Various Artists ''SuperFunk Is Back - Rare And Classic Funk 1968-1977''

Various Artists

''SuperFunk Is Back - Rare And Classic Funk 1968-1977''
( Compilation BGP Records, 2007 )
Catalog # BGPD 183

Tracklisting:

1 Smithstonian - Just Sitting 2:57
Written-By - V Smith
2 87th Off Broadway - Can't Get Enough 2:52
3 Diplomats, The - She's The One 2:32
Written-By - Ervan Waters , Samuel Culley
4 Eternal Flames, The - Hi Off Life 3:54
Written-By - C Stanley , F Troy , H Reeves , K Butcher , P Parker
5 Miles Grayson - Home Brew 2:46
Written By - McQueen , Williams
Written-By - Miles Grayson
6 Uniques, The - Give Me Another Chance 2:45
Written-By - James Gonsalves , Manuel Avalos
7 Phillips Brothers, The - I Got Hurt Pt 1 5:24
8 Phillips Brothers, The - I Got Hurt Pt 2 3:02
9 Lee Bernard - Turn Around And Go 2:22
Written-By - Leroy Bernard
10 Dyke & The Blazers - Let A Woman Be A Woman - Let A Man Be A Man (Alt) 3:14
Written-By - Arlester Christian
11 Alvin Cash - Twine Time 3:01
Written-By - Andre Williams , Verlie Rice
12 Explosions, The - Face To Face 2:42
Written-By - Lionel Joseph Bihm Jr
13 Jackie Wilson - Shake A Leg 2:55
Written-By - Jackie Wilson , William Sanders
14 Hebrew Rogers - Can't Buy Soul 2:03
Written-By - Preston Epps
15 Smokey Wilson - Low Rider (Deuce And Quarter) 5:34
Written-By - Robert Wilson
16 Big Daddy Green - Who Done It? Who Drained The Pool 2:13
Written-By - Vanicor Preston
17 Mello Matics, The - Mother Popcorn 2:41
Written-By - Alfred Ellis , James Brown
18 Phillips Brothers, The - Little Boy Blue 2:34
19 Jeanette Jones - You'd Be Good For Me 2:45
Written-By - Barry Goldberg , Gerry Goffin
20 Lorenzo Holden - Hold On 4:41
21 La May & Company - Free The Soul Man 3:36
Written-By - Columbus Speller

Credits:
Artwork By [Package Designed By] - www.the-unknown.co.uk
Compiled By, Other [Notes] - Dean Rudland
Mastered By - Nick Robbins
Other [Labels Courtesy Of, Mello Matics And The Uniques Photos] - Joey D
Other [Labels Courtesy Of, Other Memorabilia And Photos] - Alec Palao
Other [Labels Courtesy Of] - Dean Rudland , Peter Gibson , Peter Wermelinger , Roger Armstrong

Notes:
Format:Compilation
Country:UK
Released:2007
Standard jewel case with 12-page staple-bound insert booklet - include liner notes and scans of original 45's.
1) Enterprise 9020 (1970)
2) Previously unissued Golden State Recorders recording (2007)
3) 3rd World (1972)
4) ETF 1701 (1971)
5) Heavy Hit 101 (1970)
6) Esar 1417 (1969)
7) Extended Version of Now 5 (2007)
8) Previously unissued Original Sound recording (2007)
9) Goldband 1198 (1968)
10) Previously unissued alt version BGP BGPS 126 (2007)
11) XL NN (1970)
12) Highland 1208 (1970)
13) Brunswick 55504 (1973)
14) Original Sound 106 (1973)
15) Previously unissued Modern recording (2007)
16) ANLA 114 (1968)
17) Previously unissued (2007)
18) Previously unissued Original Sound recording (2007)
19) Previously unissued Golden State Recorders recording (2007)
20) Previously unissued Modern recording (2007)
21) SPQR 4003 (1976)
Mastered at Sound Mastering Ltd.
Liner notes with thanks to Yusuke Ogawa, Peter Wermelinger, Joey D and Gerald Short.

Review:
One of the deepest-digging entries in the Super Funk series so far -- a blistering batch of underground singles that serve up some of the roughest funk of their generation! We'll be honest in saying that we'd only heard a few of the tracks here before -- and our hats are off to BGP for taking this already-great series and making it go even deeper -- far past familiar funk classics that usually get showcased on the label, and much more into the realm of the crate-digging underground, or the ebay-rarity stratosphere! A handful of cuts here are previously unreleased -- never even issued on wax back in the day -- and the rest are all pretty darn hard to find too, and all plenty darn great from a musical perspective. The package features a whopping 21 tracks in all -- including a rare 1970 funky remake of "Twine Time" by Alvin Cash, plus "Home Brew" by Miles Grayson, "Just Sitting" by Smithstonian, "Can't Get Enough" by 87th Off Broadway, "Hi Off Life" by Eternal Flames, "Give Me Another Chance" by The Uniques, "Hold On" by Lorenzo Holden, "Free The Soul Man" by La May & Company, "Little Boy Blue" by The Phillips Brothers, "You'd Be Good For Me" by Jeanette Jones, "Who Done It? Who Drained The Pool?" by Big Daddy Green, "Low Rider (Deuce & A Quarter)" by Smokey Wilson, "Can't Buy Soul" by Hebrew Rogers, "Shake A Leg" by Jackie Wilson, "Face To Face" by The Explosions, and "Turn Around & Go" by Lee Bernard.
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