What It is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves: 1967-1977 (4-CD)
by Various Artists

Entertainment Weekly: "Even as greasy boogaloo gives way to polyrhythmic Cat Stevens covers, the four discs stave off the 4/4 behemoth of disco." -- Grade: A-
What It is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves:
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Format:  CD  (4 Discs)
item number:  34K4K
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 4
  • Released: October 3, 2006
  • Originally Released: 2006
  • Label: Rhino

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - p.116
4 stars out of 5 -- "What it is: nonstop late-Sixties-and-Seventies party time from the deep recesses of these major-label catalogs."
Entertainment Weekly - p.73
"Even as greasy boogaloo gives way to polyrhythmic Cat Stevens covers, the four discs stave off the 4/4 behemoth of disco." -- Grade: A-

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Spreadin' Honey - The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
  • 2.Soul Finger - The Bar-Kays
  • 3.Shadow of Your Smile, The - Jack McDuff
  • 4.Gangster of Love, Pts. 1 & 2 - Jimmy Norman
  • 5.Memphis Train, The - Rufus Thomas
  • 6.Get out of My Life Woman - Grassella Oliphant
  • 7.Live Right Now - Eddie Harris
  • 8.Pig Snoots, Pt. 1 - Natural Bridge Bunch
  • 9.Soul Sound System - Wayne Henderson / Freedom Sounds
  • 10.Snatching It Back - Clarence Carter
  • 11.Stoned Soul - Artie Christophher
  • 12.Getting the Corners - TSU Tornadoes
  • 13.Sexy Coffee Pot - Tony Alvon & The Belairs
  • 14.Don't Come Around Here Anymore - Mark Putney
  • 15.Keep on Dancing - Commodores
  • 16.Right on Brother, Pt. 1 - South Shore Commission
  • 17.Pop, Popcorn Children - Eldridge Holmes
  • 18.It's Your Thing - Cold Grits
  • 19.It's All in Your Mind - Soul Angels
  • 20.Funky John - Johnny Cameron & the Camerons
  • 21.Help Me Make Up My Mind - Joyce Jones
  • 22.Rock Me Baby - Lou Johnson
  • 23.Sing a Simple Song - Noble Knights
  • 24.Do You Dig It - Titus Turner
  • 25.Funky Canyon - Phil Moore, Jr.
  • 26.Jan Jan - Fabulous Counts
  • 27.Tampin - The Rhine Oaks

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.Gossip - Cyril Neville
  • 2.Somebody in the World for You - The Mighty Hannibal
  • 3.Stanga - Little Sister
  • 4.Jumpin' Jack Flash - Ananda Shankar
  • 5.Deacon, The - Brute Force
  • 6.Sookie Sookie - Don Covay & the Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
  • 7.Right On - Clarence Wheeler & the Enforcers
  • 8.(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go - Curtis Mayfield
  • 9.Stepping Stones - Johnny Harris
  • 10.I'm Just Like You - Gix
  • 11.Funky Thing, Pt. 1 - Unemployed
  • 12.Messie Bessie - Shirley Scott
  • 13.Fairchild - Willie West
  • 14.Cold Bear - The Gaturs
  • 15.I Can't Get Next to You - Mongo SantamarĀ”a
  • 16.Feelin' Alright - Lulu
  • 17.Soul Bowel - The Memphis Horns
  • 18.Tuane - Hammer
  • 19.Take It Off, Pt. 2 - Johnny Tolbert & De Thangs
  • 20.Seeds of Life - Eddie Palmieri / Harlem River Drive / Jimmy Norman
  • 21.Engine Number 9 - Wilson Pickett

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.Hard Times - Baby Huey & the Baby Sitters
  • 2.What So Never the Dance, Pts. 1 & 2 - Houseguests
  • 3.Headless Heroes - Eugene McDaniels
  • 4.Spinning Wheel - Wade Marcus
  • 5.Bad Tune - Earth, Wind & Fire
  • 6.Mr. Cool - Rasputin's Stash
  • 7.Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' to Ya - Junior Mance
  • 8.Hang on in There - Stovall Sisters
  • 9.Funky Nassau, Pt. 2 - The Beginning of the End
  • 10.Whatever's Fair - Mark Holder & the Positives
  • 11.Face It - Ed Robinson
  • 12.Wah Wah Man - Young-Holt Unlimited
  • 13.Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin (Alternate Mix, previously unreleased)
  • 14.Won't Nobody Listen - Black Haze Express
  • 15.Goin' Down - Allen Toussaint
  • 16.Suavecito - Malo
  • 17.You Gotta Know Whatcha Doin' - Charles Wright
  • 18.Mo Jo Hanna - Teri Lynn
  • 19.Ridin' Thumb - King Curtis
  • 20.Almendra - Macondo
  • 21.Nuki Suki - Little Richard

Tracks on Disc 4:

  • 1.Getting Uptown (To Get Down) - United B
  • 2.8 Days on the Road - Howard Tate
  • 3.Moon Shadow - Labelle
  • 4.Let It Crawl - Society's Bag
  • 5.Wanaoh - Black Heat
  • 6.If It Was Good Enough for Daddy - Clarence Reid
  • 7.Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky - Claudia Lennear
  • 8.Cosmic Sea - Mystic Moods Orchestra
  • 9.Kissing My Love - Cold Blood
  • 10.Flute Thing - Seatrain
  • 11.Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug (Push N' Shove), Pt. 2 - The Meters
  • 12.Funky to the Bone - Freddi & Henchi & the Soulsetters
  • 13.Try It Again - Bobby Byrd
  • 14.Teasin' - Cornell Dupree
  • 15.(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away - Dr. John
  • 16.Chicken Heads - Oscar Brown, Jr.
  • 17.Rien Ne Va Plus - Funk Factory
  • 18.Cajun Moon - Herbie Mann
  • 19.Improve - Darrow Fletcher
  • 20.Riding High - Faze-O
  • 21.Four Play - Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns
  • 22.California Dreamin' - Eddie Hazel

Product Info

  • UPC: 081227763527
  • Shipping Weight: 1.04/lbs (approx)
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