VARIOUS ARTIST - THE FUNK BOX (4CDs)


VARIOUS ARTIST - THE FUNK BOX (4CDs)
There have been box sets on nearly every musical genre: Soul. Disco. Gospel. Doo-Wop. Rock & Roll. Swing. But no one has yet tackled the most influential music of the last 30 years – FUNK. Until now. Often dismissed as the danceable cousin of Soul and the ‘blacker’ version of Disco, Funk is now recognized as its own credible genre, with serious books on the subject – and legions of current bands in hip-hop, rock and fusion, from Red Hot Chili Peppers to Lenny Kravitz, Limp Bizkit to Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige to Madonna paying homage to the sound with covers, samples of favorite tracks and obvious influences in their own music. THE FUNK BOX is the best of the Funk from the heyday, 1970-1983, featuring hits from superstars and one-hit wonders alike. The thread connecting them all is the almighty groove – the one thing disco, synthesizers and commercial radio couldn’t kill. And the music on the 4-CD box sounds INCREDIBLE – all newly digitally mastered from best sources. FOUR FULL DISCS OF FUNK!!!

TRACK LISTING

Disc One
1.James Brown – Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine [full-length single version]
2.Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Express Yourself
3.James Brown – Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose [unedited non-overdubbed version]
4.Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady
5.War – Slippin’ Into Darkness
6.Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul [extended version]
7.The Chakachas – Jungle Fever
8.The Jimmy Castor Bunch – It’s Just Begun
9.Billy Preston – Outa-Space
10.Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher) – Think (About It)
11.Fatback Band – Goin’ To See My Baby
12.The J.B.’s – Pass the Peas
13.Marvin Gaye – “T” Plays It Cool
14.Cymande – The Message
15.The New Birth – I Can Understand It
16.Barry White – I'm Gonna Love You Just A
17.Little More, Baby

Disc Two
1.Curtis Mayfield – Future Shock
2.Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – The Bottle [12” mix]
3.Tower Of Power – What Is Hip?
4.James Brown – The Payback
5.The O’Jays – For The Love Of Money
6.Kool & The Gang – Hollywood Swinging
7.Rufus featuring Chaka Khan – Tell Me Something Good
8.Blackbyrds – Do It, Fluid
9.B.T. Express - Do It (Till You’re Satisfied)
10.The Meters - Just Kissed My Baby
11.Ohio Players – Skin Tight
12.George McCrae – I Get Lifted
13.The Temptations – Shakey Ground
14.Average White Band – School Boy Crush
15.Jermaine Jackson – Erucu

Disc Three
1.The Isley Brothers – Fight the Power – Pts. 1 & 2
2.Graham Central Station – The Jam
3.Parliament – Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
4.Brothers Johnson – Get the Funk Out Ma Face
5.Brass Construction – Changin’
6.Brick – Dazz
7.Johnny Guitar Watson – Superman Lover
8.Bootsy’s Rubber Band - The Pinocchio Theory
9.Slave – Slide
10.Patrice Rushen – The Hump
11.Roy Ayers – Running Away [12” mix]
12.The Commodores – Brick House [12” mix]
13.Bar-Kays – Let’s Have Some Funk

Disc Four
1.Rick James – You and I
2.Fatback – I Like Girls
3.Bohannon – Let’s Start The Dance
4.Funkadelic – One Nation Under a Groove
5.Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers – Bustin’ Loose [12” mix]
6.Cameo – I Just Want to Be [12” extended mix]
7.Pleasure – Glide
8.Teena Marie – Behind the Groove
9.Zapp – More Bounce To The Ounce
10.Gap Band – Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
11.George Clinton – Atomic Dog

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