Spirit of Funk

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

CD 1: From the Roots
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Brother on the Slide
producer:
John Schroeder (English composer, arranger, orchestra leader, record producer, author and A&R chief)
recording of:
Brothers on the Slide
writer:
James Chapman (wrote "Brothers on the Slide") and B. Swabe
Cymande34:09
2Got to Get' Cha
Maceo and All the King’s Men52:47
3Same Old Things
The Meters2:46
4Pusher Man
engineer:
Roger Anfinsen
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
bass guitar:
Joseph Scott (US funk/soul bassist)
drums (drum set):
Tyrone McCullen
guitar:
Curtis Mayfield and Craig McMullen
percussion:
Master Henry Gibson (Percussionist with Curtis Mayfield, Stan Getz, Ramsey Lewis)
lead vocals:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger and orchestrator:
Johnny Pate
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Curtom Records of Atlanta Inc. (from 1972 to present) and Curtom Records (in 1972)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 261)
recording of:
Pusherman (Pusher Man)
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (ended), Mayfield Music (BMI), Todd Mayfield Publishing and Camad Music Company (from 1972 to ????)
Curtis Mayfield4.655:01
5Lucky Fellow
Leroy Hutson4:50
6Secrets
Bobby Womack3:50
7Superman LoverJohnny “Guitar” Watson35:43
8You Can't Turn Me Away
Sylvia Striplin5:29
9Turned on to You
engineer:
Carla Bandini and Dave Wittman
producer:
Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong
arranger:
Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong
recording of:
Turned on to You
writer:
Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Eighties Ladies5:27
10Joy and Pain
recording of:
Joy and Pain
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Beverly
Maze3:29
11Shining Star
engineer:
George Massenburg
co-producer:
Charles Stepney
producer:
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
arranger:
Earth, Wind & Fire and Charles Stepney
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1975)
recording of:
Shining Star
writer:
Philip Bailey, Lorenzo Dunn and Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc.
Earth, Wind & Fire42:52
12Why Did You Do ItStretch3:54
13Galaxy
recording of:
Galaxy
writer:
Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller (US saxophonist & flutist, member of War), Lee Oskar and Howard E. Scott (US funk/rock guitarist, member of War)
publisher:
Far Out Music
War5:18
14Everybody
cover recording of:
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
lyricist and composer:
Roy Ayers
publisher:
Arlovol Music and BMG Monarch
Roy Ayers4:01
15(Not Just) Knee Deep
recording of:
(Not Just) Knee Deep
lyricist and composer:
George Clinton (US funk musician)
publisher:
Bridgeport Music, Inc.
Funkadelic415:17
CD 2: To the Fruits