The Breaks: Original B Boy Street Funk & Block Party Classics

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Champ
recording of:
The Champ
composer:
Harry Palmer
The Mohawks3.52:40
2It's a New Day
recording of:
It's a New Day
writer:
Ivan Woods
The Skullsnaps43:05
3Don't Change Your Love
The Five Stairsteps & Cubie2:49
4I'm Gonna Get You
Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul2:54
5Same Old Thing
The Meters52:47
6Space Funk
recording of:
Space Funk
composer:
Manzel Bush
Manzel3:41
7Cavern
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
99 Records (Germany) (in 1983)
recorded at and mixed at:
Radio City Music Hall Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Cavern
writer:
Scott Hartley, Richard McGuire, Salvatore Principato and Dennis Young
publisher:
Liquid Liquid Publishing
Liquid Liquid55:22
8Heartbeat (Party version)
recording of:
Heartbeat
writer:
Kenton Nix
Taana Gardner9:50
9Jammin' Big Guitar
Vaughan Mason6:10
10I Got My Mind Made Up
producer:
Bunny Sigler
remixer:
Larry Levan
recording of:
I Got My Mind Made Up (I Got My Mind Made Up You Can Get It Girl)
composer:
Raymond Earl (Bassist), Kim Miller and Scotty Miller (US drummer)
publisher:
Henry Suemay Publishing (ended), Lucky Three Music Publishing (ended), Music Corporation of America (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?) (ended), BMG Platinum Songs US and Henry Suemay Publishing Inc
Instant Funk9:48
11Dazz
assistant engineer:
Phil Benton
engineer:
Johnny Duncan (producer)
producer:
Brick (US soul funk disco quintet), Johnny Duncan (producer), Jim Healy and Robert E. Lee
strings:
David Arenz, Larry LeMaster (cellist), Heidi Nitchie (violist), Benjamin Picone, Patricio Salvatierra (Strings) and Willard Shull
orchestra:
Atlanta Symphony Players
strings arranger:
Skip Lane
produced for:
Brickhouse Productions (music production company in the mid 1970s)
recorded at:
The Sound Pit in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, Trolley Tracks in College Park, Georgia, United States and Webb IV Recording Studio in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
recording of:
Dazz
writer:
Reginald J. Hargis (funk guitarist, bass player and singer), Eddie Irons and Ray Ransom
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, H&R Lastrada Music and Silver Cloud Music LLC
part of:
10 Things I Hate About You
Brick45:38
12Sing Sing
Gaz7:17
13Get Down With the Philly Sound
MFSB4:31
14Bra
producer:
John Schroeder (English composer, arranger, orchestra leader, record producer, author and A&R chief)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Partisan Records (in 1972)
recording of:
Bra
writer:
Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Allegro (UK), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Cymande55:05
15Love and Happiness
engineer:
Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
producer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Willie Mitchell (US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer)
baritone saxophone:
James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
drums (drum set):
Howard Grimes and Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Leroy Hodges
guitar:
Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
organ and piano:
Charles Hodges (soul organist)
tenor saxophone:
Ed Logan and Andrew Love
trombone:
Jack Hale (trombone)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
background vocals:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Donna Rhodes and Sandra Rhodes
strings arranger:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer) and James Mitchell (US saxophonist/arranger)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 98) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 274)
recording of:
Love and Happiness
writer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer) and Mabon Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) (in 1972) and Irving Music, Inc. (in 1972)
Al Green3.75:02
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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I'm So Glad You're Mine
recording of:
I’m Glad You’re Mine
lyricist and composer:
Al Green (US soul singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer)
publisher:
Al Green Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Irving Music, Inc.
Al Green2:54
2Here I Go Again
Jean Plum2:29
3You Know How to Make Me Feel So Good
producer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
arranger:
Bobby Martin (US soul/R&B producer/arranger)
recording of:
You Know How to Make Me Feel So Good
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes5:18
4Hercules
samples:
I Come Off by Young M.C.
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. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner/Chappell North America
Aaron Neville44:13
5Person to Person
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)
recording of:
Person to Person
writer:
Alan Gorrie and Hamish Stuart (Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer composer & producer)
Average White Band3:37
6Cry Together
recording of:
Cry Together
writer:
Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
The O’Jays5:28
7Hurry Up This Way Again
The Stylistics5:55
8I Hate I Walked Away
Syl Johnson3:28
9Tramp
recording of:
Tramp
writer:
Lowell Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin (blues singer, songwriter)
publisher:
Budget Music, Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
Lowell Fulson53:06
10Stick Up
producer:
General Johnson (US soul singer, R&B songwriter & producer) and Greg Perry
recording of:
Stick‐Up
writer:
Angelo Bond (R&B singer, active in the 1970s, songwriter and producer), General Johnson (US soul singer, R&B songwriter & producer) and Greg Perry
Honey Cone3:03
11Soulful Football
Willie Henderson & The Soul Explosions3:49
12The Message
producer:
John Schroeder (English composer, arranger, orchestra leader, record producer, author and A&R chief)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Partisan Records (in 1972)
recording of:
The Message
writer:
Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio
Cymande44:21
13Good Ole Music
recording of:
Good Old Music
lyricist and composer:
George Clinton (US funk musician)
publisher:
Bridgeport Music, Inc.
Funkadelic8:06
14Run Nigger
Last Poets1:12
15Kool Is Back
Funk Incorporated8:17
16Groovin'
instrumental cover recording of:
Groovin’
writer:
Eddie Brigati and Felix Cavaliere (American singer, songwriter, record producer, and musician)
publisher:
Slacsar
Willie Mitchell43:00