Not the usual music and artists...

[Dan Steely]

I'm sitting here at my computer, reading all these posts and listening to a CD-R I made of my own CD's. I've called it Funk #1, so there are a lot of these CD-R's to follow. But I was wondering if any of you know these artists and songs? (I know Grant does). This is not the kind of music I read about here, but Funk/Soul is my favorite kind of music. So check out the tracklist:

1 James Brown - Cold Sweat [Stereo] 7:32 (1967)
2 The Meters - Fire On The Bayou 4:05 (1975)
3 Sly & The Family Stone - Running Away 2:54 (1971)
4 Heatwave - Super Soul Sister 3:55 (1976)
5 Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black 7:33 (1971)
6 The 3 Pieces - Backed Up Against The Wall 4:24 (1975)
7 Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie 3:02 (1973)
8 Al Green - Love And Happiness 4:59 (1972)
9 Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s - I Wanna Get Down 3:13 (1974)
10 The Jones Girls - You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else 4:28 (1979)
11 The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money 7:17 (1972)
12 The J.B.'s - Hot Pants Road 2:43 (1972)
13 Parliament - Unfunky U.F.O. 4:23 (1975)
14 Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up 8:53 (1970)
15 Marvin Gaye - "T" Plays It Cool 4:20 (1972)
16 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Who Is She (And What Is She To You)? 4:09 (1973)

[Grant]

It's a shame this thread isn't going to get much, if any response from the other forum members. Jeff H. or CM Wolf, maybe...

[Jeffrey]

Originally posted by Dan Steely

1 James Brown - Cold Sweat [Stereo] 7:32 (1967)
2 The Meters - Fire On The Bayou 4:05 (1975)
3 Sly & The Family Stone - Running Away 2:54 (1971)
4 Heatwave - Super Soul Sister 3:55 (1976)
5 Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black 7:33 (1971)
6 The 3 Pieces - Backed Up Against The Wall 4:24 (1975)
7 Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie 3:02 (1973)
8 Al Green - Love And Happiness 4:59 (1972)
9 Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s - I Wanna Get Down 3:13 (1974)
10 The Jones Girls - You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else 4:28 (1979)
11 The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money 7:17 (1972)
12 The J.B.'s - Hot Pants Road 2:43 (1972)
13 Parliament - Unfunky U.F.O. 4:23 (1975)
14 Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up 8:53 (1970)
15 Marvin Gaye - "T" Plays It Cool 4:20 (1972)
16 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Who Is She (And What Is She To You)? 4:09 (1973)

Hi,

That's a hot cdr, my address is...... :D

My favorite artists from the list would be James Brown, Sly & The Family Stone (awesome), Al Green, Parliament, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, and Gladys Knight.

The Meters, I think I've heard of them. Who was in the group? Is that the same "Fire on the Bayou" that the Neville Brothers play?

-Jeffrey

[MagicAlex]

I usually don't make my own comps on CDR but this particular selection of music is one that I'd definitely buy at the store. Great selection D.S.! :D

[syogusr]

Dan, this is an awesome list of songs, one of my VERY fav's from Sly is Runnin' Away, and The Meters, well, I could go on about that one too! Wanna sell any of these?:)

[guy incognito]

The Meters were to the '70s what Booker T. & the MGs were to the '60s. Great, great stuff.

FWIW Dan, I'm familar with--and enjoy--most of those songs.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Jeffrey

The Meters, I think I've heard of them. Who was in the group? Is that the same "Fire on the Bayou" that the Neville Brothers play?

-Jeffrey

Ahh, The Meters! Maybe the tightest funkiest band ever! Who I just happen to be listening to right now. :D

Art Neville - Organ
Ziggy Modeliste - Drums
Leo Nocentelli- Guitar
George Porter Jr. - Bass

They are all great players, but Ziggy is my favorite. He can swing like no one else! You can buy all their albums on Sundazed.

Unfunky UFO - great choice!

[KLM]

I enjoy a lot of this music though I am no expert. I certainly have a bit from the godfather of soul as well as the Neville Brothers. Sly Stone is also fabulous. Obviously a lot of today's hip hop owes its routes to many of the artists listed in Dan's original post.

For me, the Red Hot Chili Peppers continue to carry the torch (and vibe) into the 21st century that a lot of these bands embodied.

As a side note, both of my children knew the words and music to Play That Funky Music and Brickhouse by the time they were 3 - the music lives on.....

[CM Wolff]

Dan Steely-

I'm definitely up with your list (and up with Grant for knowing who would post). :)

I'd comment more, but I just received my monthly Amazon shipment (I usually pick up new releases every Tuesday at the local stores and buy catalog titles once a month online). Therefore, I have 6 CD's worth of James Brown to get to - the Make it Funky, Foundations of Funk, and Original Funky Divas comps. By the time I'm through these, though, I hope and expect you will have posted Funk #2 and Funk #3 and more!

Good luck.

[Mike]

CM:

You asked about Soul Pride awhie ago. It looks like it's out of print now, but there's a new one for only 17.00 at half.com now. You inspired me to break it out again and I've had it on a lot lately. Truly a top notch collection! I will say that JB doesn't really cut it on the organ imho, but he doesn't play that much.

[Grant]

For my money, the best funk/soul band of the 70s was the Average White Band, hands down! And, they were white guys from Scotland!

Too bad they didn't make Dan's CD-R.

[Larry Naramore]

Originally posted by syogusr
Wanna sell any of these?:)

Calling all Gorts, calling all Gorts... :)

[peterC]

I spent the doldrums (for me) of the 80s and 90s (re)discovering all the great r'n'b and soul music of the 50s, 60s and 70s.

I can't believe that I virtually ignored artists like Ray Charles, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield and Al Green the first time around!

Even some of the more "disco" artists of the early 70s like the Isley Brothers (T Neck period), The Spinners and The Chilites who I would've hated at the time are now cherished parts of my collection.

[Larry Naramore]

Speaking of Gorts. Does anyone have the vinyl "Masterpiece" album by the Temptations. I understand that the new cd reissue uses truncated versions of a lot of the songs. I'd give my left arm for a rDC of the vinyl.

[Dan Steely]

There's always the CD version of Masterpiece (02/21/73) by The Temptations. The catalog number is Motown 3746351442.

[Grant]

Originally posted by peter castanos


Even some of the more "disco" artists of the early 70s like the Isley Brothers (T Neck period), The Spinners and The Chilites who I would've hated at the time are now cherished parts of my collection.

Disco????

[Sound]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dan Steely
[B] But I was wondering if any of you know these artists and songs?


2 The Meters - Fire On The Bayou 4:05 (1975)

I love the Meters. Art is fantastic.

[Bob Lovely]

Originally posted by Grant
It's a shame this thread isn't going to get much, if any response from the other forum members. Jeff H. or CM Wolf, maybe...

Grant,

Your bad, you missed me! Dan, that is a great program with great track sequencing.

I really like the mix with some lesser known titles. I have always loved that full length version of Cold Sweat, it really cooks!

Bob :)

[Grant]

Originally posted by Bob Lovely


Grant,

Your bad, you missed me! Dan, that is a great program with great track sequencing.


Bob :) ;)

[Jeffrey]

Originally posted by Mike


Ahh, The Meters! Maybe the tightest funkiest band ever! Who I just happen to be listening to right now. :D

Art Neville - Organ
Ziggy Modeliste - Drums
Leo Nocentelli- Guitar
George Porter Jr. - Bass

They are all great players, but Ziggy is my favorite. He can swing like no one else! You can buy all their albums on Sundazed.

Unfunky UFO - great choice!

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the info!! I will be purchasing a number of their releases in short order due to your strong recommendation. Thanks again!

-Jeffrey

[Jeffrey]

Originally posted by Grant
And, they were white guys from Scotland!



Hi Grant,

Why is this an issue?

-Jeffrey

[Grant]

Originally posted by Jeffrey


Hi Grant,

Why is this an issue?

-Jeffrey

You know the old running joke of how white people aren't supposed to have any rhythm...:D

On the serious tip, most black people, before finding out that they were white, AND from an anglo country, thought they were black. It's also why Atlantic records sometimes used the acronym over spelling out the whole name on the label. They knew it might either offend some people, or bias others against them. It is the same reason Motown didn't put the Commodores faces on their first album. They had a rock hit with "Machine Gun" in 1974 and didn't want to alienate potential audiences. Also, there were many blacks at the time who thought that white people were incapable of playing some serious R&B. Those same ignorant people obviously didn't know the history of all their beloved 60s hits!

The bigger gag is that after the unfortunate poisioning death of AWB's drummer in '74, they hired Steve Ferrone, a black guy! The reason they wanted him was not because of his skin, it was because he was a Brit.