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OH 4/27/71) & 'Mark Say's Alright' (recorded in Detroit, MI 4/29/71). Capitol.  (less)

Under A Groove', The Isley Brothers 'It's Your Thing', Roy Ayers 'Everybody', Clarence Wheeler & The Enforcers 'Right On' & Jimmy McGriff 'The Bird'. 2001.  (less)

the Atlanta Pop Festival on July 4, 1969, to rack up 10 platinum albums and a host of Top-40 singles. The chemistry between Mark Farner, Don Brewer, and Mel Schacher percolated into a soulful, heartland rock & roll style that made them one of the quintessential American bands in the post-Woodstock era. Thirty Years of Funk --an anthology selected with loving care--maxes out its three CDs to offer an unusually comprehensive anthology of Grand Funk. Though fans might quibble over details of the selection (more dubious efforts such as What's Funk are simply passed over), this remastered compilation traces the power trio's evolution with an epic sweep. Intermingled with the obvious choices ("I'm Your Captain" instantly evokes Vietnam resist...  (less)

Camacho, Project Soul, Faye Marshall, Primevil, Dawn And Sunset, Soft Touch, The Windjammers, and many more. Extensive liner notes and anecdotes, plus a first hand overview of the Bay Area's funk scene from writer Lee Hildebrand, who saw most of the bands. "A killer! As revolutionary as the music and political climate was in the Bay Area in the late '60s and early '70s, it's damn near criminal that there haven't been more representative collections of the music. Enter Luv N Haight Records, who are here with the first ever comprehensive compilation of Bay Area funk and hard soul!" - dustygroove.com.  (less)