Soul Connection

Track Listings

1. I'm Dreaming

2. Up and Down

3. Pick up the Phone

4. Somebody to Love

5. Strong Love

6. Don't Stop

7. Can't Get Enough

8. This Is the Way

9. Ordinary Love

10. Walls

11. Pick up the Phone [Yoyo's Remix]

Soul Connection,Levi Little,Worldly Music,Pop,R&B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Urban

Soul Connection

Tracks:

P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
Mothership Connection (Star Child)
Unfunky UFO
Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication
Handcuffs
Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give up the Funk)
Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples
Star Child (Mothership Connection) (Promo Radio Version) (Bonus Track)

Customer Reviews:

Classic P-Funk.......2007-07-17

A must have for all concerned. This is uncut funk. Buy this CD now!

Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip.......2007-06-20

I'm by no means a funk expert. I spend most of my time listening to the likes of Rush, Porcupine Tree, and Pain of Salvation. But we all have the urge to explore and from time to time get our groove on. The Mothership is the place to do it. This was my first venture into Gearge Clinton's world and it still remains my favorite. From the opening "Do not attempt to adjust your radio," To the closing "Ga Ga Do Ga's" of Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples, This is a masterpiece. Clinton's skills as a songwriter, producer, and band leader are impressive to say the least. Through layers of vocals, horns and Bootsie's bouncing bass he guides his creation on a flawless musical journey. Philosophically he shares a great deal with the practitioners of progressive rock exploreing far and wide, relying on the virtuosity of his bandmates,incorporateing all styles he can get his hands on, and lets face it Bernie Worrell reaches stratospheres Rick Wakeman only dreamed of. The end result is a groove laden voyage to a place somewhere between Shaft and The Outer Limits. It's very strange, very out there, and very satifying.

Legendary.......2007-05-10

No other funk album of this era or any other moved me the way this one did,I not only had the pleasure of seeing this tour twice during that time but also actually had the pleasure of hanging out with these guys after one of the shows!, little did I know at the time just how significant this would be, Glen Goins was my all time favorite not to mention the fact that I play guitar as well.
Mike Hampton gave me a couple of picks, I still to this day have them.

Space Is The Place.......2007-01-10

This is funk the way it should be, as Parliament keeps the groove going strong in the original seven cuts, plus one bonus track.

Released in February 1976, the album and the single - Tear The Roof Off The Sucker - charted on both the Billboard pop (album, #13; single, #15) and black charts (album, #4; single, #5). Yes, gotta give a shout out to that music industry segregation!

With Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley adding more power to the horn section - which also featured the Becker Bros. - the trio of George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell pen three dynamite numbers; P-Funk, Mothership Connection & Give Up The Funk.

The album is also the debut of Starchild - a character based on Sun Ra's Black Noah - in the P-Funk Mythology. Starchild's life is explained further in the 1976 album, The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein.

Arguably the greatest Parliament album ever, you will wear out the CD before growing tired of the rhythms on Mothership Connection.

Make mine the P-Funk.......2006-12-26

In 1975, the Mothership touched down. Sure, there had been Parliament albums before this, but none had been remotely like this. It's a concept album, but don't let that scare you off, because the concept is funk from outer space that had been stored in the pyramids and was being retrieved by "Star Child". And the whole thing is as utterly goofball as the concept suggests. Okay, onto the music...
Things open with P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up), an excellent intro to the band's new direction if there ever was one. It's eight minutes of groove, with George (and Sir Lollipop Man, alias the long-haired sucka)'s hilarious, offhand spoken comments about how Funk can save your life - but only P-Funk, that is funk played by station WEFUNK, which of course comes from space. The next song, Mothership Connection (Starchild) is arguably the best of the bunch. Of course you can dance to it, and you'll probably end up singing along with the "swing low, sweet chariot stop and/let me ride" bridge. Hell, you might even burst out singing it randomly when it isn't playing. It's happened to me.
You don't hear much about the next three tracks, but they're all worth hearing, too. First off is the ironically funky Unfunky UFO, about saving a "dying world" from its "unfunkiness", which to me means "its lack of peace and unity" - it's amazing just what Clinton could do with the "funk" metaphor. Madcap genius, or what? Anyway, great message, even better song. Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (The Thumps Bump), one of the coolest titles ever (its only rival being Parliament's own Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadooloop)), follows. To me, this stretches the metaphor from last tune - maybe I'm overanalyzing, but if I am I like what I'm picking up. Anyway, this is another unforgettable lost classic. Next is Handcuffs, perhaps the weakest song here, but a great tune that would've led the pack on a lesser disc. It's by far the most traditional thing here, a love (okay, sex) song not related to the concept, and a charming, clever one at that - sort of like Wizard of Finance.
Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) is anthem central. Sure, the lyrics are simple, with just a couple phrases repeated for six minutes. But it's more about the groove than the lyrics - rap would probably NOT have happened without this song, and though I wouldn't complain about that, why blame Parliament for their followers? Anyway, it's a great song - subtle horn arrangement, heavy bass, drums and keyboards (the Bernie Worrel show!), unforgettable intro sung in baritone over percussion (sound like rap to anyone?) Classic stuff. Lastly is Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples. It's hilarious, a chant that begins with "I am high/we are high...". Hilarious!
Of course, Parliament was dominated by George Clinton, but it wouldn't have happened without Bernie Worrell or Bootsy Collins. Long live George, Bernie and Bootsy, everybody's favorite utterly goofball geniuses!

Average customer rating:

NO DISCONNECTIONS WITH DISCO CONNECTION!
IT'S AN OK SERIES IF YOU DONT HAVE THE SONG'S ON IT !
OK but...
LouieLou
Now thats classic disco music !!

Disco Connection
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Disco Connection, Vol. 2
Club Floor Classics: The 70's
Super Rare Disco, Vol. 1
Super Rare Disco, Vol. 2
Grand 12 Inches, Vol. 1

ASIN: B00006AMUL
Release Date: 2002-08-12

Tracks:

Paradise - Change
Lipstick - Michel Polnareff
Tonights The Night (Good Time) - Kleeer
Smack Dab In Th Middle (Larry Levan Remix) - Janice Mclain
No 1 Dee Jay - Goody Goody
When You Make Up Tomorrow - Candi Staton
Weekend - Phreek
You And Me Equals Love - Undistputed Truth
Whistle Bump - Deodato
Wear It Out - Stargard
Ill Tell You - Sergio Mendes And Brasil 88
Sao Paolo - Chic

Album Description

Subtitled - Authentic Classic Disco 1976-1981. 2002 compilation featuring 12 under exposed & hard-to-find gems of the disco era, Change 'Paradise', Michel Polnareff 'Lipstick', Kleer 'Tonight's The Night (Good Time)', Janice McClain 'Smack Dab In The Middle', Goody Goody '#1 Dee Jay', Candi Staton 'When You Wake Up Tomorrow', Phreek 'Weekend', The Undisputed Truth 'You + Me = Love', Deodato 'Whistle Bump', Stargard 'Wear It Out', Sergio Mendes & Brasil 88 'I'll Tell You' & Chic 'Sao Paulo'.

Album Details

Not Your Usual Collection of Disco Greats, this Disc Offers More of the Meat of the Matter of Those Tracks that Didn't Scale the Charts but were Favorites in the Clubs Nonetheless and Consistently Filled the Floors with Dancers. True Discophiles Will Marvel to Find Some of These Songs Finally on CD!

Customer Reviews:

NO DISCONNECTIONS WITH DISCO CONNECTION!.......2007-04-01

Personally, I don't understand why disco music is so unfarily marginalized as compared to other styles of music. To a certain extent, critics and music fans have a legitimate reason not to like a lot of the mainstream stuff at the time (Donna Summer, Village People, Silver Convention,etc) because their music generally lack the soul and grittiness of the underground stuff like Salsoul or this compliamation.
However, when I listen to this compliamation, I get just as much as a kick out of this as I would when I put on Al Green's Greatest Hits or Prince's Hits and B Sides box set (anybody would if they're open minded). It's underground disco music of this quality that proves that the genre is highly influential and not as disposable as some critics and some music fans would like to think it is. I agree with another reviewer because I too prefer this type of dance music over the commercial stuff being put out at the time.

But enough of all that, let's talk about the music! Warner Strategic Marketing is known for hookin' fans up with top notch compliamations and this one is no exception. Disco Connection focuses on tracks that were famous in clubs in the late 70's and early 80's, but fail to make much of a dent on the pop charts. These tracks are absoulutely hot with some third degree standouts including "Weekend", "Whistle Bump", and "Paradise" just to name a few. Many of these has a sense of rawness and authenic qaulity that were often missing from the commercial artists. The beats thump harder and the bass and piano loop are a lot deeper-making many of these tracks sound almost like a house mixtape

What's also noteworthy is the broadness of the material. This complimation generally has something for everyone. It doesn't matter if you're into euro disco, disco soul, funk disco, or even jazzy island style dance music- there's something for every dance music freak to get connected to with this complimation.

The way the tracks are sequenced will make you feel like this is a unreleased classic album rather than a compliamation since the tracks has the mood swings of a regular studio album from song to song.

There's nothing more I can say about this. With dance music this hot who needs an oasis! I'm about to go and play this some more and if you feel like dancin', you need to buy this album becuase once you're disco connected- you're be dancin long distance into the mourning light!.......Now do you see the light!

IT'S AN OK SERIES IF YOU DONT HAVE THE SONG'S ON IT !.......2007-01-25

I JUST GOT IT TO GET NUMBER ONE DEEJAY OR A.K.A. #1 DEEJAY IF YOU DONT HAVE THIS HIT SONG FOR YOUR COLLECTION THEN GET IT IT'S A LONG VERSION GET THE ONE BY THE SINGING GROUPE GOODYGOODY NOT THE OTHER WEAK GROUPES OUT THERE TRYING TO SING IT THEY DO HAVE THE ALBUM ON CD OUT THERE USED IF YOU CANT FIND IT NEW HOPE I BEEN A HELP GOOD SEACHING !

OK but..........2006-02-03

A lot of songs not very interesting. The reason I purchased the record is the excellent «You + me = love» and the ultra-rare long version of «Lipstick». The version of «Wear it out» featured here is not the 6:20 12" version. The informations about the songs are not very complete.

LouieLou.......2005-09-30

This is a fine compilation of the Warner Disco 12" Department
which was ran by Ray Caviano using great DJ's like Larry
Levan and Jim Burgess to remix some songs for extended dance
play.
My only lament is the limited version of "Smack Dab in the Middle" by Janice McClain, that Levan mix is under 5 minutes,
the 12" I have runs over 6 minutes, which Larry really does
justice to the song.
And a better selection for Kleer should have been " Keep your
body workin" and not " tonights the night".
Otherwise a super selection of great songs from Warner Brothers
that also showcased Freddie James " Get up and Boogie.

Now thats classic disco music !!.......2005-05-08

I just love this album and prefer this disco compared to the stuff that went into the charts at that time.

"Yeah I can dig it !"

Average customer rating:

So Many Rappers In Love
Good not great
This is weak boring unlistenable crap
How did this get any low reviews?
WESTSIDE!!!

Terrorist Threats
Westside Connection
Manufacturer: Priority Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000UJLJG
Release Date: 2003-12-09

Tracks:

A Threat To The World
Call 9-1-1
Potential Victims
Gangsta Nation
Get Ignit
Pimp The System
Don't Get Outta Pocket
Izm
So Many Rappers In Love
Lights Out
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You Gotta Have Heart
Terrorist Threats
Superstar (Double Murder = Double Platinum)

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Throwing up the "W" just isn't as ghetto glamorous as it once was as the triple vets of the Westside Connection have ended up third fiddle behind a resurgent New York and upstart Southern scene. Though the events of 9/11 and the national paranoia that followed are part of the inspirational fuel behind this album--their first since 1996's Bow Down--there's something quaintly anachronistic about the Connection's gangsta posturing, especially with Ice Cube, whose attempts at righteous fury on "Call 911" seem a pale shadow of the days of The Predator. As such, Terrorist Threats at times feels less than "condition red," but WC, Mack 10, and Cube still show some bite with their bark: "So Many Rappers in Love" is a hilarious slap at the Ja Rule school of R&B/hip-hop crossover, while the single "Gangsta Nation" bumps with irrepressible energy. It's nice to know that even if the sun might be setting in the West, the Connection refuse to go quietly into the night. --Oliver Wang

Customer Reviews:

So Many Rappers In Love .......2007-02-19

That song "So Many Rappers In Love" was the reason I bought this CD. In that song they're talking about the sickening love songs you pretty much ONLY hear on the radio now adays.

Other good songs are Call 911, Izm, and Gangsta Nation.

Good not great.......2006-10-03

Standout tracks:CALL 9-1-1(deep), POTENTIAL VICTIMS, PIMP THE SYSTEM(anther deep record), SO MANY RAPPERS IN LOVE(funny hip poppers diss), YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART(deep plus the ending made it worthwhile), TERRORIST THREATS and SUPERSTAR(Deep and funny). Filler: Izm(stupid song with a stupid hook), Get Ignit(WTF?), Lights Out(deadly dull filler), Bangin at the party(screams filler), Dont get outta pocket and Gangsta Nation(lame single that killed their buzz). Bottom line: Its not garbage but its not better than the first WSC album. The only thing this album has over the first WSC album is that it has songs with gems in them(Call 9-1-1, Pimp The System, Superstar and You gotta have heart) and thats way more than the first album. But for every serious song they make they have songs like Get Ignit. Izm, Gangsta Nation and Bangin at the party that bring the album down a few stars. Its a great companion piece to Bow Down but with a litle more songs like Call 9-1-1 and Superstar and a lot less songs like Izm and Bangin at the party this album could have been way better than Bow Down.

This is weak boring unlistenable crap.......2006-01-28

I have been listening to WSCG since I was too young to even be listening to them. I can go back and listen to the first album and realize that it wasn't just me being a pre-teen liking anything I shouldn't listen to; it really was a hard album with serious bangers. I was amazingly pumped for this new album, especially after hearing Gangsta Nation, sick sick sick. That track is the only reason I give this album 2 stars. I honestly listened to the album maybe one more time since I bought it. Unlistenable for the most part. The choruses are embarassing on almost all the tracks, period. What happened?

How did this get any low reviews?.......2005-11-14

How the hell this CD got any bad reviews is beyond me... I swear, people need to scrape the crap out of their ears.. this CD is one of the most bangin released in the past 2-3 years, and I might even be so ballsy as to say this one is BETTER than Bow Down. All these haters never cease to amaze me with their horrible reviews.. giving 1 star to incredible CD's.. get this one yourself and then make up your mind, cuz the cats who write these reviews don't know what they're talking about half the time. This is a TIGHT cd.

WESTSIDE!!!.......2005-10-16

Westside Connection. Definitely one of the greatest gangsta rap groups ever are comeback, with this album. 8 years after "Bow Down" hits the charts finally they came with this one. I hope that they release their new album, because they are so talented and amazing. Although sometimes they can't even understand themselves.

As if Ice Cube didn't have enough going on in the first few years of the 21st century with his successful and prolific film career, the rap superstar unveiled TERRORIST THREATS, the second Westside Collection album, in late 2003. Reuniting with fellow West Coast rappers WC and Mack 10, Cube leads the Connection on tunes that pull topics from the headlines, such as the title track and "Call 9-1-1," where lyrics remind listeners that "911 ain't an area code/it's a gangsta mode." Whether riffing on terrorism or espousing the virtues of gin, the Connection crew gets its point across with the subtlety of a sledgehammer--and they wouldn't have it any other way.

This view is driven home on the scathing "So Many Rappers in Love," which takes a brutal swipe at romantic R&B-oriented rappers and mockingly features strings and falsetto vocals. However, the G-funk-approved singing of Nate Dogg turns up on "Gangsta Nation," a tune that simultaneously bounces like it's the early-1990s gangsta-rap heyday, and proves that these West Coast rappers are still major contenders in the hip-hop world.

A TREATH 2 THE WORLD Intro
CALL 9-1-1 4/5
POTENTIAL VICTIMS 4/5
GANGSTA NATION +5/5
GET IGNIT 3/5
PIMP THE SYSTEM 5/5
DON'T GET OUTTA POCKET 4/5
IZM +5/5
SO MANY RAPPRS IN LOVE 3.5/5
The lyrics aren't good enough, In addition the song was contradictory, because they did a LOVE song with Mariah Carey, and they sound (As they said) like Fake a*s thugs...
LIGHTS OUT +5/5
BANGIN' AT THE PARTY +5/5
YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART 4/5
TERRORIST THREATS 4/5
SUPERSTAR (Double Murder=Double Platinum) +5/5
ENHANCED CD FEATURES:
The "Gangsta Nation" video plus interviews and footage

Average customer rating:

This is a good cd
Great mixing, but so dated
Dated hard house CD
BBB and R"H"V dropping the bomb!!1
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! --SWITCH!

House Connection
Richard Humpty Vission , and Bad Boy Bill
Manufacturer: V-Wax Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Behind the Decks (CD + DVD)

ASIN: B000003QDM
Release Date: 1997-05-06

Tracks:

Rock the Beat - Tony B!
Big O Booty - Fast Eddie
Down With It - Mercury Man
The Party - Cassanovas
The Way You Touch Me - DJ Juanito Feat, Sunshine
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Stand Up - Love Tribe
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Butta - Pampa & DA
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Spark Da Meth - Da Mongoloids
No One Can Love You More Than Me - Hahnah
Ohh Baby - Steve Spinnin Santovo
Music Is My Life - Gee Zone
Horns - DJ Louis Love & DJ EDD
Mami - Artle The One Man Party Feat, Vienna
BeTrue To Tour School - DJ Apollo
Music Is Pumpin' - Underground People
Get Down - Tony, Toni, Tone
The Grace - DJ Lonz Luv
WorkThat Body - DJ Funk
I Found Something Real - Sandra Stephens
Pump - SP 1200
Nobody ToLove - Dynamic Duo
Runaway - Nu Yorican Soul
Jazz It Up - Reel 2 Reel
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Get Up - Byron Stingley
You Used To Hold Me - Xavier Gold
That Sound - Pump Friction
Keep Pushin - Boris Diugosch
Sax Mania - Mijangos
Let's Go Disco - Southern Comfort
Somebody Knew - Rick Garden
We Can Make It - Mone
Wishing On A Star - 88.3 Feat, Lisa May
Bonus Track 1 - Richard 'Humpty' Vission & Bad Boy Bill

Customer Reviews:

This is a good cd.......2005-10-01

This is a good mix compilation.but you know they do it in the studio so It's all cleaned up. But RHV has some clean mixing skills. Also bad boy bill with that scratching.Overall it was released back in the day,but it's still the ish!!!!

Great mixing, but so dated.......2004-04-04

I love Richard Humpty Vission and Bad Boy Bill for their heavy beats. This CD truly shows off how great they are at mixing House together. However, these songs are terribly dated. It's 2004... don't go buying CDs from 1997.

Dated hard house CD.......2003-08-15

Excellent mixing, lots of different tracks, classic hard hosue CD. BUT, a lot of the tracks are dated sounding and some have cheesy vocal samples that take away from the quality of the driving hard house sound (cheesy as in cheesy bad, not cheesy good). The sound of this CD is less energetic and more funky than other CDs. Its OK. I might have loved it in 1996, but its kind of boring now.

BBB and R"H"V dropping the bomb!!1.......2001-12-08

HOUSE CONNECTION is an awesome hard-bangin house Cd that all dance music fans should check out. I bought this Cd when it was first released and I still continue to listen to it all the time. BBB and RHV keep the music flowing and their mixing here is flawless. I like to mess around on the truntables, but I wish I had the talent that these 2 guys have. One just has to check out the quality of this Cd and you can see why these 2 guys are probably the best house Dj's in the country right now

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! --SWITCH!.......2001-07-15

I enjoy listening to this album a lot. From the start, the DJs kick off some very catchy beats and samples, and they just won't quit. Their live shows must also rock, and I definately want to see one before I die. This album contains more than just the usual beat mixing and turntable tricks. On most house music CDs, the DJ(s) would mix similar beats and styles the whole way through, but Richard "Humpty" Vission and Bad Boy Bill never mix the same beat twice, and their styles seem limitless. Anyone who does not like house music because of its repetative and monotonous nature, would probably change their mind when they hear this CD. Even though the music is repetative, the DJs keep the music changing very quickly with perfect timing, keeping the energy high all the time. I have not yet gotten bored over this CD, and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes to dance.

Average customer rating:

LUSH ,SEXY, AND PULSATING RHYTHMS!
VERY NICE CD CLEAR SOUNDING SONG'S UNLIKE OTHER'S !

Disco Connection, Vol. 2
Various Artists
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Grand 12 Inches, Vol. 1
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ASIN: B0000TZ7UE
Release Date: 2004-05-24

Tracks:

Bourgie Bourgie (12" Mix)
Hi-Jack
ThatS Where The Happy People Go
Everybody Dance
HeS The Greatest Dancer
Is It Love YouRe After (12" Mix)
I Know You, I Live You
Everybody Loves A Good Thing
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Why Leave Us Alone (Long 12" Mix)
Cosmic Lust (12" Mix)
I Wanna Take You There (Now)

Customer Reviews:

LUSH ,SEXY, AND PULSATING RHYTHMS! .......2007-04-03

Had your fill for Disco Connection Vol 1 and you're looking for another fix, Disco Connection Vol 2 ought to do the trick. This CD is every bit as good if not better than the first volume. In this volume, there's a higher emphasis on r&b minded disco than the first volume (which was a highly eclectic set touching on nearly every dance music style).

"Bourgie Bourgie" is perhaps Ashford and Simpson's best track next to "Solid". The track gradually builds to a climax with a jazzy piano loop and a solid backbeat substaining the groove. "Cosmic Lust" is a deep slab of funky disco courtesy of Mass Production. The track does a great job of using the synthesizer to create this acid/phychadelic effect to build up to a funky groove. While "That's where the happy People Go" by The Trammps is not a standout on the set, I prefer this over the dated and overplayed "Disco Inferno". I love the tracks by Chaka Khan and Goody Goody, but the song that steal the show is "Why Leave us Alone" by Five Special. This song is the climax of this set as it touch on every style of music that's on the album by extending itself to the 10 minute mark.

While every song on here is great in every way, there are a couple of questionable choices. Why is Chic's "Everybody Dance" and Sister Sledge's "He's the Greatest Dancer" on a set with underground cult classics? Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't those pop hits?
They're great songs, but since those songs were major mainstream hits, they don't fit in well with the rest of the tracks on the album (since this album is suppose to present listeners with tracks that were famous in the clubs and not pop hits). But then again, they were also club hits and that could the reason for them being included on this set.

Those questionable song choices aside, what you're get from Disco Connection Vol 2 is nothing short of sweet and sweaty satsifaction.
If you can't get to that, get the CD and see where I'm coming from when I tell you these grooves beat hard enough to shatter a mirror ball!

I you love this, check out these titles ;

Salsoul Presents: Definitive 12" masters vols. 1&2
Salsoul Presents: Essential Boogie Flavas
Salsoul Presents: Latin Funk Flavas
A Tom Moulton mix
Any Larry Levan compliamation

Much like this compliamation, those are the bread and butter of authenic dance music without the cheese!

VERY NICE CD CLEAR SOUNDING SONG'S UNLIKE OTHER'S !.......2007-01-25

I GOT THIS CD TO GET HI-JACK IT'S CLEAR ON MOST OTHER LP AND 12'' OR 45'S TO CD RE-MASTERED OR NOT SUCK SOUND 'S FAKE OR BAD IF YOU WANT ANY SONG ON THIS CD I GOT IT HERE THERE ALL CLEAR .... P.S. TO FULLY COMPLETE YOUR DISCO COLLECTION GET THE OTHER HI-JACK BY BARRABAS IT HAS MORE BASS IN IT I MIX BOTH LIKE MOST OF THE IN THE KNOW OLD SCHOOL CLUB DJ'S THE ONE I GOT IS THE BEST OF 1974-84 BY BARRABAS YOU MIGHT GET IT ON A CD LIKE THIS ONE FOR LESS I BUY THIS CD AGAIN !

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Parliament Tape
JUST A FUNK MUST-HAVE!!!!
The best funk album of all time!
An absolute "MUST" have to qualify as a funk connoisseur
The Boys are still makin' noise and tearing the roof

Mothership Connection
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God bless George Clinton, ya'll. Space oddities, extraterrestrial freak shows, spiritual salvation, and sex, drugs, more drugs, and something that sounded a lot like rock & roll. Such was the universe conjured up by visionary nut job George Clinton and a band that included Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worell, and Gary Shider. Shoutouts go to tearing the roof offa the sucker, making my funk the P-funk (indeed), and David Bowie (yeah that's right). --Amy Linden

Customer Reviews:

Parliament Tape.......2007-05-13

The music is great. I remember it from when I was a teen. The only reason I didn't give you a 5 is the tape case was broken on one end. I had to get an old one I had and replace it. Don't worry about it...Sandra

JUST A FUNK MUST-HAVE!!!!.......2003-08-30

Aside from it's legendary "bombs" "P-Funk" and "Give Up The
Funk" and the beyonf classic tital track the wonderful thing about "Mothership Connection" is that every track here is a funk
number-there are no ballads or poor attempts at other styles to
interrupt it's flow of groove.So by the time you get the the
primal,deeply bassy,horn-packed finale of "Night Of The
Thumpasorus People" you really don't know what hit you.And that
pretty much sums this up even for me!

The best funk album of all time!.......2003-02-25

In the summer of 1976 I was a 14yr-old white boy and I would walk down to the local public school playground for the summer crafts and games - on Fridays they would have a "dance" in one of the bungalows - kids would bring their 45's and we'd play them on a portable record player and dance all afternoon...

Someone brought "Tear the Roof Off the Sucker" one day - I freaked out on it and from that day on I was a music freak.

You must hear this album if you like groovy bass and rythms and the electronic keyboards are so way out...

"There's a whole lotta rythm goin round!"

An absolute "MUST" have to qualify as a funk connoisseur.......2003-01-02

I bought the album/LP when it first came out in 1975. I bought the CD last year SPECIFICALLY for Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples. This cut has the deepest, nastiest, funkiest BASS synthesizer lines I have ever heard. Bernie Worrell set the pace that has YET to be climaxed with his innovative minimoog bass lines. Of course, FLASHLIGHT became a signature jam for Worrell, but 'Night' set the course for what was to come later
in the history of P-Funk.

When I first heard P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) on the radio in 1975 my reaction was, "What the heck is this???" Some whacked out guy talking about the "chocolate milky way", "Sir Lollipop Man, alias the long-haired sucker... my motto is..." ,
and the REST is history!!!

Then they start sayin', "If you hear any noise, it's just me and the boys... hit me!" and "swing down sweet chariot stop and, let me ride". I was going out of my mind!!!

Side two got even FUNKIER! This album was TOO good to be true!
Supergroove... has some of the weirdest, wackiest, yet wonderful
experiments with the capabilities of the ARP Pro-Soloist synthesizer ever recorded! Give Up the Funk is Parliament's "definitive" FUNK anthem. I remember THIS song being extremely popular among many one my white friends and it even made the local AM playlists (which was rare for an all black
funk group in the 70's). I especially liked the horn arrangements and Worrell's use of the ARP String Ensemble in this jam.

The album concludes with the Thumpasorus Peoples. In 1975, my
52 year old father REALLY liked this song, especially the chanting (ga ga goo ga, ga ga goo ga... ga ga goo ga ga!!!) He thought it was kinda' neat. And as a teen, I thought it was really cool that even my dad could appreciate the FUNK!

The Original "P" band that travels around doing P-Funk concerts to this day (2002) opens their show with the Thumpasorus Peoples.
If this group comes to your neighborhood GO AND SEE THEM! You will NOT be disappointed.

The Boys are still makin' noise and tearing the roof.......2002-10-15

This is the classic and essential Mothership Connection. P-Funk wants to get funk up, give up the funk, Handcuffs, and the title track. This is the best funk album you will ever own.

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T-Connection at their very best
T-Connection

Pure & Natural
T-Connection
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Something for the Weekend: Anthology
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The Best of Brick

ASIN: B0002GAF1G
Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

Girl Watching
Party Night
A Little More Love
Slippin' Away
Might As Well Dance
Rushing Through The Crowd
The Best Of My Love
Goombay Time

Customer Reviews:

T-Connection at their very best.......2005-12-01

I was completely oblivious to the existence of T-connection until "Girl Watching" brought the group very firmly to my attention. Relying entirely on the radio DJ's choice of tracks meant "Girl Watching" and "Goombay Time" were all I knew of T-connection, but so impressed was I with the former track that I felt my collection was incomplete until I had this album! I purchased a copy of this CD mid 2005 - about 20 years later!!

The biggest difficulty I find with the 'oldies' is that tracks you were not into at the time, or were simply not familiar with have an even more difficult task of winning you over in the later years because they sound somewhat dated and obviously do not have that "good ol' memories" card to play! In otherwords, they have to be VERY GOOD to impress!

Well, this album stands up to this scrutiny and more!!

"Pure & Natural" has been quite an eye opener for me regarding what T-connection is all about!! I had the group down as uptempo disco beats but I now stand corrected. T-connection are actually better at the mid-tempo stuff! - and that's got to be saying something!

"The best of my love" is superb and has a timeless ring to it - the sort that you simply love forever. "A little more love" does not disappoint and "Slippin' away" is simply outstanding!

If the reader is going to pick ONE T-connection album to add to their collection from a list that includes even the ubiquitous "best of" compilations, then "Pure & Natural" would be my uncontested recommendation.

Pros: Not a one track album! Excellent composition, timeless melodies, superb mid-tempo and slow tracks and if that is not enough, features "Girl Watching"!

Cons: May not suit those after uptempo "dance classics" only.

Verdict: This album does not disappoint if you are as much into your dance classics as your mid-tempo and slow grooves! GET IT!

T-Connection.......2005-08-14

If you like soul music then this is definetly for you
It took me back a few years

Black Gold: The Best of Rotary Connection

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Black Gold: The Best of Rotary Connection
Rotary Connection
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000E6ETDO
Release Date: 2006-04-17

Tracks:

Magical World
Amen
Rapid Transit
Turn Me On
Respect
Pink Noise
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun
A-Muse
Sunshine Of Your Love
Sursum Mentes
Memory Band
Didn't Want To Have To Do It
May Our Amens Be True
Tales Of Brave Ulysses
The Sea & She
Hey, Love
Song For Everyman
Love Is

Tracks:

The Salt Of The Earth
Love Has Fallen On Me
If I Sing My Song
The Weight
The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
Living Alone
Love Me Now
Want You To Know
I Got My Mojo Working
This Town
We're Going Wrong
Life Could
Teach Me How To Fly
V.I.P.
Let Them Talk

Album Description

Not your typical psychedelic pop record, this was the brainchild of Marshall Chess (son of Chess Records founder Leonard), who wanted to take the Beatles' innovations of classical instrumentation, phenomenal production values, and crazy experimentation to their extreme. He assembled a very talented team: arranger and composer Charles Stephney went on to tremendous success with Earth Wind & Fire; band member Sidney Barnes was soon to work with George Clinton; and backup singer Riperton would later make her name as a solo artist. The arrangements rely heavily on choral singing, plus organ and strings, and occasional sitar, theremin and tabla: no guitars to speak of. The record integrates classical methods better than anything else going on at the time. This album will definitely be of interest to students of '60s psychedelia. Universal. 2006.

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If you missed this series upon release, you missed a lot...
Get your dancing shoes on!

Big 12 Inches: More, More, More
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Buddha / BMG
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IPYI
Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

Everybody, Everybody - Black Box
Shame - Evelyn 'Champagne' King
Pow Wow - Cory Daye
More, More, More - Andrea True Connection
To Each His Own - Faith, Hope And Charity
Standing Right Here - Melba Moore
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Daryl Hall & John Oates
If My Brother's In Trouble - Jeffrey Osborne
Love Is Always On Your Mind - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Inside Out - Odyssey
Hold Tight - Vicki Sue Robinson

Customer Reviews:

If you missed this series upon release, you missed a lot..........2005-08-05

This is pure 12" heaven with clean, excellent mastering. Just wish there had been more than 3 volumes, and more popular track selections. Other two volumes are titled "So Excited" and "groovin You." Track times:

1. everybody everybody (5:20)
2. shame (6:31)
3. pow wow (7:14)
4. more more more (6:17)
5. to each his own (5:18)
6. standing right here (6:58)
7. I can't go for that (6:05)
8. if my brother's in trouble (7:21)
9. love is always on your mind (10:09)
10. inside out (6:23)
11. hold tight (11:05)

Get your dancing shoes on!.......2000-06-11

Finally, a series that REALLY has the full length remixes! Most compilations have 2 or 3 extended versions tossed in with the rest of the radio versions. Every song on this CD is the full length club mix we heard in the discos.

With great tunes like Shame, and More, More, More this CD hits the mark.

But the BEST song on the compilation is Vicki Sue Robinsons "HOLD TIGHT". If this tune doesn't get you up and dancing, you're dead! And it times in at over 11 minutes!

Tracks:

Life Could
Teach Me How To Fly
V.I.P.
Let Them Talk
I Took A Ride (Caravan)
Aladdin
Magical World
I Must Be There
I Feel Sorry
Paper Castle
Pointillism/We Will Be Free
Living Alone
Lektricks #1
Country Things
Quartet
May Our Amens Be True
Stormy Monday Blues
Love Me Now
Lonely Summer
Amuse
Lektricks #2/Merry Prankster
Pump Effect/Want To Know

Product Description

1. Life Could
2. Teach Me How To Fly
3. V.I.P.
4. Let Them Talk
5. I Took A Ride (Caravan)
6. Aladdin
7. Magical World
8. I Must Be There
9. I Feel Sorry
10. Paper Castle
11. Pointillism giWe Will Be Free
12. Living Alone
13. Lektricks #1
14. Country Things
15. Quartet
16. May Our Amens Be True
17. Stormy Monday Blues
18. Love Me Now
19. Lonely Summer
20. Amuse
21. Letricks #2 giMerry Prankster
22. Pump Effect giWant You To Know

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Timeless.......2007-01-08

I wore out my LP of Aladdin years ago. Even the cover eventually
fell apart from extensive handling. What made this music so
desireable? One thin is the anthemic quality. You fell
like you are listening to songs of praise for a state of
consciousness in which you might not have had full citizenship,
but which you got to visit from time to time. It was an album
that made you fell good about your generation and its value.

The musical craftsmanship of this lovely album was also one of
the things that sustains it and makes it freshly appealing. The
work is fully orchestrated and musically ambitious. The themes
remain appealing. Don't you still want to take a ride in
the caravan? Wouldn't you love it if someone taught you how
to fly?

A lot of the psychedelic music of the sixties and seventies
seems remarkably childish today, but the Rotary Connection
remains a link with its feet on both sides of the time line.

--Lynn Hoffman, author of THE NEW SHORT COURSE IN WINE and
the forthcoming novel bang BANG from Kunati Books.ISBN
9781601640005\

Energetic/stylized/sensitive projections from a bygone time.......2004-03-26

Take an utterly beautiful, soulful band like the Fifth Dimension and add a heavy, professionally-crafted theatrical sheen, and you've got Rotary Connection. One of my amazingly astute and lively college companions/girlfriends was heavily into theatre - and was wild about them. If you like listening to music that's reminiscent of 'Hair' and/or 'Jesus Christ Superstar', RC will be right up your alley - they're definitely a very artistic/dramatic/appealing element of the late 60's counter-cultural ethos.
It's also notable that some of the instrumental breaks and harmonic underpinnings veer a bit in the direction of folks like Van Dyke Parks - quite an avant-garde touch, as it were, and quite flavorful, if that's were your tastes lie.

PSYCHEDELIC & MELLOW.......2004-02-25

When I first heard this CD it was in 1969 or 1970. I saw the group live in my college town of Carbondale, Il. Funny part of the album is that it is psychedelic keeping in tune with the 60's, then it seems to mellow out alot for the 70's when everyone, almost everyone, smoked a little reefer. All kidding aside, this cd is 30 years ahead of its time, and Minnie Riperton died soon after this release. I just found this cd, been looking for it for years. My LP is totally trashed from years of playing.

Oozing with class and character.......1999-06-13

I thought about this for a long time and as it turns out it is really very simple. Aladdin is a wonderful album oozing with class and character. I had the pleasure of seeing these folks in concert shortly after Aladdin was released and to this day I consider their performance that evening one of my all time favorites. I don't know how it came to be that this album became lost in time, but I found it again and I am really glad I did.

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