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By Paul Sinclair

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A year after it was first announced, the Tabu box set will finally be released on 10 March 2014.

This is now a seven-disc set (6CD+DVD), or eight if you count the bonus seven-inch single, and features 93 tracks, some of which are on CD for the first time all “extensively re-mastered”.

The DVD contains 15 official Tabu videos and some interviews with Tabu Records founder Clarence Avant, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The vinyl single features (Ms) Sharon Ridley’s Changin’ backed with Manfredo Fest’s Jungle Kitten.

The box comes with a 60-page booklet with notes by Soul expert Ralph Tee, and plenty of photos and an extensive Tabu Records discography.

At the time of writing this is £48 on amazon, a price which compares favourably with Demon’s £60 five-disc Belinda Carlisle Anthology, for instance. Of course, if you were canny enough to place an Amazon pre-order in June last year when this was first listed, you’d have secured your copy for just £24.99.

The Tabu Records Box Set is released on 10 March 2014.

Track listing

CD1 – INTRODUCING TABU

  1. Wake Up & Be Somebody 06:22 – Brainstorm
  2. No One Home 06:40 – Lalo Schifrin
  3. Take Your Time Do It Right 07:23 – S.O.S. Band
  4. Universal Love 04:25 – Woods Empire
  5. Jungle Kitten 03:37 – Manfredo Fest
  6. Changin’ 06:21 – Sharon Ridley
  7. Middle Of The Night 03:59 – Lalo Schifrin
  8. Waiting For Someone 06:11 – Brainstorm
  9. Are You Ready? 05:06 – S.O.S. Band
  10. Full Moon 04:45 – Sharon Ridley
  11. Enchanted Flame 05:19 – Lalo Schifrin
  12. Stormin’ 04:15 – Brainstorm
  13. Koko And Leeroe 04:48 – Manfredo Fest
  14. Guess I’m Gonna Have To Say Goodbye03:02 – Sharon Ridley
  15. Journey To The Light 05:45 – Brainstorm

CD2 – AT THE DANCE

  1. S.O.S. (Dit Dit Dat Dat) 05:34 – S.O.S. Band
  2. Lovin’ Is Really My Game 05:00 – Brainstorm
  3. Sweet Delight (Special Mix) 06:55 – Woods Empire
  4. Groovin’ (That’s What We’re Doin’) 04:28 – S.O.S. Band
  5. Knock Down The Walls 05:07 – General Caine
  6. Sister Fine 04:04 – Lamont Johnson
  7. Can’t Get Enough 05:47 – S.O.S. Band
  8. Your Unchanging Love 03:16 – Anacostia
  9. Oh Darlin…Life Goes On 04:32 – Lalo Schifrin
  10. Girls 05:53 – General Caine
  11. Love Won’t Wait For Love 05:35 – S.O.S. Band
  12. Who Needs It 04:23 – Manfredo Fest
  13. Hangin’ On 04:17 – Brainstorm
  14. Looking For You 04:31 – S.O.S. Band
  15. Hot For You 10:48 – Brainstorm

CD3 – ROMANCING & MELLOW GROOVES

  1. If You Were Here Tonight 06:11 – Alexander O’Neal
  2. I Will Wait For You 03:44 – Cherrelle
  3. This Must Be Heaven 04:49 – Lamont Johnson
  4. Loving Just You 04:26 – Brainstorm
  5. Memory Of Love 04:43 – Lalo Schifrin
  6. Do You Wanna Like I Do? 04:51 – Alexander O’Neal
  7. Upside Down 04:21 – General Caine
  8. What’s Wrong With Our Love Affair? 04:55 – S.O.S. Band
  9. Easy Come, Easy Go 04:56 – Lamont Johnson
  10. Destiny 03:34 – Woods Empire
  11. Ain’t Nothing To It 03:40 – Anacostia
  12. Just You And Me 04:51 – Sharon Ridley
  13. Look At Us Now 05:10 – Alexander O’Neal
  14. Stay With Me 04:02 – Cherrelle
  15. You Put A Charge In My Life 04:09 – Brainstorm
  16. I Need You Now 04:57 – Cherrelle
  17. All For You 03:22 – Anacostia

CD4 – THE JAM & LEWIS SESSIONS

  1. High Hopes 06:32 – S.O.S. Band
  2. What’s Missing? 05:45 – Alexander O’Neal
  3. I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On 07:03 – Cherrelle
  4. Just Be Good To Me 04:02 – S.O.S Band
  5. Saturday Love 05:02 – Cherrelle
  6. Never Knew Love Like This 03:31 – Alexander O’Neal & Cherrelle
  7. No One’s Gonna Love You 06:34 – S.O.S Band
  8. Weekend Girl 06:24 – S.O.S Band
  9. When You Look In My Eyes 04:48 – Cherrelle
  10. A Broken Heart Can Mend 03:47 – Alexander O’Neal
  11. Tell Me If You Still Care 07:01 – S.O.S. Band
  12. Will You Satisfy? 05:09 – Cherrelle
  13. Just The Way You Like It 08:44 – S.O.S. Band

CD 5 – JAM, LEWIS & BEYOND

  1. The Finest 05:58 – S.O.S Band
  2. What Is This Thing Called Love 04:11 – Alexander O’Neal
  3. Keep It Inside 04:13 – Cherrelle
  4. Fake ’88 (Remix) 03:52 – Alexander O’Neal
  5. One Of Many Nights  – S.O.S. Band
  6. The Lovers 03:42 – Alexander O’Neal
  7. Sands Of Time 04:27 – S.O.S Band
  8. Can-Do Can-Do 04:42 – Demetrius Perry
  9. (What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me 04:25 – Alexander O’Neal
  10. State Of Attraction 04:02 – Rhonda Clark
  11. Thin Line 03:53 – Kathy Mathis
  12. Just What I’ve Been Missing 05:24 – James Robinson
  13. Automatic Stop & Go 03:53 – Kathy Mathis
  14. Criticize 04:02 – Alexander O’Neal
  15. Love Festival 05:00 – Kathy Mathis
  16. Another World 05:18 – Demetrius Perry
  17. Sunshine 04:05 – Alexander O’Neal

CD6 – THE FINAL YEARS

  1. Still In Love With You 05:13 – Cherrelle
  2. Feeling 06:27 – S.O.S. Band
  3. Everything I Miss At Home 03:55 – Alexander O’Neal & Cherrelle
  4. Can We Do It Again 05:13 – James Robinson
  5. Separate Ways 05:44 – Mary Davis
  6. Lady 05:35 – Alexander O’Neal
  7. You’re My Everything (Ft Chuck Howard) 04:23 – Rhonda Clark
  8. Can’t Explain 05:31 – S.O.S. Band
  9. Tears Of Joy 04:24 – Cherrelle
  10. Guilty 04:51 – James Robinson
  11. Sentimental 04:38 – Alexander O’Neal
  12. Broken Promises 05:02 – S.O.S. Band
  13. Breathless 04:44 – Demetrius Perry
  14. Now That You’re Gone 03:18 – Kathy Mathis
  15. My Gift To You 04:16 – Alexander O’Neal
  16. We’re On Our Way Home (Part 1) 03:46 – Brainstorm

DVD – A Selection Of Tabu Videos

  1. Just The Way You Like It – The S.O.S. Band
  2. Innocent – Alexander O’Neal
  3. If You Were Here Tonight – Alexander O’Neal
  4. Borrowed Love – The S.O.S. Band
  5. Fake – Alexander O’Neal
  6. Criticize – Alexander O’Neal
  7. Never Knew Love Like This – Alexander O’Neal ft Cherrelle
  8. Affair – Cherrelle
  9. What Can I Say To Make You Love Me – Alexander O’Neal
  10. Hitmix – Alexander O’Neal
  11. What Is This Thing Called Love – Alexander O’Neal
  12. Tears Of Joy – Cherrelle
  13. Sentimental – Alexander O’Neal
  14. Love Makes No Sense – Alexander O’Neal
  15. Aphrodisia – Alexander O’Neal

+ Filmed Audio Interviews with Clarence Avant & Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

Bonus 7” Single

  • A. Changin’ 3.34 – (Ms) Sharon Ridley
  • AA. Jungle Kitten 3.36 – Manfredo Fest

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James Reeno

Very interesting boxed set here.

I only hope the mastering was ALL from original tapes, and no brickwalling was used.

Also–it would have been nice to have at least 2 cd’s dedicated to JUST the extended 12″ mixes along with their inst/dub mixes. A lot of the Jam & Lewis produced 12″ material was very adventurous, especially the dubs.
Why is the 12″ mix of “When I look in your eyes” not included? And at least the 12″ mix of “Just be good to me?”

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Michael Pendlebury

Really looking forward to this arriving. I held out on a few of the Tabu rereleases wanting to hear whether I’d be into the artist first (such as Brainstorm) – figured this would be a great way to do it! Looking forward to the SOS Band box set too…

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ALAN COSTA

At last my box is on the the way from Amazon. I am hoping the wait from last June pre-order is worth it.

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Ian Dewhirst

Hi Simon,

These were all the official videos for Tabu Records and we used the lot of them so it wasn’t really an arbitrary choice but rather the only choice.

The original Sharon Ridley 7″ is quite rare and highly collectible and was the closing anthem @ Paradise Garage so it was almost a no-brainer to select that coupled with the also rare and collectible 7″ mix of Manfredo Fest’s “Jungle Kitten” which is also hard-to-find and in demand, so it’s difficult to figure out what better 2 Tabu tracks we could have chosen for the bonus 7″. Best, Ian D

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Simon

All looking good and I’m glad I ordered early too. Personally would have preferred a greater selection of videos – seems a rather arbitrary choice – than a 7″ single I’ll never play.

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Alan

Glad I got this pre=ordered for £24.99 and the SOS Band at £17.99 last June. With the track list about the wait is nearly over

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Eric

Would buy this in an instant, if I could be sure there was no sign of the dreaded V word…….so I’ll have to wait for reviews to come in first, as with all the others.

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Michel

I was also an earlybird, ordered it on June 8 for £25,20 ! Also at the same time the The Tabu Anthology by The S.O.S. Band (£17.15 NOW £29.99) and The Tabu Anthology by Alexander O’Neal (£15.13 now 26.99)

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Bert

Just checked and yes, I did pre-order it back then for that low price. Really looking forward to this.

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