussion
Clarence Willis   Vocals,Guitar (Rhythm)
Jack Kramer   Horn
Paul Serrano   Horn
Marshall "Rock" Jones   Guitar (Bass)

Technical Credits

Clarence Satchell   Composer
Marvin Pierce   Composer
William Beck   Composer,Composer
William "Billy" Beck   Composer
Clarence Willis   Composer
Andrew Kent   Photography
Ute Friesleben   Production Coordination
Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks   Composer
Seth Foster   Mastering
James Williams   Composer,Composer
Michael Putland   Photography
Marshall Jones   Composer
Marvin R. Pierce   Composer
Leroy Bonner   Composer
Harry Weinger   Compilation Producer
Ralph Middlebrooks   Composer
Marshall "Rock" Jones   Composer
Richard M. Jones   Composer
Alan Light   Liner Notes
Emily Cagan   Product Manager
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner   Composer