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 Post subject: [2011-10-11] Chic "Magnifique! The Very Best Of Chic" 2-CD budget set (Music Club Deluxe UK)
PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:24 am 
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MAGNIFIQUE! A statement so true, the groove still resonates in 2011.

Chic were formed in 1976, and bridged the divide between Disco and R&B with stylish and sophisticated grooves and rich, lush orchestration. Chic produced a truly unmistakeable sound that has inspired and influenced many recording artists and producers over the last 30 years. They were also the catalyst to rap’s first real crossover hit in The Sugarhill Gang’s ‘Rapper’s Delight’ via their heavily sampled hit ‘Good Times’.

Magnifique! contains 37 delicious slices of soulful grooves from their 1977 debut ‘Dance Dance Dance…’ (#6) via ‘Everybody Dance’ (#9), ‘I Want Your Love’ (#4), ‘Le Freak’ (#7),‘Good Times’ (#5) right up to 1992’s ‘Your Love’ (#3 Billboard Hot Dance Chart). Also included is the rarely available instrumental B-side of Carly Simon’s hit ‘Why’ which was performed, written and produced by Chic. Packed with a 2,300 word liner note, this is an essential 2CD set to grace any collection.

Disc 1
1. Chic Cheer
2. Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) (Radio Edit)
3. Le Freak (Radio Edit)
4. Everybody Dance (Radio Edit)
5. Your Love (Radio Edit)
6. My Forbidden Lover
7. I Want Your Love (Radio Edit)
8. Soup For One
9. I Love You More
10. High
11. Happy Man
12. (Funny) Bone
13. Hangin’ (Radio Edit)
14. I Feel Your Love Comin’ On
15. Give Me The Lovin’
16. Believer
17. Something You Can Feel
18. Doin’ That Thing To Me
19. Megachic - The Chic Medley (Edit)

Disc 2
1. Open Up
2. Good Times (Full-Length Version)
3. My Feet Keep Dancing (Radio Edit)
4. Why (Inst.)
5. A Warm Summer Night
6. Sao Paolo
7. Tavern On The Green
8. You Can’t Do It Alone
9. Sometimes You Win
10. Rebels Are We (Radio Edit)
11. Real People
12. Stage Fright
13. Strike Up The Band
14. You Can Get By (Edit)
15. Savoir Faire (Full-Length Version)
16. Take A Closer Look
17. What About Me
18. Chic Mystique (Lovely Radio Edit Without Rap - Remixed By Roger S.)

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 Post subject: [2011-10-11] Chic "Magnifique! The Very Best Of Chic" 2-CD budget set (Music Club Deluxe UK)
PostPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:58 pm 
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Just got this in the mail. What a fantastic collection with great liner notes! They even indicate which songs were sampled by whom and in which song – a nice touch.

I've noticed Chic remasterings tend to fall under two categories: "muddy" or "clean". This collection falls under "clean".


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 Post subject: [2011-10-11] Chic "Magnifique! The Very Best Of Chic" 2-CD budget set (Music Club Deluxe UK)
PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:38 am 
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As this was a mere £4.99 shipped from the local Amazon I've just bought it. Unbelievable value for money.

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 Post subject: [2011-10-11] Chic "Magnifique! The Very Best Of Chic" 2-CD budget set (Music Club Deluxe UK)
PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:59 am 
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In case anyone is interested, this is also being released (as an import) on 10/18/2011:

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Import 5 CD set includes the albums; Chic (1977); C'est Chic (1978); Risque (1979); Real People (1980) and Take It Off (1981). In card sleeves. Rhino. 2011.

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 Post subject: [2011-10-11] Chic "Magnifique! The Very Best Of Chic" 2-CD budget set (Music Club Deluxe UK)
PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:05 pm 
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I only have a Chic compilation on LP, and it's not nearly as comprehensive as this one. At £4.99 I can't pass this up, especially since I have a few other things to order from Amazon UK. Thanks for posting this, Linda.

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 Post subject: [2011-10-11] Chic "Magnifique! The Very Best Of Chic" 2-CD budget set (Music Club Deluxe UK)
PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 6:54 am 
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pghmusiclover wrote:
In case anyone is interested, this is also being released (as an import) on 10/18/2011:

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Import 5 CD set includes the albums; Chic (1977); C'est Chic (1978); Risque (1979); Real People (1980) and Take It Off (1981). In card sleeves. Rhino. 2011.

Amazon USA:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JS7UTM/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005JS7UTM/?tag=imwan-21

Yowsah, Yawsah, Yawsah!
Ordered as although I do have the first three in US and European cds I lack the other two and anyway this takes up less space. :yay:

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 Post subject: [2011-10-11] Chic "Magnifique! The Very Best Of Chic" 2-CD budget set (Music Club Deluxe UK)
PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 6:56 am 
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richman666 wrote:
I only have a Chic compilation on LP, and it's not nearly as comprehensive as this one. At £4.99 I can't pass this up, especially since I have a few other things to order from Amazon UK. Thanks for posting this, Linda.

I agree. Rhino/WEA have given them good files as this sounds great.

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 Post subject: [2011-10-11] Chic "Magnifique! The Very Best Of Chic" 2-CD budget set (Music Club Deluxe UK)
PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:35 pm 
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kajafan wrote:
richman666 wrote:
I only have a Chic compilation on LP, and it's not nearly as comprehensive as this one. At £4.99 I can't pass this up, especially since I have a few other things to order from Amazon UK. Thanks for posting this, Linda.

I agree. Rhino/WEA have given them good files as this sounds great.


I finally got this last week, and just finished listening to it for the first time. I'm not that knowledgeable about Chic's masters & what they should sound like, but I can confirm that this compilation sounds excellent. It's also pretty thorough, with each disc well over 75 minutes, and there's a lot on here that I've never heard before. Big thumbs up from me, especially at such a low price.

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