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- Funky 16 Corners
- Format: 12" LP
- Catalogue Number: STH2038
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Stones Throw
- Release Date: 10 December 2001
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PRICE: £16.99
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Funky 16 Corners
Stones Throw Records presents a glimpse into the lives and music of 16 unsung heroes of the late 60s and early 70s' funk revolution from each corner of the United States.
These are musicians that strove to achieve the success of The Meters and James Brown, musicians that played their instruments with a gut-wrenching power unheard in modern music, musicians that testified on wax and have resurfaced some thirty years after disappearing from the music scene. The intensity of their recordings has not lost one ounce of soul with the time passed. Now, finally, the meticulously researched The Funky 16 Corners stands as an historical document to this era in American music.
Given the extensive research that went into producing this compilation, we had to omit some great stories and artwork from our 16-page CD booklet and gatefold LP. Now, given the limitless space of the world wide web, we present long-form interviews, record scans and pictures of every member of The Funky 16 Corners compilation that we could track down. Dive into an amazing American musical era - when songs thrived on rhythm - when resilient, independent musicians financed their own insightful ventures and succeeded in producing slept-on masterpieces.
All interviews with the artists on The Funky 16 Corners were conducted by Egon.
Track Listing
1. Bad Medicine - Trespasser
2. Billy Ball & The Upsetters feat. Roosevelt Matthews - Tighten Up Tighter
3. James Bell & The Turner Bros. - The Funky Buzzard
4. Carleen & The Groovers - Can We Rap
5. Co Real Artists - What About You (In the World Today)
6. Ebony Rhythm Band - Intro, Interlude, Outro
7. Ernie & The Top Notes - Dap Walk
8. Spider Harrison - Beautiful Day
9. The Highlighters - The Funky 16 Corners
10. Kashmere Stage Band - Kashmere
11. James Reese & The Progressions - Let's Go (It's Summertime)
12. Revolution Compared to What - Go to Work (Alt. Version)
13. The Rhythm Machine - The Kick
14. Slim & The Soulful Saints - Fish Head
15. Soul Seven - Southside Funk
16. Soul Vibrations - The Dump
17. Bubbha Thomas and The Lightmen Plus One - The Phantom
18. The Wooden Glass feat. Billy Wooten - In the Rain
19. James Reese & The Progressions - Jody's Freeze
