Miami Sound: Rare Funk & Soul From Miami, Florida 1967-1974

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Tracklist

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1Cramp Your Style
producer:
Steve Alaimo, Willie Clarke and Willie “Beaver” Hale
performer:
Robert Moore (Trombone)
recording of:
Cramp Your Style
writer:
Willie George Hale
All the People42:16
2You Got to Be a Man
arranger:
Frank Williams (Funk artist, member of Frank Williams & The Rocketeers)
cover recording of:
You Got to Be a Man
writer:
Frank Williams (Funk artist, member of Frank Williams & The Rocketeers)
Helene Smith2:43
3I Get Lifted
producer:
Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch (writing duo)
recording of:
I Get Lifted
writer:
Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music and Longitude Music Co.
George McCrae3.52:42
4Funky Cat
producer:
Steve Alaimo, Arnold Albury and Willie Clarke
recording of:
Funky Cat
writer:
Willie Clarke and James Knight (singer & songwriter, James Knight & The Butlers)
James Knight & The Butlers4:09
590% of Me Is You
producer:
Steve Alaimo and Willie Clarke
cover recording of:
90% Of Me Is You
writer:
Willie Clarke and Clarence Reid
Gwen McCrae42:54
6Funkadelic Sound
producer:
Willie Clarke, Wright (American soul and R&B singer) and Milton Wright (soul singer-songwriter & producer, active in the 1970s Miami soul scene)
recording of:
Funkadelic Sound
writer:
Willie Clarke and Willie “Beaver” Hale
publisher:
Sherlyn Publishing
Little Beaver2:33
7Save Me
producer:
Steve Alaimo, Arnold Albury and Willie Clarke
cover recording of:
Save Me (Aretha Franklin song)
writer:
Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin and Curtis Ousley
publisher:
Kilynn Music and Pronto Music (publisher)
James Knight & The Butlers3:12
8Do It to Me One More Time
arranger:
Willie “Beaver” Hale and Frank Williams (Funk artist, member of Frank Williams & The Rocketeers)
recording of:
Do It to Me One More Time
writer:
Willie “Beaver” Hale and Frank Williams (Funk artist, member of Frank Williams & The Rocketeers)
Joey Gilmore2:33
9A Woman Will Do Wrong
producer:
Steve Alaimo, Arnold Albury, Willie Clarke and Johnny Pearsall
recorded at:
Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States
recording of:
A Woman Will Do Wrong
writer:
Willie Clarke, Paul Kelly (US soul singer & composer) and Clarence Reid
Helene Smith2:37
10Fantasy World
producer:
Steve Alaimo, Arnold Albury and Willie Clarke
recording of:
Fantasy World
writer:
Willie Clarke and James Knight (singer & songwriter, James Knight & The Butlers)
James Knight & The Butlers4:28
11Funky Me
producer:
Timmy Thomas
recording of:
Funky Me
writer:
Timmy Thomas
Timmy Thomas2:59
12Cadillac Annie
recording of:
Cadillac Annie
writer:
Willie Clarke, Johnny Pearsall and Clarence Reid
The New Clarence Reid2:42
13The Spanish Flyer
arranger:
Clarence Reid
recording of:
The Spanish Fly
writer:
Willie Clarke and Clarence Reid
Frank Williams and The Rocketeers2:07
14Don't Make the Good Girls Go Bad
producer:
Jack Corbitt and Clarence Reid
recording of:
Don’t Make the Good Girls Go Bad
writer:
Jack Corbitt and Clarence Reid
Della Humphrey2:36
15You Got to Be a Man
producer:
Willie Clarke and Johnny Pearsall
arranger:
Frank Williams (Funk artist, member of Frank Williams & The Rocketeers)
recording of:
You Got to Be a Man
writer:
Frank Williams (Funk artist, member of Frank Williams & The Rocketeers)
Frank Williams and The Rocketeers2:43
16Somebody Done Took My Baby and Gone
arranger:
Willie “Beaver” Hale and Frank Williams (Funk artist, member of Frank Williams & The Rocketeers)
recording of:
Somebody Done Took My Baby and Gone
writer:
Joey Gilmore (Electric Blues, US), Willie “Beaver” Hale and Frank Williams (Funk artist, member of Frank Williams & The Rocketeers)
Joey Gilmore3:30
17I Love the Way You Love
producer:
Steve Alaimo
part of:
Anti-Hit List: April 3, 2003 (number: 3)
recording of:
I Love the Way You Love
writer:
Willie Clarke and Willie “Beaver” Hale
Little Beaver3:12

Credits

Release

miscellaneous support:Pierce Smith (producer, artwork) (task: repro by)
mastering:Duncan Cowell (United Kingdom mastering engineer)
Pete Reilly
compiler:Stuart Baker
design:Jane Hammer
Adrian Self (artist/designer)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Soul Jazz Records
pressed by:DOCdata UK
mastered at:Sound Mastering in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/557801 [info]
ASIN:UK: B00008IXCZ [info]