VA - Mega Funk (1996)

Mega Funk is a frankly bizarre, often intriguing collection spanning funk, Philly soul, jazz-funk, and disco. It includes only a few obvious selections -- "One Nation Under a Groove" by Funkadelic, "Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield -- and concentrates instead on seminal disco classics ("Nice'n'Nasty" by the Salsoul Orchestra, "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" by Indeep, "Let No Man Put Asunder" by First Choice), funky workouts by jazz leaders ("Afro Boogaloo Twist" by Ramsey Lewis, "Black Is" by Jack McDuff, "Tight Money" by Reuben Wilson) and an assortment of groove-oriented tracks by R&B singers as varying as Minnie Riperton, Luther Ingram, Etta James, Teddy Pendergrass, Shannon, and Bo Diddley. The result is a four-disc box set with at least a dozen pleasant surprises for fans of groove music.

Tracklist :

disc 1

01 Funkadelic _ One Nation Under A Groove
02 Average Whiteband _ Pick Up The Pieces
03 Instant Funk _ Just Because You'll Be Mine
04 The Meters _ Good Old Funky Music
05 Charade _ Gimme The Funk
06 Maceo Parker & All The Kings Men _ Funky Women*
07 War _ We Got The Power
08 94 East Featuring Prince _ Just Another Sucker
09 Alder Ray Black & The Fame Gang _ Just Because The Package's Been Opened And You
10 Sharon Redd _ Never Give You Up
11 Evasion _ Wikka Wrapp
12 Rotary Connection Feat _ I'Got My Mojo Working
13 Rimshots _ 7854321 (Blow Your Whistle)
14 Hustler Of Culture _ Funkin' Pussy
15 Phil Upchurch _ Cross Town Traffic
16 The Soulful Strings _ Listen Here
17 Reuben Wilson _ Tight Money
18 Cymande _ The message
19 Ripple _ I Dont Know What It Is But Is Sure Is Funky
20 Brother To Brother _ In The Bottle
22 Fat Larry's Band _ Act Like You Know
23 Chemise _ She Can't Love You
24 Instant Funk _ I Get My Mind Made Up
25 Stretch _ Why Did You Do It

disc 2

01 Curtis Mayfield _ Superfly
02 James Brown _ It's Too Funky In Here (live)
03 Frantique _ Strut Your Funky Stuff
04 Advance _ Take Me To The Top
05 Funk Deluxe _ This Time
06 Defunkt _ In The Good Times
07 Jocelyn Brown _ Somebody Else Guy
08 Atlantis _ Keep On Moovin' n' Groovin'
09 Anita Ward _ You Can Ring My Bell
10 First Choice _ Let No Man Put Asunder
12 J.R. Funk _ Feel Good Party Time
13 Ramsey Lewis _ Afro Boogaloo
14 Mill Street Depo _ I May Be Right. I May Be Wrong
15 Mother Freedom Band _ Gotta Get It Back
16 Jack Mc Duff _ Black Is
17 American Gypsy _ Inside Out
18 Gene Chandler _ Get Down
19 Luther Ingram _ Do You Think There's A Chance
20 FM Inc _ Moving In The Right Direction
21 Leight Russel _ Ride On The Vide (Make It Funky)
22 Eddie Fisher _ Thump And Bump
23 People's Choice _ Jam Jam Jam
24 Marlena Shaw _ Woman Of The Ghetto
25 Philadelphia International-All Stufs _ Let's Clean Up The Ghetto

disc 3

01 Sharon Redd _ Beat The Street
02 Skyy _ Call Me
03 James Brown _ I Got The Feeling
04 Salsoul Orchestra _ Nice N' Nasty
05 Cymande _ Fug
06 The Meters _ Gossip
07 Groove And The Gang _ Mr Boogaloo Pt. 2 (The Groove)
08 Unlimited Touch _ I Hear Music In The Streets
09 Eddie Floyd _ Knock On Wood
10 Koo Doo _ Got To Be You
11 Sir Joe Quaterman & Free Soul _ (I got) So Much Trouble In My Mind
12 Syl Johnson _ Annie Got Hot Pants Power Pt. 1
13 Business Before Pleasure _ (I'm in) The Prime Time Of Love
14 Etta James _ All The Way Down
15 Teddy Pendergrass _ Only You
16 The Paris Ford Project _ 2 Far
17 New Jersey Connection _ Love Don't Come Easy
18 Ramsey Lewis Trio _ Do What You Wanna
20 Pee Wee Ellis _ Moon Walk
21 Circle _ Believe Me
22 Curtis Mayfield _ Move On Up
23 Funkadelic _ Freak Of The Week
24 Maceo Parker & All The Kings Men _ Mag-Poo
25 Ripple _ The Beat Goes On

disc 4

01 James Brown _ Papa's got a brand new bag (Live)
02 Maceo Parker & All the kings men _ Thank you for letting me be myself again
03 Weeks & Co _ Rock your world
04 Funkadelic _ You scared the lovin' outta me
05 Bo Diddley _ I'm high again
06 African music machine _ The dapp
07 First class _ This is it
08 Ella Washington _ I don't care about it
09 Eddie Fisher _ Give me. lend. loan me (let me have)
10 Move as one _ Ain't gettin' enough
11 Dexter Wansel _ All night long
12 American gipsy _ Stuck on you
13 Bobby Patterson _ It takes two to do wrong
14 Business before pleasure _ Funk you
15 Communicators & Black experiences _ Is it funky enough
16 Eddie Mobley _ Stick it in your earhole
17 Alvin Cash _ Keep on dancing
18 John Klemmer _ Free soul
19 New rotary collection _ I am the black gold of the sun
20 The strikers _ Body music
21 The Meters _ Stretch
22 Shannon _ Let the music play
23 Ripple _ Funky song
24 94 East featuring Prince _ Games
25 Indeep _ Last night a D.J. saved my life