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Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Ultimate Collection / Digitally Remastered / Motown Audio CD 1998 / 530 826-2
UPC 731453082625
The Ultimate Collection is a compact disc by Gladys Knight and The Pips, released on Motown Records, catalogue MOTD 0826, in October 1997. It is a collection of singles comprising many of the group's greatest hits, with liner notes written by Ruth Adkins Robinson.
Label: Motown – 530 826-2
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: Europe
Released: 1998
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul, Funk
Tracklist:
| 1 | I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
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2:53 |
| 2 | The End Of Our Road
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene
|
2:21 |
| 3 | Everybody Needs Love
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Edward Holland, Jr., Norman Whitfield
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Edward Holland, Jr., Norman Whitfield
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2:56 |
| 4 | Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Barrett Strong, Cornelius Grant, Roger Penzabene
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Barrett Strong, Cornelius Grant, Roger Penzabene
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2:55 |
| 5 | It Should Have Been Me
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson
|
2:58 |
| 6 | I Wish It Would Rain
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene
|
2:54 |
| 7 | Every Little Bit Hurts
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Ed Cobb
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Ed Cobb
|
3:03 |
| 8 | Didn't You Know (You'd Have To Cry Sometime)
Producer – Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
Written-By – Nickolas Ashford-Valerie Simpson
Producer – Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
Written-By – Nickolas Ashford-Valerie Simpson
|
3:33 |
| 9 | Just Walk In My Shoes
Producer – Harvey Fuqua & Johnny Bristol
Written-By – Helen Lewis, Kay Lewis
Producer – Harvey Fuqua & Johnny Bristol
Written-By – Helen Lewis, Kay Lewis
|
2:47 |
| 10 | The Nitty Gritty
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Lincoln Chase
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Lincoln Chase
|
3:01 |
| 11 | Friendship Train
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
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3:45 |
| 12 | You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You?)
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
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3:35 |
| 13 | If I Were Your Woman
Producer – Clay McMurray
Written-By – Clay McMurray, Gloria R. Jones, Pamela Sawyer
Producer – Clay McMurray
Written-By – Clay McMurray, Gloria R. Jones, Pamela Sawyer
|
3:12 |
| 14 | I Don't Want To Do Wrong
Producer – Johnny Bristol
Written-By – Merald Knight, Gladys Knight, Johnny Bristol, Katherine Schaffner, William Guest
Producer – Johnny Bristol
Written-By – Merald Knight, Gladys Knight, Johnny Bristol, Katherine Schaffner, William Guest
|
3:22 |
| 15 | Here I Am Again
Producer – Clay McMurray
Written-By – Clay McMurray, Patricia Foster
Producer – Clay McMurray
Written-By – Clay McMurray, Patricia Foster
|
3:39 |
| 16 |
Make Me The Woman That You Go Home To
Producer – Clay McMurray
Written-By – Clay McMurray
Producer – Clay McMurray
Written-By – Clay McMurray
|
3:45 |
| 17 | Help Me Make It Through The Night
Producer – Johnny Bristol
Written-By – Kris Kristofferson
Producer – Johnny Bristol
Written-By – Kris Kristofferson
|
4:19 |
| 18 | Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)
Producer – Joe Porter
Written-By – Jim Weatherly
Producer – Joe Porter
Written-By – Jim Weatherly
|
4:21 |
| 19 | Daddy Could Swear, I Declare
Producer – Johnny Bristol
Written-By – Merald Knight, Gladys Knight, Johnny Bristol
Producer – Johnny Bristol
Written-By – Merald Knight, Gladys Knight, Johnny Bristol
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3:43 |
| 20 | All I Need Is Time
Producer – Joe Porter
Written-By – Bud Reneau
Producer – Joe Porter
Written-By – Bud Reneau
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3:22 |
| 21 | Between Her Goodbye And My Hello
Producer – Joe Porter
Written-By – Jim Weatherly
Producer – Joe Porter
Written-By – Jim Weatherly
|
3:50 |
| 22 | It's Time To Go Now
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
Producer – Norman Whitfield
Written-By – Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
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2:42 |
- Art Direction, Design – David Irvin
- Bass – James Jamerson
- Compilation Producer – Harry Weinger
- Conductor [Strings] – Gordon Staples
- Drums – Andrew Smith (4), Benny Benjamin, Richard "Pistol" Allen, Uriel Jones
- Executive-Producer – Steve Corbin (2)
- Flute, Piccolo Flute – Danya Hartwick
- Guitar – Dennis Coffey, Eddie Willis, Joe Messina, Melvin "Wah-Wah" Ragin, Robert White
- Guitar [Additional] – Cornelius Grant (tracks: 1)
- Keyboards – Earl Van Dyke, Joe Hunter, Johnny Griffith
- Liner Notes [Essay] – Ruth Adkins Robinson
- Management [Tape Archive Manager] – Georgia Ward
- Percussion – Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Jack Ashford
- Remastered By [Digitally Remastered] – Suha Gur
- Saxophone – Andrew "Mike" Terry, Angelo Carlisi, Bernie Peacock, Dan Turner, Eli Fontaine, Ernie Rodgers, Eugene "BeeBee" Moore, Eugene Rodgers, Hank Cosby, Kasuka Mafia, Lanny Austin, Larry Nozero, Lefty Edwards, Teddy Buckner (2), Thomas "Beans" Bowles, William "Wild Bill" Moore
- Strings – Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Trombone – Bill Johnson, Bob Cousar, Carl Raetz, Don White, George Bohanon, Jimmy Wilkins, Patrick Lanier, Paul Riser
- Trumpet – Billy Horner, Don Slaughter, Eddie Jones (2), Floyd Jones, Herbie Williams, John "Little John" Wilson, Johnny Trudell, Marcus Belgrave, Maurice Davis, Russell Conway
- Vibraphone [Vibes] – Jack Ashford, Jack Brokensha
