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Favorite collection next to my Led Zeppelin & Marvin Gaye boxed sets. There are a bunch of classics on this one, if you like soul and classic r & b this is for you.

One Of My All - Time Favorite Boxed Sets

One of the most successful R & B artists ever, many thought it would only be a matter of time before Barry White would get his own boxed set. That set came in the form of 1992's "Just For You", spanning 20 years of great music packed on 3 discs.

Disc 1 contains all the music from his peak period (1973 - 1978), when he recorded his best music and biggest hits. These songs - "I'm Love You Just A Little More, Baby", "Never Never Gonna Give You Up" (now with the eerie breathing/piano/string intro), "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe", "You're The First, "Love's Theme", The Last, My Everything" (with the magnificent, swirling string line), "What Am I Gonna Do With You", "Let The Music Play", and "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me" to name (more than) just a few - dominated the airwaves with their freshness and sophistcation. This music is like fine wine - it gets better with age.

Disc 2 begins with one of Barry's all - time greatest works, the Love Unlimited Orchestra track "My Sweet Summer Suite". I love this song's string line and the groove. A lot of Barry's unknown works are here. I especially enjoyed the steamy "Sho' You Right" and the lush "I've Got So Much To Give". Another highlight is the soothing "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing" with its tinges of Latino music. Also, listen to the smooth "Playing Your Game, Baby" and the luscious "Oh, What A Night For Dancing".

Disc 3 begins with the pulsating rhythms of "Satin Soul", a great Love Unlimited Orchestra track. This cd is the best one. "I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To Do" is a great dance song with its mesmerizing melody. His cover of "Just The Way You Are" to me is better than the Billy Joel hit version. "Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love" was Barry's first taste of success when the girl group Love Unlimited took it to number 14. It's still great today. The rest of cd is just too good to mention.

This is an essentail boxed set for all music fans. I hope soon that Barry will get another boxed set that will include his post - 1992 material right up to his untimely passing on July 4th of last year.

R.I.P.
Barry White
1944 - 2003

We Miss You, Barry White!

Although the late Barry White is best remembered for his bedroom lyrics of love during the early 1970s, he is the one artist who knows how to sing RIGHT! I agree with the reviewers that Barry deserves box set treatment, and it was done right. As far as a hits collection goes, "Just For You" works. This box set gives the fan all his well-known songs and included here is lots of pictures and liner notes.

As a reviewer, here is my complaint: Why isn't this a 4 CD box set with unreleased material, live tracks, and rare b-sides? Again, it may depend on what you look for in a box set. It does contain just one song unreleased, but I'm sure he has dozens of songs in the vault somewhere on this planet that the fan would want!

Now that he has died, I feel it's the right time to REVISE his box set and included his post 1992 material like "Practice What You Preach" and "Stayin' Power". Make it a 4 or 5 CDs. I hope the fans will agree with me!