Track Listing

1. Honky Tonk Popcorn - Doggett, Bill
2. Butter Your Popcorn - Ballard, Hank
3. Your Thing Ain't No Good Without My Thing - Lyons, Marie 'Queenie'
4. Tighten Up - Matthews, Roosevelt
5. Live It Up - Nine, James K.
6. Gold Walk - Presidents
7. See And Don't See - Lyons, Marie 'Queenie'
8. From The Backside - Sons Of Funk
9. Witch Doctor - Over Night Low
10. Papa's Got The Wagon - Walker, Gloria
11. Camelot Time - Hines, J. & The Fellows
12. Fever - Lyons, Marie 'Queenie'
13. Love Potion No 9 - Coasters
14. Soul Train - Little Royal
15. Unwind Yourself - Ballard, Hank
16. Get It Right Or Leave It Alone - Brantley, Dan
17. Stand Up And Get Funky - Duncan, James
18. Honky Tonk 65 - Doggett, Bill
19. Funky Lady - Soul East
20. Mr Tuff Stuff - King, Toby
21. Don't Get Funky - Walker, Gloria
22. Down Home Girl - Coasters

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18004 in Music
• Released on: 2000-12-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

Do get funky!
Well it's always something special about your first love. This was the album that introduced me to the 'deep funk' genre, the real underground funk of the seventies beyond the pale of better known artists as James Brown or the Funkadelic outfit.
It's full of highly charged tracks as the ones by Little Royal and Roosevelt Matthews - rare, fast and hard as the subtitle promises.
In my mind Marie Queenie Lyons is the real heroine of this volume. Represented with three tracks, the seductive 'Fever' the groovy 'See and don't see' and the fantastic, superloaded 'Your thing ain't no good without my thing', she sings with unrestrained fervour and passion.
Another favourite is 'Don't get funky' by Glora Walker. Strange advise to one powerful lady! You'd be hard pressed to find a nastier chunk'o'funk than this one.
Two funky divas and then some.
Also listen to: Dean Rudland's Superfunk trilogy (BGP)

Yes - the funk lives on
There is so much good stuff on here it should take up permanent residence in your cd player. what's even better is that you won't find these tunes on every other funk compilation - or even any other compilation. you have found a gem. buy it.

Your thing ain't no good without honky tonk popcorn!
Out of the 24 tracks here an astonishing 17 is well worth having. 12 of these tracks are very good,
and 5 are just fan-funkin-tastic! Both tracks with Bill Doggett are so cool they could probably
smoke cigarettes underwater!
Other highlites include Marie Queenie Lyons, J. Hines & The Fellows and Gloria Walker.
It's a real shame that Gloria Walker didn't record more than she did, because everything I've heard
from the woman sounds great.
This is mos def one of the top notch funk compilations out there, from the label who started the whole
thing when James Brown released his brand new bag.