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. ~ Andrew Hamilton

Product Details

Release Date:	08/27/1996
Label:	I.T.P. Records / Itp
UPC:	0706636579629

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

Technical Credits

Bloodstone   Producer
Charles Crews   Producer
Freddy Powers   Composer
Charles McCormick   Composer,Producer
Robert Ramos, Jr.   Assistant Executive Producer
Richard Poindexter   Composer
Anna Gordy Gaye   Composer
Alan Beck   Executive Producer
Harvey Fuqua   Composer
Harry Williams   Composer
Willis Draffen   Composer
Stephen "Doc" Kupka   Composer
Ira Wilkes   Percussion Arrangement
Carlton Black   Composer
Chuck Crews   Arranger,Producer
Jeff King   Engineer
Bill Cobb   Engineer
Joe Dancygier   Assistant Executive Producer
Hense Powell   Arranger
Harold Williams   Producer
Sheila Young   Composer
Anne Catalino   Engineer
Claudette Barjoud   Graphic Design
Emilio Castillo   Composer
Charles Love   Composer