Summary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Contents: Payback, part 1 / James Brown. -- Hollywood swinging / Kool & the Gang. -- Sideshow / Blue Magic. -- Rock the boat / Hues Corporation. -- Finally got myself together (I'm a changed man) / Impressions. -- Rock your baby / George McCrae. -- Tell me something good / Rufus. -- Yes we can can / Pointer Sisters. -- Hang on in there baby / Johnny Bristol. -- Do it ('til you're satisfied) / B.T....

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 2001

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Contents: Don't knock my love, part 1 / Wilson Pickett. -- Love or let me be lonely / Friends of Distinction. -- Deepr & deeper / Freda Payne. -- Pay to the piper / Chairman of the Board. -- Mr. Big Stuff / Jean Knight. -- Women's love rights / Laura Lee. -- Whatcha see is watcha get / Dramatics. -- Baby let me kiss you / King Floyd. -- Right on the tip of my tongue / Brenda & the Tabulations. -- Thin...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Records 2001

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Contents: I love the nightlife (Disco 'round) / A. Bridges ; S. Hutcheson (Alicia Bridges) -- I'm coming out / B. Edwards ; N. Rodgers (Diana Ross) -- Got to be real / C. Lynn ; D. Foster, D. Paich (Cheryl Lynn) -- Good times / B. Edwards ; N. Rodgers (Chic) -- He's the greatest dancer / B. Edwards ; N. Rodgers (Sister Sledge) -- I don't know if it's right / T. Life ; J. Fitch (Evelyn "Champagne" King)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Work Group 1998

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Contents: I'll take you there / Staple Singers. -- In the rain / Dramatics. --tBetcha by golly, wow / Stylistics. -- Oh girl / Chi-Lites. -- Lean on me / Bill Withers. -- I gotcha / Joe Tex. -- Do your thing / Issac Hayes. -- I'll be around / Spinners. -- Too late to turn back now / Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose. -- (If loving ou is wrong) I don't want to be right / Luther Ingram. -- Starting all over...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Records 2001

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Contents: disc 1. Day tripper (Shockabilly) -- Killing time (The Massacre) -- Télé, après le météo (Ferdinand) -- Disco rough (Mathematiques Modernes) -- Day breaks, day heals (Thomas Leer & Robert Rental) -- Living in vain (Snakefinger) -- Downing Street rock (Blackbeard; Winston Edwards) -- Sport (Lightnin' Rod) -- The Escapades of Futura 2000 (Future 2000; The Clash) -- Wildstyle (Timezone) -- Makossa...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Strut Records 2013

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Contents: One monkey don't stop no show, part I (Honey Cone) -- Ain't nobody home (B.B. King) -- Scorpio (Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band) -- You brought the joy (Freda Payne) -- Drowning in the sea of love (Joe Simon) -- Ain't understanding mellow (Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager) -- Clean up woman (Betty Wright) -- That's the way I feel about cha (Bobby Womack) -- Jungle fever (the Chakachas)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1991

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Contents: Pay to the piper (Chairmen of the Board) -- Groove me (King Floyd) -- Somebody's watching you (Little Sister) -- The sly, slick, and the wicked (the Lost Generation) -- Chairman of the board (Chairmen of the Board) -- Deeper & deeper (Freda Payne) -- Precious, precious (Jackie Moore) -- Heavy makes you happy (Sha-na-boom boom) (the Staple Singers) -- Proud Mary (Ike & Tina Turner) -- I love you...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1991

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Contents: Sweet soul music (Arthur Conley) -- Funky street (Arthur Conley) -- (There's gonna be a) showdown (Archie Bell & the Drells) -- Just one look (Doris Troy) -- Cry to me (Betty Harris) -- Sweetest thing this side of heaven (Chris Bartley) -- Open the door to your heart (Darrell Banks) -- She's looking good (Rodger Collins) -- I'm the lover man (Little Jerry Williams) -- Dry your eyes (Brenda &...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Eric Records 2004

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Contents: I'm gonna love you just a little more baby (Barry White) -- Walkin' in the rain with the one I love (Love Unlimited) -- Give your baby a standing ovation (the Dells) -- Will it go round in circles (Billy Preston) -- Doing it to death (Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s) -- Natural high (Bloodstone) -- I was checkin' out she was checkin' in (Don Covay) -- Midnight train to Georgia (Gladys Knight & the...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1991

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Contents: I got you babe (Sonny & Cher) (3:11) -- Little ole man (Bill Cosby) (4:12) -- Deep purple (Nino Tempo & April Stevens) (2:42) -- Angel on my shoulder (Shelby Flint) (2:19) -- Johnny get angry (Joanie Sommers) (2:32) -- (I'll be with you in) Apple blossom time (Tab Hunter) (2:11) -- White silver sands (Don Rondo) (2:43) -- Ebony eyes (The Everly Brothers) (3:07) -- Let's think about living (Bob...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Eric Records 2000

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Contents: I gotcha (Joe Tex) -- The day I found myself (Honey Cone) -- I'll take you there (the Staple Singers) -- Do your thing (Isaac Hayes) -- Troglodyte (Cave man) (the Jimmy Castor Bunch) -- Lean on me (Bill Withers) -- I've been lonely for so long (Frederick Knight) -- Too late to turn back now (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose) -- (If loving you is wrong) I don't want to be right (Luther Ingram)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1991

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Contents: Kiss you all over (Exile) (3:28) -- Stumblin' in (Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman) (3:28) -- Which way you goin' Billy? (The Poppy Family) (3:21) -- Last song (Edward Bear) (3:10) -- Oh, babe, what would you say? (Hurricane Smith) (3:24) -- Love really hurts without you (Billy Ocean) (2:59) -- Kung fu fighting (Carl Douglas) (3:14) -- Right back where we started from (Maxine Nightingale) (3:12) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

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Scott-Heron, Gil

Contents: The revolution will not be televised (3:05) -- Save the children (4:25) -- Lady Day and John Coltrane (3:34) -- Home is where the hatred is (3:19) -- When you are who you are (3:21) -- I think I'll call it morning (3:29) -- Pieces of a man (4:52) -- A sign of the ages (4:01) -- Or down you fall (3:12) -- The needle's eye (4:48) -- The prisoner (9:25) -- Chains (3:23) -- Peace (6:07) -- A toast...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Contents: Grazing in the grass / Friends of Distinction. -- Color him father / Winstons. -- Hey there lonely girl / Eddie Holman. -- Crumbs off the table / Glass House. -- Rainy night in Georgia / Brook Benton. -- Everybody is a star / Sly & The Family Stone. -- Give me just a little more time / Chairman of the Board. -- Didn't I (blow your mind this time) / Delfonics. -- Bells / Originals. -- Turn back...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Records 2001

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Contents: Sining star / Earth, Wind & Fire. -- Express / B.T. Express. -- Cut the cake / RWB. -- Why can't we be friends / War. -- So in love / Curtis Mayfield. -- Love rollercoaster / Ohio Players. -- It only takes a minute / Tavares. -- Movin' / Brass Construction. -- Kiss and say goodbye / Manhattans. -- You'll never find another love like mine / Lou Rawls. -- Dazz / Brick. -- Best of my love /...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Records 2001

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Various Artists

Contents: Who can it be now? (Men at Work) -- Twilight zone (Golden Earring) -- Talk talk (Talk Talk) -- Johnny, are you queer? (Josie Cotton) -- White girl (X) -- People who died (The Jim Carroll Band) -- Face to face (Code Blue) -- Wot (Captain Sensible) -- Numbers with wings (The Bongos) -- The Look of love (Part one) (ABC) -- Do you really want to hurt me (Culture Club) -- Never say never (Romeo...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1994

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Contents: Too shy (Kajagoogoo) (3:43) -- Always something there to remind me (Naked Eyes) (3:39) -- Talk talk (remix) (Talk Talk) (3:16) -- Kids in America (Kim Wilde) (3:23) -- Turning Japanese (The Vapors) (3:40) -- The politics of dancing (Re-flex) (3:55) -- 19 (Paul Hardcastle) (3:37) -- Homicide (999) (3:41) -- Romanticide (Combo Audio) (3:08) -- Guilty (Classix Nouveaux) (3:12) -- (Get a) Grip (on...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Records Group North America 1993

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Contents: Street fighting man (Walter Lure and the Ramones) -- Ballrooms of Mars (T. Rex) -- She talks to rainbows (Ronnie Spector) -- I love you (Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers) -- Bird dance beat (The Trashmen) -- Baby let's twist (The Dictators) -- Personality crisis (New York Dolls) -- Do you want to dance (Bobby Freeman) -- Give him a great big kiss (The Shangri-las) -- Can't seem to make you...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Mojo 2011

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Contents: Second hand news / (Yeasayer) -- Dreams / (Pure Bathing Culture) -- Never going back again / (Slaraffenland) -- Don't stop / (The Phoenix Foundation) -- Go your own way / (Dutch Uncles) -- Songbird / (The Staves) -- Chain / (Liars) -- You make loving fun / (The Besnard Lakes) -- I don't want to know / (Dylan Leblanc) -- Oh daddy / (Mary Epworth) -- Gold dust woman / (Julia Holter).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Mojo 2012

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Contents: For the love of money (the O'Jays) -- Do it baby (the Miracles) -- You little trustmaker (the Tymes) -- Fire (Ohio Players) -- Let's straighten it out (Latimore) -- When will I see you again (the Three Degrees) -- Never can say goodbye (Gloria Gaynor) -- Pick up the pieces (AWB) -- Shame, shame, shame (Shirley & Company) -- Doctor's orders (Carol Douglas) -- Express (B.T. Express) -- Lady...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1991

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Various Artists.

Contents: Vehicle/ Ides of March May 1970. -- Ride captain ride/ Blues Image July 1970. -- Midnight cowboy/ Ferrante & Teicher January 1970. -- Toast and marmalade for tea/ Tin Tin May 1971. -- Overture from Tommy (a rock opera)/ Assembled Multitude August 1970. -- Never ending song of love/ Delaney & Bonnie & Friends July 1971. -- I'd love to change the world Ten Years After November 1971. -- Lion...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1993

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Contents: Love train (the O'Jays) -- Soul makossa (Manu Dibango) -- Stoned out of my mind (the Chi-Lites) -- Theme from Cleopatra Jones (Joe Simon with the Mainstreeters) -- The love I lost, part 1 (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) -- Show and tell (Al Wilson) -- Boogie down (Eddie Kendricks) -- Jungle boogie (Kool & the Gang) -- TSOP (The sound of Philadelphia) (MFSB featuring the Three Degrees) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1991

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Contents: Hooked on a feeling (Blue Swede) -- Go all the way (Raspberries) -- Spirit in the sky (Norman Greenbaum) -- Moonage daydream (David Bowie) -- Fooled around and fell in love (Elvin Bishop) -- I'm not in love (10cc) -- I want you back (Jackson 5) -- Come and get your love (Redbone) -- Cherry bomb (The Runaways) -- Escape (The Pi©ła Colada Song) (Rupert Holmes) -- O-o-h child (The Five Stairsteps)...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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