Thursday, May 20, 2010

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

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

STAX 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (2007)



50 of the biggest Stax hits in one double CD collection!

-- Disc One --

01. Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) - Carla Thomas
02. Last Night - The Mar-Keys
03. You Don't Miss Your Water - William Bell
04. Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's
05. Walking The Dog - Rufus Thomas
06. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) - Otis Redding
07. Candy - The Astors
08. Respect - Otis Redding
09. You Don't Know Like I Know - Sam & Dave
10. I Want Someone - The Mad Lads
11. Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave
12. Let Me Be Good To You - Carla Thomas
13. Your Good Thing (Is About To End) - Mable John
14. Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
15. B-A-B-Y - Carla Thomas
16. Tramp - Otis & Carla
17. Soul Finger - The Bar-Kays
18. Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
19. Soul Man - Sam & Dave
20. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
21. I Got A Sure Thing - Ollie & The Nightingales
22. Soul Limbo - Booker T. & the MG's
23. I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Eddie Floyd
24. What A Man - Linda Lyndell
25. Private Number - William Bell & Judy Clay
26. Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor
27. I Forgot To Be Your Lover - William Bell
28. I Like What You're Doing (To Me) - Carla Thomas

-- Disc Two --

01. Time Is Tight - Booker T. & The MG's
02. So I Can Love You - The Emotions
03. Walk On By - Isaac Hayes
04. Do The Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas
05. Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone - Johnnie Taylor
06. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
07. Isaac Hayes - Never Can Say Goodbye
08. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - The Dramatics
09. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
10. Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
11. Son Of Shaft - The Bar-Kays
12. That's What Love Will Make You Do - Little Milton
13. I've Been Lonely For So Long - Frederick Knight
14. Hearsay - Soul Children
15. In The Rain - The Dramatics
16. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
17. Starting All Over Again - Mel & Tim
18. Dedicated To The One I Love - The Temprees
19. If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) - The Staple Singers
20. Cheaper To Keep Her - Johnnie Taylor
21. I'll Be The Other Woman - Soul Children
22. Woman To Woman - Shirley Brown

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Chess Blues Guitar Two Decades of Killer Fretwork, 1949-1969 (1998)



Disc 1

01 - Robert Nighthawk - Anna Lee
02 - Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right
03 - Johnny Shines - So Glad I Found You
04 - Joe Hill Louis - When I Am Gone
05 - John Lee Hooker - Walkin' The Boogie
06 - Blue Smitty - Date Bait
07 - Morris Pejoe - Tired Of Crying Over You
08 - Muddy Waters - Sad, Sad Day
09 - John Brim - It Was A Dream
10 - Danny Overbea - Forty Cups Of Coffee
11 - Eddie Boyd - Just A Fool
12 - Muddy Waters - Loving Man
13 - Howlin Wolf - I've Got A Woman
14 - Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
15 - J.B. Lenoir - Give Me One More Shot
16 - Lowell Fulson - Rollin' Blues
17 - Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love
18 - Earl Hooker - Guitar Rumba
19 - Jody Williams - What Kind Of Gal Is That
20 - Earl Hooker - Frog Hop
21 - Jody Williams - Lucky Lou
22 - Lafayette Thomas - Old Memories
23 - Chuck Berry - Guitar Boogie

Disc 2

01 - Muddy Waters - Walking Thru The PArk
02 - Eddie Burns - Treat Me Like I Treat You
03 - Lafayette Thomas - Claim On You
04 - Jimmy Rogers - Rock This House
05 - Otis Rush - I'm Satisfied
06 - Chuck Berry - I Still Got The Blues
07 - Buddy Guy - Broken Hearted Blues
08 - Elmore James - Talk To Me Baby (I Can't Hold Out)
09 - Bo Diddley - My Baby
10 - Albert King - Won't Be Hanging Around
11 - Bo Diddley - I Can Tell
12 - Howlin' Wolf - Hidden Charms
13 - Buddy Guy - Buddy's Boogie
14 - Little Milton - What kind Of Love Is This
15 - Robert Nighthawk - Someday
16 - Howlin Wolf - Killing Floor
17 - Buddy Guy - Leave My Girl Alone
18 - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Cross My Heart
19 - Hound Dog Taylor - Watch Out
20 - Lonnie Brooks - One Sunny Day
21 - Little Milton - I Can't Quit You Baby
22 - Johnny Littlejohn - She's Too Much

This 45-song, two-disc collection is subtitled "two decades of killer fretwork," and never was a set so aptly described. Chess Records was the home to seemingly every hot guitar player in the Chicago area, and many of them make their appearance here. Besides the usual label guitar hotshots (Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Lowell Fulson, Earl Hooker, Otis Rush, Robert Nighthawk, Little Milton), space is given to sideman work from legends like Hubert Sumlin and Robert Jr. Lockwood and great one-offs by lesser-known artists like Jody Williams, Danny Overbea, Eddie Burns, Joe Hill Louis, Morris Pejoe, Lafayette Thomas and others. It seems as if everyone recorded for Chess at one time or another, also explaining the inclusion of tracks by John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Lonnie Brooks, Hound Dog Taylor and Elmore James. If electric blues guitar's your thing, then look no further than this fine two-disc compilation...

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is



01 Gunpowder
02 Sugarfoot
03 I’m Broke
04 Big Booty Woman
05 Boogie
06 Master Sold My Baby
07 Get Yo Shit
08 Humpin’
09 Bobby Booshay
10 Please Pt. Two

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Sixties Japanese Garage Psych Sampler (1966-69)




01.Love Is My Life
02.Tunnel To Heaven
03.Long Tall Sally
04.Chu Chu Chu
05.Tell Me More
06.Why Baby Why
07.Burning Burning
08.I'm Just A Mops
09.Anything You Want
10.Please Please Trina
11.Lonely Highway
12.Gloria
13.Everythings Alright
14.Hey Chance

this is a groovy thing i found on the inner nets years ago...i don't know the names of the bands...probably couldn't pronounce them even if i knew 'em, but these tracks are the real deal and at least worth checking out!