V.A. / ASHFORD & SIMPSON SONGBOOK (EXPANSION)
70年代モータウン〜アーリー80'Sに多くの名曲をソウル界へ残したASHFORD & SIMPSON。もちろん自らのアーティストとしての作品群も良いが、ソングライター・チームとしての2人にスポットを当てた作品がこちらの「ASHFORD & SIMPSON SONGBOOK」である。いやはや、目の付け所がやはり素晴らしいEXPANSIONらしい仕事であります。
収録内容
1. Top Of The Stairs - Collins & Collins
2. Clouds - Chaka Khan
3. Bourgie Bourgie - Gladys Knight & The Pips
4. Have You Ever Tried It - Main Ingredient
5. Don't Send Nobody Else - Millie Jackson
6. Hit And Run Lover - Dynamic Superiors
7. Keep Away Girls - Stephanie Mills
8. You're Gonna Wanna Come Back - Ullanda McCullough
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10. Is It Still Good To Ya - Teddy Pendergrass
11. It's In There - Jennifer Holliday
12. The Boss - Diana Ross
13. Over And Over - Sylvester
14. California Soul - Marlena Shaw
15. Keep It Coming - Tata Vega
16. I Wouldn't Change The Man - Blinky
17. Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Remix) - Marvin Gaye
モダン・テイスト溢れる名曲たち。レーベルの枠を越えて今、ひとつになって蘇ります。
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Ashford & Simpson return to Europe for the first time in 20 years, and to mark the occasion Expansion deliver 16 of their classic songs on one CD and Limited Edition double album.
Nicholas Ashford & Valerie Simpson are soul icons responsible for gold and platinum hits through the 60s, 70s and 80s for such artists as Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross and Gladys Knight (Their solo hits include "Solid).
This is the first time many of these have been assembled on one collection, but Expansion have gone one step further by combining the hits with seminal disco records like "Over & Over (Sylvester), the two-step anthem "Keep Away Girls (Stephanie Mills), the awesome "California Soul (by Marlena Shaw, as utilized by KFC), the modern soul smash "Top Of The Stairs (Collins & Collins) and an EXCLUSIVE REMIX of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell)