The Ultimate Collection

Original Release Date:  October 7, 1997

Track Listing

• 1. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
• 2. The End of Our Road
• 3. Everybody Needs Love
• 4. Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me
• 5. It Should Have Been Me
• 6. I Wish It Would Rain
• 7. Every Little Bit Hurts
• 8. Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)
• 9. Just Walk in My Shoes
• 10. The Nitty Gritty
• 11. Friendship Train
• 12. You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You?)
• 13. If I Were Your Woman
• 14. I Don't Want to Do Wrong
• 15. Here I Am Again
• 16. Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To
• 17. Help Me Make It Through the Night
• 18. Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
• 19. Daddy Could Swear, I Declare
• 20. All I Need Is Time
• 21. Between Her Goodbye and My Hello
• 22. It's Time to Go Now

Credits

• Gladys Knight: Vocals
• Marcus Belgrave: Trumpet
• Jack Brokensha: Vibraphone
• Larry Nozero: Saxophone
• Dennis Coffey: Guitar
• Johnny Griffith: Keyboards
• Herbie Williams: Trumpet
• Richard Allen: Drums
• Jack Ashford: Percussion, Vibraphone
• Nick Ashford: Producer
• Lanny Austin: Saxophone
• Tom Baird: Arranger
• H.B. Barnum: Arranger
• George Bohannon: Trombone
• Johnny Bristol: Producer
• Eddie "Bongo" Brown: Percussion
• Artie Butler: Arranger
• Angelo Carlisi: Saxophone
• Russell Conway: Trumpet
• Henry Cosby: Saxophone
• Bob Cousar: Trombone
• Maurice Davis: Trumpet
• Lefty Edwards: Saxophone
• Eli Fontaine: Saxophone
• Harvey Fuqua: Producer
• Cornelius Grant: Guitar
• Danya Hartwick: Flute, Piccolo
• Jimmie Haskell: Arranger
• Billy Horner: Trumpet
• Ivy Hunter: Keyboards
• David Irvin: Art Direction, Design
• James Jamerson: Bass
• Uriel Jones: Drums
• Patrick Lanier: Trombone
• Jerry Long: Arranger, Orchestra Director
• Kasuku Mafia: Saxophone
• Clay McMurray: Producer
• Joe Messina: Guitar
• Michael Omartian: Arranger
• Bernie Peacock: Saxophone
• Joe Porter: Producer
• Carl Raetz: Trombone
• Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin: Guitar
• Paul Riser: Trombone, Arranger
• Ernie Rodgers: Saxophone
• Valerie Simpson: Producer
• Don Slaughter: Trumpet
• Andrew Smith: Drums
• Gordon Staples: Conductor
• Johnny Trudell: Trumpet
• Earl Van Dyke: Keyboards
• Harry Weinger: Compilation Producer
• Don White: Trombone
• Norman Whitfield: Producer
• Jimmy Wilkins: Trombone
• Eddie Willis: Guitar
• Wild Bill Moore: Saxophone
• Eddie Jones: Trumpet
• Gladys Knight & the Pips: Performer
• Bill Johnson: Trombone
• Suha Gur: Remastering
• Robert White: Guitar, Arranger
• John Wilson: Trumpet
• Eugene Rodgers: Saxophone
• Dan Turner: Saxophone
• Benny Benjamin: Drums
• Ted Buckner: Sax (Alto)
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Strings
• Floyd Jones: Trumpet