Funk Sessions: 30 Chunks of the Fattest Funk Cuts

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1One Nation Under a Groove
producer:
George Clinton (US funk musician)
performer:
George Clinton (US funk musician), Junie Morrison and Garry Shider
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 210) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 474)
recording of:
One Nation Under a Groove
writer:
George Clinton (US funk musician), Junie Morrison and Garry Shider
Funkadelic3.67:28
2(Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop
The Fatback Band4:30
3It’s Your Thing
recording of:
It’s Your Thing
writer:
O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs) and Rudolph Isley
publisher:
Tee Pee Music Ltd.
The Isley Brothers2:42
4Everybody
cover recording of:
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
lyricist and composer:
Roy Ayers
publisher:
Arlovol Music and BMG Monarch
Roy Ayers4:00
5Fat Mama
recording of:
Fat Mama
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
Herbie Hancock3:49
6A Real Mother for Ya
engineer:
Kerry McNabb (recording engineer in the 1970s)
producer:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
drums (drum set):
Emry Thomas (US drummer)
electric bass guitar [bass], electric guitar [guitar], organ, Rhodes piano, synthesizer and voice synthesizer [voice box]:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
saxophone:
Knud Jensen
trombone:
Tommy Roberson
trumpet:
Walt Fowler
vocals:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
arranger:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
recording of:
A Real Mother for Ya
lyricist and composer:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
Johnny Guitar Watson5:02
7Rock Creek Park
recording of:
Rock Creek Park
writer:
Joe Hall (Member of The Blackbyrds), Stephen Johnson (Member of The Blackyards), Keith Killgo, Orville Saunders and Kevin Toney
The Blackbyrds4:31
8Freddie’s Dead
engineer:
Roger Anfinsen
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
bass guitar:
Joseph Scott (US funk/soul bassist)
drums (drum set):
Morris Jennings
guitar:
Curtis Mayfield and Craig McMullen
percussion:
Master Henry Gibson (Percussionist with Curtis Mayfield, Stan Getz, Ramsey Lewis)
lead vocals:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger and orchestrator:
Johnny Pate
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Curtom Records (in 1972)
recording of:
Freddie’s Dead (William Parker arrangement)
composer:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger:
William Parker (US free jazz double bassist, multi-instrumentalist, poet & composer)
publisher:
Centering Music (publisher for William Parker)
arrangement of:
Freddie’s Dead
recording of:
Freddie’s Dead
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1972 to ????)
Curtis Mayfield55:25
9Saturday Nite
producer:
Charles Stepney and Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
recording of:
Saturday Nite
writer:
Philip Bailey, Al McKay and Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Earth, Wind & Fire34:04
10Pick Up the Pieces
producer:
Arif Mardin
horn arranger:
Roger Ball
arranger:
AWB
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1974, in 1975)
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
recording of:
Pick Up the Pieces
writer:
Roger Ball, Alan Gorrie, Malcolm Duncan, Robbie McIntosh (Scottish drummer for Average White Band), Onnie McIntyre (Scottish guitarist and vocalist) and Hamish Stuart (Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer composer & producer)
publisher:
Average Music, BMG Bumblebee (A BMI-affiliated publishing entity of BMG Rights Management), Bug Music Ltd., Fairwood Music (USA) Inc. (affiliated to ASCAP), Fairwood Music Ltd. and Joe’s Songs Inc.
The Average White Band4.053:59
11Right On
Clarence Wheeler & the Enforcers4:40
12Brothers on the Slide
recording of:
Brothers on the Slide
writer:
James Chapman (wrote "Brothers on the Slide") and B. Swabe
Cymande4:00
13The Bird
producer:
Sonny Lester
baritone saxophone:
Johnny Board
bass guitar:
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) and Richard Evans (US jazz/soul bassist, composer, arranger and producer)
drums (drum set):
Marian J. Booker
electric piano:
Horace Ott
flute:
Johnny Board and Cliff Davis (saxophonist)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale and Wayne Bennett (blues guitarist)
organ:
Jimmy McGriff
percussion:
Lawrence Killian (percussionist)
tenor saxophone:
Cliff Davis (saxophonist)
trumpet:
Murray Watson (trumpeter)
Jimmy McGriff3:14
14Don’t Know What It Is but It Sure Is Funky
Ripple43:19
15You + Me = Love
recording of:
You + Me = Love
lyricist and composer:
Norman Whitfield
The Undisputed Truth11:09
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Express Yourself
producer:
Charles Wright
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records (NOT for release label use! A division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2022)
part of:
Billboard Year‐End Hot 100 Singles (1970) (number: 57)
recording of:
Express Yourself
lyricist and composer:
Charles Wright (in 1970)
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band4.53:53
2Got to Get Cha
Maceo and All the King’s Men52:47
3For the Love of Money
producer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
performer:
MFSB (in 1973)
arranger:
Bobby Martin (US soul/R&B producer/arranger)
recorded at:
Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (in 1973)
recording of:
For the Love of Money (in 1973)
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International), Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff) and Anthony Jackson (US bassist)
publisher:
Mighty Three Music (ended), Mijac Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
The O’Jays4.657:19
4Am I Black Enough for Ya
recording of:
Am I Black Enough for You
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Billy Paul5:18
524 Carat Black
24 Carat Black7:14
6Look-Ka Py Py
bass:
George Porter, Jr.
drums (drum set):
Ziggy Modeliste
guitar:
Leo Nocentelli
keyboard:
Art Neville
recording of:
Look-Ka Py Py
writer:
Ziggy Modeliste, Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter, Jr.
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
The Meters3:15
7Hercules
recording of:
Hercules
lyricist and composer:
Allen Toussaint
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner/Chappell North America
Aaron Neville44:13
8Reach Up
recording of:
Reach Up
writer:
Toney Lee (US singer/songwriter/producer, known for “Reach Up”) and Eric Matthew (songwriter, engineer, producer, record label owner, = Joe Tucci)
Toney Lee3:31
9Funk Beyond the Call of Duty
recording of:
Funk Beyond the Call of Duty
lyricist and composer:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
Johnny Guitar Watson5:12
10Son of Shaft
The Bar‐Kays3:34
11Fantastic Voyage
recording of:
Fantastic Voyage
writer:
Fred Alexander, Jr., Norman Beavers, Marvin Craig, Fred Lewis (Lakeside Percussion), Tiemeyer McCain, Thomas Shelby, Stephen Shockley, Otis Stokes and Mark Adam Wood, Jr.
publisher:
H & R Lastrada Music and Tiemeyer McCain Publishing
Lakeside4:03
12I Don’t Want to Be a Freak (but I Can’t Help Myself)
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Be a Freak (but I Can’t Help Myself)
Dynasty3:22
13We Got the Funk
recording of:
We Got the Funk
writer:
Nate Edmonds (keyboard player/songwriter), Brenda Reynolds and Albert Williams
publisher:
Sugar Hill Music Publishing Ltd. (ended), B.I.B. Music and Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
Positive Force3:22
14Yum Yum (Gimme Some)
Fatback Band53:17
15(Not Just) Knee Deep
recording of:
(Not Just) Knee Deep
lyricist and composer:
George Clinton (US funk musician)
publisher:
Bridgeport Music, Inc.
Funkadelic415:21

Credits

Release

photography:Dan Kenyon (photographer)
compiler:Nic Moran
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Union Square Music (in 2001)
glass mastered by:Disctronics UK (Blackburn)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/898206 [info]
ASIN:UK: B00005R1LU [info]