The Big Chill [Original Soundtrack]

by Big Chill / O.s.t. (Bonus Cd) (

Overview

By combining the ten songs from the original Big Chill soundtrack album with all but one song from The Big Chill: More Songs From the Original Soundtrack; three instrumental songs from the film; and 15 classic '60s rock and soul tracks that didn't appear on either of those soundtracks (or the film itself), Hip-O managed to fashion a two-CD, 38-song deluxe edition of the Big Chill soundtrack. It's big enough that some of the content is rather speciously related to the original film or soundtrack concept; as a phrase on the cover says, it's more "music from and inspired by The Big Chill" than it is an expanded version of the actual soundtrack. Regardless of how strongly particular tracks tie in to the movie that inspired all this packaging, it's amply stuffed with classic '60s music. Motown does form a bigger piece of the pie than anything else, with 14 of the tracks coming from the company's vaults. But it doesn't actually dominate: there's plenty of other stuff, including great hits by the Rascals, Aretha Franklin, Procol Harum, Percy Sledge, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Beach Boys, the Spencer Davis Group, Lesley Gore, the Mamas & the Papas, Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders, James Brown, and the Zombies. True, there's not much that doesn't get played to death on oldies radio anyway, with Howard Tate's "Get It While You Can" and the Supremes B-side "Ask Any Girl" about the only exceptions. Because of that, there's little reason for collectors to pick it up, other than to get something for their significant other that they can stand listening to together. For a general public divorced from the snobbish record-collecting community, however, it's an excellent and varied scoop of classics from the era, to be filed right next to the two-CD edition of the Forrest Gump soundtrack no doubt. Note, however, that one of the songs from The Big Chill: More Songs From the Original Soundtrack -- the Steve Miller Band's "Quicksilver Girl" -- has been omitted from this deluxe edition, for reasons unexplained. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	03/23/2004
Label:	Hip-O
UPC:	0602498162286
Rank:	843

Tracks

Disc 1

1. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
2. My Girl
3. Good Lovin'
4. The Tracks of My Tears
5. Joy to the World
6. Ain't Too Proud to Beg
7. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
8. I Second That Emotion
9. A Whiter Shade of Pale
10. Tell Him
11. Bad Moon Rising
12. When a Man Loves a Woman
13. In the Midnight Hour
14. Gimme Some Lovin'
15. The Weight
16. Wouldn't It Be Nice
17. Strangers in the Night
18. You Can't Always Get What You Want
19. "J.T. Lancer" Theme

Disc 2

20. It's the Same Old Song
21. Dancing in the Street
22. What's Going On
23. Too Many Fish in the Sea
24. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
25. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
26. Shotgun
27. Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little White)
28. Ask Any Girl
29. You Don't Own Me
30. Like to Get to Know You
31. Monday, Monday
32. Nights in White Satin
33. Feelin' Alright
34. Game of Love
35. I Got You (I Feel Good)
36. We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet
37. Time of the Season
38. Get It While You Can

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Supremes   Primary Artist
The Moody Blues   Primary Artist
The Rascals   Primary Artist
The Temptations   Primary Artist
The Zombies   Primary Artist
Gerry Goffin   Primary Artist
Blues Magoos   Primary Artist
The Exciters   Primary Artist
The Isley Brothers   Primary Artist
Smokey Robinson   Primary Artist
Percy Sledge   Primary Artist
Three Dog Night   Primary Artist
Aretha Franklin   Primary Artist
Martha & the Vandellas   Primary Artist
Jimmy Ruffin   Primary Artist
James Brown   Primary Artist
Bert Kaempfert   Primary Artist
Spanky & Our Gang   Primary Artist
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles   Primary Artist
The Band   Primary Artist
The Beach Boys   Primary Artist
The Mamas & the Papas   Primary Artist
The Four Tops   Primary Artist
Creedence Clearwater Revival   Primary Artist
Joe Cocker   Primary Artist
Tammi Terrell   Primary Artist
Carole King   Primary Artist
Wayne Fontana   Primary Artist
Lesley Gore   Primary Artist
Howard Tate   Primary Artist
Junior Walker   Primary Artist
Procol Harum   Primary Artist
Martha Reeves   Primary Artist
Marvin Gaye   Primary Artist
Jerry Wexler   Primary Artist
The Marvelettes   Primary Artist
The Mindbenders   Primary Artist
The Spencer Davis Group   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Renaldo Benson   Composer
Stuart Scharf   Composer
Mike Stoller   Producer
The Rascals   Performer
Al Cleveland   Composer,Producer
Brian Holland   Composer
Justin Hayward   Composer
The Temptations   Performer
Mort Shuman   Composer
Arthur Resnick   Composer
Muff Winwood   Composer
Brian Wilson   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Calvin Lewis   Composer
Paul Riser   Composer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Andrew Wright   Composer
Bert Berns   Composer
The Exciters   Performer
Keith Richards   Composer
Colin Blunstone   Composer
Eddie Snyder   Composer
John Madara   Composer
Denny Cordell   Producer
Smokey Robinson   Composer,Producer
Marvin Tarplin   Composer
Matthew Fisher   Composer
Nickolas Ashford   Composer
Mick Jagger   Composer
Three Dog Night   Performer
Aretha Franklin   Performer
Norman Whitfield   Composer,Producer
Dave Mason   Composer
Laurent Bouzereau   Interviewer
Ralph Scala   Composer
David Kurtz   Composer
Lawrence Kasdan   Liner Notes
Ronald Gilbert   Composer
Charlie Singleton   Composer
Tony Asher   Composer
James Dean   Composer
Ivy Jo Hunter   Composer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
Chris White   Composer
Barrett Strong   Composer
James Brown   Composer
Harry Weinger   Supervisor
Wilson Pickett   Composer
William "Mickey" Stevenson   Composer
William Weatherspoon   Composer
Gary Brooker   Composer
Bert Kaempfert   Composer
Spencer Davis   Composer
Paul Atkinson   Composer
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles   Performer
Steve Winwood   Composer
Bert Russell   Composer
Autry DeWalt II   Composer
Keith Reid   Composer
Kevin Reeves   Digital Remastering
Clint Ballard, Jr.   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Carole King   Composer
David White   Composer
John Fogerty   Composer
John Phillips   Composer
Ronald White   Composer
Valerie Simpson   Composer
Robbie Robertson   Composer
Hoyt Axton   Composer
Hugh Grundy   Composer
Rod Argent   Composer
Rudy Clark   Composer
Procol Harum   Performer
Warren "Pete" Moore   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer,Performer
Jerry Ragovoy   Composer
Jerry Wexler   Composer,Producer
Richard Podolor   Producer