I’ve been working on this one for a while, and today felt like the right day to finish it up. This is an indulgent (over four hours long) tour through at least four different genres, with a common thread of funk.
There’s no particular logic to the sequence except that they’re loosely grouped by genre so as to keep the groove flowing. And the first track might seem odd, but listen to Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders trading scat syllables (in a style that will seem familiar to fans of the Warner Brothers cartoon “Dough for the Do-Do”) and the connection to funk becomes clear.
- Roodles – The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (“Radio’s Aces”)
- Calling On My Darling – Albert King (Chess Blues 1960-1967)
- Grab This Thing (Part 1) – The Mar-Keys (The Stax Story)
- Black Boy – Roebuck ‘Pops’ Staples (The Stax Story)
- I Have Learned to Do Without You – Mavis Staples (The Stax Story)
- Sissy Walk (Full) (Vocal) – Eddie Bo (The Hook and Sling)
- Tighten Up Tighter (Feat. Roosevelt Matthews) – Billy Ball and the Upsetters (The Funky 16 Corners)
- Dap Walk – Ernie and The Top Notes Inc (The Funky 16 Corners)
- Check Your Bucket (Full) – Eddie Bo (The Hook and Sling)
- Sock It To ‘Em Soul Brother – Bill Moss (Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label)
- Hey Pocky A-Way (A Way) – The Wild Tchoupitoulas (The Wild Tchoupitoulas)
- The Meters – Here Comes The Meter Man – DJ Jedi (Blowout Breaks)
- The Headhunters – God Made Me Funky – DJ Jedi (Blowout Breaks)
- Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2) – James Brown (Messing With The Blues)
- Outer Spaceways Incorporated – Sun Ra (Space Is The Place (Original Soundtrack))
- Umbrellas – Weather Report (Weather Report)
- Red China Blues – Miles Davis (Get Up With It)
- Harvey Mason – Hop Scotch (1975) – Herbie Hancock (Herbie Hancock – Man With a Suitcase)
- Eddie Henderson – Ecstasy (1978) – Herbie Hancock (Herbie Hancock – Man With a Suitcase)
- Whitey on the Moon – Gil Scott-Heron (Small Talk At 125th and Lennox)
- The Last Poets – Black Is – Chant – DJ Jedi (Blowout Breaks)
- Ku Mi Da Hankan – The Elcados (Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-rock & Fuzz Funk In 1)
- Everybody Likes Something Good – Ify Jerry Crusade (Nigeria 70 – Lagos Jump)
- Live in Another World – Itadi (Afro-Beat Airways)
- The Things We Do In Soweto – Almon Memela (Next Stop Soweto 4: Zulu Rock, Afro-Disco & Mbaqanga 1975-19)
- Do The Afro Shuffle – Godwin Omabuwa & His Casanova Dandies – Godwin Omabuwa & His Casanova Dandies (Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound In 1970�)
- Sex Veve – Verckys & L’Orchestre Vévé (Congolese Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978)
- Kenimania – MonoMono (Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-rock & Fuzz Funk In 1)
- Afro-blues – Orlando Julius & His Afro-sounders – Orlando Julius & His Afro-sounders (Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound In 1970�)
- Khomo Tsaka Deile Kae? – Marumo (Next Stop Soweto 4: Zulu Rock, Afro-Disco & Mbaqanga 1975-19)
- Nuki Suki – Little Richard (King of Rock & Roll: The Complete Reprise Recordings)
- Home Is Where the Hatred Is – Gil Scott-Heron (Pieces of a Man)
- Mommy, What’s a Funkadelic? – Funkadelic (Funkadelic)
- Maybe Your Baby – Stevie Wonder (Talking Book)
- Funky Dollar Bill – Funkadelic (Free Your Mind…And Your Ass Will Follow)
- Ride On – Parliament (Chocolate City)
- Everybody Loves the Sunshine – Roy Ayers Ubiquity (The Best of Roy Ayers (The Best of Roy Ayers: Love Fantasy))
- So Ruff, So Tuff – Zapp (Historia de la Musica Rock: Locas)
- I’ve Got My Eyes On You – The Girls (Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound)
- Higher – The Lewis Connection (Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound)
- Feel Up – Grace Jones (Lives of the Saints 5)
- Contagious – Ronnie Robbins (Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound)
- Cloreen Bacon Skin – Prince (Crystal Ball)
- Sexy M.F. – Prince (The Hits/The B-Sides)
- Tribe Vibes – Jungle Brothers (Done By the Forces of Nature)
- Doin’ Our Own Dang – Jungle Brothers (Done By the Forces of Nature)
- Can I Kick It? – A Tribe Called Quest (People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (25th Anniversary Edition))
- Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts) – A Tribe Called Quest (People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (25th Anniversary Edition))
- The Magic Number – De La Soul (3 Feet High And Rising)
- Where I’m From – Digable Planets (Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time & Space))
- Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) – Digable Planets (Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time & Space))
- God Lives Through – A Tribe Called Quest (Midnight Marauders)
- Jettin’ – Digable Planets (Blowout Comb)
- Gold Chains – Beck (Odelay (Deluxe Edition))
- Manteca (The Funky Lowlives Extended Remix) – Dizzy Gillespie & Funky Lowlives (Verve Remixed 2 – Exclusive EP)
- Show Me – Mint Royale (Dancehall Places)