What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)

What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)

What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
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Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2006-10-03
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Spreadin' Honey -- Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band
  2. Soul Finger -- Bar-Kays
  3. The Shadow Of Your Smile -- Brother Jack McDuff
  4. Gangster Of Love (Parts 1 and 2) -- Jimmy Norman
  5. The Memphis Train -- Rufus Thomas
  6. Get Out Of My Life Woman -- Grassella Oliphant
  7. Live Right Now -- Eddie Harris
  8. Pig Snoots, Part 1 -- Natural Bridge Bunch
  9. Soul Sound System -- The Freedom Sounds featuring Wayne Henderson
  10. Snatching It Back -- Clarence Carter
  11. Stoned Soul -- Artie Christopher
  12. Getting The Corners -- The T.S.U. Tornadoes
  13. Sexy Coffee Pot -- Tony Alvon & The Belairs
  14. Don't Come Around Here Anymore -- Mark Putney
  15. Keep On Dancing -- The Commodores
  16. Right On Brother--Part 1 -- The Southshore Commission
  17. Pop, Popcorn Children -- Eldridge Holmes
  18. It's Your Thing -- Cold Grits
  19. It's All In Your Mind -- Soul Angels
  20. Funky John -- Johnny Cameron & The Camerons
  21. Help Me Make Up My Mind -- Joyce Jones
  22. Rock Me Baby -- Lou Johnson
  23. Sing A Simple Song -- The Noble Knights
  24. Do You Dig It -- Titus Turner
  25. Funky Canyon -- Phil Moore Jr.
  26. Jan Jan -- The Fabulous Counts
  27. Tampin -- The Rhine Oaks
Music CD 2
  1. Gossip -- Cyril Neville
  2. Somebody In The World For You -- The Mighty Hannibal
  3. Stanga -- Little Sister
  4. Jumpin' Jack Flash -- Ananda Shankar
  5. The Deacon -- Brute Force
  6. Sookie Sookie -- Don Covay & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
  7. Right On -- Clarence Wheeler & The Enforcers
  8. (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go -- Curtis Mayfield
  9. Stepping Stones -- Johnny Harris
  10. I'm Just Like You -- 6ix
  11. Funky Thing--Part 1 -- The Unemployed
  12. Messie Bessie -- Shirley Scott
  13. Fairchild -- Willie West
  14. Cold Bear -- The Gaturs
  15. I Can't Get Next To You -- Mongo Santamaria
  16. Feelin' Alright -- Lulu
  17. Soul Bowl -- Memphis Horns
  18. Tuane -- Hammer
  19. Take It Off--Part 2 -- Johnny Tolbert & De Thangs
  20. Seeds Of Life -- Harlem River Drive featuring Eddie Palmieri & Jimmy Norman
  21. Engine Number 9 -- Wilson Pickett
Music CD 3
  1. Hard Times -- Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters
  2. What So Never The Dance--Pt. 1 & 2 -- Houseguests
  3. Headless Heroes -- Eugene McDaniels
  4. Spinning Wheel -- Wade Marcus
  5. Bad Tune -- Earth, Wind & Fire
  6. Mr. Cool -- Rasputin's Stash
  7. Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' To Ya -- Junior Mance
  8. Hang On In There -- The Stovall Sisters
  9. Funky Nassau (Part 2) -- The Beginning Of The End
  10. Whatever's Fair -- Mark Holder & The Positives
  11. Face It -- Ed Robinson
  12. Wah Wah Man -- Young-Holt Unlimited
  13. Rock Steady (alternate mix) -- Aretha Franklin
  14. Won't Nobody Listen -- Black Haze Express
  15. Goin' Down -- Allen Toussaint
  16. Suavecito -- Malo
  17. You Gotta Know Whatcha Doin' -- Charles Wright
  18. Mo Jo Hanna -- Tami Lynn
  19. Ridin' Thumb -- King Curtis
  20. Almendra -- Macondo
  21. Nuki Suki -- Little Richard
Music CD 4
  1. Getting Uptown (To Get Down) -- United 8
  2. 8 Days On The Road -- Howard Tate
  3. Moon Shadow -- Labelle
  4. Let It Crawl -- Society's Bag
  5. Wanaoh -- Black Heat
  6. If It Was Good Enough For Daddy -- Clarence Reid
  7. Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky -- Claudia Lennear
  8. Cosmic Sea -- The Mystic Moods
  9. Kissing My Love -- Cold Blood
  10. Flute Thing -- Seatrain
  11. Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug (Push N' Shove) Part 2 -- The Meters
  12. Funky To The Bone -- Freddi/Henchi & The Soul Setters
  13. Try It Again -- Bobby Byrd
  14. . Teasin' -- Cornell Dupree
  15. (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away -- Dr. John
  16. Chicken Heads -- Oscar Brown Jr.
  17. Rien Ne Va Plus -- Funk Factory
  18. Cajun Moon -- Herbie Mann
  19. Improve -- Darrow Fletcher
  20. Riding High -- Faze-O
  21. Four Play -- Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns
  22. California Dreamin' -- Eddie Hazel

Free Music Notes for What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)

Free Music Review: must have
Hit: 5 Stars

At four Cds, this certianly is a massive set, just floodding with grooves from the golden era of soul. You get some of the best of the vaults from Stax and Atlantic, with some of the huge names and some you never heard of.

The running order of What It Is is basically Chronological, which means that you get to see a real evolution of (mostly southern) soul and funk. The mamouth box starts out in 1967, when grits and butter from the recently desegragated south were the order of the day, all over the top 40 charts and AM radio. You get to hear a lot of the hits-in a new light;the remastering is just mind blowing-and a lot of tracks you didn't know.

Most people who followed soul in this era bought the 45s, but What It Is takes you to a much deeper level. There are album tracks, Beatles covers, and a lot of other material that will give you much deeper insight into this music. Hearing the obscure gems on here juxtapostioned with the hits lets you hear shopworn music in a fresh new context, making it feel almost brand new.

As the late 60s became the early 70s, even the brashest Souther Soul became funker, louder (thank you Mr. Hendrix) and more miltant. Saxaphones and castinette gave way to bongos and Wha Wha guitars, and this set allows you to see the whole process unfold.

This is NOT a textbook for soul 101. Your not going to get the slick production of Motown or the sweet candy of Gamble and Huff. But What It is offers ample volumes of fantastic music, seen through new lenses. It should keep you busy for years to come.

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What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977) Poster

91 tracks deep and five hours long, this multi-artist, 4CD set mines rare, renowned, legendary, and little-known grooves from the vaults of Atlantic, Atco, and Warner Bros Records!
Too many reissue compilations are content to merely slice 'n' dice familiar catalog choices in not particularly original ways. But this four-disc, 91-track trove of obscure '70s R&B and funk from Warner-distributed labels great and small argues there's still treasure to be gleaned from studio vaults--a five-hour groove-fest that's as interested in shaking booty as in opening ears. Even the genre's groundbreaking usual suspects (Wilson Pickett, the Bar-Kays, Curtis Mayfield, Earth, Wind & Fire, et al) are represented by selections that aren't immediately familiar, while Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin serves up a radically different, previously unreleased take of "Rock Steady." Still other stars contribute their sonic touches to some of the lesser-known cuts, as witnessed by the patent trippiness of Sly Stone alter-egos 6ix and Stanga on "I'm Just Like You" and "Little Sister," respectively; the stark, party-not-so-hearty contrast of the Mayfield-written-and-produced "Hard Times" by Baby Huey & Baby Sisters; and the Meters' version of "Tampin'," released under the moniker of the Rhine Oaks.

Sequenced in rough chronological order, it's a savvy window into a musical evolution as well, with the rhythmic guitars, organ swells, and horn flourishes of traditional '60s R&B giving way to sinewy synths and increasingly chunky bass lines as the decade grooves on. While savvy hip-hoppers will note that many of the rarities here have already been repurposed by shrewd mixers, it's a revelation to hear them in their original form. A compelling deconstruction of an often clichéd and too-narrowly-defined genre, this is an anthology that showcases music that has influenced such contemporary artists as Tupac, the Beastie Boys, Snoop Dogg, and Kanye West, annotated by many of the original musicians who set the dance floor in motion. --Jerry McCulley

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