[bigred]Conquer The World: The Lost Soul Of Philadelphia International Records[/bigred]



Conquer The World: The Lost Soul Of Philadelphia International Records is full of names that never went far beyond the neighborhoods and bars of Philadelphia: locals stars such as Bobby Bennett, the Soul Devalients, Pat & the Blenders and Love Committee (formerly the beloved Ethics). As artists they may have never conquered the world, but on Lost Soul their music remains wonderful forever.

(Edited to add tracklisting details provided by Eddie Scott)

1. Hard Workin' Man - Pat & the Blenders
2. Conquer The World Together - Bunny Sigler & Dee Dee Sharp
3. Grasshopper - Soul Devalients
4. It's So Wonderful - Johnny Williams
5. Makin' Up Time (Parts 1 & 2) - Frankie & the Spindles
6. Theme For Five Fingers Of Death - Bunny Sigler
7. Good And Plenty - Carolyn Crawford
8. Darling Come Back Home - Love Committee
9. Yellow Sunshine - Yellow Sunshine
10. Ghetto Woman (Parts 1 & 2) - Ruth McFadden
11. Everybody Needs Good Lovin' (Parts 1 & 2) - Bunny Sigler
12. Days Go By - Bobby Bennett
13. The Big Hurt - People's Choice
14. Love Is Here - The Futures
15. Ruby's Surprise Party - Ruby & The Party Gang
16. Stop Taking My Love - The Mellow Moods

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[bigred]The Sound Of Philadelphia: Gamble & Huff's Greatest Hits[/bigred]



Newly elected to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the American masters Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff of Philadelphia International Records wrote and produced some of the most musically creative and socially significant records of our time. These sixteen American classics celebrate the enduring power and passion of their voice and vision as tastemakers, hitmakers, educators and keepers of the cultural flame. There's a message in the music, and the message is love. Get on board the love train!

1. Love Train - The O'Jays
2. Back Stabbers - The O'Jays
3. If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes(Featuring Teddy Pendergrass)
4. The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Featuring Teddy Pendergrass)
5. The Sound of Philadelphia - MFSB (Featuring The Three Degrees)
6. Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
7. When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees
8. Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Featuring Teddy Pendergrass)
9. Do It Any Way You Wanna - People's Choice
10. I'll Always Love My Mama - The Intruders
11. Use Ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays
12. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls
13. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead
14. Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else - The Jones Girls
15. Close The Door - Teddy Pendergrass
16. If Only You Knew - Patti LaBelle

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Found a track listing for "Conquer The World"-

1. Hard Workin' Man - Pat & The Blenders
2. Conquer The World Together - Bunny Sigler/Dee Dee Sharp
3. Grasshopper - Soul Devalents
4. It's So Wonderful - Johnny Williams
5. Makin' Up Time (Parts 1 & 2) - Frankie & The Spindles
6. Them For Five Fingers Of Death - Bunny Sigler
7. Good And Plenty - Carolyn Crawford
8. Darling Come Back Home - Love Committee
9. Yellow Sunshine - Yellow Sunshine
10. Ghetto Woman (Parts 1&2) - Ruth McFadden
11. Everybody Needs Good Lovin' (Parts 1 & 2) - Bunny Sigler
12. Days Go By - Bobby Bennett

Thanks, Eddie. That's the tracklisting from the vinyl version which was released last year ~ the CD is supposed to include 4 additional tracks.

I have been getting into a major Philly thing lately. I can say that of all of the different issues and masterings I've heard, no one gets the mastering sound of Philadelphia International Records better than Tom Ruff (who remastered much of the mid-to-late 90's Sony/Legacy PIR stuff, but is no longer affiliated with Sony, unfortunately).

I also love the sound of some of the Demon/Edsel PIR releases currently available on import.

Mark Wilder has a pretty good feel too, but the stuff I have that was remastered by Joe Palmaccio sounds sterile to me.

All you need to do is listen to the Philly Sound boxed set mastered by Tom Ruff to understand what I mean.

On the Conquer The World comp, what specific years does this cover? If the majority of the material covers from basically the beginning up to '74, then I'm in for this. Palmaccio's masterings always murders my ears.

Finally found the track listing for the CD release of "Conquer The World";


1. Hard Workin' Man - Pat & the Blenders
2. Conquer The World Together - Bunny Sigler & Dee Dee Sharp
3. Grasshopper - Soul Devalients
4. It's So Wonderful - Johnny Williams
5. Makin' Up Time (Parts 1 & 2) - Frankie & the Spindles
6. Theme For Five Fingers Of Death - Bunny Sigler
7. Good And Plenty - Carolyn Crawford
8. Darling Come Back Home - Love Committee
9. Yellow Sunshine - Yellow Sunshine
10. Ghetto Woman (Parts 1 & 2) - Ruth McFadden
11. Everybody Needs Good Lovin' (Parts 1 & 2) - Bunny Sigler
12. Days Go By - Bobby Bennett
13. The Big Hurt - People's Choice
14. Love Is Here - The Futures
15. Ruby's Surprise Party - Ruby & The Party Gang
16. Stop Taking My Love - The Mellow Moods

I'm in for Conquer the World, but not the Gamble/Huff Greatest Hits. Got all that stuff already. Though, shouldn't they have put "TSOP" as Track 1 on that comp? Makes sense to me...

Thank you! Added to the first post.

I wish THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA had turned out to be a real in-depth Gamble & Huff collection like the folks at Ace might produce, but as a primer (what I'm assuming it's intended to be) it looks decent enough, and the rarities compilation should sate folks like us. Hopefully these will sell and more PIR compilations will be on the way from Legacy.

Cool-being 10 minutes from Philly my whole life I grew up hearing a ton of this stuff and there's so much quality to a lot of it. Me & Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul, The O Jays, Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass and The Intruders were always favorites of mine.

Based on your post, I went searching and found a used copy of The Philly Sound today for twenty bucks. I look forward to listening to it!