The Essential Patti LaBelle

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Album Info

Release Date: 2008

Labels: Philadelphia International Records, Legacy

Tracks 1-13, 2-11 & 2-15 Previously unreleased.

Mastered at Battery Mastering Studios, New York
Digital editing at Battery Studios, New York
Tape transfers, Gamble-Huff Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA

Inside booklet (B&W from left): Photo provided Courtesy of Pattonium Inc., Sony BMG Archives, Ken the Photographer (photo provided Courtesy of Pattonium, Inc.).

Chart positions courtesy of Joel Whitburn & Billboard Publications

Track Notes:
1-1, 1-2 ℗ 1983 Assorted Music, Inc. d/b/a Philadelphia International Records.
1-3 Recorded at Convention Hall, Washington, D.C. ℗ 1983 Assorted Music, Inc. d/b/a Philadelphia International Records.
1-4 ℗ 1982 Elektra Entertainment Group Produced Under License From Atlantic Recording Corp.
1-5, 2-12 ℗ 1981 Assorted Music, Inc. d/b/a Philadelphia International Records.
1-6 ℗ 1984 Geffen Records Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises.
1-7 ℗ 1986 Geffen Records Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises.
1-8 Contains a sample of "Love And Happiness" written by Al Green & Mabon Hodges. ℗ 1997 Geffen Records Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises.
1-9 ℗ 1995 Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
1-10 ℗ 1991 Geffen Records Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises.
1-11 ℗ 1963 Timeless Entertainment Corp.
1-12 Originally released 1971 Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
1-13 ℗ 1973 Sony BMG Music Entertainment (previously unreleased)
1-14 Recorded "live" at The Record Plant, Los Angeles. ℗ 1972 Warner Bros. Records Inc. Produced Under License from Warner Bros. Records Inc.
1-15 ℗ 1962 Timeless Entertainment Corp.
2-1 to 2-3 ℗ 1974 Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
2-4 ℗ 1973 Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
2-5 ℗ 1975 Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
2-6 ℗ 1976 Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
2-7, 2-8 ℗ 1977 Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
2-9, 2-10, 2-13 ℗ 1979 Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
2-11 ℗ 1980, 2008 Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
2-14 ℗ 1980 Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
2-15 ℗ 2008 Assorted Music, Inc. d/b/a Philadelphia International Records.

"A friend" is credited for electric piano on Pressure Cookin' (tracks 1-13 and 2-4).