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The Jazzman/Now-Again Funk series has offered surveys as broad as they are deep: Midwest Funk, Texas Funk, Florida Funk, Carolina Funk. Yet this might be the most important trawl of all: California Funk. Over a decade in the making, this, from compilers Malcolm Catto and Gerald "Jazzman" Short, is the Funk masterpiece. This anthology examines what happened to the independent ensembles who gigged during Sly and the Family Stone's Bay-area renaissance. It delves into the stories sidemen who worked alongside LA's Charles Wright and the Watt's 103rd Street Rhythm Bands and offers answers to elusive questions. At the same time, it offers thunderous drums, fuzzy wah-wah, fat basslines, blistering horns and exhortations akin to James Brown and his many disciples over its 21 track selection. This official reissue was licensed by the lost bandleaders, bass players, drummers, label owners and studio-vets, independents, all, lost to history no more. Packaged as a "mini-LP" in a thick, "paste-on" gatefold cardboard sleeve Now-Again's issue of California Funk also comes with a 24-page full color booklet with full liner notes, annotation, and never-before-seen photos of these most impressive organizations.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 All Bundled Into One - Watercolor (4:50)
2 Cruising Down Sunset - Arthur Monday (3:06)
3 Curse Upon the World - Leon Gardner (2:59)
4 Super Cool Brother - Chucky Thurmon (3:06)
5 What Goes Around Comes Around, Pt. 1 - Delores Ealy & the Kenyattas (2:52)
6 Turn It Over - Ray Frazier & The Shades of Madness (2:48)
7 W.B. 302 - Enrique Olivarez Y Los Vampiros (3:21)
8 I Who Have Nothing (Am Somebody) - 4th Coming (2:55)
9 Get It Right - King Solomon (2:30)
10 Al's Place - J.G.D. & the New Breed (2:22)
11 North Richmond Breakaway - L.A. Bare Faxx (3:06)
12 Talking About My Baby - Apple and the Three Oranges (3:33)
13 Politician Rag - Lil' Lavair & the Fabulous Jades (2:49)
14 Funky Fire - Rhon Silva (3:36)
15 Farm Song - Billy Larkin & The Delegates (2:37)
16 Cold Heat - California Gold (2:43)
17 Honeydripper - John Heartsman & Circles (2:24)
18 Arriba Tipo - Enrique Olivarez Y Los Vampiros (2:21)
19 Bones - Mr Clean & The Soul Inc. (2:43)
20 Smokin' Tidbits - Edwards Generation (3:06)
21 What's Goin On - Winter (4:19)
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