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 Post subject: [2011-02-15] Smokey Robinson: "The Solo Albums, Volume 4" (Hip-o Select)
PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:59 pm 
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All of the information I can find so far is this pre-order link on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004H0B0BW/?tag=imwan-20

Anyone else have more details?

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 Post subject: [2011-02-15] Smokey Robinson: "The Solo Albums, Volume 4" (Hip-o Select)
PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 3:40 pm 
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Check on Hip-O's Twitter account and see what Harry and his crew are saying.


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 Post subject: [2011-02-15] Smokey Robinson: "The Solo Albums, Volume 4" (Hip-o Select)
PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:02 pm 
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I just played the first 3 volumes, so am glad to see they are continuing this series.


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 Post subject: [2011-02-15] Smokey Robinson: "The Solo Albums, Volume 4" (Hip-o Select)
PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:38 am 
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Volume 3 contained DEEP IN MY SOUL and the soundtrack to BIG TIME, plus a couple of bonus tracks from POPS, WE LOVE YOU Perhaps Volume 4 will contain LOVE BREEZE (1978) and WHERE THERE'S SMOKE (1979)? The live album SMOKIN' also arrived in 1978 -- I'm not sure how they're handling that in the context of this series.


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 Post subject: [2011-02-15] Smokey Robinson: "The Solo Albums, Volume 4" (Hip-o Select)
PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 11:24 am 
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According to a pre-order link on Dusty Groove America, Volume 4 contains "Love Breeze" and "Where There's Smoke". Perhaps the "live" album will get its own deluxe edition.

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 Post subject: [2011-02-15] Smokey Robinson: "The Solo Albums, Volume 4" (Hip-o Select)
PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:16 pm 
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Further information from Amazon.com, but strangely not a peep from Hip-o Select:

Albums are "Love Breeze" and "Where There's Smoke..."

Tracklisting:

1. Why You Wanna See My Bad Side
2. Love So Fine
3. Feeling You, Feeling Me
4. Madam X
5. Shoe Soul
6. Trying It Again
7. Daylight & Darkness
8. I'm Loving You Softly Where There's Smoke...
9. It's A Good Night
10. I Love The Nearness Of You
11. The Hurt's On You
12. Ever Had A Dream
13. Get Ready
14. Share It
15. Cruisin' Bonus Track
16. Get Ready 12-inch instrumental mix

Cover artwork:

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 Post subject: [2011-02-15] Smokey Robinson: "The Solo Albums, Volume 4" (Hip-o Select)
PostPosted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:49 pm 
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Information from Hip-o Select:

In the history of Motown there is only one person more important in its evolution and everlasting success than Berry Gordy, and that’s Smokey Robinson – the only artist at the label to also become a class songwriter, producer and company vice-president. Smokey Robinson, who had reluctantly started a solo career after a brief intermission following his departure from his beloved Miracles, was by the late 1970s in full stride. And this volume in the Smokey Robinson Solo Albums series features one of his biggest solo hits.

Love Breeze, a top 20 R&B chart LP, featured the top 10 hit single “Daylight & Darkness” as well as numerous album favorites. Where There’s Smoke… was a step towards another new future for Smokey. While the disco-fied remake of “Get Ready,” a song Smokey had originally written for the Temptations, was the lead single, it was “Cruisin’,” a track tucked away at the end of the album, that became his new signature tune. It was everywhere in late summer 1979, hitting the R&B and Pop top five – and seems to still be everywhere today.

As with the three previous volumes, this new set includes reproductions of the LPs’ original artwork, and newly commissioned liner notes by UK author Peter Doggett, who interviewed Smokey specifically for this reissue series. Also included are the original lyrics as seen in the original albums’ inner sleeves. We’ve also added a bonus cut: the 12-inch instrumental version of “Get Ready,” previously available only on limited vinyl.

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