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Various Artists
Can You Dig It? Music & Politics of Black Action Films: 1968-1975
Genres: R&B, Soundtracks

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Roy Ayers - Coffy (Coffy)
2. Gene Page - Blacula (Blacula)
3. Johnny Pate - Shaft In Africa (Addis) (Shaft In Africa)
4. Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work It Out (The Mack)
5. Don Costa - Soul Of Nigger Charley (Soul Of Nigger Charley)
6. Marvin Gaye - T Plays It Cool (Troubleman)
7. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (Across 110th Street)
8. J.J. Johnson - Willie's Chase (Willie Dynamite)
9. James Brown - Down And Out In New York City (Clack Caeser)
10. Quincy Jones - They Call Me Mister tibbs (They Call Me Mister Tibbs)
11. J.J. Johnson - Keep On Movin On (Willie Dynamite)
12. Dennis Coffy - Black Belt Jones (Black Belt Jones)
13. Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead (Super Fly)
14. Blackbyd's - Wilford's Gone (Cornbread, Earl And Me)
15. Willie Hutch - Foxy Brown (Foxy Brown)
16. Isaac Hayes - Run Fay Run (Three Tough Guys)
Track Listings (15) - Disc #2
1. Isaac Hayes - Shaft (Shaft)
2. Joe Simon - Theme From Cleopatra Jones (Cleopatra Jones)
3. Roy Ayers - Aragon (Coffy)
4. Gordon Staples - All Strung Out (Mean Johnny Burrows)
5. Brer Soul & Earth, Wind And Fire - Sweetback's Theme (Sweet Sweetback)
6. Johnny Pate - Truck Stop (Shaft In Africa)
7. James Brown - Make It Good To Yourself (Black Caeser)
8. Isaac Hayes - Pursuit Of The Pimpmobile (Shaft In Africa)
9. Edwin Starr - Easin' In (Hell Up In Harlem)
10. Don Julian - Lay It On Your Head (Savage)
11. Gene Page - The Bus (Cool Breeze)
12. Grant Green - Travelling To Get Doc (The Final Comedown)
13. Impressions - Make A Resolution (Three The Hard Way)
14. Not dove And The Devils - Zombie March (Petey Wheatstraw)
15. Booker T And MG's - Time Is Tight (Uptight!)

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Can You Dig It? Music & Politics of Black Action Films: 1968-1975
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
Release Date: 9/29/2009
Album Type: Import, Soundtrack
Genres: R&B, Soundtracks
Style: Soul
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 5026328202143

Synopsis

Album Description

2009 two CD release. Can You Dig It? charts the rise and fall of black action films from 1968-75. As well as featuring a double disc collection of the stunning music from these films, Can You Dig It? comes with a 100-page booklet, mini-film poster cards and stickers! This release covers music from such classic 'blaxploitation' films as Blacula, Shaft, Across 110th Street, Super Fly, Foxy Brown and Black Caesar amongst many, many more. Includes many super fly obscurities that'll make you hot including tracks from Don Costa, Grant Green, Dennis Coffy, Don Julian and others. Soul Jazz Records.

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CD Reviews

One bad mutha of a compilation, baby. Solid !

attentive listener | Joysey | 10/20/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Great selection, sequencing and sonics. The book is focused more on the genre within the film industry, not with the music, specifically. The music was the best part of many of these films and it comes shining through, brilliantly."

Classic

William R. Nicholas | Mahwah, NJ USA | 03/07/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is fantastic on one level: if you have never gotten into Blaxploitation music and want to know where to start, this has many of the absolute essentials

Remember, Blaxplotation is a film genre, not a musical one. A lot of these films--making African-Americans into superheros in the early 1970s was a major political statement--had soundtracks that encompassed soul, funk, jazz, and in many cases, experiments and genre cross-breeds that these artists would not try on their proper albums.

Everything here is great and if you just want a run down, this is most of what you need. But if you are serious, you really do want to use this as a guide for the soundtracks you should start hunting for. There is plenty out there and most are solid if not classic albums with tons and tons of interesting detours.

You will not go wrong with these crib notes--just remember, they are not the books."