Barry White & Love Unlimited Orchestra - Remixed/Reworked/Reimagined (2x12")

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John Morales presents Barry White & Love Unlimited Orchestra - Remixed/Reworked/Reimagined Barry White was a self-contained singer, writer, arranger and producer who helped define and jumpstart disco in the early '70s. His first solo single, "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby," was an international smash in 1973, and he went on to release twenty solo albums, plus nine with the Love Unlimited Orchestra and five with Love Unlimited. Remixer John Morales is a disco pioneer in his own right: his 1979 mix of Inner Life's "Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair)" helped establish the studio remix as an official release, and his client list includes Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones. This 18-track collection, years in the making, is rebuilt from the original master tapes and officially licensed from Universal Music and the Barry White Estate. It opens with "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing" and spans White's solo hits plus the Love Unlimited Orchestra, including "Love's Theme," one of the few instrumentals to top the Billboard Hot 100. Morales breaks each song down and creates space, revealing arrangement details long buried under White's strings and horns. Key tracks: "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" now exposes studio chatter and White stomping the floor as the band hits; "Love Serenade" becomes an extended build into a monumental groove; "Your Love Is So Good I Can Taste It" adds a signature Morales breakdown; and "Love's Theme" gains a surprise vocal element.