Love Train

~ Recording by The O’Jays

Annotation

Both of these fingerprints apply to this recording, they differ only in their volume

https://acoustid.org/track/78432012-fa0f-4130-b1f2-671dc6d592ba - Left 92.8dB, Right 93.2dB
https://acoustid.org/track/283db737-5c61-4686-9e1d-0b84e3e35d62 - Left 94.2dB, Right 95.6dB

(average volume)

Annotation last modified on 2022-04-20 13:06 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10Love Train2:58The O’JaysBack StabbersThe O’JaysAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsKZ 31712
1.10Love Train?:??The O’JaysBack StabbersThe O’JaysAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)S 65257
1.15Love Train2:59The O’JaysBlack ExplosionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Ronco4C/BPR 2008
1.15Love Train2:59The O’JaysBlack ExplosionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RoncoBPR 2008
2.4Love Train2:59The O’JaysCollectors’ ItemsThe O’JaysAlbum + Compilation
Philadelphia International RecordsPZG 35024
1.1Love Train2:59The O’JaysLove Train / BackstabbersThe O’JaysSingle
Old Gold (UK, hits reissues)OG 9310
1.5Love Train3:00The O’JaysThe O'Jays Greatest HitsThe O’JaysAlbum + Compilation
Philadelphia International RecordsZK 39251
2.5Love Train3:00The O’JaysFreedom RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sessions (US reissue label), Warner Special ProductsOPCD-4510
3.5Love Train3:00The O’JaysFreedom RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sessions (US reissue label), Warner Special ProductsOP-4510
1.19Love Train2:59The O’JaysSolid SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD 2304
1.19Love Train?:??The O’JaysSolid SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)STAC 2304
1.19Love Train?:??The O’JaysSolid SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)STAR 2304
1.7Love Train2:58The O’Jays…and the Beat Goes On! 34 Dance Hits of the 70’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD 2338
1.5Love Train3:00The O’Jays25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1973: 20 of the Year’s Greatest TracksVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Connoisseur CollectionYRNR CD73
2.1Love Train2:58The O’Jays100 All Time Classic Dance Hits of the 1970sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Connoisseur CollectionDHOS CD100, MDHOS CD 100 3, MDHOS CD 100 4
1.10Love Train3:00The O’JaysBillboard Top Rock’n’Roll Hits: 1973Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 70634
1.9Love Train2:58The O’JaysThe Sound of PhiladelphiaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
K‐tel (international budget record label)NCD 3406
1.5Love Train2:58The O’JaysMega Hits Dance Classics, Volume 6Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Priority Records (US hip hop)CDL 7976
1.5Love Train3:00The O’JaysThe O’Jays Greatest HitsThe O’JaysAlbum + Compilation
CBS Special ProductsA 21150
2.4Love Train2:54The O’JaysThe Seventies Collection, Volume OneVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CD HITS 793260
2.4Love Train2:56The O’JaysThe Seventies Collection, Volume OneVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDTP 35
1.6Love Train2:58The O’JaysThe Sound of Philadelphia: 1972-1982Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Pickwick Music (UK imprint, subsidiary of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.)PWKS 588
2.7Love Train2:58The O’JaysSoul Years: 1973Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Knight Records (UK compilations/reissues, division of Castle Music)KNCD 22073
1.6Love Train3:02The O’JaysSounds of the Seventies: 1973Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2582, SOD-06
1.11Love Train2:59The O’JaysCollectors’ ItemsThe O’JaysAlbum + Compilation
Philadelphia International Records468922 2
1.2Love Train2:58The O’JaysDisco FeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1991-11-11
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD 2519
1.11Love Train2:59The O’JaysCollectors’ ItemsThe O’JaysAlbum + Compilation
Philadelphia International RecordsZGK 35024
1.4Love Train2:57The O’JaysCommercial BreaksVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)469048 2
2.8Love Train2:56The O’JaysDisco Dance FeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV)50217
1.10Love Train3:01The O’JaysRhythm & Black (2CD)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 468077 2
1.10Love Train3:01The O’JaysRhythm & Soul (2CD Set)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)4680772
1.2Love Train2:55The O’JaysRhythm DivineVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Dino EntertainmentDIN CD 22
1.10Love Train2:58The O’JaysRock & Pop Diamonds 1972Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1Love Train3:02The O’JaysSoul Hits of the ’70s: Didn’t It Blow Your Mind! Volume 12Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 70552
1.7Love Train2:56O’JaysThe Rock and Roll Decades: The SeventiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)CSP 982 630-2
1.4Love Train2:59The O’JaysThe Very Best of The O'JaysThe O’JaysAlbum + Compilation
Philadelphia International Records467973 2
1.15Love Train2:59The O’JaysThe Best of 1970-1980, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1992-05-04
Electrola1C686-7 99394 2
1.9Love Train3:01The O’JaysHits of the 70’s, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 471196 2
1.8Love Train2:58The O’JaysSuperhits: The Early '70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicSUD-16
1.2Love Train2:56The O’JaysDonna’s Dansfolie 73‒74‒75Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 47 3081-2
1.10Love Train2:56The O’JaysVery Best of the 70’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)983391 2
1.10Love Train3:00The O’JaysBack StabbersThe O’JaysAlbum
  • JP1994-01-21
Sony Records (Japanese imprint)SRCS 6367
1.10Love Train2:56The O’JaysThe Boyz Who Souled the WorldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1994-02-01
The Hit LabelAHLCD 18
1.12Love Train2:56The O’JaysSounds of the SeventiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1994-12-05
Global TelevisionRADCD01
1.1Love Train2:59The O’JaysLove Train: The Best of the O'JaysThe O’JaysAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)ZK 66114
2.12Love Train2:58The O’JaysParty RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)984657 2
1.9Love Train3:01The O’JaysSoul Train (Hall of Fame): 20th AnniversaryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 71618
1.7Love Train2:57The O’JaysSweet Soul HarmoniesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VTMC20
2.6Love Train2:58The O’JaysThe 70’s: 1973Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 597/04
1.15Love Train3:01The O’JaysThe No. 1 Hits 1973Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
SR International79 601 1
1.11Love Train3:01The O’JaysMighty Real: Lifebeat Dance Classics, Volume IVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1995-07-03
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243-8-338939-2-4
1.12Love Train2:58The O’JaysDead Presidents: Music From the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1995-09-26
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7243 8 32438 2 2, CDP 8 32438 2
2.12Love Train2:58The O’JaysParty RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1995-10-03
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)480495 2
1.4Love Train2:53The O’JaysNight FeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Global TelevisionRADCD24
1.8Love Train2:58The O’JaysAM Gold: The Early ’70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music, Warner Special ProductsAM1-13, OPCD-2668A
1.1Love Train2:57The O’JaysBest of SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Entertainment Belgium NV/SA (not for release label use! 2009–…)LSP 984838 2
1.12Love Train2:58The O’JaysDead PresidentsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
1.12Love Train2:58The O’JaysDead PresidentsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 532438
1.4Love Train3:00The O’JaysDisco Top 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)0010212
1.4Love Train2:55The O’JaysFlared Hits & Platform SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Vision (British compilation label)VISCD7
2.12Love Train3:01The O’JaysMusic From and Inspired by the Promised LandVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)C2K 66969
1.4Love Train2:53The O’JaysNight FeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Global TelevisionRADMC24
2.4Love Train2:56The O’JaysThe No.1 Classic Soul AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram525656
2.12Love Train3:01The O’JaysThe Promised LandVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)478585-2
2.4Love Train3:00The O’JaysShades of SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1996-07-01
Global TelevisionRADCD40
1.3Lovetrain2:59The O’JaysThe Best OfThe O’JaysAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1996-08-01
Repertoire Records (Hamburg‐based multinational reissue label)REP 4322-WZ
1.1Love Train3:02The O’JaysOnly Soul 1970-1974Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-10-10
JCI, Warner Special ProductsJCD-3173, OPCD-1723
1.10Love Train3:00The O’JaysBack Stabbers (Remastered)The O’JaysAlbum
Epic Associated, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Philadelphia International RecordsZK 66113
1.10Love Train3:00The O’JaysBack StabbersThe O’JaysAlbum
3.9Love Train2:55The O’JaysNur No.1 HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COLLSP 984855 2
1.1Love Train3:01The O’JaysSolid Gold Soul 1973Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicR838-08
1.1Love Train2:55The O’JaysThe Fantastic Sound of PhiladelphiaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Paradiso (Belgian label)PA 2548/6
1.1Love Train2:55The O’JaysThe Sound of PhiladelphiaVarious ArtistsCompilation
Double PlatinumDBP 102017
1.1Love Train2:59The O’JaysA Postcard From PhillyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-04-15
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)ZK 65162
1.1Love Train2:59The O’JaysDance Club FeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1997-04-22
Sony Music Direct (Canadian label)TV2K 24033
2.4Love Train2:56O’JaysWhat a FeelingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1997-05-05
Sony Music TVSONYTV26CD
1.16Love Train3:01The O’JaysStill Smokin': R & B HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-07-01
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)AS 28854
1.11Love Train3:01The O’JaysHits of the SeventiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1997-07-04
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)RCA CD 202
1.8Love Train3:02The O’JaysBillboard Top Rock’n’Roll Hits: 1973Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Projects9548350572
1.11Love Train2:53The O’JaysDisco FeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 59995 29
1.3Love Train3:00The O’JaysForever Soul, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1997
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)488161 2
1.8Love Train2:58The O’JaysPermanent Revolution: From Disco Fever to The New RomanticsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
The Sunday TimesVol 02
2.5Love Train2:55The O’JaysSchmuse-Hits, Volume 5Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Exclusiv (low budget)BN0943
1.3Love Train3:00The O’JaysSoul ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsA 28179
2.1Love Train2:59The O’JaysThe Philly Sound: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & The Story of Brotherly Love (1966-1976)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Philadelphia International RecordsZ3K 64647
2.4Love Train2:57The O’JaysWhat a Feeling: Feel Good Flared HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Startel EntertainmentSTELCD0029
1.16Love Train3:01The O’JaysThe Last Days of DiscoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1998-05-26
Work (US Sony/Epic subsidiary)OK 69102
4.1Love Train2:59The O’JaysHave a Nice Decade: The ’70s Pop Culture BoxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-06-16
Rhino (reissue label)R2 72919
2.11Love Train2:53The O’JaysThe All Time Greatest Movie SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1998-11-03
Sony Music TVMOODCD61
2.16Love Train2:56The O’JaysGold's Greatest HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1998-11-09
Telstar TVTTVCD3003
2.2Love Train2:59The O’Jays70’s Funk ’n’ Soul ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Repertoire Records (Hamburg‐based multinational reissue label)REP 4717-WL
2.9Love Train2:57The O’Jays100 PophitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media28 49302210
1.4Love Train2:59The O’JaysDance ClassixVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music MediaCBU 67556
1.1Love Train2:57The O’JaysLove Train: The Ultimate Sound of PhiladelphiaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music TVMOODCD 56
1.2Love Train2:56The O’JaysOh! What a NightVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music TV31 489591-10, SONYTV38CD
1.1Love Train3:01The O’JaysSuper HitsThe O’JaysAlbum + Compilation
Epic Associated, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)ZK 65445
1.16Love Train3:01The O’JaysThe Last Days of DiscoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Sony Music Soundtrax, Work (US Sony/Epic subsidiary)491213 2
1.16Love Train3:01The O’JaysThe Last Days of DiscoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Work (US Sony/Epic subsidiary)WRK 491213 2
Promotion
1.3Love Train2:59The O’JaysNeon Magazine: 15 Great Movie TracksVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Neon (UK film magazine)[none]
(unknown)
2.12Love Train3:01The O’JaysThe Promised LandVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • -1995
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)C2K 66969

Relationships

recording engineer:Joe Tarsia (engineer)
producer:Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International)
Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
arranger:Bobby Martin (US soul/R&B producer/arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1972)
recorded at:Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (in 1972)
has remixes:Love Train (Tom Moulton Mix)
recording of:Love Train (in 1972)

Related works

Love Train

lyricist and composer:Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International)
Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:Mijac Music
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
later parody versions:Suck and Fuck Train