Daryl Hall & John Oates - Greatest Hits – Rock ’n Soul Part 1 (1984) (Lp) - €4,99

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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 on October 18, 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". 

This compilation mostly features single versions of the songs.

Released at the peak of Hall & Oates' popularity in the early '80s, 1983's Rock 'n Soul, Pt. 1: Greatest Hits effectively chronicles the time when the duo could do no wrong -- namely, the period between 1980's Voices and 1982's H2O, which includes only one other album, 1981's excellent Private Eyes. While this reaches back to their early-'70s work for Atlantic for "She's Gone," the only big hit they had at the label, and also has their two other big hits from that decade, "Sara Smile" and "Rich Girl," the bulk of Rock 'n Soul, Pt. 1 derives from those three albums: "Kiss on My List," "You Make My Dreams," "Private Eyes," "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)," "Maneater," and "One on One." 

As good as those songs may be, Rock 'n Soul, Pt. 1 doesn't necessarily miss them: with the exception of a live version of "Wait for Me" (good, but not essential), this is the cream of the crop of Hall & Oates' best period, and it makes for a tight, excellent listen, and it's bolstered by the sublime "Say It Isn't So" and the good rocker "Adult Education."

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.

Side A

A1.  Say It Isn’t So - 4:17

A2.  Sara Smile - 3:07

A3 . She’s Gone - 3:24

A4 . Rich Girl - 2:23

A5.  Kiss On My List - 3:48

A6.  You Make My Dreams - 3:10

A7.  Private Eyes - 3:29

Side B

B1.  Adult Education - 5:22

B2.  I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) - 3:39

B3.  Maneater - 4:34

B4.  One On One - 3:53

B5.  Wait For Me (Live Version) - 6:09

Personnel

• Daryl Hall – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, vibraphone, arrangements (8)
• John Oates – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitars, arrangements (8)
• Charlie DeChant – keyboards, saxophones, additional backing vocals
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk – keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, additional backing vocals, arrangements (8)
• G. E. Smith – lead guitars
• Mickey Curry – drums

Additional musicians (Tracks 1 & 8)

• Robbie Kilgore – keyboards
• Wells Christy – synthesizers
• Clive Smith – synthesizers
• Jimmy Bralower – drum programming (1)

Production[edit]

• Daryl Hall – producer (1, 2 & 5–12)
• John Oates – producer (1, 2 & 5–12)
• Bob Clearmountain – co-producer (1 & 8), engineer (1 & 8), remixing (12)
• Christopher Bond – producer (2 & 4)
• Arif Mardin – producer (3)
• Neil Kernon – co-producer (5, 6, 7, 9, 10 & 11)
• Bruce Buchalter – assistant engineer (1 & 8)
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
• Nile Rodgers – arrangements (8)
• J. J. Stelmach – calendar design
• Jeb Brien – art direction
• Nancy Dwyer – art direction, illustration
• Ron Kellum – art direction
• Larry Williams – inner sleeve photography
• Tommy Mottola – management

Notes

Release: 1984

Format:  LP

Genre:  Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul

Label:  RCA Records

Catalog#  PL84858

Vinyl: Goed

Cover:  Goed

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