Funk Essentials (A Further Odyssey in Funk) (CD 1)

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Freddies 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 Mayfield55:24
2All Along The Watchtower
producer:
Bobby Womack
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) and EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s) (in 1973)
cover recording of:
All Along the Watchtower
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1967-10 until 1967-11)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995) and Dwarf Music (from 1968 to present)
Bobby Womack3:20
3Freak Of The Week
recording of:
Freak of the Week
writer:
Peter Bishop (engineer), George Clinton (US funk musician) and DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight (US guitarist)
publisher:
Bridgeport Music, Inc.
Funkadelic35:32
4Peace Go With You, Brother
recording of:
Peace Go With You Brother
writer:
Brian Jackson (American keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer & producer) and Gil Scott‐Heron
publisher:
Brouhaha Music
Gil Scott‐Heron5:31
5Black Family
Roy Ayers9:15
6The Preacher's Tune
Jimmy McGriff & Richard 'Groove' Holmes10:03
7Superpeople
The Notations3:49
8Will You Be There
recording of:
Will You Be There
writer:
Tony Green (US bassist), Quinton Joseph, Daniel Reed (Chicago soul songwriter) and Othie Wright
publisher:
[unknown] (special purpose label - DO NOT USE!)
The Jones Girls3:20
9You're Losing Me
Ann Sexton2:20
10Chameleon
recording of:
Chameleon
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer), Paul Jackson (jazz bassist), Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) and Bennie Maupin
Buddy Rich4:51
11Caravan
Lonnie Sattin3:05
12Is It Because I'm Black
recording of:
Is It Because I'm Black
writer:
G. Watts, J. Jones (Chicago-based soul/R&B singer, songwriter & producer) and S. Johnson
Syl Johnson7:34