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The Tommy Boy Story, Vol.1 (Digital Version),Various Artists

- The Tommy Boy Story, Vol.1 (Digital Version)
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Various Artists
Released 2006

Lisa's Coming
04:46
96 plays

Louder Than Love
05:20
90 plays

Salsa Smurph (12-inch Vocal Version)
05:12
886 plays

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songs

- 1
- Don't Stop...Planet Rock (12-inch Vocal Version)
- 06:24
- 5,202 plays

- 2
- Play At Your Own Risk (12-inch Vocal Version)
- 07:52
- 15,540 plays

- 3
- Looking For The Perfect Beat (12-inch Vocal Version)
- 06:58
- 16,796 plays

- 4
- Cheap Thrills (12-inch Vocal Version)
- 06:45
- 2,485 plays

- 5
- Why You Treat Me So Bad
- 05:06
- 4,194 plays

- 6
- Play That Beat Mr. D. J. (12-inch Full Length Version)
- 06:32
- 8,123 plays

- 7
- I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock And Roll) (12-inch Vocal Version)
- 07:34
- 1,624 plays

- 8
- Renegades Of Funk (12-inch Vocal Version)
- 06:44
- 1,628 plays

- 9
- Pack Jam (12-inch Remix)
- 05:14
- 2,949 plays

- 10
- Tommy Boy Megamix (12-inch Brooklyn Mix)
- 05:24
- 1,967 plays

- 11
- Jazzy Sensation (12-inch Bronx Version)
- 09:43
- 1,145 plays

- 12
- Salsa Smurph (12-inch Vocal Version)
- 05:12
- 886 plays

- 13
- Let Me Love You (12-inch Vocal Version)
- 05:05
- 777 plays

- 14
- Rock The House (You'll Never Be) (12-inch Vocal Version)
- 07:50
- 745 plays

- 15
- Lisa's Coming (12-inch Single Version)
- 04:44
- 685 plays

- 16
- Running (12-inch Vocal Remix Version)
- 07:41
- 1,246 plays

- 17
- People Hold On (12-inch new Jersey Jazz Mix)
- 08:51
- 615 plays

- 18
- How Do I Love Thee (Extended Club Mix)
- 08:55
- 591 plays

- 19
- Louder Than Love
- 05:18
- 2,864 plays

- 20
- What's On Your Mind (12-inch Club Mix)
- 07:58
- 1,007 plays

- 21
- Come Baby Come (Extended Version)
- 05:15
- 1,352 plays

- 12
- Jazzy Sensation [12" Bronx Version]
- 09:46
- 144 plays

- 13
- Salsa Smurph [12" Vocal Version]
- 05:15
- 54 plays

- 14
- Let Me Love You [12" Vocal Version]
- 05:08
- 116 plays

- 15
- Rock the House (You'll Never Be) [12" Vocal Version]
- 07:52
- 55 plays

- 16
- Lisa's Coming
- 04:46
- 96 plays

- 17
- Running [12" Vocal Remix Version]
- 07:43
- 139 plays

- 18
- People Hold On [12" New Jersey Jazz Mix]
- 08:51
- 67 plays

- 19
- How Do I Love Thee [Extended Club Mix]
- 08:57
- 114 plays

- 20
- Louder Than Love
- 05:20
- 90 plays

- 21
- What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy) [12" Club Mix]
- 08:01
- 71 plays

- 22
- Come Baby Come [Extended Version]
- 05:14
- 82 plays

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album review

Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats, a four-volume series, was released in 1998. You could buy the volumes in one shot, albeit for a few extra bucks, because they came in a little plastic milk crate with a fifth disc of remixes. Three years later, you could get all five discs in a less elaborate package. These discs covered the label's first 16 years, from 1981 through 1996. Tommy Boy's Greatest Hits, a three-disc compilation, was released in 2003 and naturally contained a lot of the material on Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats, though it did expand its reach to include some late-'90s and early-2000s tracks. And now there's The Tommy Boy Story, Vol. 1, a two-disc set that resembles a slightly worn double-vinyl pack, with die-cut circles exposing CD sleeves that are made to look like the inner sleeves of a 12". Sequenced chronologically, the set begins with Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force's monumental "Planet Rock" (1982) and ends with K7's decidedly less seismic "Come Baby Come" (1993). If you have any of the other Tommy Boy anthologies, or an extensive collection of compilations covering electro and early hip-hop and house music, you'll be duplicating many of the 22 tracks found here. (It is worth pointing out, however, that many of the versions here are slightly different from the ones on the preceding Tommy Boy sets; for instance, this has the 12" version of "Planet Rock," whereas The Greatest Beats has the four-minute edit, and Tommy Boy's Greatest Hits contains a five-minute version. It can be very confusing.) Almost half of the contents, including "Planet Rock," Planet Patrol's "Play at Your Own Risk," Jonzun Crew's "Pack Jam," and Information Society's freestyle cult-classic "Running," are essential. A few tracks on the second disc haven't aged so well, but relatively obscure tracks like Special Request's "Salsa Smurph" (electro at its slowest, deepest, and dubbiest, with "Trans-Europe Express" as the basis) and Planet Patrol's "I Didn't Know I Loved You" (which should thrill anyone who has grown tired of "Play at Your Own Risk") are entirely necessary. The liner notes from Blues & Soul's Lewis Dene are indispensable, full of historical anecdotes and revelations for non-scholars. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide