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List Price: $17.49 | | Label: Mca Import
Salesrank: 43268
Released: October 25, 1990 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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The Complete Thom Bell Sessions Track Listing:
1. Nice and Slow [#]
2. Country Love Song [#]
3. Shine On Through [#]
4. Mama Can't Buy You Love
5. Are You Ready for Love
6. Three Way Love Affair
Editorial Review:
1989 compilation culled from his abortive 1977 sessions with Philadelphia International producer Thom Bell. Includes three previously unreleased tracks 'Nice And Slow', 'Country Love Song' & 'Shine On Through'.
The Complete Thom Bell Sessions Reviews:
Clarification 
2008-07-02 - Just want to clarify one point: although Thom Bell certainly made his mark in the music world with what he created in Philadelphia, the sessions for this release were recorded primarily in Seattle, at the old Kaye-Smith Studios (now Bad Animals studio, owned by the sisters from Heart and primarily famous for its film work these days). The early demos may have been done in Philly, but the last three tracks were done in Seattle. How/why? Thom's nephew Leroy Bell was working well in Seattle with his partner Casey James (they later created the disco hit "Livin' It Up (Friday Night)"). The pair of them wrote the tunes Elton recorded. The Thom Bell tunes are part of the great 'lost' Elton tracks, along with the songs he did for the movie 'Friends'.
EJ is #1 !!!!! 
2008-04-01 - Being an EJ die hard since '71, I love ANY tune he's done! I'm NOT a critic as I have 7 autographed pix of EEJ (3 personal ones which I cherish)! Anyway: this 12" single EP is a wonderful change as the Spinners were involved! Nice & Slow has Reg in his high pitch. Country Love Song? Sure sounds like "REG ya gotta be honest to yourself!" Shine on thru is on "ASM" with a funkier twist. Mama Can't Buy U Love is the single with the beat! Are You Ready For Love has the Spinners in the background & the lead sounds like he sings "Come on, Elton, sing it 1 more time!" Finally, EJ concludes with 3 Way Love Affair...SO SMOOTH!
Big Music comes in Small Packages.
2007-01-09 - Are you ready for one of the most wonderful collection of soulful music ever..Let me say quite frankly that this is music that satisfies the soul however there is a catch, you must have a soul. Disregard any negative reviews from people who obviously don't have any real soul.
Fans can never be objective... 
2006-05-06 - From the OBJECTIVE reviewer..."Shine on Through" is the one decent song, but Elton and pop disco don't work well together.
Elton shows serious soul... 
2004-11-04 - Jimmy Wade's review was right on - this one is a hidden gem from Elton. Of the tracks on the EP, only "Mama Can't Buy You Love" went in the Top 40 at the time, though recently the reissued "Are You Ready For Love?" topped the charts in the US and England. What's most interesting about the disc is the range of material. As Jimmy notes, it's not really a "disco" album - just pure, good Philly Soul, most of the tracks done w/ the Spinners (I think they play on all the tracks, though they don't sing on all of them) and all produced by Thom Bell. The mixes of the songs originally included on the vinyl 3 song EP in 1979 are (as Jimmy points out) NOT the Elton John/Clive Franks mixes, but the original Bell mixes. The complete EJ/Clive Franks mixes can, however, be found as addl. tracks on the CD single for "The Last Song", and "Are You Ready For Love?" and "Three Way Love Affair" are on the recent single edition of "Are You Ready...?" Pick it up and give it a spin - it's a lot of fun and very well done. Check out "Country Love Song" and "Nice and Slow" - these would have been great singles at the time as well! Enjoy!
