Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Spreadin' Honey - Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band
2. Soul Finger - Bar-Kays
3. Shadow Of Your Smile - McDuff, 'Brother' Jack
4. Gangster Of Love - Norman, Jimmy
5. Memphis Train - Thomas, Rufus
6. Get Out Of My Life Woman - Oliphant, Grassella
7. Live Right Now - Harris, Eddie
8. Pig Snoots - Natural Bridge Bunch
9. Soul Sound System - Freedom Sounds & Wayne Henderson
10. Snatching It Back - Carter, Clarence
11. Stoned Soul - Christopher, Artie
12. Getting The Corners - TSU Tornadoes
13. Sexy Coffee Pot - Alvon, Tony & The Belairs
14. Don't Come Around Here Anymore - Putney, Mark
15. Keep On Dancing - Commodores
16. Right On Brother - Southshore Commission
17. Pop Popcorn Children - Holmes, Eldridge
18. It's Your Thing - Cold Grits
19. It's All In Your Mind - Soul Angels
20. Funky John - Cameron, Johnny & The Camerons
21. Help Me Make Up My Mind - Jones, Joyce
22. Rock Me Baby - Johnson, Lou
23. Sing A Simple Song - Noble Knights
24. Do You Dig It - Turner, Titus
25. Funky Canyon - Moore, Phil Jr.
26. Jan Jan - Fabulous Counts
27. Tampin' - Rhine Oaks

Disc 2:

1. Gossip - Neville, Cyril
2. Somebody In The World For You - Mighty Hannibal
3. Stanga - Little Sister (1)
4. Jumpin' Jack Flash - Shankar, Ananda
5. Deacon - Brute Force
6. Sookie Sookie - Covay, Don & Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
7. Right On - Wheeler, Clarence & The Enforcers
8. Don't Worry If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go - Mayfield, Curtis
9. Stepping Stones - Harris, Johnny
10. I'm Just Like You - 6IX
11. Funky Thing - Unemployed
12. Messie Bessie - Scott, Shirley
13. Fairchild - West, Willie
14. Cold Bear - Gaturs
15. I Can't Get Next To You - Santamaria, Mongo (1)
16. Feelin' Alright - Lulu
17. Soul Bowl - Memphis Horns
18. Tuane - Hammer (2)
19. Take It Off - Tolbert, Johnny & De Thangs
20. Seeds Of Life - Harlem River Drive & Eddie Palmieri/Jimmy Norman
21. Engine Number 9 - Pickett, Wilson

Disc 3:

1. Hard Times - Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters
2. What So Never The Dance - Houseguests
3. Headless Heroes - McDaniels, Eugene
4. Spinning Wheel - Marcus, Wade
5. Bad Tune - Earth Wind & Fire
6. Mr Cool - Rasputin's Stash
7. Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' To Ya - Mance, Junior
8. Hang On In There - Stovall Sisters
9. Funky Nassau - Beginning Of The End
10. Whatever's Fair - Holder, Mark & The Positives
11. Face It - Robinson, Ed
12. Wah Wah Man - Young-Holt Unlimited
13. Rock Steady - Franklin, Aretha
14. Won't Nobody Listen - Black Haze Express
15. Goin' Down - Toussaint, Allen
16. Suavecito - Malo
17. You Gotta Know Whatcha Doin' - Wright, Charles
18. Mo Jo Hanna - Lynn, Tammi
19. Ridin' Thumb - King Curtis
20. Almendra - Macondo (1)
21. Nuki Suki - Little Richard

Disc 4:

1. Getting Uptown (To Get Down) - United 8
2. 8 Days On The Road - Tate, Howard
3. Moon Shadow - Labelle
4. Let It Crawl - Society's Bag
5. Wanaoh - Black Heat
6. If It Was Good Enough For Daddy - Reid, Clarence
7. Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky - Lennear, Claudia
8. Cosmic Sea - Mystic Moods
9. Kissing My Love - Cold Blood
10. Flute Thing - Seatrain
11. Chug Chug Chug A Lug (Push 'n' Shove) - Meters
12. Funky To The Bone - Freddi & Henchi/The Soul Setters
13. Try It Again - Byrd, Bobby
14. Teasin' - Dupree, Cornell
15. Everybody Wanna Get Rich Rite Away - Dr. John
16. Chicken Heads - Brown, Oscar Jr.
17. Rien Ne Va Plus - Funk Factory
18. Cajun Moon - Mann, Herbie
19. Improve - Fletcher, Darrow
20. Riding High - Faze-O
21. Four Play - Wesley, Fred & The Horny Horns
22. California Dreamin' - Hazel, Eddie

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33979 in Music
• Released on: 2006-10-16
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: 1.03 pounds

Customer Reviews

Some truly great material but kinda lazy as much of this seems to have been cribbed from existing Warner comps
One of the more pricey box sets to be released of late and a decent enough selection, but hardly ground-breaking and introduces little if anything that couldn't be found elsewhere already. Most of the more interesting tracks have already been issued by Warner UK, especialy on their Right On! collections. In fact this set seems to have virtually cribbed tracklistings wholesale and just rearranged them in chronological order. Still, for new fans of the funky, it's worth a look as there is some amazing music here.

Sorry nothing short of five stars will do!!!
The previous reviewer is right to state that much of the music can be found on other compilations , but it's a great one-stop shop for those looking to dip their toes in some seriously brilliant soulful and funky tunes!! The music is nothing short of five stars throughout! It's a cracking comp, nice packaging too. Don't worry about buying with confidence.

Come get it! We got it! A bag full of funk!
I got quite a few funk compilations, but almost every track here was new to me.
It`s got grits and soul and nastiness, raw funk with backbone and big, fat horns.
This compilation covers a lot of ground; smokin' instrumentals, raw funk straight
from the James Brown bag, real nasty funk, R & B, jazz and souljazz.
Compared to some other funk compilations, the musicians on this one know the swing
of things, and don't let the funk loose in the wrong places.
The amount of real bad songs are next to none, but the amount of baaad funk is overwhelming.
This is an amazing collection of funk, 5 hours of groove, and the whole box-set is a
delicate piece of work.

You know when you see a thing for the first time, and you just KNOW that this is it?
Well, this is one of those things.
Go get it, they got it, a box full of funk!