Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia includes 71 songs on 4 CDs. These are the American standards that defined an era, featuring such legendary artists as The Jacksons, The O'Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, Patti LaBelle, The Spinners, The Stylistics, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Billy Paul, Wilson Pickett and McFadden & Whitehead. This deluxe package contains some of the most recognized and enduring hits of our time PLUS a lavish booklet with unpublished photos, historical essays and intimate conversations with the architects of the Philly Sound, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Thom Bell and more.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Love Train 2008:
OMG! After seeing the PBS Show during the Thanksgiving Weekend and immediately ordering that same night I was all excited. Came within 5 days and haven't stop listening to it yet. At least two hours a day now ipod @ home and car.
Brings back all the memories (good & bad) and it's really can only be appreciated by those who lived, breathed it to the max. Of course, it was to cool you down while funk got you up in the height of the nite.
love train; the sound of philadelphia:
Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia - Live in ConcertIf your a "Baby Boomer" your gonna love this Gamble and Huff collection of Philadelphia hits. I watched the first installment of the PBS special (dvd release this spring), and was "hooked". Every song on the multi disk set is an "instant trip down memory lane". I highly recommend this collection, and putting in a "pre-order" for the double dvd set.
Buy It!!!:
Has so many great songs from my youth...the price is right for so much music.... you would be a fool not to buy it!!!
TSOP it is!:
Philadelphia has always been the City of Brotherly Love and it took two musical geniuses like Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff to compose the songs and arrangements that would reach out to all listening audiences letting them know that that phrase was more than just a phrase. In that classic O'Jays' hit of which this boxed set is named, all the nations of the world from England to Russia, China and Africa are connected as the "Love Train" comes "ridin' on through." The phrase "People all over the world" from the... more info
Tracks:
Expressway (To Your Heart) - Soul Survivors
La-La---Means I Love You - The Delfonics
Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders
Hey, Western Union Man - Jerry Butler
Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love) - The Delfonics
Only The Strong Survive - Jerry Butler
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - The Delfonics
Brand New Me - Dusty Springfield
Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - Wilson Pickett
