70's favourites Part II

One thing I did pick up for my birthday was this recently released compilation of recordings by Gladys Knight & The Pips whose catalogue divides into two main chunks, the first being their period at Motown from 1967 through 1972 of which the best overall compilation is the 1995 Anthology two cd set and the period from 1973 through 1977 with Buddah Records.

That second period tends to be the more radio played  with songs such as "Midnight Train To Georgia", (I really got to use my) Imagination, I Feel a Song (in my heart) and "Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" which have been anthologized a number of times and to which I bought the 1998 UK Camden "The Greatest Hits" which featured 18 of them at the time.

The strength of this set is it includes recordings made in the late 1970's and 80's for CBS/Columbia such as "Taste of Bitter Love"  and "Bourgie', Bourgie' " plus a number of hard to find mixes in addition to those Buddah era recordings aided by both sets of recordings being collectively owned by Sony today.

Moreover, while this doesn't feature 1989's License To Kill from that years James Bond movie, it is a an extensive collection over three modestly priced cds with the tracks running in era order rather than the at times totally random one of Music Clubs double cd sets of a few years back.

While some liner notes would of been good, this is a desirable set also issued on double lp selection too.