Funk Sessions: 30 Chunks of the Fattest Funk Cuts

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

Tracklist

▼ 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
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 ????)
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
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
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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]