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The Commodores is an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour.
This group is best known for their ballads, such as "Easy" and "Three Times a Lady", but, for the most part, the group recorded funky, driven dance-floor hits which include "Brick House", "The Bump", "Fancy Dancer", and "Too Hot ta Trot". The Commodores originally came together from two former groups the Mystics and the Jays, but wanted to change the name. To choose a new name William "WAK" King opened a dictionary and randomly picked a word. "We lucked out," he remarked with a laugh when telling this story to People magazine. "We almost became The Commodes!".
"Machine Gun", the instrumental title track from the band's debut album, became a staple at American sporting events, and is similarly featured in many films, including Boogie Nights and Looking for Mr. Goodbar. It reached No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1975. Another instrumental, "Cebu" (named after an island in the Philippines), later became a staple[according to whom?] in the Quiet storm format. Three albums released in years 1975 and 1976 (Caught in the Act, Movin' On, Hot On The Tracks) are considered the peak of their harder funk period. After those recordings the group started to move towards a softer sound. That move was hinted at in their 1976 Top Ten hits "Sweet Love" and "Just to Be Close to You." In 1977 the Commodores released "Easy", which became the group's biggest hit yet, reaching No. 4 in the U.S., followed by "Brick House", also Top 5, both from their landmark album "The Commodores", as was "Zoom". The group reached No. 1 in 1978 with the sweet "Three Times a Lady." The year 1979 saw the Commodores score another Top Five ballad hit, "Sail On", before reaching the top of the charts once again with another ballad, "Still". In 1981 they released two Top Ten hits with "Oh No" (#4 U.S.) and their first upbeat single in almost five years, "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" (#8 U.S.)

Spot Contents:
1974 - Machine Gun 
1975 - Caught In The Act 
1975 - Movin' On (MP3 @ 192kbit)
1976 - Hot On The Tracks 
1976 - Rise Up 
1977 - Commodores 
1977 - Live! 
1978 - Natural High 
1979 - Midnight Magic 
1980 - Heroes 
1981 - In The Pocket 
1983 - Commodores 13 
1984 - Nightshift 
1985 - All The Great Love Songs 
1986 - United 
1988 - Rock Solid 
1988 - 14 Greatest Hits 
1992 - Commodores Christmas (MP3 @ 192kbit)
1993 - No Tricks 

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 18xCD
Genre: Soul, Funk
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit (m.u.v. zie contents)
Year of Release: 1974 – 1993
Speelduur: 13 uur 42 minuten
Cover: Front en Back (voor zover aanwezig) zijn in de RARs verwerkt