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DISCID=c112030e
DTITLE=Ohio Players / Funk On Fire: The Mercury Anthology - Disc 2 of 
DTITLE=2
DYEAR=2002
DGENRE=Funk
TTITLE0=Who'd She Coo?
TTITLE1=Bi-Centennial
TTITLE2=Far East Mississippi
TTITLE3=Only A Child Can Love
TTITLE4=Angel
TTITLE5=O - H - I - O
TTITLE6=Body Vibes
TTITLE7=Alone (Live)
TTITLE8=Good Luck Charm
TTITLE9=Funk-O-Nots
TTITLE10=Time Slips Away
TTITLE11=Shady Lady (Previously Unissued)
TTITLE12=Wonderful (Previously Unissued)
TTITLE13=More Than Love (Previously Unissued)
EXTD=Funk On Fire: The Mercury Anthology - Disc 2 of 2\n2002 Mercury R
EXTD=ecords, Inc.\n\nOriginally Released June 6, 1995\nReissued June 1
EXTD=8, 2002\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: One hour, 54 minutes and 12 seconds
EXTD= of innovative funk on two discs is nothing to sneeze at, particu
EXTD=larly when the tracks are prime Ohio Players cuts. Mercury adroit
EXTD=ly chronicles their chart-blazing career with full-length, unedit
EXTD=ed versions of winners and album treats. From the bluesy, strutti
EXTD=ng "Jive Turkey" to "More Than Love," the group displays their su
EXTD=perb musicianship and ingenuity on 28 slabs of funk and soul. The
EXTD= guys proved they can slow-jam with anyone on "Together" and the 
EXTD=super-lush "Honey." The Ohio Players were affectionally known as 
EXTD=Sugarfoot, Billy, Pee Wee, Merv, Diamond, Jones, and Satch, all o
EXTD=f whom contributed collectively in the writing and production of 
EXTD=all the songs. Everyone is familiar with the hits, and most of th
EXTD=eir fans already have them; it's unsung pearls like "Good Luck Ch
EXTD=arm," and the convenience of having these smokin' grooves in one 
EXTD=sweet package, that makes Funk on Fire a must.  -- Andrew Hamilto
EXTD=n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nPLAY ON, July 6, 2001\nReviewer:
EXTD= Carl Mack (Palm Springs, CA United States)\nOh yes, the Players.
EXTD= In my opinion the best funk band ever. From "Skin Tight" there i
EXTD=s the X-tremely funky jam of the title cut and the incredible bal
EXTD=lad "Heaven Must Be Like This". From "Fire" the incredible title 
EXTD=track and check out the drum work on the smoldering ballad "I Wan
EXTD=t To Be Free". "Honey" is well represented with four cuts includi
EXTD=ng the incredible jazz influenced "Sweet Sticky Thing". The secon
EXTD=d side includes latter day efforts that are not as well known but
EXTD= just as good. "Who'd She Coo" is so cool that the funk just flow
EXTD=s throughout it and from "Gold" they included one of the two new 
EXTD=cuts that were included on that release, "Only A Child Can Love" 
EXTD=which is superior to Feel The Beat anyway. Check out "Body Vibes"
EXTD= too, wow, funky and jazzy it just flows and love the smokin funk
EXTD= and space sounds on "Funk-o-nots". Best of all these are all the
EXTD= full length album versions not the singles which do not do the P
EXTD=layers justice. As a bonus the last three tracks are previously u
EXTD=nreleased tracks from the "Jass-Ay-Lady" sessions (it was to be a
EXTD= double album). Too bad there aren't bands like this around anymo
EXTD=re. Play On!\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe Best Anthology 
EXTD=You'll Find, July 14, 2001\nReviewer: A music fan\nA fabulous ove
EXTD=rview of a very underrated funk band. If you came of age in the m
EXTD=id-1970s and ventured beyond horrible Top 40 pop radio, then inev
EXTD=itably you chanced upon the Ohio Players. Hard-working and prodig
EXTD=ious like great jazz players, they were always consummate musicia
EXTD=ns. This captures the best of their popular 1970s Mercury release
EXTD=s (nearly as interesting for their practically X-rated album cove
EXTD=rs as the great music within). All of the classics are here ("Lov
EXTD=e Rollercoaster" and "Fire") but one listen will expose you to th
EXTD=e other fine, albeit less heard, cuts that never crossed over to 
EXTD=70s Top 40 but were staples of large city R&B stations -- and cur
EXTD=iously making a comeback on "gold soul/funk R&B" radio formats of
EXTD= 2001. (Some of) these guys are still on the road in the summer o
EXTD=f 2001, proving that good funk never dies. A worthy investment.\n
EXTD=\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nFollowing James Brown and Sly Sto
EXTD=ne and Before Hip-Hop, February 1, 2006\nReviewer: Ludwig J. Plur
EXTD=alist "avantepopgospeler" (Beacon, NY USA)\nFollowing the earlies
EXTD=t hits of James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone, and preceding
EXTD= hip-hop, the 1970s gave us a number of really great examples of 
EXTD=soulful funk music by African-American performers. And among the 
EXTD=very best were the highly underrated Ohio Players, who, along wit
EXTD=h Earth Wind and Fire and Parliament-Funkadelic, were my favorite
EXTD=s from the world of funk. I was in high school when this was out;
EXTD= listening now brings me back to an era of platform shoes, loud s
EXTD=ilk dress shirts, and movies like Rocky, Jaws, Car Wash, and Star
EXTD= Wars and to "Butterfly" a certain clothing store/head shop in my
EXTD= NJ neighborhood, staffed by some young, hip, partying Latinos (w
EXTD=ho'd have this sort of music, as well as stuff like Santana and L
EXTD=ed Zep playing on the store speakers). In other words, it's a mus
EXTD=ical trip down memory lane. \n\nThis compilation, then, containin
EXTD=g all the Players' classics, like the romantic jazz piece Sweet S
EXTD=ticky Thing (now these guys knew how to do smooth jazz), the danc
EXTD=e hit Love Rollercoaster (a version of which was put to great use
EXTD=, years later, in the Beavis and Butthead movie) and brilliant tr
EXTD=acks like Fopp (which like so many great pop tunes appears to be 
EXTD=a euphemistic reference to doing the nasty) and Fire (a musical m
EXTD=asterpiece), is a joy to listen to. While some of the tracks here
EXTD= are filler, nothing is unlistenable. Whatever weaknesses may be 
EXTD=found here are more than offset by the record's many highlights. 
EXTD=\n\nOne other point; these guys get a few bonus points from me fo
EXTD=r having some of the coolest Afros of the 70s. They always looked
EXTD= fly! \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nFUNK ON FIRE- Say It Slow
EXTD= Hold On, January 24, 2006\nReviewer: Mr. Mack "CJ" (Palm Springs
EXTD=)\nThis is the most complete and thourough Players collection. It
EXTD= covers all the Mercury releases from Skin Tight through Jass-Ay-
EXTD=Lady and even has 3 unreleased cuts that were to be part of Jass-
EXTD=Ay-Lady (it was cut from a double l.p. to single). It highlights 
EXTD=the cream of the crop from thier less successful latter day relea
EXTD=ses (Mr. Mean, Angel, and Jass-Ay-Lady). So along with all the ea
EXTD=rly smash songs you get the smooth and Jazzy "Angel", the funky b
EXTD=ass heavy "Body Vibes", and ahead of their time funk workouts "Oh
EXTD=io" and "Funk-O-Nots". Buy it and enjoy the best funk band of all
EXTD= time.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nWhere's Funky Worm ???, S
EXTD=eptember 20, 2005\nReviewer: zugzwang\nThis is a great compilatio
EXTD=n. But I've searched and can't find the ONE song that first turne
EXTD=d me on to the Ohio Players. \n\nThat's Funky Worm. \n\nIf I want
EXTD= that song I'm going to have to shell out for the Pleasure album.
EXTD= It seems to me that any Ohio Players greatest hits compilation o
EXTD=ught to have the song that put the playas on the musical map.\n\n
EXTD=\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOne Of The Things Missing Are Those
EXTD= Beautiful Women, September 14, 2005\nReviewer: Caesar M. Warring
EXTD=ton (Lansdowne, PA United States)\nLet's be real here. Those orig
EXTD=inal gatefold sleeves are some of the greatest works of album art
EXTD= in popular music (see especially the CD, HONEY). Too bad Polygra
EXTD=m/Universal didn't keep this important aspect in mind when they c
EXTD=reated this package. Each original album cover should have been r
EXTD=eproduced in full-color and on full-page. \nWhat you do get here 
EXTD=is some of the greatest funk music, by one of the greatest funk b
EXTD=ands in their prime. Two hours of 28 slabs of funk on two CDs, ch
EXTD=ronicling the years 1974-1978. Included are the great party jams:
EXTD= "Skin Tight," "Jive Turkey," "Fopp," "Sweet Sticky Thing," "More
EXTD= Than Love," "Who'd She Coo," and -of course- the anthems, "Fire"
EXTD= and "Love Rollercoaster." \nSadly missing are some great origina
EXTD=l album tracks such as, "Smoke," "What The Hell," "Streakin' Chee
EXTD=k To Cheek," or "Running From The Devil." The inclusion of a coup
EXTD=le of these gems would have made this an excellent anthology. \nP
EXTD=urchase also the compilation, ORGASM: THE WESTBOUND YEARS. This i
EXTD=s a great collection of tracks taken from their earlier, harder t
EXTD=rilogy of albums they made for Westbound Records through the year
EXTD=s 1972-1973: PAIN, PLEASURE, and ECSTASY.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOME
EXTD=R REVIEW\nBack in the day...., August 2, 2005\nReviewer: anonymou
EXTD=s (Cleveland,OH)\nAnyone past the age of 40 can remember these so
EXTD=ngs and the effect they had on us at that time. They speak of an 
EXTD=era and showcase the sound of an era in the Black community. \n\n
EXTD=Whites listened to Ohio Players in passing when they heard one of
EXTD= their songs once it made it to the top 40 list. Blacks heard the
EXTD=m at house parties,dorms,on our 8 tracks. This was the music. And
EXTD= to those of us who were there...it still is. \n\nA great deal of
EXTD= it was studio sound, somewhat mushy, a bit too sentimental. But 
EXTD=the horns were right on, the music had a sense of funk, and it wa
EXTD=s meant to be danced to. If you can think of popular music in ter
EXTD=ms of being great, this is great music. \n\nThe best thing about 
EXTD=this collection is that it has all the Ohio Players songs in it. 
EXTD=You don't have to buy multiple CD's. This collection sums up the 
EXTD=Ohio Players experience. If you were around in the 70's this is i
EXTD=t.\n\n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nFUNK ON FIRE: THE MERCURY ANTHOLOGY
EXTD= includes a 24-page booklet.\n\nThe Ohio Players: Leroy "Sugarfoo
EXTD=t" Bonner (vocals, guitar); Clarence "Chet" Willis (guitar, backg
EXTD=round vocals); Clarence "Satch" Satchell (flute, saxophone, percu
EXTD=ssion, background vocals); Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Marvin "
EXTD=Merv" Pierce (trumpet); James "Diamond" Williams (flugelhorn, dru
EXTD=ms, congas, timbales, percussion, gong, background vocals); Willi
EXTD=am "Billy" Beck (keyboards, percussion, background vocals); Marsh
EXTD=all Jones (bass); Robert "Kumba" Jones (congas).\n\nAdditional pe
EXTD=rsonnel: Paul Serrano, Jack Kramer (horns).\nProducer: Ohio Playe
EXTD=rs.\nCompilation producers: Ohio Players, Harry Weinger.\nRecorde
EXTD=d between 1974 & 1978. Includes liner notes by Alan Light.\nAll t
EXTD=racks have been digitally remastered.\n\nFrom their erotically ch
EXTD=arged album covers to their grinding, bass-heavy grooves, the Ohi
EXTD=o Players were one of the highest profile funk bands of the 1970s
EXTD=. The superb two-disc anthology FUNK ON FIRE represents everythin
EXTD=g that made the Players great--fine musicianship, a blend of fier
EXTD=cely syncopated rhythms with pop accessibility, and a sassy, outr
EXTD=ageous attitude (thanks, in large part, to the animated vocals of
EXTD= Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner). Though the Players released several r
EXTD=ecords for the Detroit-based Westbound label in the early part of
EXTD= their career, they really hit their stride when they signed to M
EXTD=ercury, where they released a string of charting albums, includin
EXTD=g the funk classics FIRE and HONEY.\nAll the hits and key tracks 
EXTD=from the Mercury albums are here, including the hard-driving "Fir
EXTD=e" and the infectious "Love Rollercoaster," as well as lush, keyb
EXTD=oard- and falsetto-drenched ballads ("Together"). While the Playe
EXTD=rs' late-'70s material is generally considered inferior to their 
EXTD=mid-'70s work, the second disc of this anthology does an admirabl
EXTD=e job of picking the best tracks from these later albums--"O-H-I-
EXTD=O" and the spacey "Funk-O-Nots," among them. In short, the Player
EXTD=s' best work is boiled down on this definitive set, making it a c
EXTD=rucial addition to any funk library.\n\nIndustry Reviews\n4 Stars
EXTD= - Excellent - ...George Clinton has pinched all the mid-'70s fun
EXTD=k kudos for himself, perhaps The Ohio Players deserve some too...
EXTD=\nQ (10/01/1995)
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