Love Unlimited: Insights on Life and Love - Softcover

White, Barry; Eliot, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753505665 ISBN 13: 9780753505663

Publisher: Virgin Books, 2001

Synopsis

In this memoir, Barry White recounts his rough road to stardom and the lessons he's learned. As a youth he had run with LA street gangs, eventually walking to Hollywood to make his fortune. He also explores the people who have influenced his music, from his mother to Muhammed Ali.

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Review:

Ladies. I say, ladies. Unsatisfied with your bedtime reading? Getting no respect between those sheets of paper? You gotta get a little lovin' in your literature. You gotta learn from the Maestro. Step forward, Mr Barry White.

As Barry's opulent vowels ooze onto paper it becomes clear this is an autobiography with added action. Written in association with Marc Eliot, a seasoned showbiz author of titles on Springsteen and Disney, Love Unlimited unveils not just the life but the philosophy behind it. The essence of each of the 11 chapters is captured in a carefully chosen Barry White verse, followed by an inimitable, italicised, sultry lesson in love; how to find it, cherish it, keep it, make it last forever. While this oh-so-smooth tone may overwhelm less demonstrative palates, Barry's fans will love them: there's not much room for disappointed in the Barry White story either.

Born and raised in South-central LA, White fathered a son at 16 and joined his brother in gang violence until a spell in detention quietened him down considerably. Salvation finally came in the shape of music (appendices feature discographies for solo work and his alternative projects, Love Unlimitedand The Love Unlimed Orchestra). That the bulk of information given is centred in pre-celebrity days, and features close relationships rather than industry faces, is telling. In print, White is keen to demonstrate old-time values and family priorities instead of the Casanova qualities one might otherwise have expected.

Despite its silky sheen of charm, Love Unlimited is ultimately a sincere book. It'll also do his success no harm with the ladies ... Heyyy! --Helen Lamont

Review:

"the combination of poetry, frankness and, above all, advice for lovers, makes this essential" -- FHM

About this edition

• Publisher: Virgin Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0753505665
• ISBN 13: 9780753505663
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246