1977 [Import]

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Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: T. Rex, and Everything is all around

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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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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 clichéd 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!

Customer Reviews:

Mm-hmm! I can smell that funky music!.......2007-06-18

Rare indeed; I can't imagine where you would find original 45s or even LPs containing all of these songs. That would be one lifetime task. The good folks at Rhino Records with their remarkable and creative tastes took out all of that hassle for us and now offers a rather unique set of rare funky music from the vaults of Atlantic/Atco and Warner/Reprise dating 1967-1977 with 91 tracks spanning across 4 filled-to-the-brim discs. Any soul music fan will no doubt want to explore this area of the R&B category (funk and I mean pure funk), but at times the flow of the music could seem a bit too much to handle. Some of the cuts go more than 3 1/2 minutes and sound like they might not end any time soon. The other case would be some tracks sound bizarre or unusual in terms of sound due to instrumentation, arrangements, etc. Such "bizarre" tracks are the sitar-laced rendition of "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Steppin' Stones" with a crazed flautist leading the way on a very blazing and dizzy-sounding track. The good outweigh the not-so-good remarkably, though. So get ready to hear punchy horns, infectious, simplistic and driving drumbeats, super funky bass lines, crunchy guitars, oozing organs and ultra-soulful vocals. On disc one, some noteworthy tracks are "Spreadin' Honey", "Get Otta My Life Woman", "Snatchin' It Back", "Sexy Coffee Pot" and "Help Me Make Up My Mind" (an answer to "Can I Chane My Mind"). Be sure to check out "Sookie Sookie", "Feelin' Alright" (done by Lulu (To Sir With Love)!), and "Engine Number Nine" on disc two, "Face It" (love the female backup singers on this), "Wah Wah Man", an alternate extended mix of "Rock Steady", "Suavecito", and "Nuki Suki" (from Little Richard) on disc three as well as "Moon Shadow", "Kissing My Love", "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky", "Chug Chug-A-Lug", "Everybody Wanna Get Rich Rite Away", and "Chicken Heads" on disc four. Those were just some of my favorite tracks, so I may have missed some. Many are instrumentals, but there are a handful with vocalists singing about love, dancing, partying, social concerns, etc. Bottom line: worth checking out and worth the discovery. You definitely won't hear this stuff on commercial radio. Only about three or four songs you'll recognize; the rest is like a surprise. If you're into R&B and want to explore the funk side of it, you can't find a better pick, and about 90% of these songs aren't available (some or many) together anyplace else. The real deal of funk; that is "what it is!"

WHAT IT IS ?.....NOTHING BUT A NON STOP PARTY! .......2007-02-10

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!

Amazing. Mind blowing. Worth every penny. And so on........2007-02-04

This is the real deal folks. Music with grit and soul and feeling, before the shining distraction of drum machines, computers, samplers, bling, and "MTV's Cribs". I saw an ad for this and went to several book and record stores such as Borders, and to my local hip indie CD store (headquarters to the local music scene circle-jerk), trying to describe it to various clerks. Which was about like trying to teach a card trick to a basset hound. Save yourself the agony of trying to interest a white twenty-something body-piercing pincushion in ordering this set for you, and just get it here. You'll be glad you did. The sheer quantity of great music on this is staggering. I love the mix of instruments with vocal tracks, and the mix of "name" artists like Aretha or The Meters with many very obscure ones. Whoever compiled this did a great job in selecting the track order, so it makes it perfect for a long party. Everyone will be getting up and shaking their groove thang. This is priceless music from a lost era, so grab it before it disappears again.

Never a dull moment.......2007-01-28

I am a funk fan who is still by all means learning...With the passing of James Brown recently, I have tried to speed up this process a little and take as much in as possible. I think this collection of "underground" funk is phenomenal, 4 discs and never a dull moment.

Soul-tastic... All Hail Rhino! Nobody knows box like Rhino knows box.......2007-01-14

I stumbled over this set just a few days ago, and I have to say that it's easily one of the top 10 best random-artist compilations I've ever heard in my life, and I own hundreds of them.

I won't say there's no filler--by filler I mean the cover tunes--and I'm confused as to why "What So Never The Dance" is credited to the Houseguests when this is a longtime Bootsy Collins track? What, is Bootsy in trouble with Warner Brothers and can't re-release his own stuff under his own name anymore?

But disc one is an absolute gem--you can't make your own mix better than they've done it here. If you're a fan of James Brown, Parliament, Otis Redding, Sly Stone, the aforementioned Bootsy, Tower Of Power, Prince, early Stevie Wonder, Motown, Isaac Hayes, then you shouldn't be without this set.

Absolutely worth buying.

Average customer rating:

Annie is a fantastic experience
an uplifting CD to listen to, makes you feel good
ANNIE
Great Classic
Had to respond to the review by the 16 year old....

Annie (1977 Original Broadway Cast)
Charles Strouse , Martin Charnin , Andrea McArdle , and Dorothy Loudon
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

Act I: Overture - Orchestra
Act I: Maybe - Andrea McArdle/Orphans
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Act I: Tomorrow - Andrea McArdle
Act I: We'd Like To Thank You Herbert Hoover - Hoovervill-ites
Act I: Little Girls - Dorothy Loudon
Act I: I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here - Sandy Faison/Andrea McArdle/Ensemble
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Act I: You Won't Be An Orphan For Long - Sandy Faison/Ensemble
Act II: You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile - Donald Craig/Laurie Beechman/Edie Cowan/Penny Worth/Orphans
Act II: Tomorrow (Reprise) - Andrea McArdle/Raymond Thorne/Reid Shelton/Cabinet
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Act II: I Don't Need Anything But You - Reid Shelton/Andrea McArdle/Sandy Faison/Ensemble
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Act II: A New Deal For Christmas - Andrea McArdle/Reid Shelton/Sandy Faison/Raymond Thorne/Ensemble/Orphans
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First Draft: Apples - Martin Charnin/Charles Strouse
First Draft: Lead-In And Song: We Got Annie - Martin Charnin/Charles Strouse
First Draft: Lead-In - Martin Charnin/Charles Strouse
First Draft: Just Wait - Martin Charnin/Charles Strouse
First Draft: Lead-In - Martin Charnin/Charles Strouse
First Draft: That's The Way It Goes - Martin Charnin/Charles Strouse
First Draft: Lead-In - Martin Charnin/Charles Strouse
First Draft: Parents - Martin Charnin/Charles Strouse
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First Draft: Tomorrow (First Public Performance) - Martin Charnin/Charles Strouse

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The original Broadway cast recording of Annie still has as much charm as it did in 1977. Charles Strouse wrote the snappy music and Martin Charnin's clever lyrics capture the misery of the Great Depression, the glitter of the upper-crust life, and the character of the FDR administration. Andrea McArdle shines in the title role, most notably with the classic anthem "Tomorrow," while Tony-winner Dorothy Loudon and Reid Shelton provide support as the hag Miss Hannigan and the benevolent Daddy Warbucks, respectively.

The 1998 remastered edition includes as bonus material 17 minutes of tape Strouse and Charnin recorded for backers' auditions in 1972. They present the seven songs with some plot structure and early ideas for characters ("Miss Asthma" was a precursor for Miss Hannigan). Many of the songs didn't survive the final cut, but "Just Wait" eventually became "Little Girls" and "We Got Annie" was resurrected for the 1982 film. "Tomorrow" also appears--touted as the song's earliest recording--and Strouse and Charnin's rendition will increase your appreciation of McArdle. You won't listen to this rough draft every time you play the CD, but you'll enjoy it if you have any interest in the show. The booklet includes the original synopsis and production notes as well as new notes by Charnin on the extra tracks, but no lyrics. --David Horiuchi