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Magnum Opus (Volume 2)

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The full on 12" vesions of "Hot shot" "Walking on Sunshine" "Juicy Fruit" and "You Can't Hide Your Love From Me" are the four main resons for buying this second helping of disco classics, if you want to update to CD from your collectable Vinyl. If you're into the early 80's immergent pumping synth sound, then maybe "Love Town" and "Seventh Heaven" are the bonus tracks on this album. But are six semi interesting tracks enough to secure a purchase? Only your record collection will dictate!
I was dissapointed by this second helping, which is at best second rate compared with the Excellent Magnum Opus 1. The first Opus delivered what record collectors want...the wall to wall 12" mixes of the well aired classics , that you always heard in clubs but could never get your mits on. Magnum Opus 1 restored tracks like "I feel love" and "Now that We've found love" from their irritating, and over familisr shortened 7" versions so over used on second rate disco compilations, to their full beautiful 12" glory. When you play these tracks the inovation of "I feel love" atounds you and you can just soak up the influences that shaped all our modern dance tracks ten times over. Unfortunately Magnum Opus 2 does not deleiver the same excitement for record collectors. you will be dissapointed all over again with "IOU" if you're a "Southern Freeze" funk fan! Colonel Abrahams was always more mainstream than cutting edge wasn't he? Finally Shela B Devotion? Come on! No inovation or influences with these tracks, just pop 12". But if you just want to add the long versions of some 12" golden oldies to your CD collection and are still in love with some of these tracks this is the CD for you! Happy collecting!

If only for Chaka Khan's little sister Tata Vega's brilliant original of Get it up for love. If you like the track check out the superb alternative version by Ben E King with the Average White Band on Benny and Us