Ministry of Sound Downtown Funk Music 3 CD Set Feat Chic James Brown Soul.

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Description

Ministry of Sound presents Downtown Funk, a brand new collection of one our most loved music genres. With the sun just around the corner what better album to get your groove on and heat things up for the imminent summer ahead than the 3 disc offering of Downtown Funk. A major influence on disco, funk music is a sound familiar to all which has been heavily sampled in dance related genres including hip hop, house and drum & bass not to mention featuring in countless iconic film soundtracks (Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Shaft to name but a few). Of late, the sound has had a huge pop resurgence and looks set to be one of the sounds of 2015. The essential tunes from your favourite artists all feature including James Brown, Marvin Gaye, the legendary Michael Jackson, the Academy Award winning ‘Theme from Shaft’ by Isaac Hayes, James Taylor Quartet with the ‘Theme from Starsky & Hutch’, Curtis Mayfield, Chic, Bobby Womack, Bobby Byrd, Sly & The Family Stone, Bill Withers, Funkadelic, The Jackson Sisters, The Isley Brothers, The Fatback Band and Aretha Franklin to mention just a few. 60 tracks of grooves and cuts that defined an era, from Stateside to Southport, these are the records that provided the soundtrack to a generation. So go uptown to get downtown funk!

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine) (Part 1 & 2)

2 Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie

3 Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces

4 Charles Wright - Express Yourself

5 Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

6 The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money

7 Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music

8 The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

9 Earth Wind & Fire - Shining Star

10 The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing

11 Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft

12 Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park

13 Commodores - Brick House (Single Version)

14 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (Single Version)

15 Edwin Starr - War (Single Version)

16 KC & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight (Edit)

17 The Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head

18 Tom Browne - Funkin For Jamaica

19 Rick James - Super Freak

20 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight

Disc: 2

1 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

2 Chic - Le Freak

3 Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Single Version)

4 George Benson - Give Me The Night

5 Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night

6 The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On

7 The Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles

8 Gwen McCrae - All This Love That I'm Giving

9 Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady

10 The Chi - Lites

11 Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing

12 Heatwave - Boogie Nights

13 Diana Ross - Upside Down (Single Version)

14 Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots

15 Shalamar - There It Is

16 Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music

17 Bobby Thurston - Check Out The Groove

18 Brass Construction - Movin' (Single Version)

19 Roy Ayers - Love Will Bring Us Back Together Again

20 Bill Withers - Who Is He

Disc: 3

1 James Taylor Quartet - Theme from Starsky & Hutch

2 Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul

3 Fred Wesley & The JB's - Blow Your Head

4 Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster

5 Lyn Collins - Think (About It)

6 Incredible Bongo Band - Apache

7 The Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop

8 Maceo And The Macks - Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)

9 Funkadelic - Red Hot Mama

10 Herbie Hancock - Charmeleon (Single Version)

11 The Meters - Cissy Strut

12 Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Me Be Mice Elf Again)

13 Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage

14 Bobby Womack - It's Party Time

15 Kiki Gyan - Disco Dancer

16 Family Tree - Family Tree

17 George Duke - Shine On (Single Version)

18 Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)

19 Zapp & Roger - More Bounce To The Ounce

20 Bob James - Nautilus


Product information

Original Release Date ‎2015

Label ‎Ministry of Sound

Number of discs ‎3