Various Artists Mos - Mos: Downtown Funk / Various (Uk) [CD]
Mos: Downtown Funk / Various (Uk)
Various Artists Mos
CD
2015 three CD set. Ministry of Sound presents Downtown Funk, a collection of one our most loved music genres. With the sun just around the corner what better album to get your groove on and heat things up for the imminent summer ahead than Downtown Funk. A major influence on disco, funk music is a sound familiar to all which has been heavily sampled in dance related genres including hip hop, house and drum 'n' bass not to mention featuring in countless iconic film soundtracks (Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Shaft to name but a few). Of late, the sound has had a huge pop resurgence and looks set to be one of the sounds of 2015. The essential tunes from your favorite artists all feature including James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, the Academy Award winning 'Theme from Shaft' by Isaac Hayes, James Taylor Quartet with the 'Theme from Starsky & Hutch', Curtis Mayfield, Chic, Bobby Womack, Bobby Byrd, Sly & The Family Stone, Bill Withers, Funkadelic, The Jackson Sisters, The Isley Brothers, The Fatback Band and Aretha Franklin to mention just a few. 60 tracks of grooves and cuts that defined an era, from Stateside to Southport, these are the records that provided the soundtrack to a generation. So go uptown to get downtown funk!
Tracklist:
- James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine) (Part 1 ; 2)
- Kool ; the Gang - Jungle Boogie
- Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces
- Charles Wright - Express Yourself
- Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up
- The O'Jays - for the Love of Money
- Sly ; the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
- The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
- Earth Wind ; Fire - Shining Star
- The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing
- Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
- Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park
- Commodores - Brick House (Single Version)
- Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (Single Version)
- Edwin Starr - War (Single Version)
- KC ; the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight (Edit)
- The Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head
- Tom Browne - Funkin for Jamaica
- Rick James - Super Freak
- The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
- Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
- Chic - Le Freak
- Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up (Single Version)
- George Benson - Give Me the Night
- Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night
- The Whispers - and the Beat Goes on
- The Jackson Sisters - I Believe in Miracles
- Gwen McCrae - All This Love That I'm Giving
- Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady
- The Chi - Lites
- Paches ; Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing
- Heatwave - Boogie Nights
- Diana Ross - Upside Down (Single Version)
- Odyssey - Going Back to My Roots
- Shalamar - There It Is
- Yarbrough ; Peoples - Don't Stop the Music
- Bobby Thurston - Check Out the Groove
- Brass Construction - Movin' (Single Version)
- Roy Ayers - Love Will Bring Us Back Together Again
- Bill Withers - Who Is He
- James Taylor Quartet - Theme from Starsky ; Hutch
- Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul
- Fred Wesley ; the JB's - Blow Your Head
- Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
- Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
- Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
- The Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop
- Maceo and the Macks - Cross the Tracks (We Better Go Back)
- Funkadelic - Red Hot Mama
- Herbie Hancock - Charmeleon (Single Version)
- The Meters - Cissy Strut
- Sly ; the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Me Be Mice,)
- Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
- Bobby Womack - It's Party Time
- Kiki Gyan - Disco Dancer
- Family Tree - Family Tree
- George Duke - Shine on (Single Version)
- Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
- Zapp ; Roger - More Bounce to the Ounce
- Bob James - Nautilus