The Original Rare Groove Selection: 30 Funky Uplifting Anthems

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Turned on to You
engineer:
Carla Bandini and Dave Wittman
producer:
Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong
arranger:
Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong
recording of:
Turned on to You
writer:
Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Eighties Ladies5:28
2Ordinary Joe
Terry Callier4:15
3Trying to Get Next to You
producer:
Leroy Hutson
arranger:
Leroy Hutson
Arnold Blair2:58
4Lucky Fellow
producer:
Leroy Hutson
arranger:
Leroy Hutson and Rich Tufo
Leroy Hutson5:00
5Got to Getcha
Maceo and All the King’s Men52:47
6Hercules
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 Neville44:12
7I Don't Know What It Is But It Sure Is Funky
Ripple43:20
8From the Love Side
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
baritone saxophone:
St. Clair Pinckney (on 1969-09-03)
drums (drum set):
Melvin Parker (on 1969-09-03) and Clyde Stubblefield (on 1969-09-03)
electric bass guitar:
“Sweet” Charles Sherrell (on 1969-09-03)
guitar:
Alfonzo Kellum (on 1969-09-03) and Jimmy Nolen (on 1969-09-03)
organ:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) (on 1969-09-03)
tenor saxophone:
Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist) (on 1969-09-03) and Eldee Williams (on 1969-09-03)
trombone:
Fred Wesley (on 1969-09-03)
trumpet:
Joseph Davis (US trumpeter) (on 1969-09-03) and Richard Griffith (US trumpeter) (on 1969-09-03)
vocals:
Hank Ballard
arranger:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
additionally recorded at:
A&R Recording Studios (second location, 799 7th Avenue) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1972-04: background vocals, handclaps)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1969-09-03)
recording of:
From The Love Side (on 1969-09-03)
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
Hank Ballard3:16
9House Party
Fred Wesley5:31
10Ain't Got Time Fa Nuthin'
recording of:
Ain't No Time Fa Nothing
writer:
Joseph Jefferson (70s soul/funk) and Charles Simmons (70s soul/funk)
The Futures5:29
11(Not Just) Knee Deep
edit of:
(Not Just) Knee Deep by Funkadelic (original funk band)
partial recording of:
(Not Just) Knee Deep
lyricist and composer:
George Clinton (US funk musician)
publisher:
Bridgeport Music, Inc.
Funkadelic54:27
12It's a New Day
recording of:
It's a New Day
writer:
Ivan Woods
Skull Snaps43:04
13Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)
The Chi‐Lites2:56
14It's My Thing
Betty Moorer2:45
15Spaced Out
recording of:
Spaced Out
writer:
Patrick Adams (US disco, soul, boogie songwriter and producer) and Delmar Donnell (producer, songwriter, record executive)
Cloud One6:34
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