Razor & Tie compilation "Give It Up"

Several years ago, I knew someone who worked at Razor & Tie and received many different compilations at that time. I just pulled from storage a double CD titled "Give It Up!" The cd contains lots of R&B tracks from the 80's and 90's.

The CD is in the datebase but not in its entirety. The database lists the follow tracks:
AL B. SURE! - NITE AND DAY
BOBBY BROWN - MY PREROGATIVE (LP version)
CALLOWAY - I WANNA BE RICH (45 version)
CAMEO - WORD UP
E.U. - DA'BUTT (45 version)    
JERMAINE STEWART - WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF (45 version)
JODY WATLEY - SOME KIND OF LOVER (LP version)    
JOHNNY GILL - RUB YOU THE RIGHT WAY (45 version)
JOHNNY KEMP - JUST GOT PAID (LP version faded :30 early)
NEW EDITION - IF IT ISN'T LOVE (LP version faded :12 early)
ORAN “JUICE” JONES - THE RAIN (missing the first :03; faded :09 earlier than the LP)
PEBBLES - GIVING YOU THE BENEFIT (45 version)
READY FOR THE WORLD - OH SHEILA (LP version)
ROGER - I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN (LP length)   
SYSTEM - DON'T DISTURB THIS GROOVE (45 version)
TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB - RUMORS (12" single version)
TONY! TONI! TONE! - FEELS GOOD (LP version)

The following tracks are not in the database:
Rock Steady - The Whispers (3:59)
(This seems to be the 45 version which would make it the first appearance on CD)
Jerk Out - The Time (3:47)
No More Lies - Michel'le (3:41)
Fresh - Kool & The Gang (3:46)
Who's Johnny - El DeBarge (4:08)
Crush On You - The Jets (4:27)
Da Butt - EU (3:52)
Lean On Mean - Club Nouveau (4:52)
Head To Toe - Lisa Lisa (4:09)
In My House - Mary Jane Girls (4:58)
Can't Stop - After 7 (4:49)
Neutron Dance - Pointer Sisters (4:08)
Dial My Heart - The Boys (4:19)
Solid - Ashford & Simpson (3:46)

Doesn't anyone else have this disc and can anyone confirm if "Rock Steady" is the 45 version?

-Fetta

Since you mentioned Razor & Tie, I thought I'd throw in my two cents. Here's the first few years of their catalog.

This batch came out in the early days of CD compilations. Sound quality is on par with many of the CBS Special Products discs of the day - no compression/limiting at all, but most tracks from higher generation tapes.

Those Fabulous '70s (1990)
Those Funky '70s (1990)
Those Rocking '70s (1991, 2 CD)
Disco Fever (1991, 2 CD)
More Fabulous '70s (1991)
Sweet '70s Soul (1991, 2 CD)

A little time elapsed, and when they started releasing more compilations, they really stepped it up. This set was outstanding:

Easy '70s (1993, 2 CD)

They got Steve Hoffman to master these sets, which are truly outstanding. No compression at all, pretty good source tapes (comparable to the Warner Special Products source tapes).

Totally '80s (1993, 2 CD)
Awesome '80s (1994, 2 CD)
Forever '80s (1994, 2 CD)

Steve Hoffman then did this one, which isn't on par with the above three:

Back To The '80s (1994)

Then these came out. The '90s collections are better than the comparable Time-Life collections, the '70s collections are a notch below the Time-Life '70s-era collections that came out in the mid-to-late-90s.

Everything '80s (1995, 2 CD)
Living In The 90s (1995, 2 CD)
Super '70s (1995, 2 CD - Steve Hoffman mastered)
'90s Style (1996, 2 CD)
The Big '90s (1996)
Suddenly '70s (1997 - Steve Hoffman mastered; I think there's a 1-CD version of this not mastered by SH, but I could be thinking of Super '70s)

I know Monsters Of Rock and Monsters Of Rap were on Razor & Tie, but I don't know when they came out.

Fetta wrote: Doesn't anyone else have this disc and can anyone confirm if "Rock Steady" is the 45 version? -Fetta

I have the 2-Disc set and it runs 3:59. However, I don't have the 45 to compare so I can't say with absolute certainty that it's the correct 45 version.

Re: Lean On Mean - Club Nouveau (4:52)

It should also be noted that the version of the song on this compilation is a total re-recording. It also sounds as if there's a dropout at the 1:52 mark in the song on the words, "To Lean".

Razor & Tie started off as a mail order company, if I recall correctly. I'm not sure if in later years they had CDs at regular retail stores, but I vividly recall ordering Totally '80s because of the commercial. After placing my first order, I seem to remember them sending a small catalog advertising their other releases. Because of the catalog, I ended up ordering Awesome '80s, Forever '80s, Back To The '80s, Those Rockin' '70s, and Disco Fever. These were outstanding collections of hits that really helped me out in the early days of starting my mobile DJ business.