Stevie Wonder - At the Close of the Century 4CD Set

Hardcover book format, 28.5 x 28.5 x 1.5cm in size, 108 pages

Discs housed inside left, shipped in paper sleeves for protection

Excellent condition with no damage to book or discs

NOTE: This  is the first release with the full 108pg coffee-table size book, NOT the reissue in a cd-sized box with tiny abridged version of the book.

Product Description

Finally there's a boxed set that covers his ENTIRE career with 70 tracks drawn from singles, soundtracks and 20 albums. Notes, photos and a discography, too! Includes Fingertips Parts 1 & 2; Uptight (Everything's Alright); Blowin' in the Wind; A Place in the Sun; Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day; For Once in My Life; My Cherie Amour; Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday; Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours; If You Really Love Me; Superstition; You Are the Sunshine of My Life; Higher Ground; Living for the City; Master Blaster (Jammin'); I Just Called to Say I Love You every Top 10 hit!

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At the Close of a Century may seem a rather portentous title for a box set, even one showcasing the work of such a formidable writer-performer as Stevie Wonder. Consider, though, that these discs appear a few months before Wonder's 50th birthday and that he's already spent 36 years making records; he has more right than most to get a little highfalutin when invoking temporal milestones. Despite various retrospectives over the years, Close is the first to cover the arc of Wonder's entire career. By the end of the first disc we've heard his early Motown hits and watched him develop into the masterful artist who'd go on to stack up landmark album after landmark album in the '70s. (Aretha Franklin's Wonder-penned hit "Until You Come Back to Me" is here in a rare version by the composer.) The string of LPs from Talking Book (1972) to Hotter than July (1980) provides gem after gem on the two middle CDs--with all of 1973's Innervisions save one cut represented--while post-"Master Blaster" winners such as "That Girl" and "Overjoyed" are the meat of the final disc.

Add a smart booklet of essays, photos, and a discography, and this handsome package starts to look like a sharp addition to the collections of even hard-core Stevie buffs.

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1     Fingertips Pts. 1 & 2 - Stevie Wonder
2     Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
3     Nothing's Too Good For My Baby - Stevie Wonder
4     Blowin' In the Wind - Stevie Wonder
5     A Place In The Sun - Stevie Wonder
6     Hey Love - Stevie Wonder
7     I Was Made To Love Her - Stevie Wonder
8     Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Stevie Wonder
9     I'm Wondering - Stevie Wonder
10     Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Stevie Wonder
11     You Met Your Match - Stevie Wonder
12     For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
13     I Don't Know Why - Stevie Wonder
14     My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
15     Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder
16     Never Had A Dream Come True - Stevie Wonder
17     Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
18     Heaven Help Us All - Stevie Wonder
19     We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder
20     If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder
21     Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer - Stevie Wonder
22     Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) - Stevie Wonder
23     I Love Every Little Thing About You - Stevie Wonder
Disc: 2
1     Superstition - Stevie Wonder
2     You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
3     You And I - Stevie Wonder
4     I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) - Stevie Wonder
5     Too High - Stevie Wonder
6     Visions - Stevie Wonder
7     Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
8     Golden Lady - Stevie Wonder
9     Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
10     All In Love Is Fair - Stevie Wonder
11     Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Stevie Wonder
12     He's Misstra Know It All - Stevie Wonder
13     You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder
14     Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away - Stevie Wonder
15     Too Shy to Say - Stevie Wonder
16     Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder
17     Creepin' - Stevie Wonder
Disc: 3
1     Sir Duke
2     I Wish
3     Knocks Me Off My Feet
4     Pastime Paradise
5     Isn't She Lovely
6     Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing
7     If It's Magic
8     As
9     Another Star
10     Send One Your Love
11     All I Do
12     Rocket Love
13     I Ain't Gonna Stand For It
14     Master Blaster (Jammin')
15     Lately
16     Happy Birthday
17     Sir Duke
18     I Wish
19     Knocks Me off My Feet
20     Pastime Paradise
21     Isn't She Lovely
22     Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing
23     If It's Magic
Disc: 4
1     That Girl
2     Ribbon In The Sky
3     Do I Do
4     Love Light In Flight
5     I Just Called To Say I Love You
6     Overjoyed
7     Part-Time Lover
8     Go Home
9     You Will Know
10     Skeletons
11     Gotta Have You
12     These Three Words
13     For Your Love
14     How Come, How Long
15     That Girl
16     Ribbon in the Sky
17     Do I Do
18     Love Light in Flight
19     I Just Called to Say I Love You
20     Overjoyed
21     Part-Time Lover
22     Go Home
23     You Will Know
24     Skeletons