K's FUNK SPECIAL, VA - The 125 Greatest Funk Songs of All Time (Super Deluxe Edition) (9 x CD's) [2020]

FUNK

K's FUNK  SPECIAL, VA - The 125 Greatest Funk Songs of All Time (Super Deluxe Edition) (9 x CD's) [2020]

Time to get funky!

Funk was an R&B sub-genre which emerged in African-American communities in the 1960's and became especially popular in the 1970s. The music was marked by an emphasis on strong, rhythmic grooves supported by bass and drum.

It was instrumental in the development of the even more dance-oriented disco music of the 1970's. 

Compiled after exhaustive and extensive research, including the songs which feature most on the many many lists of the best and greatest funk tracks ever made: critics lists, readers lists, online discussion forums, TV countdowns, etc.

• https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_rb-funk.html
• https://davesmusicdatabase.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-top-100-funk-songs-of-all-time.html
• https://reads-it.com/the-100-best-funk-songs-of-all-time/

Only 100% original mixes: 7", 12" and longer album versions, no later remixes you often see appear on compilations - basically the best and original versions of each song, at the highest and best sounding quality recent remasters released to date.

Many tracks are the original long 12" extended mixes, which truly makes for an authentic collection of how the songs sounded in the dance clubs.  Most official funk compilations out there contain many of the classics, but also feature a lot of junk too.

My goal was to include the very very best of the genre, the cream of the crop, and to add a number of tracks you just never see on compilations due to licensing, music rights issues, etc.

Time to get funky!

Enjoy!

K

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Track lists

CD1

01 James Brown & The J.B.'s Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine 5:16

02 James Brown & The Famous Flames Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Parts 1 & 2) 4:18

03 Sly & The Family Stone Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) 4:48

04 Parliament Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) 5:44

05 Isaac Hayes Theme from "Shaft" 4:39

06 Curtis Mayfield Superfly 3:56

07 Stevie Wonder Superstition 4:09

08 The Temptations Papa Was a Rollin' Stone 6:58

09 Prince & The Revolution When Doves Cry 5:53

10 Funkadelic One Nation Under a Groove 7:29

11 James Brown & His Orchestra Cold Sweat 7:32

12 Dyke & The Blazers Funky Broadway (Part 1) 2:38

13 The Meters Cissy Strut 3:04

CD2

14 Herbie Hancock Chameleon 15:44

15 The Isley Brothers It's Your Thing 2:46

16 Parliament Flash Light 5:39

17 Edwin Starr War 3:23

18 Rick James Super Freak 3:25

19 Prince & The Revolution Little Red Corvette 4:56

20 Michael Jackson Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough 6:03

21 Sly & The Family Stone Family Affair 3:05

22 Stevie Wonder Living for the City 7:24

23 The Staple Singers I'll Take You There 3:15

24 The Isley Brothers That Lady (Parts 1 & 2) 5:33

25 Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff 2:43

26 Rufus and Chaka Khan Tell Me Something Good 4:39

27 Prince & The Revolution Kiss 3:46

28 Stevie Wonder Higher Ground 3:44

CD3

29 Wild Cherry Play That Funky Music 4:58

30 Rose Royce Car Wash 5:08

31 The Commodores Brick House 6:12

32 Ohio Players Fire 4:33

33 War Low Rider 3:10

34 Average White Band Pick Up the Pieces 3:58

35 Marvin Gaye Got to Give It Up (Parts 1 & 2) 11:55

36 Zapp More Bounce to the Ounce 9:30

37 Kool & The Gang Jungle Boogie 3:04

38 James Brown & His Orchestra Funky Drummer 7:01

39 Indeep Last Night a DJ Saved My Life 5:38

40 Gwen Guthrie Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent 5:59

41 Lyn Collins Think (About It) 3:20

CD4

42 Cameo Word Up! 4:20

43 Charles Wright Band & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band Express Yourself 3:51

44 George Clinton Atomic Dog 4:45

45 Hot Chocolate You Sexy Thing (Original 1975 7" Single Version) 4:02

46 Kool & The Gang Funky Stuff 3:02

47 Brick Dazz 5:37

48 Earth, Wind & Fire Shining Star 2:51

49 B.T. Express Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) 5:52

50 The O'Jays For the Love of Money 7:18

51 Rick James Give It to Me Baby 5:42

52 Betty Wright Clean Up Woman 2:49

53 Joe Tex Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) 6:42

54 King Floyd Groove Me 2:57

55 Rufus and Chaka Khan Ain't Nobody 4:42

56 Aretha Franklin Rock Steady 3:12

57 Tower of Power What Is Hip? 5:06

CD5

58 James Brown The Payback 7:40

59 The Gap Band You Dropped a Bomb on Me 5:13

60 Ann Peebles I Can't Stand the Rain 2:29

61 Tom Tom Club Genius of Love 5:35

62 Funkadelic (Not Just) Knee Deep 10:15

63 Kool & The Gang Get Down on It 6:08

64 Ohio Players Love Rollercoaster 4:47

65 Jimmy Castor Bunch It's Just Begun 3:43

66 Slave Slide 6:51

67 The Gap Band I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops, Up Side Your Head) 8:43

68 Eddie Kendricks Keep On Truckin' 7:58

69 The Isley Brothers Fight the Power (Parts 1 & 2) 5:21

70 James Brown & His Orchestra Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud 4:47

CD6

71 Carl Douglas Kung Fu Fighting 3:16

72 Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers Bustin' Loose 7:43

73 Prince Sign o' the Times 4:56

74 The Temptations Cloud Nine 3:36

75 Tom Browne Funkin' for Jamaica 4:40

76 Taana Gardner Heartbeat 9:44

77 Bill Withers Use Me 3:44

78 Chic Good Times 8:10

79 L.T.D. (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again 4:47

80 The Meters Just Kissed My Baby 4:42

81 The Gap Band Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) 5:31

82 The Brothers Johnson Get the Funk Out Ma Face 5:58

83 Lipps Inc. Funky Town 7:46

84 Diana Ross Upside Down 4:06

CD7

85 Patrice Rushen Forget Me Nots 4:42

86 Bill Withers Lovely Day 4:14

87 Maceo and the Macks Soul Power '74 (Part 1) 3:05

88 James Brown Give It Up or Turnit a Loose (Remix) 6:12

89 Dr. John Right Place, Wrong Time 2:53

90 The Crusaders Street Life 11:16

91 The Temptations Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) 4:03

92 Lakeside Fantastic Voyage 6:08

93 Dazz Band Let It Whip 6:11

94 Instant Funk I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) 9:48

95 Midnight Star No Parking (On the Dancefloor) 7:59

96 One Way Cutie Pie 5:24

97 Mtume Juicy Fruit 4:31

CD8

98 Carl Carlton She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) 5:51

99 Brick Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody 3:57

100 Herbie Hancock Rockit 5:25

101 James Brown & The J.B.'s Get On the Good Foot 5:17

102 Mandrill Fencewalk 5:32

103 Wild Sugar Bring It Here 6:03

104 The Commodores Machine Gun 2:40

105 David Bowie Fame 4:16

106 Grace Jones Pull Up to the Bumper 7:18

107 KC & The Sunshine Band Get Down Tonight 5:20

108 Kool & The Gang Hollywood Swinging 4:38

109 Earth, Wind & Fire September 3:37

110 Graham Central Station The Jam 8:12

111 Ohio Players Skin Tight 7:56

CD9

112 The Brothers Johnson Stomp! 5:59

113 Earth, Wind & Fire Let's Groove 5:39

114 Brass Construction Movin' 8:41

115 Cheryl Lynn Got to Be Real 5:08

116 Con Funk Shun Ffun 6:06

117 Maceo and the Macks Cross the Track (We Better Go Back) 3:15

118 Leon Haywood I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You 5:52

119 Ripple I Don't Know What It Is But It Sure Is Funky 3:19

120 Bar-Kays Holy Ghost 8:32

121 Funkadelic I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing 3:53

122 Cymande Brothers on the Slide 4:08

123 Sly & The Family Stone Dance to the Music 2:58

124 James Brown & The J.B.'s Get Up Offa That Thing 6:16

125 Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars Uptown Funk 4:29

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