Tracklist

This remarkable three-CD box set recaps the biggest hits spawned by the Buddah record label and its distributed labels (Kama Sutra, Team, Pavilion, Hot Wax, Sussex, and Curtom). While the Buddah label was best known for its role in the 1967-1970 bubblegum genre and for giving rise to one surprise hit after another, it also was responsible for more substantive work from such acts as Curtis Mayfield, Gladys Knight & the Pips, early Captain Beefheart, and Charlie Daniels. The latter two are unfortunately not represented in this collection; even so, the sheer breadth of material covered here is astonishing. Unlike better-known labels of the period like Motown, Stax, and Philles, there is no unifying sonic trait in the artists under the Buddah umbrella. Consequently, listening to the entire collection in one sitting is a schizophrenic endeavor in its bouncing from bubblegum (1910 Fruitgum Company, Ohio Express, et al.) to Jesus-freakdom (Ocean's "Put Your Hand in the Hand," the Edwin Hawkins Singers' "Oh Happy Day") to '70s soul balladry (the elegant "Dream Merchant" from New Birth and "You Are My Starship" by Norman Connors) to disco oddities (Andrea True Connection's "More, More, More," the bizarre "Wide Receiver" by Michael Henderson). Despite the stylistic inconsistency, The Buddah Box is a worthwhile investment for music collectors, as its liner notes tell a fascinating story of the label's evolution, and there are a number of hard to find gems represented. It might have benefited from a few more obscurities the collection sticks to Top 40 hits wherever it can but it makes a good argument that the story of a trash-singles label can be just as interesting, and the tunes nearly as compelling, as that of the more respected labels of the '60s and '70s.

CD 1
1. Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (2:06)
2. Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream (2:21)
3. Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City (2:42)
4. Innocence - There's Got to Be a Word (2:26)
5. Sopwith Camel - Hello Hello (2:26)
6. Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine (2:28)
7. 1910 Fruitgum Company - Simon Says (2:17)
8. Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy (2:22)
9. 1910 Fruitgum Company - 1,2,3 Red Light (2:12)
10. Shadows of Night - Shake (2:28)
11. Kasenetz-Katz Sig Orchestral Circus - Quick Joey Small (2:26)
12. Ohio Express - Chewy Chewy (2:39)
13. Brooklyn Bridge - Worst That Could Happen (3:09)
14. Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day (5:12)
15. Lou Christie - I'm Gonna Make You Mine (2:40)

CD 2
1. Vic Venus - Moonlight (3:00)
2. Motherlode - When I Die (3:23)
3. Jaggerz - The Rapper (2:43)
4. Five Stairsteps - Ooh Child (2:57)
5. Melanie - (Lay Down) Candles in the Rain (3:50)
6. 100 Proof Aged in Soul - Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed (4:12)
7. Brewer & Shipley - One Toke Over the Line (3:22)
8. Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand (2:55)
9. Honey Cone - Want Ads (2:47)
10. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (2:06)
11. Steve Goodman - The City of New Orleans (3:53)
12. Bill Withers - Lean on Me (4:19)
13. Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead (5:28)
14. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (3:54)
15. Gunhill Road - Back When My Hair Was Short (2:39)

CD 3
1. Stories - Brother Louie (3:59)
2. Gladis Knight& the Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia (4:39)
3. Gladis Knight& the Pips - The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (3:46)
4. Jim Weatherly - The Need to Be (3:56)
5. Barbara Mason - From His Woman to You (5:00)
6. Sha Na Na - Just Like Romeo & Juliet (3:09)
7. New Birth - Dream Merchant (4:40)
8. Fred Paris & Black Satin - Everybody Stand Up and Clap Your Hands (3:47)
9. Staple Singers - Let's Do it Again (3:29)
10. Trammps - Hold Back the Night (3:34)
11. Andrea True Connection - More More More, Part 1 (3:04)
12. Norman Connors - You Are My Starship (3:24)
13. Addrisi Brothers - Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On (3:14)
14. Michael Henderson - Wide Receiver (5:20)
15. Disco 3 - Fat Boys (4:29)



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