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5.0 out of 5 stars
WHAT A FUNKY FIND!, August 6, 2008
If you love old-school funk you'll love this swampy CD full of Sunshine State obscurities -- especially Pearl Dowdell's "Good Things" and James Knight and the Butlers' "Save Me."
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Runner up for all time best FUNK COMPILATION !, May 20, 2009
Top prize goes to CAROLINA FUNK: First In Funk... and this comes in an almost imperceptively close second...
If you're a fan of early '70s type PEOPLE label JB funk you'll really flip on this... the beats, bass lines, guitar syncopation, horn lines and soul shouting (both male and female of the species) makes this album an all time REPEAT LISTEN purchase....
Like some of the other releases in this series, virtually all the tracks are varied, well picked and stand on their own, with two toppers: The ridiculously off center, yet funky/horn driver SPIDER WEB, and the ultra streety born to be sampled QUIT JIVIN', which sounds a bit like D.C. go go long before GO GO... (If you like this track, be sure to check out WHAT ABOUT YOU IN THE WORLD TODAY from FUNKY 16 CORNERS!)
Other tunes include FUNKY FAST BUMP is almost the perfect JB meets TOWER OF POWER hybrid tune, the LYN COLLINS-ish SUPER COOL, CUTTING ROOM (hot pants) which has elements of the ISLEY BROTHER'S ITS YOUR THING, but goes in a whole different direction (especially with the screaming horns)... oh and let's not forget MONTEREY'S "GET DOWN" which sounds like like a classic CLYDE STUBBLEFIELD type funky drummer beat done half time with the band on WEED, yet still flawlessly tight despite...
Get this and the CAROLINA FUNK compilation and you WILL have 2 out of 10 HARD CORE FUNK-A-TEER desert island disks set in your collection...
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Funky Stuff!!!, March 24, 2009
This is the only one of the four funk compilation CD's that I have from the UK outfit, Jazzman Records. But I have to say, after listening to it, I'm seriously considering buying the remaining three! There's some seriously raw, rare, incredibly funky music on this compilation. It's really difficult to pick out any stand-out tracks because they're all so good! But if forced to choose, I'd say New Generation, Super Cool, Na Na, Spider Web and Lay It On Me are the ones that I can't get out of my head. And without a doubt, 90% of Me Is You is easily my favorite song on here. If you're tight with your money like I am, and definitely want to get your money's worth, get this CD. You will not be disappointed.
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