Isley Brothers: S/D

Are there any other currently active groups -- understanding that many lineup changes have occurred with the Isleys -- to have released records spanning eight decades?

It's crazy that Ronald is still in the group.

The Four Tops have been around longer, with one original member remaining, but apparently their last album was in 2000.

Listening to the two Rhino sets mentioned above, I'm struck at how the Isleys simultaneously keep to rigid formulae and manage to take all sorts of unusual detours within those parameters. The Pitchfork review link above gets that across really well.

isley brothers spend the night: angela winbush's masterwork?

Weellll....Sharp exits. *gazes with delighted wonder at the sleeve*

but when I wrote a Winbush paper several years ago I listened to the first two Winbush-produced albums and they're good!

we should poll Isley's singles

do it

Fuck man…this band hits me the in the feels…so many bangers!!!…nary a skipped track on the shuff

Unfuckwithable

this track cited by xgau has also been praised upthread a couple times---any of yall heard the whole collection??

The Isley Brothers & Jimi Hendrix:
In the Beginning . . . [T-Neck, 1971]
Cut around 1965, while Hendrix was still part of the Isleys' band, these casual sessions, remixed to push his guitar up with the voices, are far superior to Curtis Knight's Hendrix tapes. Make you wonder what would have happened if they'd been released at the time. Especially on "Move Over Let Me Dance," Hendrix anticipates effects Clapton introduced on "Sunshine of My Love," but in a less inflated context--could have blown some minds in Harlem. Not all of the music is don't-miss great. But it's all historic--and you can dance to it. B+

could have blown some minds in Harlem