The Ultimate Collection

by Bloodstone

Overview

This is one for the time capsule or at least a permanent slot in the CD changer. Heart-rendering soul music by one of its best purveyors, buoyed by two excellent falsetto singers -- silky smooth Charles McCormick and the exciting Henry Williams -- Bloodstone's music is absolutely compelling. This excellent compilation features new songs, rekindled versions of their own hits, and stunning remakes. Renditions of Tower of Power's "You're Still a Young Man," Linda Jones' "Hypnotized," the Drewvells' "Tell Him" (as "Tell Her"), and the Fuzz's "I Love You for All Seasons" are unexpected, delightful surprises. Traditionalists and purists will quibble that "Natural High," "We Go a Long Way Back," "Outside Woman," "Never Let You Go," and some others are recuts, rather than the originals, but the voices and the songs are as riveting as ever.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/27/1996
Label:	Itp Records
UPC:	0706636579629
catalogNumber:	5796
Rank:	26356

Tracks

1. Who Has The Last Laugh Now
2. You're Still a Young Man
3. Hypnotized
4. I'll Be Holding On
5. Natural High
6. We Go A Long Way Back
7. I Love You For all Seasons
8. It Should Have Been Me
9. Tell Her
10. Outside Woman
11. Show the World
12. Mary
13. I Love You
14. The Tables Have Turned
15. Do Me
16. Night Flight
17. Never Let You Go

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bloodstone   Primary Artist
Michael Harris   Trumpet
Joe Campbell   Trumpet
Harold Davis   Bass
Charles McCormick   Vocals
Hense Powell   Piano,Trumpet
Greg Smith   Baritone Saxophone
Kenneth Tussing   Trombone
Mark Underwood   Trumpet
Carle Vickers   Saxophone
Chris Smith   Keyboards
Fernando Harkless   Saxophone
Karl Hunter   Baritone Saxophone
Dean Roubicek   Saxophone
Scott Hitchings   Keyboards
Jeff Kaye   Trumpet
Harold Williams   Vocals
Rob Edwardsen   Drums
John Mason   French Horn

Technical Credits

Bloodstone   Producer
Bill Cobb   Engineer
Chuck Crews   Arranger,Producer
Stephen "Doc" Kupka   Composer
Charles McCormick   Producer
Hense Powell   Arranger
Ira Wilkes   Percussion Arrangement
Joe Dancygier   Assistant Executive Producer
Alan Beck   Executive Producer
Robert Ramos   Assistant Executive Producer
Anne Catalino   Engineer
Harold Williams   Producer
Claudette Barjoud   Graphic Design
Jeff King   Engineer
Charles Crews   Producer