Various Artists - Funk Fest (46 tracks) +Album Reviews

Various Artists
Funk Fest
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop, R&B, Classic Rock

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Bring It On, Bring It On - Brown, James [1]
2. (Jump on the) Rhythm and Ride - Bayyan, Khalis
3. Car Wash [Live] - Whitfield, Norman
4. Why Can't We Live Together - Thomas, Tim
5. When We Get Together Again - Clarke, W.
6. Shut up and Dance - King, William A. Jr
7. Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back) - Gamble, Kenneth
8. Uptown Festival, Pt. 1 - Cosby,
9. I Gotcha - Tex, Joe
10. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Blanche, Carte
11. No Parking (On the Dance Floor) - Calloway, Vincent
12. We Are Family - Edwards, Bernard [1
13. When Will I See You Again - Gamble, Kenneth
14. Tired of Being Alone - Green, Al [Vocals]
15. Move on Up - Mayfield, Curtis [1
16. One Nation Under a Groove - Clinton, George [1]
Track Listings (14) - Disc #2
1. Kung Fu - Mayfield, Curtis [1
2. Street Party - Bonner, Leroy "Suga
3. Somebody Dance With You - Stewart, Sylvester
4. The Funk Is On - Muller, R.G.
5. Nutbush City Limits - Turner, Tina
6. The Electric Spanking of War Babies - Bishop, Barbarella
7. He's the Greatest Dancer - Edwards, Bernard [1
8. Superfly - Mayfield, Curtis [1
9. Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) - Killen, Buddy
10. Billy's Bag - Preston, Billy
11. Do Yo Wanna Get Funky With Me - Brown, Peter [1]
12. Spank - Smith, Ronald [1]
13. Get Off - Driggs, Carl
14. Midas Touch - McWade, B.
Track Listings (16) - Disc #3
1. Wild and Free - Mayfield, Curtis [1
2. And the Beat Goes On - Shelby, William
3. Headlines - Calloway, Reggie
4. Mighty Mighty (Spade and Whitey) [Live] - Mayfield, Curtis [1
5. Friends - Barbee, Glen
6. I Wanna Be Rich - Calloway, Reggie
7. Clean up Woman - Clarke, Willie
8. We Got to Have Peace - Mayfield, Curtis [1
9. I Love I Lost - Gamble, G.
10. Think - Franklin, Aretha
11. Never Say You Can't Survive - Mayfield, Curtis [1
12. Find Someone to Love - Bonner, Leroy "Suga
13. No Tricks - Nicholas, J.D.
14. Billy Jack - Mayfield, Curtis [1
15. At Midnight - Coakley, Theophilus
16. Give It Up - Mayfield, Curtis [1

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Funk Fest
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: City Slang
Release Date: 7/14/1998
Album Type: Box set, Import
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop, R&B, Classic Rock
Styles: Disco, By Decade, 1970s, Funk, Soul, Quiet Storm, Psychedelic Rock
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 642705007429

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A rip-off? Maybe, but an interesting one!

Music Lover | Annapolis, MD | 10/22/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Buyer Beware! This 3 CD set is a rip-off. Some of the songs are re-records and the stuff by the Commodores and Kool & The Gang are new stuff from later incarnations of the groups. The Sly Stone number sounds like an outtake. Anyway I paid $10 for this at a Used CD store and got what I paid for.

Some of the songs sound genuine : "Clean Up Woman" Betty Wright; "So Tired of Being Alone" Al Green; "And the Beat Goes On" Whispers; "Think" Aretha Franklin (though the sound quality isn't good) & "I Gotcha" Joe Tex.

These sound like re-records : Sister Sledge "We Are Family" & "He's the Greatest Dancer", Three Degrees "When Will I See You Again" H. Melvin & Blue Notes "Love I Lost" & "Satisfaction Guaranteed".

For some strange reason I like the version of "We Are Family" better than the original.

There are several songs by Midnight Star, Calloway & Shalamar that I think are the originals. "Car Wash" by Rose Royce is listed as a "live" version & really isn't that bad. There are quite a few Curtis Mayfield numbers (including one "live" song)and they are quite good.

Some songs go way back to the 60's - a very early instrumental by Ohio Players which sounds a little out of tune & a pretty good instrumental by Billy Preston.

Anyway, don't spend too much on this, but I'm glad I own it, blemishes and all. It sounds like something I could put on at a party to get my guests dancing."

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