FUNK MASTERS:
Classics By The Legends Of Funky Music
2025
Wagram Music (France)
2 CD
№ 3476302
Series: Vintage Sounds

CD 1

Tracks:

1. Imagination: Music & Lights (3:36).
2. Patrice Rushen: Forget Me Nots (4:03).
3. The Sugarhill Gang: Rapper’s Delight (3:56).
4. Positive Force: We Got The Funk (3:20).
5. The Whispers: And The Beat Goes On (3:26).
6. Fat Larry’s Band: Act Like You Know (4:07).
7. Gwen McCrae: All This Love That I’m Givin’ (4:00).
8. Barry White: Change (4:27).
9. The Beginning Of The End: Funky Nassau (3:05).
10. Mavis John: Use My Body (4:26).
11. Lakeside: Fantastic Voyage (4:03).
12. Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul:
   (I’ve Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind (6:16).
13. Timmy Thomas: Why Can’t We Live Together (4:35).
14. Bobby Byrd: Back From The Dead (3:05).
15. Midnight Star: Midas Touch (3:54).
16. Frankie Smith: Double Dutch Bus (3:30).
17. Manu Dibango: Soul Makossa (4:21).
18. Carl Douglas: Kung Fu Fighting (3:16).
19. Traks: Long Train Runnin’ (4:24).
20. Shalamar: A Night To Remember (3:34).

«Music & Lights» written by Tony Swain, Leee John, Errol Kennedy, «Forget Me Nots» by Terry McFadden, Patrice Rushen, Freddie Washington, «Rapper’s Delight» by Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, «We Got The Funk» by Brenda Laverne Reynolds, Albert J. Williams, Nate Edmonds, «And The Beat Goes On» by Leon Sylvers III, Stephen Shockley, William Shelby, «Act Like You Know» by Mark E. Birts, Terry M. Price, Nicolas J. Martinelli, «All This Love That I’m Givin’» by J. Burden, L. Williams, B. Wright, Eternity, «Change» by B. White, C. Taylor, J. Lopez, «Funky Nassau» by Ray Munnings, Tyrone Fitzgerald, «Use My Body» by Tony Wilson, «Fantastic Voyage» by Otis Stokes, Stephen Shockley, Mark Wood, Marvin Craig, Fred Alexander, Thomas Shelby, Norman Beavers, Tiemeyer LeMart Mccain, Frederick Lewis, «(I’ve Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind» by Joe Quarterman, «Why Can’t We Live Together» by Timmy Thomas, «Back From The Dead» by C. Reid, W. Clarke, «Midas Touch» by June Williams, Boaz Watson, «Double Dutch Bus» by Average White Band, «Soul Makossa» by Manu Dibango, «Kung Fu Fighting» by Carl Douglas, «Long Train Runnin’» by T. Johnston, «A Night To Remember» by Charmaine Sylvers, Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers.

CD 2

Tracks:

1. James Brown: Funky Men (3:15).
2. Johnny «Guitar» Watson: Superman Lover (5:42).
3. Joe Bataan: Rap-O Clap-O (3:51).
4. Imagination: Just An Illusion (3:54).
5. B.B. & Q. Band: On The Beat (3:22).
6. The Real Thing: You To Me Are Everything (3:29).
7. Oby Onyioha: Enjoy Your Life (6:17).
8. Syl Johnson: Ms. Fine Brown Frame (5:53).
9. George McCrae: I Get Lifted (2:42).
10. Change: You’re My Number 1 (4:18).
11. Uncle Louie: I Like Funky Music (3:59).
   Featuring Walter Murphy
12. Instant Funk: I Got My Mind Made Up (3:19).
   (You Can Get It Girl)
13. Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm: Funky Mule (3:19).
14. Black Ivory: I Keep Asking You Questions (3:06).
15. Aaron Neville: Hercules (4:11).
16. George McCrae & Gwen McCrae: The Rub (3:32).
17. Koxo: Step By Step (4:10).
18. Rhyze: Rhyze To The Top (3:05).
19. Loleatta Holloway: Love Sensation (3:42).
20. Freeez: I.O.U. (3:48).

«Funky Men» written by James Brown, «Superman Lover» by Renaldo Rey, Johnny «Guitar» Watson, «Rap-O Clap-O» by Joe Bataan, «Just An Illusion» by Tony Swain, Steve Jolley, Ashley Ingram, «On The Beat» by M. Malavasi, P. Slade, «You To Me Are Everything» by Ken Gold, Micky Denne, «Enjoy Your Life» by Oby Onyioha, «Ms. Fine Brown Frame» by Syl Johnson, General Columbus Crook, «I Get Lifted» by H.W. Casey, R. Finch, «You’re My Number 1» by L. O’Neil Jackson Jr., A.T. Davenport, J. Calloway, «I Like Funky Music» by Walter Murphy, Gene Pistili, «I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)» by Kim Miller, Raymond Earl, Scott Miller, «Funky Mule» by Marvin Holmes, «I Keep Asking You Questions» by Patrick Adams, Leroy Burgess, Stuart Boscombe, Russell Patterson, «Hercules» by Allen Toussaint, Aaron Neville, «The Rub» by Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke, «Step By Step» by Giuseppe Santapaga, Edoardo Martin, L. Le Ceccani, «Rhyze To The Top» by Jojo McKnight, Charles Holmes, Ellsworth Anderson, Kenneth Hicks, Kevin Barbee, Richard Menter, Roscoe Tayler, Vince Jackson, «Love Sensation» by Dan Hartman, «I.O.U.» by Arthur Baker, John Rocca.

Mastering: Arnaud Ralite.
Artwork: Supercinq.
Photo: David Kennedy / Hulton Archive / Getty Images.
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