Description
Get On Down is bringing back one of the best James Brown funk compilations to vinyl.
Funky People Part 1 features the top tier of artists from Brown's People Records label, including The J.B.s, Lyn Collins, Fred Wesley, and Maceo Parker. Some of the James Brown organization's all-time best material is collected here, including The J.B.'s "Pass The Peas" and "Hot Pants Road", Fred Wesley's in your face politics through funk statement "Damn Right, I Am Somebody", Lyn Collins' smash hit "Think (About It)" and many more. These songs have been sampled in countless hip-hop songs over the years.
Newcomers and diehard fans alike continue to dig into the James Brown and People Records vaults, and the more they do so, the more they realize that it's a nearly never-ending source of truly next-level funk and soul music. Thanks to the exhaustive efforts of Get On Down, this aural goodness will keep flowing to the public.
Click here for Funky People Part 2 bundled with Part 1 at a discount.
Tracklist:
A1 The J.B.'s– Gimme Some More
A2 The J.B.'s– Pass The Peas
A3 Lyn Collins– Think (About It)
B1 The J.B.'s– Givin' Up Food For Funk (Part 1)
B2 Lyn Collins– Mama Feel Good
B3 The J.B.'s– Hot Pants Road
C1 Lyn Collins– Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again
C2 Fred Wesley & The JB's– Damn Right, I Am Somebody (Part 1)
C3 Lyn Collins– Take Me As I Am
D1 Fred Wesley & The JB's– If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back Up And Try It Again
D2 Maceo & The Macks– Paarty (Part 1)
D3 Fred & The New J.B.'s– (Its Not The Express) Its The JB's Monaurail (Part 1)
D4 Fred Wesley & The JB's– Same Beat (Part 1)
