FOR OVER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS, SOUL TRAIN WAS A NATIONAL INSTITUTION - the premier U.S, television show for showcasing the latest names in the world of black music. Every week American viewers got to see legendary superstars and pioneers who made soul music a mainstream global genre beloved the world over, like James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Smokey Robinson, Barry White, the Temptations, Sly & the Family Stone, Earth, Wind & Fire and many others. Plus, there was Soul Train's Famous "dance line," during which the studio audience shared with the world up-to-the-minute fashion, hairstyles, and dance moves,
Week after week, Pounder Don Cornelius called Soul Train "the hippest trip in America, and he was right on the money. Now, for the first time ever on DVD, Time Life presents an amazing collection of performances from the Soul Train archives, many of which haven't been seen for some thirty years. You'll witness historic appearances by the architects of soul music on an incredible and momentous journey into the richest archive of R&B shows ever seen.
THAT LADY (PART 1): The Isley Brothers
LIVE IT UP (PART 1): The Isley Brothers
SUMMER BREEZE (PART 1): The Isley Brothers
RELEASE YOURSELF: Graham Central Station & Soul Train Dancers
CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE, BABE: Barry White
LOVE'S THEME: Love Unlimited Orchestra
WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH YOU: Barry White
YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING: Barry White
COME GET TO THIS: Marvin Gaye
DISTANT LOVER: Marvin Gaye
LET'S GET IT ON: Marvin Gaye
I WANNA TAKE YOU HIGHER: Sly & the Family Stone
MIGHTY MIGHTY: Earth, Wind & Fire & Soul Train Dancers
DANCE TO THE MUSIC: Sly & the Family Stone
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE: Gladys Knight & the Pips
BACK STABBERS: The O'Jays
RESPECT: Aretha Franklin & Soul Train Dancers
ROCK STEADY: Aretha Franklin
ALSO CONTAINS OVER 65 MINUTES OF BONUS FEATURES, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH: DON CORNELIUS, SMOKEY ROBINSON & BRIAN MCKNIGHT
DVD Producer and Editor: RALPH QUATRUCCI
DVD Executive Producers: ALAN BURENS, MICHAEL MITCHELL
DVD Series Producers: JEFFREY PEISCH, ALAN BUBENS
DVD Associate Producers: FRANCESCA KEITH, MEGHAN RYAN
APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 180 MINUTES