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| What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977) | 
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| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $64.98
Buy New: $39.48
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 2720
Format: Box Set, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 7.4 x 1.2
MPN: 77635
UPC: 081227763527
EAN: 0081227763527
ASIN: B000GIWS4W
Release Date: October 3, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New sealed stock. Immediate shipment
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Spreadin' Honey -- Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band | | • | Soul Finger -- Bar-Kays | | • | The Shadow Of Your Smile -- Brother Jack McDuff | | • | Gangster Of Love (Parts 1 and 2) -- Jimmy Norman | | • | The Memphis Train -- Rufus Thomas | | • | Get Out Of My Life Woman -- Grassella Oliphant | | • | Live Right Now -- Eddie Harris | | • | Pig Snoots, Part 1 -- Natural Bridge Bunch | | • | Soul Sound System -- The Freedom Sounds featuring Wayne Henderson | | • | Snatching It Back -- Clarence Carter | | • | Stoned Soul -- Artie Christopher | | • | Getting The Corners -- The T.S.U. Tornadoes | | • | Sexy Coffee Pot -- Tony Alvon & The Belairs | | • | Don't Come Around Here Anymore -- Mark Putney | | • | Keep On Dancing -- The Commodores | | • | Right On Brother--Part 1 -- The Southshore Commission | | • | Pop, Popcorn Children -- Eldridge Holmes | | • | It's Your Thing -- Cold Grits | | • | It's All In Your Mind -- Soul Angels | | • | Funky John -- Johnny Cameron & The Camerons | | • | Help Me Make Up My Mind -- Joyce Jones | | • | Rock Me Baby -- Lou Johnson | | • | Sing A Simple Song -- The Noble Knights | | • | Do You Dig It -- Titus Turner | | • | Funky Canyon -- Phil Moore Jr. | | • | Jan Jan -- The Fabulous Counts | | • | Tampin -- The Rhine Oaks |
Disc 2
| • | Gossip -- Cyril Neville | | • | Somebody In The World For You -- The Mighty Hannibal | | • | Stanga -- Little Sister | | • | Jumpin' Jack Flash -- Ananda Shankar | | • | The Deacon -- Brute Force | | • | Sookie Sookie -- Don Covay & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band | | • | Right On -- Clarence Wheeler & The Enforcers | | • | (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go -- Curtis Mayfield | | • | Stepping Stones -- Johnny Harris | | • | I'm Just Like You -- 6ix | | • | Funky Thing--Part 1 -- The Unemployed | | • | Messie Bessie -- Shirley Scott | | • | Fairchild -- Willie West | | • | Cold Bear -- The Gaturs | | • | I Can't Get Next To You -- Mongo Santamaria | | • | Feelin' Alright -- Lulu | | • | Soul Bowl -- Memphis Horns | | • | Tuane -- Hammer | | • | Take It Off--Part 2 -- Johnny Tolbert & De Thangs | | • | Seeds Of Life -- Harlem River Drive featuring Eddie Palmieri & Jimmy Norman | | • | Engine Number 9 -- Wilson Pickett |
Disc 3
| • | Hard Times -- Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters | | • | What So Never The Dance--Pt. 1 & 2 -- Houseguests | | • | Headless Heroes -- Eugene McDaniels | | • | Spinning Wheel -- Wade Marcus | | • | Bad Tune -- Earth, Wind & Fire | | • | Mr. Cool -- Rasputin's Stash | | • | Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' To Ya -- Junior Mance | | • | Hang On In There -- The Stovall Sisters | | • | Funky Nassau (Part 2) -- The Beginning Of The End | | • | Whatever's Fair -- Mark Holder & The Positives | | • | Face It -- Ed Robinson | | • | Wah Wah Man -- Young-Holt Unlimited | | • | Rock Steady (alternate mix) -- Aretha Franklin | | • | Won't Nobody Listen -- Black Haze Express | | • | Goin' Down -- Allen Toussaint | | • | Suavecito -- Malo | | • | You Gotta Know Whatcha Doin' -- Charles Wright | | • | Mo Jo Hanna -- Tami Lynn | | • | Ridin' Thumb -- King Curtis | | • | Almendra -- Macondo | | • | Nuki Suki -- Little Richard |
Disc 4
| • | Getting Uptown (To Get Down) -- United 8 | | • | 8 Days On The Road -- Howard Tate | | • | Moon Shadow -- Labelle | | • | Let It Crawl -- Society's Bag | | • | Wanaoh -- Black Heat | | • | If It Was Good Enough For Daddy -- Clarence Reid | | • | Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky -- Claudia Lennear | | • | Cosmic Sea -- The Mystic Moods | | • | Kissing My Love -- Cold Blood | | • | Flute Thing -- Seatrain | | • | Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug (Push N' Shove) Part 2 -- The Meters | | • | Funky To The Bone -- Freddi/Henchi & The Soul Setters | | • | Try It Again -- Bobby Byrd | | • | . Teasin' -- Cornell Dupree | | • | (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away -- Dr. John | | • | Chicken Heads -- Oscar Brown Jr. | | • | Rien Ne Va Plus -- Funk Factory | | • | Cajun Moon -- Herbie Mann | | • | Improve -- Darrow Fletcher | | • | Riding High -- Faze-O | | • | Four Play -- Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns | | • | California Dreamin' -- Eddie Hazel |
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Amazon.com
Too many reissue compilations are content to merely slice 'n' dice familiar catalog choices in not particularly original ways. But this four-disc, 91-track trove of obscure '70s R&B and funk from Warner-distributed labels great and small argues there's still treasure to be gleaned from studio vaults--a five-hour groove-fest that's as interested in shaking booty as in opening ears. Even the genre's groundbreaking usual suspects (Wilson Pickett, the Bar-Kays, Curtis Mayfield, Earth, Wind & Fire, et al) are represented by selections that aren't immediately familiar, while Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin serves up a radically different, previously unreleased take of "Rock Steady." Still other stars contribute their sonic touches to some of the lesser-known cuts, as witnessed by the patent trippiness of Sly Stone alter-egos 6ix and Stanga on "I'm Just Like You" and "Little Sister," respectively; the stark, party-not-so-hearty contrast of the Mayfield-written-and-produced "Hard Times" by Baby Huey & Baby Sisters; and the Meters' version of "Tampin'," released under the moniker of the Rhine Oaks.Sequenced in rough chronological order, it's a savvy window into a musical evolution as well, with the rhythmic guitars, organ swells, and horn flourishes of traditional '60s R&B giving way to sinewy synths and increasingly chunky bass lines as the decade grooves on. While savvy hip-hoppers will note that many of the rarities here have already been repurposed by shrewd mixers, it's a revelation to hear them in their original form. A compelling deconstruction of an often cliched and too-narrowly-defined genre, this is an anthology that showcases music that has influenced such contemporary artists as Tupac, the Beastie Boys, Snoop Dogg, and Kanye West, annotated by many of the original musicians who set the dance floor in motion. --Jerry McCulley
Album Description
91 tracks deep and five hours long, this multi-artist, 4CD set mines rare, renowned, legendary, and little-known grooves from the vaults of Atlantic, Atco, and Warner Bros Records!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 WHAT IT IS ?.....NOTHING BUT A NON STOP PARTY! February 10, 2007
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
This set right here could very well be the holy grail of rare and hard to find grooves. This box set is funkier than a high school locker room! Every track on here is certified stank(aka funky). The most amazing thing about these tracks is that they capture the spirit of the times better than a lot of their more popular comtemporaries(at least in my opinion). "What it is" feels like an audio documentary of underdogs making the funkiest music and having a great time doing it. If you listen to how these tracks are sequenced, you'll feel like a story is being told - rather than just listening to another compliamation of vintage r&b music.
I'm only 25 years old. Every time I play this set, I feel like I'm at a 70's block party, chillin' in a long black cadillac fleetwood and scoping out some foxy mamas with hot pants and thigh high leather boots
(that's how good the music sounds). With 20 plus tracks each per disc, you can't help but be amazed with the consistent quality of the music.
All I gotta say is buy this set and let the funk be your guide to love, happiness, and your rites of passage to throw it on down and dance your
a-- off!!! If you ain't diggin on this, you're diggin a hole for yourself!
Long live the funk baby!
 good stuff, but could be better January 2, 2007
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
So, I was pretty excited about this box set, but I must admit, I'm a little disappointed, mainly with some horrible edits. I guess you run this risk with most box sets, but some of the edits just broke my heart. The worst of them all was the chop job they did with Curtis' "Don't Worry...". I don't really consider this song a "rare groove," considering it's the lead song on his greatest hits cd, which is very easy to find. The edit of Eddie Hazel's "California Dreamin'" was pretty bad too; "Games, Dames and Guitar Thangs" has been rereleased, pick it up. Please. Also, "Funky Nassau, pt. 2"? Why? It's not even 2 minutes long, and pales in comparison to Part 1. Not a good representation of Beginning of the End's work.
All right, enough of my griping. I just love long, drawn-out jams, and absolutely loathe edits. But this box set does have some really awesome stuff going for it. Faze-O's "Riding High" is superb, as is "Stepping Stones" by Johnny Harris. "Cosmic Sea" by the Mystic Moods is really great too. I'll admit that I've never heard of 90% of this stuff, and most of it is reall good. I just have to skip over those edits...
But in my own opinion, if you want more bang for your buck, go with the Superfly Soul series. You can get all 3 2-cd sets for less than you'll pay for this 4-cd set, and I think the music choice is superior. And they actually have some rare, unedited Curtis, like "Billy Jack" and "Big Mac."
Another Great Rhino Box Set October 11, 2006
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
Man, this thing is so awsome. I gotta say, I really dig what Rhino does with their boxsets. "Nuggets" and "No Thanks" (covering American psychedelic/garage rock from the mid-Sixties and punk music from the late Seventies respectively) are both great sets. "Nuggets II" is probably my favorite box set in the world, covering psychedlic music from around the world from the 60's.
They've broken the mold again here. This box set covers 67-77, and it's all funky. That's the important thing. What I really love about this set is how varied it is. Some of this music is essentially jazz (especially the early stuff) with no lyrics, and played by jazz muscians like Grant Green, etc. There's more typical-sounding funk music by artists you're probably all familiar with, like Sly, Aretha & Curis Mayfield. Most of it consists of artists you have never ever heard of, however, and it all sounds great. It all sounds pretty different, however, covering different syles, and approaches, and coming from varous parts of the country. There are very few weak spots, just lots of great funky music, it's all fun, and is a great thing to put on when company's over. I have some issues with the packaging, but if you're into funky American music from the 1970's, you'll cream your bell-bottoms over this one!
Now THIS is what I'm talkin' about!!! December 23, 2006
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
I counted - I had heard 5 of these songs previously. A couple, "Keep On Dancing" and "Sookie, Sookie" I'd heard as covers by garage bands. Many of the performers catalog I thought I knew. WRONG! This collection bubbles and percolates and keeps on keepin' on for the duration. If you love funky soul music, or music period, this is a very worthy collection. I fully intend on having the Curtis Mayfield song about seeing you in Hell played at my funeral. I know all my friends will be joining me there. Great job, Rhino, super songs. They're out there somewhere but they were nearly all missed by me.
We only have satellite radio to thank for this November 9, 2006
13 out of 23 found this review helpful
Terrestrial radio (aka pre-satellite radio) had 40+ years to create the type of format presented in this excellent box set; unfortunately, greedy corporate conglomerates, more concerned with profits than product, allowed the so-called "oldies" format to become cookie "cluttered" with the same over-repeated batch of songs that MOST people now only associate with television commercials (see ELO's "Do Ya").
Most of the songs in this set recall an era when most soul music only enjoyed "regional" success; for every track included here, there are probably ten times that many collecting dust in a vault somewhere because a radio station manager from the past didn't think it was "commercial" enough. So now, we have all these cable and satellite "radio" stations playing this stuff like it's NEW when it was here all along! Oh well, better late than never...at least these gems are finally getting their due.
Note to Amazon reviewer Jerry McCulley: "Little Sister" was not a song from Sly Stone--"Stanga" was the song title. Nor was this Sly's "alter-ego"; Little Sister was a female soul trio organized by Stone consisting of Mary Rand, Elva Melton and his SISTER Vanetta Stewart.
Bonus points to those who know that their record label was called Stone Flower!
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