Funky Good Time: The Anthology

The JBs

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 28, 1995)
• Original Release Date: February 28, 1995
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Polydor / Umgd
• ASIN: B000001EE8
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #51,564 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have your cake and eat it too ! ! !, December 11, 2003

By	Eddie Landsberg "(just about) 10 years review... (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

My gosh... there was a time when except for a couple of short compilations put out here and there by Polydor, it was really impossible to find most of this stuff, unless you intended to pay some heavy bread for the original 45s and albums... and even then without a good discography in hand and the right resources it was hard to track down. - - Then when the hip hop DJs discovered this stuff and started sampling it, the values of the records themselves went through the roof.... now, finally funkateers, here they are, the best stuff, all in one place on a double CD anthology. - - The JBs epitomize the heavy funk side of James Brown... If you're a die hard funk-a-haulic, there's no need to preach to the congregation... If you're hear because you just happened to type the keyword "James Brown" and you're looking for "I Feel Good" or "Living In America" - - its time to get hip to the real, deep heavy funk, my friend. - - Though JB productions, JB is definitely at the healm throughout most of these sessions... in fact, the impression you get, is many of these sessions were just out-takes from If you're down with Bootsy, Maceo, Fred and all the gang (circa their P-Funk days) and JB's sound circa The Payback, Hell, Good Foot and Body Heat... here's the instrumental side of it... and its even badda' and better !

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Move the Tower of Power Over, January 22, 2003

By	Greekfreak (Pusan Korea (South)) - See all my reviews

While I have the utmost respect for TOP's horn charts, nothing on earth beats or will ever beat this compilation of superb funk, courtesy of none other than the JB's.

I've been updating my James Brown catalogue, and finally got around to picking this up, and now I don't know what took me so long. Rappers have been sampling off James Brown since forever, and "Funky Good Time" will make the scam one-stop shopping.

...almost every single track on here deserves it's place in the funk hall of fame--and for additional excellence, do check out JB's "Soul Pride; the Instrumentals 1960-1969" which is equally brilliant (if lesser in funky chops).

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Necessity for Any Fan of Funk, June 18, 2003

By	Chad A. Timm "Funk Disciple" (Morristown, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This two CD set represents two things: 1) a side of James Brown many don't get to see, given the countless pop compilations of his Top 40 music, and 2)the very best of the JBs. I love this album so much that I have been hunting down anything that sounds like it since I first heard it six years ago. I've discovered that this IS the definitive collection of the JBs hard hitting, mostly instrumental funk. Left off of this album are the cheesy tunes contained on the worst JBs effort ever, "Bring the Funk On Down." If you have so much as an inkling that you like funky music, buy this set. Highlights: "My Brother, Pass the Peas, Hot Pants Road, Honky Tonk, Soul Power '74, All Aboard the Soul Funky Train." Enjoy.