Release Date: 20 September 2024
Label: 15.99 / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 5013929957527
Description
The definitive collection of Midnight Star celebrating the hitmakers from the SOLAR Records galaxy.
3CD package featuring tracks from albums 'The Beginning' (1980), 'Standing Together' (1981), 'Victory' (1982), 'No Parking On The Dance Floor' (1983), 'Planetary Invasion' (1984), 'Headlines' (1986), 'Midnight Star' (1988), and 'Work It Out' (1990).
Featuring such electrifying tracks as 'Wet My Whistle' and 'Freak-A-Zoid' took over dancefloors across the globe.
With sleeve notes by Irina Shtreis, contributor to MOJO, Record Collector, The Quietus and Under The Radar.
The 80s saw the Cincinnati collective traversing a variety of music genres, paying homage to psychedelic soul and disco legends such as Parliament-Funkadelic and Giorgio Moroder, paving the way for further experiments with techno-funk. 'Definitive Collection' captures the decade of Midnight Star - from nascent 1980 debut 'The Beginning' to the 1990 album 'Work It Out', released shortly before the collective went on hiatus.
Tracklisting
DISC ONE
1 Make It Last2 Keep The Spirit High3 You're The Star4 Set Me On Fire5 Two In Love6 I've Been Watching You 7 Tuff8 Can't Give You Up9 Standing Together10 I Got What You Need 11 Hot Spot12 Victory13 Strike A Match14 You Can't Stop Me
DISC TWO
1 Freak A Zoid2 Wet My Whistle3 Feels So Good4 No Parking On The Dance Floor5 Electricity6 Night Rider7 Operator8 Scientific Love9 Body Snatchers10 Curious11 Planetary Invasion12 Headlines
DISC THREE
1 Midas Touch2 Engine No. 93 Stay Here By My Side4 Get Dressed5 Don't Rock The Boat6 Snake In The Grass7 90 Days (Same As Cash) 8 Pamper Me9 Love Song10 I Don't Wanna Be Lonely 11 Do It (One More Time) 12 Luv-U-Up13 Work It Out14 If Walls Could Talk15 Take Your Shoes Off ,
Holocaust
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Uriah Heep
Strawbs
Praying Mantis
Midnight Star
