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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#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:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, 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
publisher:
Bridgeport Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
Kobalt Music Publishing France
Funkadelic3.67:28
2(Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop
recording of:
(Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop
writer:
Bill Curtis (The Fatback Band) and Johnny Flippin
publisher:
Minder Music Ltd., フジパシフィック音楽出版 BMG事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
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 engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (in 1969)
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
bass:
Buster Williams (US jazz bassist) (in 1969)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (in 1969)
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Johnny Coles (US jazz trumpeter) (in 1969)
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1969)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (in 1969)
conductor:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1969)
arranger:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Records Inc. (not for release label use; fka Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (in 1969)
recording of:
Fat Mama (in 1969)
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
Herbie Hancock33:49
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. (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 (musician, producer, arranger and songwriter) and Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
recording of:
Saturday Nite
writer:
Philip Bailey, Al McKay and Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Earth, Wind & Fire2.94:04
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. (publisher, ASCAP‐affiliated)
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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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 of 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 (Mother Father Sister Brother) (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. (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)
part of:
MJ: The Musical
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. (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
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
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]