People's Choice – Any Way You Wanna (The Anthology 1971-1981 Part 1&2

People's Choice, despite high acclaim within Philly Soul, R&B, Funk and Disco circles are among the most underrated of the soul groups that found their home at P.I.R. Unlike many of the acts championed by Gamble & Leon Huff People's Choice were a self-contained outfit performing on the Philly scene since the 60s. Led by Frankie Brunson the group was formed out of R&B act The Fashions. ANY WAY YOU WANNA... THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE ANTHOLOGY (1971-1981) covers the groups greatest successes. Signing to Phil-L.A. Of Soul in 1971, they enjoyed R&B hit singles including I Likes To Do It, and Magic before signing with Philadelphia Internationals TSOP imprint in 1974. The rare TSOP single Love Shop arrived in 1974.  Another single, Party Is A Groovy Thing brought the group another R&B hit that same year but things really took off the following year. Do It Anyway You Wanna debuted in 1975 becoming an instant classic, appealing to Soul, Disco and Pop fan alike. The single topped the R&B charts and made #11 on the Hot 100. Later in the year it gave the band their first UK hit when it peaked at #36 and even made the #6 in Belgium and #2 in the Netherlands. The smooth but Funky Nursery Rhymes made a formidable follow-up and made #22 on the R&B chart.

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Part 1

1 Do It Any Way You Wanna

2 I Likes to Do It

3 Cold Blooded & Down-Right-Funky

4 Nursery Rhymes

5 My Feet Won't Move But My Shoes Did the Boogie

6 Turn Me Loose

7 Movin' in All Directions

8 Mickey D's

9 Party Is a Groovy Thing

10 Asking for Trouble

11 Grunt

12 The Sooner You Get Here

13 Love Shop

14 Big Ladies Man

15 Magic

16 The Big Hurt

17 Don't Send Me Away

18 I'm Leaving You

19 A Mellow Mood

Part 2

1 You Ought to Be Dancin'

2 If You Gonna Do It (Put Your Mind to It) (Parts 1 & 2)

3 Jam, Jam, Jam (All Night Long)

4 Hey Everybody (Party Hearty)

5 Here We Go Again

6 Boogie Down U.S.a.

7 Rough-Ride

8 If I Knew Then What I Know Now

9 Changin' My Life

10 Soft and Tender

11 Opus-De-Funk

12 A Greater Truth

13 Do It Any Way You Wanna (a Tom Moulton Mix)

14 Jam, Jam, Jam (All Night Long) (a Tom Moulton Mix)

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℗2017 BB Records VK D0353

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WAVE 44100Hz Stereo Recording

Funkerman's Hard to Find Beats Netherlands

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Check it out right here on 733MB Sound Quality Part 1

Check it out right here on 704MB Sound Quality Part 2