Jam: The Graham Central Station Anthology

Larry Graham, Graham Central Station | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 15, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1974
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00005Q3AL
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,179 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. We've Been Waiting

2. Hair

3. Can You Handle It?

4. People

5. Ghetto

6. Feel The Need

7. Release Yourself

8. 'Tis Your Kind Of Music

9. Today

10. The Jam

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Now Do-U-Wanta Dance

2. Last Train

3. Earthquake

4. Stomped Beat-Up And Whooped

5. My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me

6. Is It Love?

7. (You're A) Foxy Lady (Single Edit)

8. Star Walk (Single Edit)

9. One In A Million You

10. When We Get Married

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We've Been Waitin' (for GCS on CD) For So Long, December 19, 2002

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Karl Miller "kemspeaks" (Phoenixville, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jam: The Graham Central Station Anthology (Audio CD)

Graham Central Station, with Larry Graham on bass and Lady Chocolate doing some monster vocals was always one of the greats for pure funk music. Harder than the Ohio Players, more underground than Earth Wind and Fire or the Isleys, the Station's influence is clear on successors such as Prince, Rick James and Red hot Chili Peppers, among others.
This compilation certainly has a lot of filler (most of the 2nd disc, in fact), but it deserves 5 Stars plus for getting such funk classics as Release Yourself and Feel The Need onto CD. The bass/drums/keyboard combinations of GCS are a generation out there from Larry's earlier work with Sly and the Family Stone. If your feet don't move during thiese tracks, you need to see a doctor.
We've Been Waiting, an acapella treat, is a sheer joy, and hard not to sing along with.
NowDoUWant2Dance percolates, with a popping rhythm that reminds you of everything you enjoyed about 70s funk music. (It's a shame that the album this came from, "Mirror" probably will never see the light of day on CD, because it was one of the greatest funk albums of all time).
Anyone who thinks funk is merely a thick bass line needs to hear this disc to understand the evolution of the genre, and to listen to it being executed by one of the greatest (and most underrated) bass players in history. It's a shame that Larry Graham will probably be best remembered for the syrupy "One In A Million", than for his true talent.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FUNKY 5, October 3, 2001

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jam: The Graham Central Station Anthology (Audio CD)

finally a Complete Overview on Graham Central Station&some extra tracks.Larry Graham is a Strong Band Leader with His Group here but His Bass does all the talking from start to finish.70's era GCS is Nasty Stanky&FUNKY."the Jam' Alone puts alot of Groups out of Business Showcasing GCS'S Chops How many Groups Nowadays would be as Bold??Larry Graham deserves madd Props because the Average Act would just be happy after they played with SLy&THe Family Stone but thank Goodness Larry Graham didn't He kept The Funk Going.Slamming Grooves&Laid-Back Ballads.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars in responce to Sherance, February 19, 2006

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G. nelson "nubian124" (philly) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jam: The Graham Central Station Anthology (Audio CD)

After reading Sherance M. Brothers "smbrothers24" reveiew i just had to say as
a major P-FUNK fan bootsy collins is just as good a performer
but nowere nere as good a bass player
im not her to beat you up we are booth big fans i can tell
so ill go on.

He is credited with the invention of the slapping
technique, which radically
change the way the bass would be played.

Larry Graham pioneered the art of slap-POP
So-called "Machine-gun bass" (just ask marcus miller,
Flea, Stanley Clarke, John Norwood Fisher, P-Nut,)

and please guys ( Reviewer:Karl Miller "kemspeaks ) never discount his vocals,
people are still talking about his octave range
(witch i think is 5 i may be wrong)
Lou Rawls, has a four octave range.

a very good CD
and two of the best Reviews came from

Reviewer: Karl Miller "kemspeaks

Reviewer: Lindsay Robinson it aint knitpicking that stuff needs to be heard.

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