Jammin' Oldies (2001)

About this title: Rhino's 2001 collection Jammin' Oldies contains 20 soul and disco hits from the '70s, occasionally dipping into the '60s (Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools") or '80s (Patrice Rushen's "Forget Me Nots"). There's nothing unexpected here -- when Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love," Evelyn "Champagne" King's "Shame," Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose's "Treat Her Like a Lady," and Chaka Khan's "I Feel for You" seem obscure to their company ("Let's Stay Together," "Pick up the Pieces," "Let's Get It On," "We Are Family," "I'll Take You There," "Mr. Big Stuff," "Superfly," the sublime "I'll Be Around ... read more

Tracks:

1. Boogie Oogie Oogie [Johnson/Kibble]
2. Let's Stay Together [Green/Jackson/Mitch]
3. Chain of Fools [Covay]
4. Pick Up the Pieces [Ball/Duncan/Gorrie/]
5. Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe [White]
6. I Feel for You [Prince]
7. Good Times [Edwards/Rodgers]
8. Treat Her Like a Lady [Cornelius]
9. Shame [Cross/Fitch]
10. Spill the Wine [Allen/Brown/Dickers]
11. Get Down Tonight [Casey/Finch]
12. Let's Get It On [Gaye/Townsend]
13. Come and Get Your Love [Vegas]
14. We Are Family [Edwards/Rodgers]
15. I'll Be Around [Bell/Hurtt]
16. Superfly [Mayfield]
17. Forget Me Nots [McFadden/Rushen/Was]
18. I'll Take You There [Isbell]
19. Mr. Big Stuff [Broussard/Washingto]
20. Play That Funky Music [Parissi]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.