当初は4枚組ということと、10月に出るということ以外ほとんど情報がなくて、タイトル通りまさに「なんじゃこれ？」状態だったのですが、多少情報が出てきたので書き出してみます。
What It Is: Funky Soul & Rare Grooves
- アーティスト: Various Artists
- 出版社/メーカー: Rhino / Wea
- 発売日: 2006/10/24
- メディア: CD
- クリック: 2回
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- 4枚組、91曲。
- 1967年から1976年まで、年代順に並べられているらしい。
- レーベルはAtlantic, Atco, Warner Bros. Recordsが中心
- 主なアーティストはWilson Pickett, Little Richard, Allen Toussaint and Curtis Mayfield、それからCommodores, Sly Stone under the pseudonym 6ix, the Bar-Kays, LaBelle, the Meters, Eddie Hazel、など。
- また、Rare Grooveとしては"Improve" by Darrow Fletcher, "Cold Bear" by The Gaturs, "Funky To The Bone" by Freddie Henchi & the Soul Setters, "Sexy Coffee Pot" by Tony Alvon & The Belairs, "It's Your Thing" by Cold Grits, "Gangster Of Love (Pts 1 & 2)" by Jimmy Norman, and many more・・・が収録されている。
- 他に目玉としてAretha Franklinの"Rock Steady,"(recorded in 1970)の未発表バージョンが収録されているとか。
- ライナーも豪華で、曲ごとにFred Wesley, Hank Shocklee (Public Enemy), Bootsy Collins, DJ Pooh, George Porter Jr. of the Meters, and many others・・・がコメントを寄せているとのこと。
ううむ。
個人的には、レア・グルーヴがどの程度充実しているかですよね。同じワーナー系の傑作コンピ"Right On!"シリーズを超えるようなものであれば、高いけど購入検討に入るかな。
- アーティスト: Various
- 出版社/メーカー: Wsm
- 発売日: 2001/12/03
- メディア: CD
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8/22追記：曲目確定したみたいですね。
Disc One
- The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band - "Spreadin' Honey"
- Bar-Kays - "Soul-Finger"
- Brother Jack McDuff - "The Shadow Of Your Smile"
- Jimmy Norman - "Gangster Of Love (Parts I & II)"
- Rufus Thomas - "The Memphis Train"
- Grassella Oliphant - "Get Out Of My Life Woman"
- Eddie Harris - "Live Right Now"
- Natural Bridge Bunch - "Pig Snoots, Part I"
- The Freedom Sounds featuring Wayne Henderson - "Soul Sound System"
- Clarence Carter - "Snatching It Back"
- Artie Christopher - "Stoned Soul"
- The T.S.U. Tornadoes - "Getting The Corners"
- Tony Alvon & The Belairs - "Sexy Coffee Pot"
- Mark Putney - "Don't Come Around Here Anymore"
- The Commodores - "Keep On Dancing"
- The Southshore Commission - "Right On Brother-Part 1"
- Eldridge Holmes - "Pop, Popcorn Children"
- Cold Grits - "It's Your Thing"
- Soul Angels - "It's All In Your Mind"
- Johnny Cameron & The Camerons - "Funky John"
- Joyce Jones - "Help Me Make Up My Mind"
- Lou Johnson - "Rock Me Baby"
- The Noble Knights - "Sing A Simple Song"
- Titus Turner - "Do You Dig It"
- Phil Moore Jr. - "Funky Canyon"
- The Fabulous Counts - "Jan Jan"
- The Rhine Oaks - "Tampin'"
Disc Two
- Cyril Neville - "Gossip"
- The Mighty Hannibal - "Somebody In The World For You"
- Little Sister - "Stanga"
- Anada Shankar - "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
- Brute Force - "The Deacon"
- Don Covay & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band - "Sookie Sookie"
- Clarence Wheeler & The Enforcers - "Right On"
- Curtis Mayfield - "(Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go"
- Johnny Harris - "Stepping Stones"
- 6ix - "I'm Just Like You"
- The Unemployed - "Funky Thing-Part 1"
- Shirley Scott - "Messie Bessie"
- Willie West - "Fairchild"
- The Gaturs - "Cold Bear"
- Mongo Santamaria - "I Can't Get Next To You"
- Lulu - "Feelin' Alright"
- Memphis Horns - "Soul Bowl"
- Hammer - "Tuane"
- Johnny Tolbert & De Thangs - "Take It Off-Part II"
- Harlem River Drive featuring Eddie Palmieri & Jimmy Norman - "Seeds of Life"
- Wilson Pickett - "Engine Number 9" (Single Version)
Disc Three
- Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters - "Hard Times"
- Houseguests - "What So Never The Dance-Pt. 1 & 2"
- Eugene McDaniels - "Headless Heroes"
- Wade Marcus - "Spinning Wheel"
- Earth, Wind & Fire - "Bad Tune"
- Rasputin's Stash - "Mr. Cool"
- Junior Mance - "Don't Cha Hear Me Calling To Ya"
- The Stovall Sisters - "Hang On In There"
- The Beginning Of The End - "Funky Nassau (Part II)"
- Mark Holder & The Positives - "Whatever's Fair"
- Ed Robinson - "Face It"
- Young-Holt Unlimited - "Wah Wah Man"
- Aretha Franklin - "Rock Steady" (Alternate Mix) (Previously Unissued)
- Black Haze Express - "Won't Nobody Listen"
- Allen Toussaint - "Goin' Down"
- Malo - "Suavecito"
- Charles Wright - "You Gotta Know Whatcha Doin'"
- Tami Lynn - "Mo Jo Hanna"
- King Curtis - "Ridin' Thumb"
- Macondo - "Almendra"
- Little Richard - "Nuki Suki"
Disc Four
- United 8 - "Getting Uptown (To Get Down)"
- Howard Tate - "8 Days On The Road"
- Labelle - "Moon Shadow" (Edit)
- Society's Bag - "Let It Crawl"
- Black Heat - "Wanaoh"
- Clarence Reid - "If It Was Good Enough For Daddy"
- Claudia Lennear - "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky"
- The Mystic Moods - "Cosmic Sea"
- Cold Blood - "Kissing My Love"
- Seatrain - "Flute Thing" (45 Edit)
- The Meters - "Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug (Push And Shove) Part II"
- Freddi/Henchi & The Soul Setters - "Funky To The Bone"
- Bobby Byrd - "Try It Again"
- Cornell Dupree - "Teasin'"
- Dr. John - "(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away"
- Oscar Brown, Jr. - "Chicken Heads"
- Funk Factory - "Rien Ne Va Plus"
- Herbie Mann - "Cajun Moon" (Single Version)
- Darrow Fletcher - "Improve"
- Faze-O - "Riding High"
- Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns - "Four Play" (Promo Edit)
- Eddie Hazel - "California Dreamin'" (Edit)
