1999 - The Gap Band - The 12 Collection And More [mp3@320][mrtude42] [H33t]

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Gap Band, The - The 12" Collection And More
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Review by Donald A. Guarisco from allmusic.com

Although they are best known as funk band, the Gap Band was successfully
marketed to a disco audience during their heyday via 12" remixes of their
songs. Most of these versions were confined to the discotheques, but this has
been remedied with the release of The 12" Collection and More. This handy
volume allows casual Gap Band fans get a new perspective on this group's
grasp of the groove by compiling five 12" remixes and throwing in three
album-length long versions to flesh the set out. The 12" versions reveal a
band that approached the remix of a song as a method of redefining it:
"Outstanding" cranks up the percussion to show off the hidden danceable
edge to that slow jam, and "Early in the Morning" pushes the interplay
between rhythm guitar and bass to the song's forefront and proves that the
group's ability to craft complex, hypnotic grooves was just as important to
their success as their knack for capitalizing on then-current soul music trends.
However, the most impressive of the 12" mixes is "You Dropped a Bomb on
Me," which transforms the original tune into a 13-minute epic, complete with
new percussion breaks and a lengthy instrumental break featuring war-battle
sound effects overdubbed atop the song's churning, synth bass groove. The
full-length album versions aren't as revelatory as the 12" mixes, but fit in with
them nicely: the highlight in this arena is the eight-plus minutes of "I Don't
Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)," which shows off the
relentlessness of the song's hooks (the "oops, upside your head" chant, some
surprising acoustic guitar riffs) to their fullest. The 12" Collection could have
added a few more rarities (the non-sound effects version of "Beep a Freak"
and the legendary "munchkin version" of "Jam the Motha" are missing in
action) but this collection remains a solid portrait of the Gap Band's gifts in the
12" arena. In the end, The 12" Collection and More will be of greater interest
to the devoted fan than a casual listener, but it makes a great supplement to
a greatest hits collection for those who want to go beyond the hits.


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Tracklisting
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1. Gap Band, The - Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) (Original 12'' Full-Length LP Version)[05:29]
2. Gap Band, The - Early In The Morning (Original 12'' Mix)[07:27]
3. Gap Band, The - Humpin' (Original 12'' Full-Length LP Version)[05:07]
4. Gap Band, The - I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops!) (Original 12'' Full-Length LP Version)[08:35]
5. Gap Band, The - Outstanding (Original 12'' Mix) [06:06]
6. Gap Band, The - Party Train (Original 12'' Special Dance Mix)[07:23]
7. Gap Band, The - Shake (Original 12'' Disco Version) [05:56]
8. Gap Band, The - You Dropped A Bomb On Me (Original 12'' Mix)[12:55]

Playing Time.........: 59:00
Total Size...........: 140.40 MB

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Artist...............: Gap Band, The
Album................: The 12" Collection And More
Genre................: Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1999
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/12-collection-more-mw0000239776
Ripped by............: mrtude on 8/16/2013
Posted by............: mrtude on 8/16/2013
Covers...............: Front

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