Various Artists – This Is Street Funk 1968-1974 / Various

This Is Street Funk" is part of a new series aimed at vinyl buyers who want a genre specific compilation to excite their ears. They will appeal to long-standing, discerning music acolytes and recent converts alike. Two sides of fantastic music, at an affordable price, hand-picked with TLC from Ace and it's associated catalogues. Compiled by Dean Rudland, who also writes the liner notes, "This Is Street Funk" brings you 14 tracks of hard hitting, heavy funk, and sums up the sound of 70s Black America. A combination of fatback drums, syncopated bass, rhythmic guitars and explosive vocals. The line-up of tracks includes classics from the Fatback Band and Millie Jackson, dancefloor favourites from Billy Garner and Billy Sha-Rae and screaming organ instrumentals from the Fame Gang and Larry & Tommy"

1. Brand New Girl - Billy Garner
2. Mister Bass Man - the Fatback Band
3. Bad on Bad - Chet Ivey
4. Grits and Gravy - the Fame Gang
5. Foolish Man (Part 1) - the Huck Daniels Co (Featuring Johnny Adams)
6. Funky Kingston - Tribe
7. Over Dose (Of Your Love) - the Two Things in One
8. Stop! - Camille Lil" Bob
9. Hypocrisy - Millie Jackson
10. Do It - Billy Sha-Rae
11. Mother Popcorn - the Mello Matics
12. Here Comes the Judge - Larry ; Tommy
13. Soul Feeling PT 1 - Eddy Giles
14. Get Me Back on Time, Engine #9 - National Soul Review"

Label: Beat Goes Public BGP

Catalog: 6702301

Genre: Soul/R & B