Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Expressway (To Your Heart) - Soul Survivors
2. La-La---Means I Love You - The Delfonics
3. Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders
4. Hey, Western Union Man - Jerry Butler
5. Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love) - The Delfonics
6. Only The Strong Survive - Jerry Butler
7. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - The Delfonics
8. Brand New Me - Dusty Springfield
9. Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - Wilson Pickett
10. You're The Reason Why - The Ebonys
11. Drowning In The Sea of Love - Joe Simon
12. I'm Stone In Love With You - The Stylistics
13. I Miss You - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
14. Back Stabbers The O'Jays
15. Sunshine The O'Jays
16. I'll Be Around The Spinners
17. Slow Motion (Pt. 1) Johnny Williams
18. Me And Mrs. Jones Billy Paul
19. If You Don't Know Me By Now Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
20. LOVE IS HERE THE FUTURES

Disc 2:

1. Love Train The O'Jays
2. Break Up To Make Up The Stylistics
3. Family Affair MFSB
4. It's Forever The Ebonys
5. Time To Get Down The O'Jays
6. There's No Me Without You The Manhattans
7. I'll Always Love My Mama The Intruders
8. The Love I Lost Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
9. I Wanna Know Your Name The Intruders
10. Dirty Ol' Man The Three Degrees
11. Put Your Hands Together The O'Jays
12. Thanks For Saving My Life Billy Paul
13. Mighty Love The Spinners
14. Be Thankful For What You Got (PT. 1) William DeVaughn
15. For The Love of Money The O'Jays
16. Where Do We Go From Here THE Trammps
17. T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) MSFB (Featuring The Three Degrees)

Disc 3:

1. Then Came You The Spinners with dionne watwick
2. Love Is The Message MFSB (Featuring The Three Degrees)
3. When Will I See You Again The Three Degrees
4. Where Are All My Friends Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
5. Picture Us Bunny Sigler
6. Bad Luck Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
7. Give The People What They Want The O'Jays
8. Billy's Back Home Billy Paul
9. Hope That We Can Be Together Soon Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Featuring sharon Paige)
10. Do It Any Way You Wanna People's Choice
11. THE BIG HURT PEOPLE'S CHOICE
12. Let Me Make Love To You The O'Jays
13. Wake Up Everybody Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
14. I Love Music The O'Jays
15. Don't Leave Me This Way Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
16. Let's Groove Archie Bell & The Drells
17. Livin' For The Weekend The O'Jays

Disc 4:

1. Kiss And Say Goodbye The Manhattans
2. I'm Not In Love Dee Dee Sharp
3. You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine Lou Rawls
4. THE Rubberband Man The Spinners
5. Enjoy Yourself The Jacksons
6. Free Love Jean Carn
7. I Don't Love You Anymore Teddy Pendergrass
8. See You When I Git There Lou Rawls
9. Use Ta Be My Girl The O'Jays
10. Close The Door Teddy Pendergrass
11. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now McFadden & Whitehead
12. You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else The Jones Girls
13. Hurry Up This Way Again The Stylistics
14. Love T.K.O. Teddy Pendergrass
15. I Ain't Jivin', I'm Jammin' Leon Huff
16. It's Gonna Take A Miracle Deniece Williams
17. If Only You Knew Patti Labelle

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5563 in Music
• Released on: 2008-10-21
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set

Album Description
Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia includes 71 songs on 4 CDs. These are the American standards that defined an era, featuring such legendary artists as The Jacksons, The O'Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, Patti LaBelle, The Spinners, The Stylistics, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Billy Paul, Wilson Pickett and McFadden & Whitehead. This deluxe package contains some of the most recognized and enduring hits of our time PLUS a lavish booklet with unpublished photos, historical essays and intimate conversations with the architects of the Philly Sound, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Thom Bell and more.

Customer Reviews

The New and Improved Philly Soul Box Set
LOVE TRAIN easily trumps Sony Legacy's previously released three-cd Philly box set (1997's excellent THE PHILLY SOUND: KENNY GAMBLE, LEON HUFF & THE STORY OF BROTHERLY LOVE)by offering 23 more songs and expanding the years of the material up to 1983. Unlike the 1997 box set, the works of producer Thom Bell are represented here along with the best of the Gamble and Huff productions. One big surprise entry is Deniece Williams' top-10 remake of the Royaltones "It's Gonna Take A Miracle", which was produced by Thom Bell and recorded in Philly. The set ends perfectly with Patti Labelle's #1 r&b hit "If Only You Knew", the last big hurrah of the Philly sound. It would have been nice to include the 1973 Thom Bell-produced top 30 pop hits "One Man Band" by Ronnie Dyson and "I'm Doing Fine Now" by New York City, however.

Improved song selection, detailed booklet and great remastered sound make this collection a must for Philly soul fans.

Great sounds from the City of Brotherly Love
My parents were teenagers/young adults in Philadelphia during the 60's and early 70's. I grew up with my parents playing this music. It was just part of our environment. My brother and I were babies singing along with this awesome music. I'm in my early 40s now and heard an NPR Fresh Air interview with Gamble and Huff yesterday. Those guys are just so talented. AWHHHHHHHHH, hearing that music again brought me such joy. Learning about the genius of Gamble and Huff and all of the songs that they've written and produced, just made me profoundly proud of them and the city of Philadelphia; a place I left in the 80's. My mom still lives in the City, so there will always be a connection for me. I cannot wait to see her face when I present her with the gift of this compilation for Christmas. I'm really looking forward to the PBS special that will air soon. There music has made an international mark. It's just so impressive and enduring.

Nice! Love me some Philly Soul!
Was at the door of the record store when it opened this morning to get this sucker and loving it so far. Nice booklet and good track selection, highy reccomend it as far as the music. Not crazy about the pacaking tho. The cds come loose easily and clang round in the box, that accounts for the 4 stars instead of 5. By the way the other review here is of the old Philly Soul box from way back, no way he could have reviewed this in 2005 since it came out today.(2008)