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WHAT IT IS! : FUNKY SOUL AND RARE GROOVES (1967-1977)(REMASTERED)
ホワット・イット・イズ！ファンキー・ソウル・アンド・レア・グルーヴズ (1967-1977)(リマスタード)

品番 : 8122-77635  

これはすごい！ライノの底力を感じさせる質・量ともに最高のファンク・コンピ。

あらん限りのリサーチ力でアトランティック、アトコ、ワーナー・ブラザーズを初めとしてワーナー・グループに無数に存在する有名・無名とり混ぜのファンク、R&B、レア・グルーヴのベスト･チューンを見事なまでに詰め合わせた逸品。選曲のセンスも脱帽だがパッケージがまたすごい。この一見古く見えて新しい感覚満載のボックス・デザインはライノのアート・ディレクター小池正樹氏によるもの。この秀逸なパッケージ･デザインによって氏は記念すべき第50回グラミー賞の“ベスト･ボックスまたはスペシャル･リミテッド・エディション・パッケージ部門（カテゴリー89）”にて、見事グランプリを獲得した。100曲近くのこのグルーヴたっぷりのコンピさえあればまさに天国にいける。

収録内容

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.UTornadoes
• 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 -- DrJohn
• 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