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The First, The Last, My Everything: UMe Boxes Barry White's Complete 20th Century Albums

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UMe's ongoing reissue campaign for the music of Barry White -which has, so far, included singles collections for White, the girl group Love Unlimited, and The Love Unlimited Orchestra - will expand next month for its most extensive entry: a 9-CD or 9-LP box set collecting White's complete 20th Century Records albums.

The 20th Century Records Albums (1973-1979) will arrive on the same day as nine individual, 180-gram LP issues of each title.  These records represent the most beloved period of White's distinguished career, featuring the soulful maestro at his most lush and sultry, often aided by the arrangements of Gene Page. The set includes:

  1. I've Got So Much to Give (20th Century T-407, 1973)
  2. Stone Gon' (20th Century T-473, 1973)
  3. Can't Get Enough (20th Century T-444, 1974)
  4. Just Another Way to Say I Love You (20th Century T-466, 1975)
  5. Let the Music Play (20th Century T-502, 1976)
  6. Is This Watcha Wont? (20th Century T-516, 1977)
  7. Barry White Sings for Someone You Love (20th Century T-543, 1977)
  8. The Man (20th Century T-571, 1978)
  9. I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing (20th Century T-590, 1979)

It appears that all of the albums will be presented in their original versions with no additional material added.  (Hip-o Select previously reissued I've Got So Much to Give and Let the Music Play in expanded editions with bonus tracks.)  Sleeve and label artwork for each title has been faithfully replicated for these new releases.  These albums include such perennial White favorites as "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby," "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe," "You're the First, the Last, My Everything," "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long," "I'm Qualified to Satisfy You," and his fan-favorite cover of Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are."  Following 1979's I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing, White began the next chapter of his musical career with a move to his own Unlimited Gold label.  Yet, of course, the recordings he left behind at 20th Century Records were nothing less than unlimited gold.

The 20th Century Records Albums (1973-1979) is due from Mercury/UMe on October 26.  You'll find the complete track listing below!

Barry White, The 20th Century Records Albums (1973-1979) (Mercury/UMe, 2018)

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I've Got So Much To Give (20th Century T-407; 1973)

SIDE ONE

  1. Standing In The Shadows Of Love
  2. Bring Back My Yesterday

SIDE TWO

  1. I've Found Someone
  2. I've Got So Much To Give
  3. I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby

Stone Gon' (20th Century T-423; 1973)

SIDE ONE

  1. Girl It's True, Yes I'll Always Love You
  2. Honey Please, Can't Ya See
  3. You're My Baby

SIDE TWO

  1. Hard To Believe That I Found You
  2. Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up

Can't Get Enough (20th Century T-444; 1974)

SIDE ONE

  1. Mellow Mood (Pt. I)
  2. You're The First, The Last, My Everything
  3. I Can't Believe You Love Me

SIDE TWO

  1. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
  2. Oh Love, Well We Finally Made It
  3. I Love You More Than Anything (In This World Girl)
  4. Mellow Mood (Pt. II)

Just Another Way To Say I Love You (20th Century T-466; 1975)

SIDE ONE

  1. Heavenly, That's What You Are To Me
  2. I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To
  3. All Because Of You
  4. Love Serenade (Part I)

SIDE TWO

  1. What Am I Gonna Do With You
  2. Let Me Live My Life Lovin' You Babe
  3. Love Serenade (Part II)

Let The Music Play (20th Century T-502; 1976)

SIDE ONE

  1. I Don't Know Where Love Has Gone
  2. If You Know, Won't You Tell Me
  3. I'm So Blue And You Are Too

SIDE TWO

  1. Baby, We Better Try To Get It Together
  2. You See The Trouble With Me
  3. Let The Music Play

Is This Whatcha Wont? (20th Century T-516; 1976)

SIDE ONE

  1. Don't Make Me Wait Too Long
  2. Your Love - So Good I Can Taste It

SIDE TWO

  1. I'm Qualified To Satisfy You
  2. I Wanna Lay Down With You Baby
  3. Now I'm Gonna Make Love To You

Barry White Sings For Someone You Love (20th Century T-543; 1977)

SIDE ONE

  1. Playing Your Game, Baby
  2. It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me
  3. You're So Good, You're Bad

SIDE TWO

  1. I Never Thought I'd Fall In Love With You
  2. You Turned My Whole World Around
  3. Oh, What A Night For Dancing
  4. Of All The Guys In The World

The Man (20th Century T-571; 1978)

SIDE ONE

  1. Look At Her
  2. Your Sweetness Is My Weakness
  3. Sha La La Means I Love You

SIDE TWO

  1. September When I First Met You
  2. It's Only Love Doing Its Thing
  3. Just The Way You Are
  4. Early Years

I Love To Sing the Songs I Sing (20th Century T-590; 1979)

SIDE ONE

  1. I Love To Sing The Songs I Sing
  2. Girl, What's Your Name
  3. Once Upon A Time (You Were A Friend Of Mine)
  4. Oh Me, Oh My (I'm Such A Lucky Guy)

SIDE TWO

  1. I Can't Leave You Alone
  2. Call Me, Baby
  3. How Did You Know It Was Me?

 

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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  1. Joe, your article states "Sleeve and label artwork for each title has been faithfully replicated for these new releases". Does that apply to the CD version as well? Will these be in the mini LP packaging or merely cheap single sleeves with just the original LP cover photos as Sony usually does with their complete album releases?

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  2. Wow - they should have included a correct CD version of Barry White's Greatest Hits (1975) - every track was a new mix or edit (or both), and what a great album! The CD of that 10-track album that's been around since 1990 has most of the tracks in incorrect versions, and the artwork is incorrect as well.

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  3. Universal should give Gloria Gaynor the same treatment (Singles set followed by Albums set) next. Her work has rarely received a first class mastering in the digital age.

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    • The Love Unlimited reissue catalogue has already been announced too, I guess a bit later this year.
      I've been waiting for ages to finally get my hands on a decent remaster of the 1973 'Under the Influence of Love Unlimited' album. That's the first time this album will be available on CD (and/or official digital download), which is quite unbelievable regarding the high profile of Love Unlimited.

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  6. I cannot get over how inexpensive this is, I wonder if it even has liner notes at that price. Stoked to get it in any case.

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  7. Got it today. For the price I'm pretty happy to just have them on CD. It's a bummer there are no notes, booklet or such, pretty much no bells or whistles at all. Cardboard sleeves. I guess the audience for these things are maybe diminishing? After that fantastic Hip-O Select box it's a shame those folks couldn't have gotten hold of this project. Still nice to have it though.

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