Rock 'n Soul Part 1

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Recorded 1973 – September 1983 Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983) Big Bam Boom (1984) Release date 18 October 1983		Length 47:48 Artist Hall & Oates Label RCA Records

Released October 18, 1983 (1983-10-18) Producer Daryl Hall John Oates Bob Clearmountain Christopher Bond Arif Mardin Neil Kernon Genres Rock music, Pop music, Pop rock, Rock and roll, Blue-eyed soul Similar Hall & Oates albums, Pop music albums

Daryl hall john oates say it isn t so

Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (also titled Greatest Hits – Rock 'n Soul Part 1) is a greatest hits album by American musical duo Hall & Oates, credited as "Daryl Hall John Oates" on the album cover. Released by RCA Records in October 1983, the album featured mostly hit singles recorded by the duo and released by RCA, along with one single from the duo's period with Atlantic Records and two previously unreleased songs recorded earlier in the year: "Say It Isn't So" and "Adult Education".

The album was originally released on LP and cassette, with sides labeled "Side One" and "Side A", and was the duo's first album to be released on the then-new compact disc format. In 2006, the album was re-released on CD by RCA and Legacy Recordings with two bonus tracks. On October 16, 2015 MoFi released the album on SACD but it doesn't include the bonus tracks of the 2006 CD.

This compilation mostly features single versions of the songs.

Artwork and packaging

The cover of Rock 'n Soul Part 1 was illustrated by Nancy Dwyer with photography by Larry Williams and art direction, on the original release, by Jeb Brien, Dwyer and Ron Kellum; in the cover photo, the band members are dressed in the same costumes from the music video for "One on One." The original LP release also featured a limited edition twelve-month calendar for 1984 designed by Joe Telmach. The 2006 CD release by RCA and Legacy with the reissue's art direction and design by Howard Fritzson and Bob Jones, respectively. The CD case featured four alternate album covers on the inlay with fold-out liner notes with a reproduction of the twelve-month calendar as well as "The Rock 'n Soul Part 1 Sessions" by bassist Tom "T-Bone" Wolk.

Track listing

"Say It Isn't So" (Daryl Hall) – 4:17
"Sara Smile" (Hall, John Oates) – 3:09
"She's Gone" [Single Version] (Hall, Oates) – 3:26
"Rich Girl" (Hall) – 2:24
"Kiss on My List" [45 Version] (Hall, Janna Allen) – 3:52
"You Make My Dreams" (Hall, Oates, Sara Allen) – 3:07
"Private Eyes" [Edited Version] (Hall, S. Allen, J. Allen, Warren Pash) – 3:27
"Adult Education" (Hall, Oates, S. Allen) – 5:23
"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" [Single Version] (Hall, Oates, S. Allen, J. Allen) – 3:45
"Maneater" (Hall, Oates, S. Allen) – 4:31
"One on One" [Single Version] (Hall) – 3:57
"Wait for Me" [Recorded live at the Montreal Forum in March, 1983] (Hall) – 6:03

CD bonus tracks

"Family Man" (Maggie Reilly, Morris Pert, Mike Oldfield, Kim Cross, Rick Fenn, Mike Frye) – 3:25
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" [Single Version] (Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 4:09

Personnel

Daryl Hall – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, vibraphone, producer

John Oates – vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, producer

G.E. Smith – lead guitar

Wells Christy – synthesizers

Clive Smith – synthesizers

Jimmy Bralower – drum programming

Charlie DeChant – keyboards, saxophone, additional backing vocals

Robbie Kilgore – keyboards

Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – bass, guitars, keyboards, additional backing vocals

Mickey Curry – drums

Bashiri Johnson – percussion

Bob Clearmountain – producer and recording engineer on "Say It Isn't So" and "Adult Education", remixing on "Wait for Me"

Christopher Bond – producer

Neil Kernon – producer

Arif Mardin – producer on "She's Gone"

Nile Rodgers – arrangement on "Adult Education"

Songs

1Say It Isn't So4:18
2Sara Smile3:10
3She's Gone3:27

References

Rock 'n Soul Part 1 Wikipedia

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