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Cooler Than Ice: Arctic Records and the Rise of Philly Soul

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Download links and information about Cooler Than Ice: Arctic Records and the Rise of Philly Soul. This album was released in 2012 and it belongs to Hip Hop/R&B, Soul genres. It contains 132 tracks with total duration of 06:10:20 minutes.

Release date: 2012
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Tracks: 132
Duration: 06:10:20
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No. Title Length
1. Happiest Girl in the World (The Tiffanys) 2:40
2. Love Me (The Tiffanys) 2:40
3. Girls Have Feelings Too (Barbara Mason) 3:03
4. Come To Me (Barbara Mason) 2:23
5. Baby (The Volcanos) 2:32
6. Make Your Move (The Volcanos) 2:11
7. Step By Step (Cindy Gibson) 2:21
8. Whisper You Love Me, Boy (Cindy Gibson) 2:29
9. Yes, I'm Ready (Barbara Mason) 3:17
10. Keep Him (Barbara Mason) 2:30
11. Storm Warning (The Volcanos) 3:01
12. Down By the Seashore (Floaters, Kenneth Gamble) 3:15
13. Down By the Seashore (instrumental) (Floaters, Kenneth Gamble) 3:04
14. Sad, Sad Girl (Barbara Mason) 3:17
15. Gloomy Day (Herb Johnson) 3:08
16. Carfare Back (Herb Johnson) 2:19
17. Everything On Earth (Lane Relations) 2:41
18. Cleaning Up Here (Lane Relations) 2:27
19. Help Wanted (The Volcanos) 2:31
20. If You Don't (Love Me, Tell Me So) (Barbara Mason) 3:19
21. You Got What It Takes (Barbara Mason) 2:36
22. How Can I Win Your Love (Freeloaders) 2:55
23. How Can I Win Your Love (instrumental) (Freeloaders) 2:07
24. Ain't It Baby (Romeos, Kenneth Gamble) 2:27
25. Ain't It Baby (instrumental) (Romeos, Kenneth Gamble) 2:27
26. (It's Against) The Laws of Love (The Volcanos) 2:41
27. (It's Against) The Laws of Love (instrumental) (The Volcanos) 2:41
28. Is It Me (Or Is It Her)? (Barbara Mason) 3:30
29. Don't Ever Want to Lose Your Love (Barbara Mason) 2:29
30. Ya Ya (Mike, Ike) 2:43
31. Sax on the Track (I'd Rather Be Lonely) (Mike, Ike) 2:12
32. I'm Confessin' (Honey And The Bees) 2:26
33. One Time Is Forever (Honey And The Bees) 2:15
34. How I Got Over (Part 1) (Brockington Chorale Ensemble) 3:37
35. How I Got Over (Part 2) (Brockington Chorale Ensemble) 3:20
36. I Need Love (Barbara Mason) 3:12
37. Bobby Is My Baby (Barbara Mason) 3:29
38. Take Me For What I Am (Jill, Jack) 3:10
39. There You Go Again (Jill, Jack) 2:32
40. Turn On Your Love Light (Kenny Rossi) 2:19
41. Don't Lose This Love (Kenny Rossi) 2:29
42. Don't Stop Loving Me (Kenneth Gamble) 2:41
43. The Jokes On You (Kenneth Gamble) 2:45
44. If I Had a Hammer (Lane Relations) 2:47
45. In the Dark (Lane Relations) 3:02
46. A Lady's Man (The Volcanos) 3:10
47. Poor Girl in Trouble (Barbara Mason) 3:15
48. Hello Baby (Barbara Mason) 2:39
49. Chains of Love (Kenneth Gamble) 2:52
50. (I'll Just) Keep On Smilin' (Kenneth Gamble) 2:59
51. You're Number 1 (The Volcanos) 2:33
52. The Blood (Part 1) (Lane Relations) 2:03
53. The Blood (Part II) (Lane Relations) 2:03
54. Girl I Love You (The Temptones) 2:24
55. Good-Bye (The Temptones) 3:16
56. Anything You Want (Kenny Hambe) 2:34
57. Ain't Gonna Cry (Over One Girl) (Kenny Hamber) 2:58
58. Move This Thing (Part 1) (Mary Deloatch) 3:05
59. Move This Thing (Part 2) (Mary Deloatch) 3:00
60. I Feel the Spirit Moving (Brockington Chorale Ensemble) 3:09
61. He's There (Brockington Chorale Ensemble) 3:44
62. You Can Depend On Me (Barbara Mason) 3:13
63. Game of Love (Barbara Mason) 2:29
64. Go Away (Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes) 3:02
65. What Can a Man Do (Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes) 3:33
66. Say These Words of Love (The Temptones) 2:55
67. Something Good (The Temptones) 3:01
68. Oh How It Hurts (Barbara Mason) 2:46
69. Ain't Got Nobody (Barbara Mason) 2:18
70. Do What You Wanna Do (Dee Dee Barnes) 2:17
71. I'm Yours and You're Mine (Dee Dee Barnes) 2:35
72. Looking For a Love (Kenny Hamber) 2:54
73. These Arms of Mine (Kenny Hamber) 3:01
74. I Don't Want To Lose You (Barbara Mason) 3:02
75. Dedicated To the One I Love (Barbara Mason) 2:16
76. (You Better) Go Now (Honey And The Bees) 3:24
77. Why Do You Hurt the One Who Loves You (Honey And The Bees) 2:10
78. (I Can Feel Your Love) Slipping Away (Barbara Mason) 3:19
79. Half a Love (Barbara Mason) 3:05
80. Soul Groove Part 1 (vocal) (Teddy) 2:36
81. Soul Groove Part 2 (instrumental) (Teddy) 2:33
82. Don't Make the Good Girls Go Bad (Della Humphrey) 2:42
83. Your Love Is All I Need (Della Humphrey) 3:02
84. My Oh My (Billy Floyd) 2:27
85. Time, Made You Change (Your Mind) (Billy Floyd) 2:43
86. I'm No Good For You (Barbara Mason) 3:02
87. Don't Ever Go Away (Barbara Mason) 2:13
88. I Really Love You (The Ambassadors) 3:11
89. I Can't Believe You Love Me (The Ambassadors) 3:03
90. Take It Easy (With My Heart) (Barbara Mason) 3:30
91. You Never Loved Me (At All) (Barbara Mason) 3:32
92. Love Addict (Honey And The Bees) 2:43
93. I'll Be There (Honey And The Bees) 3:48
94. Ain't Got the Love (Of One Girl On My Mind) (The Ambassadors) 2:40
95. Music (Makes You Wanna Dance) (The Ambassadors) 3:07
96. Shake That Thing (Winfield Parker) 2:57
97. Brand New Start (Winfield Parker) 2:39
98. Together Forever (Honey And The Bees) 2:56
99. Dynamite Exploded (Honey And The Bees) 2:48
100. I Dig You Baby (The Ambassadors) 3:06
101. Storm Warning (The Ambassadors) 2:45
102. You Better Stop It (Barbara Mason) 2:45
103. Happy Girl (Barbara Mason) 2:41
104. (Girls Have Feelings) Just Like the Boys Do (Della Humphrey) 3:05
105. Over the Tracks (Della Humphrey) 2:18
106. Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (The Ambassadors) 3:54
107. A.W.O.L. (Away Without Love) (The Ambassadors) 2:19
108. (If You Could See Through) The Eyes of a Black Man (Jimmy Bishop) 1:22
109. Mr. Charlie (Jimmy Bishop) 1:18
110. Sunday Kind of Love (Honey And The Bees) 2:44
111. Baby, Do That Thing (Honey And The Bees) 2:47
112. Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Della Humphrey) 3:33
113. Let's Wait Until Dark (Della Humphrey) 2:38
114. Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing) (The Royal Five) 3:19
115. Peace of Mind (It's Just a Matter of Time) (The Royal Five) 3:49
116. (Put a Dime On) D-9 (The Rotations) 3:12
117. (Put a Nickel On) D-9 (instrumental) (The Rotations) 3:12
118. Find My Baby-Part I (Three Strangers) 2:41
119. Find My Baby-Part II (Three Strangers) 2:12
120. Heartaches (The Rotations) 3:01
121. A Changed Man (The Rotations) 2:47
122. He's Got To Love Me (Barbara Mason) 2:23
123. Catch Him, Love (Barbara Mason) 2:33
124. No Doubt About It (The Tiffanys) 2:25
125. Lover Boy (The Tiffanys) 2:40
126. I'm At My Best When I'm Down (The Combo Kings) 2:37
127. The Rock (The Combo Kings) 2:13
128. It Takes Two (Kenneth Gamble) 3:06
129. Fat Daddy (feat. Paul Johnson) (Kenneth Gamble) 2:16
130. Doctor Love (The Ambassadors) 2:47
131. I Only Have Eyes For You (The Ambassadors) 3:53
132. I Love You Just the Same (Winfield Parker) 2:43

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Years before The Delfonics, The Stylistics, and The Intruders brought Philadelphia soul to an international audience, Jimmy Bishop’s Arctic Records was releasing a veritable flood of remarkable soul music. Bishop was an itinerant disc jockey who’d plied his trade in St. Louis and New York before settling in at Philadelphia’s WDAS. Bishop’s earliest productions were undistinguished, but when he signed the local vocal combo The Romeos in 1965 he gained the talents of songwriter Kenneth Gamble, whose delicate compositions graced many of Arctic’s finest releases. Cooler Than Ice: Arctic Records and the Rise of Philly Soul is an exhaustive six-disc anthology of Arctic’s output. It includes both a-sides and b-sides of all 43 Arctic singles released between 1964 and 1971, as well as a handful of previously unreleased rarities. The material runs the gamut from well-known classics (like Barbara Mason’s tender ballad “Yes, I’m Ready”) to rarely heard obscurities by The Rotations, The Three Strangers, and other gifted but little-known performers.