Loleatta Holloway Wer're Getting Stronger (5-CD)

SoulMusic Records (SMR) in association with The Second Disc presents this definitive, first-time-ever 5CD box set by this Grammy-nominated artist believed to be the most- sampled female singer in popular music. A total of 58 tracks which includes expanded editions of the four full-length albums recorded during her association with Salsoul's Gold Mind Records and a specially curated fifth disc that includes remixes, instrumentals, acapellas and reinventions from her Gold Mind/Salsoul catalog. All audio has been newly remastered by Nick Robbins. Key tracks include her #1 Dance smash, 'Love Sensation', written and produced by Grammy-nominated multi-hyphenate Dan Hartman, her first Top Three dance hit, 'Hit and Run', and her cover of Debby Boone's 'You Light Up My Life', which earned Ms. Holloway her singular Grammy nomination.

Includes productions by Norman Harris, Ron Kersey, Bunny Sigler, Ron Tyson and Vincent Montana Jr. , all synonymous with the Philly Sound, as well as Floyd Smith, Bobby Womack, Tom Moulton and Patrick Adams, with mixes and re-edits by Larry Levan, Walter Gibbons, Shep Pettibone, Danny Krivit, and others. Every album features legendary musicians including The Trammps' Earl Young, Bobby Eli, Ron Baker, Steve Gadd, Cornell Dupree, Richard Tee, George Bussey, Larry Washington and Gordon Edwards of Stuff with The Waters and The Sweethearts of Sigma (Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson and Evette Benton), among others, providing background vocals. A deluxe booklet designed by Ray Curenton includes comprehensive notes by the collection's producer, God's Music Is My Life's Tim Dillinger creating the most in-depth biographical account of Holloway's career on record with rare photographs and artifacts.