The First Days Of Funk (2005)

Label: Electrostatic (Australia)

The First Days Of Funk is a heavy collection that features awesome rare and obscure funk jams from long outta circulation tracks circa 1975-1978. Artists on this release include Olympics, Ernie K Doe, Randolph Brothers, Slinky Street Band, Rodney Trotter's Egypt, Chosen Few, Sons Of Slum, Bobby Husband, Fred Moss, Sam and the Sparks, Pound of Flesh, Masters of Soul, The Dynamic Soul Machine, and more...... 80 tracks in all!!

The first days of Funk vol. 1 disc 1

01. Jim Horne - Hey there Jim
02. Olympics - Papa will
03. Randolph Brothers - What it is (pt 1)
04. Randolph Brothers - What it is (pt 2)
05. Sam and the Sparks - Daybreak
06. Willie Joe - Funny thing
07. The New Editions - Vargo
08. Walter Davis - Baby wachdoin to me
09. Bobby Husband - Man's best friend
10. Johnny Thompson - Main squeeze
11. Billy Sha Rae - Let's do ti again
12. ST4 - Funky
13. Tony Clarke - Ghetto Man
14. Sons of Slum - 16 miles of plastic ghetto
15. Dossie Terry - Soul food
16. Erskine - Let him fix it
17. Rythm Rebellion - Universal rythm
18. Michael Jay Coleman - I'm a lover not a fighter
19. Lee Rogers - Sex appeal
20. Chain Reaction - Nurse your nerves

The first days of Funk vol. 1 disc 2

01. Lorenzo Holden - The Wig
02. James River - Let's live
03. Ofs Limited - Mr Kidneys
04. Big Daddy Rucker - Just do your thing
05. Chosen Few - Cut me in
06. Pound of Flesh - Funky March
07. Master of Soul - Right on
08. Jonah Ellis - I get hot
09. Kings of Soul - Girl what have you done ?
10. McKinley Mitchell - Days got bright
11. Chet Ivey - Party People
12. Hetti Loyd - Grief sorrow pain
13. Mauric and Mac - Use that good thing
14. News - Tend to your business
15. Fred and the Ovations - I'm gonna love you
16. Frankie Seay - All I want is loving you
17. Jackie Thompson - Got to right the wrongs
18. The Dynamic Soul Machine - Moving on
19. Eli the Prophet - Take a little give a lot
20. Fred Moss - Get on Down

The first days of Funk vol. 2 disc 1

01. Burning Cities - Spoons
02. Jerry McCain - Funky Down Easy
03. Pearl Reeves - Cool With A Groove
04. Vernon Garrett - Think People
05. The Projections - Groovin' To The Music
06. Groove Street Band - Shake Your Pants
07. Transitionnal Funk Company - Funafied
08. Gentle Persuasion - Rub Your Stub
09. Harvey Clark - Do Your Own Thing
10. Woody Guenther - Bang, Dang In Time
11. Herb Day - Shakin' In My Boots
12. Cal Jenkins - The Elbow
13. Eddie James - Her Mama Won't Leave Us Alone
14. Soulful Illusion - Soulful Illusion
15. Funkhouse Express - Music Makes You Move
16. Jackson Highway - Snake Eyes
17. Lorenzo Holden - The Wig2
18. Aldora Britton - The Hardway
19. Black Love - Get On Down2
20. Jade - Boodi Shakes Money

The first days of Funk vol. 2 disc 2

01. Gregory Washington - Pamla Lamour
02. North By Northwest - Disco Unusual
03. Priscilla Rollins - Obeah Women
04. Slinky Street Band - Time Study
05. Spontaneous Simplicity - Road Man
06. Onyx - Evasive Action
07. The Presidents - Mighty Do Fly
08. Ernie K Doe - Dancin' Man
09. Johnny Copeland - Provin' Time
10. Burps - Appetite
11. Ironing Board Sam - Space Streaker
12. The Variations - Put The Music On Funk
13. Sign Of The Vibration - Last Of THe Corruptors
14. Conspiracy - Kount Funkular
15. Supreme Creme - Superfunky
16. Dave Crawford - Hey Party
17. AIM - Tunnel Rat
18. Rodney Trotter's Egypt - Space Nigga
19. Jerry Combs - Get Yourself Together
20. Ronnie Fray - Little Jimmy Jones