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Funk Drops 2
Various Artists
Funk Drops 2
Genres: Blues, International Music, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock, Soundtracks, Classic Rock
 
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Second collection of breaks, beats & willfully obscure rare grooves from the vaults of Atlantic, Atco, Cotillion, Reprise & Warner Brothers, highlighting the period 1968-75. Again mixing fairly well known names su...  more »

     
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All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Funk Drops 2
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Warner Spec. Mkt. UK
Release Date: 1/13/2008
Album Type: Import
Genres: Blues, International Music, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock, Soundtracks, Classic Rock
Styles: Regional Blues, East Coast Blues, Reggae, Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo, Funk, Soul, Southern Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 0809274841322, 809274841322, 766489154923, 809274500823

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Second collection of breaks, beats & willfully obscure rare grooves from the vaults of Atlantic, Atco, Cotillion, Reprise & Warner Brothers, highlighting the period 1968-75. Again mixing fairly well known names such as Curtis Mayfield, Betty Wright & Dr. John with mainly single-only releases from obscure acts like T.S.U. Toronados, Fabulous Counts & Little Sister, many of these tracks are on CD for the first time. 2002.

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An esoteric collection of American Funk
Dr.D.Treharne | Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom | 08/20/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"For some reason it seems to be left to Europeans (and Brits in particular) to collect together "lost" soul and funk nuggets from the USA, and provide a coherent set of sleeve notes to place the said items within a context. This excellent collection as well as containing some of Warners biggest hits ("Clean Up Woman"/Betty Wright, "Rock Steady"/Aretha Franklin,"Right Place,Wrong Time"/Dr John) contains some neglected gems that ought to be heard.In particular "Stanga" by Little Sister is a belter, little sister being Rose Stewart part of Sly's extended band/family. There are two Family Stone covers, a magnificent version of "Everyday People" by Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band,and a version of "Sing a simple song" by The Noble Knights-led by King Curtis, but with all the Atlantic House band luminaries in attendance as well. Then there's a remake of a Watts Band backing track dubbed by Society's bag, 1 minute 25 seconds of a track called "Stroke 75" by Tower of Power and a stunning track called "Kissing my Love" by Cold Blood. There's no room to mention the Bobby Byrd track, or the one by Allan Toussaint, but I ought to give a big shout for "Somebody in the World for you" by The Mighty Hannibal which somehow managed not to get much airplay first time around. Sure, a lot of this stuff is obscure, but it's GOOD obscure, not just padding to the hits contained herein, and it rattles along in a joyful urgent way. Looking for something from left field that makes you feel good? Get those flares out!This could be worth investing in."