Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
These were originally two different mixes, but they got finished about the same time, so instead Unfunkked 4 is a two-disc installation in the series. The first disc is mostly sleazy funk, the second one is mostly uptempo Southern soul. Album art and track listings are below. Related Carolina trivia: Betty Davis, quite possibly the baddest woman in the last fifty years of music, was born and raised here in Durham and Johnny Bristol was from Morganton.
Unfunkked 4
Disc One: Rubber
01 The Undisputed Truth - Poontang
02 Side Effect - Life Is What You Make It
03 Chairmen of the Board - Finders Keepers
04 ConFunkShun - Chase Me
05 Betty Davis - Nasty Gal
06 Tami Lynn - Mo Jo Hanna
07 Rufus Thomas - Funky Mississippi
08 Johnny Adams - I Don't Worry Myself
09 Maze - Color Blind
10 Sandy Gaye - Watch the Dog
11 Greg Perry - Where There's Smoke, There's Fire
12 American Gypsy - Slip and Slide
13 Bobby Womack - Communication
14 The Controllers - The Reaper
15 Little Beaver - Money Vibrations
16 Rasputin Stash - Middle Man
17 Doris Allen - Hanging Heavy on My Mind
18 Jody Gayles - You Gotta Push
19 Act One - Bumpin' from the Middle
20 Leon Haywood - Daydream
21 Mutiny - Burning Up
Disc Two: Grits
01 David Ruffin - I Want You Back
02 Tyrone Davis - Can I Change My Mind?
03 Honey Cone - Want Ads
04 The Marvellettes - I'm Gonna Hold On as Long as I Can
05 Margie Joseph - You Better Know It
06 Lee Moses - Time and Place
07 King Floyd - It's Not What You Say
08 Chuck Armstrong - Shackin' Up
09 Al Wilson - I'm Out to Get You
10 100 Proof Aged in Soul - Somebody's Been Sleeping (In My Bed)
11 Skull Snaps - I Turn My Back on Love
12 Johnny Bristol - I Got Your Number
13 Betty LaVette - He Made a Woman Out of me
14 Laura Lee - Wedlock Is a Padlock
15 Denise LaSalle - The Deeper I Go
16 James & Bobby Purify - I Take What I Want
17 The New Birth - Ain't No Change
18 Benny Johnson - It's Yours, Baby
19 Liz Lands - One Man's Poison
20 Rosalind Madison - Fancy
21 8th Day - She's Not Just Another Woman
22 Clarence Murray - Dancing to the Beat
23 Sir Joe Quarterman - Find Yourself
24 Joe Tex - I Gotcha
25 Wayne Cochran - Goin' Back to Miami
26 Ike & Tina Turner - Cussin', Cryin' and Carryin' On
27 Tommie Young - Everybody's Got a Little Devil in Their Soul
Links to Volumes 1-3 are here.
oh, I've heard of the internet. maybe I should check it out sometime.
Posted by: alameida at January 24, 2008 07:52 AMNice -- I will download and listen later on.
Posted by: Clownæsthesiologist at January 24, 2008 08:10 AMFirst one downloaded really quickly. Second one not so fast (8 minutes in, 7 minutes still to go). Me things apo be gettin' some traffic.
Posted by: blortch at January 24, 2008 09:32 AMThanx buckets! The first three were great and so was "don't bogart that groove," so I'm really looking forward to these.
Posted by: W. Kiernan at January 24, 2008 12:54 PMRubber and Grits?
Is that some hip new variation on the "I'm rubber, you're glue . . . " line?
Grits are pretty sticky, I guess.
Posted by: M/tch M/lls at January 24, 2008 01:44 PMWell, my thinking was "rubbery basslines" and "gritty vocals". But "I'm rubber, you're grits" is better.
Posted by: apostropher at January 24, 2008 01:53 PMBut how does the rest of this new saying go?
(and that reminds me of this)
Posted by: M/tch M/lls at January 24, 2008 02:07 PMI'm rubber, you're grits
Whatever you say
Bounces off of me
And gives you the shits.
I'm rubber, you're grits
Whatever you say
Bounces off of my
Nascent man-tits.
I'm rubber, you're grits
Whatever you say
Aw heck I can't make it rhyme
So I'll just call it quits
I'm rubber, you're grits
Whatever you say
Bounces off me
And sticks to you
like stink on shit.
They all sound better if you sing them in three-part hominy.
Posted by: apostropher at January 24, 2008 03:18 PMUptempo southern soul is awesome, but I'm all about the sleazy funk. Thanks!
Posted by: bitchphd at January 24, 2008 05:26 PMYou've just given me my soundtrack for my road trip down to Virginia this weekend. Thanks!
Posted by: Ashley at January 25, 2008 11:38 AMThey all sound better if you sing them in three-part hominy.
It's called posoule music.
Posted by: M/tch M/lls at January 25, 2008 10:09 PM