Funk Sessions: 30 Chunks of the Fattest Funk Cuts

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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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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]